John 4,5

Jesus healed a lame man at the pool of Bethesda. Soon after the miracle, Christ saw the same man in the temple. He was probably reporting to the priests to be declared ceremonially clean.

Christ said, “You are now well. But don’t sin anymore or something worse might happen. He definitely established a link between sin and painful consequences.

Charles and Francis Hunter, evangelists who prayed for healing, would often command their followers, “Stop sinning!”

The writer of Romans exhorts, “Shall we continue in sin that grace has to keep abounding? God forbid!”