Exegesis of John 5:1-9a and b: Implications for the Use of Prophylactics in Healing in Contemporary Christianity in Ghana and Biblical Interpretation in Africa (original) (raw)
Being healed through the medium of water has become a debatable issue in contemporary Christianity in Ghana. Some prophets or leaders of Neo-Charismatic Churches/Ministries (NCM) or Contemporary Prophetic Ministries (CPM) have dug wells at particular locations where the water from the well is used for healing. Scripture passage used to support this action is John 5:1-9a and b. This paper attempts to do a dialogical exegesis of the passage under review, by considering other aspects of the text including variant readings and whether Jesus suggested a constant use of water to aid healing. My proposition is that Jesus did not advocate a continuous use of water to aid healing. This is palpable in the fact that Jesus did not use the water of the pool to heal the invalid man, prophets and leaders of NCM or PCM might have been influenced by Ghanaian religio-cultural beliefs in water and thereby found expression for it in contemporary Christianity in Ghana.
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