Gospel.com Topics Feed - Get Up And Take Your Mat 2009-09-02T17:26:27-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/get+up+and+take+your+mat/ Pool in the Bible - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205:1-9&version=NIV 2009-09-02T17:26:27-05:00 Jesus once healed a man who had been waiting for thirty-eight years by the side of a pool in an effort to be be healed. Jesus came up and asked him if that was what he truly wanted and then proceeded to heal the man.