John 9:1-2
As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.”
// Jesus shifts the question from, “
did this happen?” to, “
will God do?”
John 9:4-5
[Jesus continued,] “We must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
“Whenever you see a man in sorrow and trouble, the way to look at it is, not to blame him and inquire how he came there, but to say, ‘Here is an opening for God’s almighty love. Here is an occasion for the display of the grace and goodness of the Lord.’”
- Charles Spurgeon
// We must practice
people with the
of Jesus.
John 9:6
After Jesus said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes.
John 9:7
“Go,” Jesus told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.
// Every healing of Jesus requires
.
Mark 5:34
“Daughter,” Jesus said to her, “your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.”
Mark 5:36
[Jesus said,] “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”
Mark 9:23
Jesus said to him…. “Everything is possible for the one who believes.”
Isaiah 35:5-7
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then the lame will leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
the parched ground will become a pool,
and the thirsty land, springs.
Psalm 146:7-8
The Lord frees prisoners.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
John 9:8-9
His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit begging?” Some said, “He’s the one.” Others were saying, “No, but he looks like him.”
He kept saying, “I’m the one.”
John 9:10-12
So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”
“Where is he?” they asked.
“I don’t know,” he said.
John 9:24-25
So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
He answered, “Whether or not he’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”
>> The Process of Trusting Jesus:
1) You realize that you are
.
1 John 2:11
…in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.
2) You ask Jesus (in faith) to
your eyes.
Ephesians 1:16-18 GNT
I remember you in my prayers and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him. I ask that your minds [“the eyes of your heart”] may be opened to see his light…
Romans 10:9-10 NIV
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
3) You are transformed, and begin to
in a new way, with spiritual eyes.
Ephesians 1:18-19 GNT
I ask that your minds [“the eyes of your heart”] may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people, and how very great is his power at work in us who believe.
John 9:35-38
Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out [of the temple], and when he found him, he asked, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
“Who is he, Sir, that I may believe in him?” he asked.
Jesus answered, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
“I believe, Lord!” he said, and he worshiped him.
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