Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”


Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ” Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.


Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well - John 5:1-15


Why Jesus said, Sin no more?


Argument #1: When Jesus told the same thing to the women who caught on the adultery, its very clear that Jesus Christ is talking about the sin of adultery - Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more - John 8:10-11


Argument #2: But here the man who suffered with infirmity did not walk for 38 years, and he might be around 50 or 60 years old now, So considering his age and situation can we ignore this "Sin no more" is so personal to that man?


Argument #3: If this advice is specific to that Man, why the Holy Spirit led apostle John to write this in the Bible?


Bible says Gods word never return void, so we may not be able understand the meaning of "Sin no more", but what its accomplishment from that we can understand the meaning - So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it - Isaiah 55:11


When Jesus Christ spoke to the man "Sin no more", the Holy Spirit started working in his heart, and he started proclaiming about Jesus Christ - Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well - John 5:14-15

So, Sin no more