Do You Want To Get Well?

Many of us want the result without paying the price, and we want relief without transformation. In Blockbuster Summer 2026, Pastor Cory Hester opens with a clip from The Matrix and preaches John 5, where Jesus meets a man who had lain by the pool of Bethesda for 38 years.

1. The question that exposes us: Do you want to get well? Our pool, whatever we keep running back to, can become our excuse.

2. The cost that confronts us: following Jesus will cost us comfort, relationships, and excuses, and it cost Jesus everything.

3. The command that changes us: stand up, pick up your mat, and walk, and do not leave a bed waiting at your old life.