tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post3729305353204371768..comments2024-03-11T08:32:32.526-05:00Comments on Living Rootless: Bonita, Louisiana: Holy Ghost Disturbed ChurchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post-41893152011715461542021-09-30T19:23:49.275-05:002021-09-30T19:23:49.275-05:00Supposedly, an angel would come by the Pool of Sil...Supposedly, an angel would come by the Pool of Siloam occasionally and trouble/disturb the water. Whoever would get into the water first when this happened would be healed. Hence, lame people would crowd around the pool hoping to be healed. Jesus approached one such man at the pool and asked him if he wanted to be healed. He said he did but there was no one there to help get into the water. Jesus neither confirmed nor denied the alleged healing powers of the water, but healed the man himself. My understanding is that in the historic Black/African-American Church, inclduing the days of slavery,this story came to repsresent not only God's healing power of physical ailments, but also that God was going "stir things up" in a way that would lead to emancipation/equality. In fact, there is an old "Negro Spiritual" tilted "God's Gonna Trouble the Water." The Holy Ghost is an old name for the third person of the Holy Trinity, who is not an angel, usually referred to as the Holy Spirit today. Yes, the name is confused and confusing.Pastor Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433655951420998555noreply@blogger.com