COMPLETED: MIRACLES OF JESUS: Opening Blind Eyes
MIRACLES OF JESUS
Opening Blind Eyes
February 27, 2022
John 9:1-2 - As Jesus went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
What does God want us to see when life is blurry?
1) See through the OBSTACLE illusions.
John 9:3 - “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.”
What mountain in your life are you unable to move?
Isaiah 45:2-3 – “I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. 3 I will give you…riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord…”
2) See God’s response to our immediate OBEDIENCE.
John 9:6-7 - Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
What has God asked you to do that doesn’t make sense?
* Delayed obedience is disobedience every time.
Psalms 119:10, 18, 151 - I see you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands…18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law…151 you are near, O Lord and all your commands are true.
Matthew 6:33-34 – “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
3) See your blind SPOTS.
John 9:27-33 - He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?” 28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:13-16 - They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”
What is your blind spot?
The result of finding clarity helps us to see Jesus.
John 9:35-38 - Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.” 37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.” 38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
• Seeing isn’t believing, BELIEVING is seeing.