Do we have a choice Story Summary John 9 One day Jesus was walking and passed by a man who was blind from birth Jesus puts clay on the blind mans eyes The blind man did as Jesus said and ID: 175034
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BLINDNESS:
Do we have a choice?Slide2Slide3
Story Summary
John 9Slide4
One day, Jesus was walking and passed by a man who was blind from birth Slide5
Jesus puts clay on the blind man’s eyesSlide6
The blind man did as
Jesus said and
went to wash in the pool of
siloamSlide7
So the man went, washed, and he came back seeing! Slide8
Pharisees didn’t want to believe. They even called the man’s parents to ask them who he really was. Slide9
The Pharisees refused to believe and told him to leave the temple Slide10
Jesus went to him and asked the man if he believed that Jesus is the Son of God “
Lord, I believe!
” and he worshiped Him Slide11
BlindnessSlide12
Two Types of Blindness
Physical blindness:
the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.
Spiritual blindnessSlide13
SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
when
a person is
not able to see
who Jesus Christ really is.
not
believing
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the world.
unable
to see
all the good things about God that God wants you to
seeSlide14
Check Your Blind SpotsSlide15
What Are Blind Spots?Slide16
Check Your Blind Spots
Spiritual blind spot
: when a
Christian
doesn’t really understand something.
Disciples have a blind spot in their faith:
John 9:1-2
Now
as
Jesus
passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying,
“Rabbi
, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind
?”Slide17
The disciples had a spiritual blind spot in their understanding of how the world works.
The disciples didn’t understand why bad things sometimes happen to good people. But here Jesus takes away their blind spot.
This
man who was born blind from birth wasn’t being punished for a particular sin. God allowed this blindness to happen to him for a good purpose – so that the work of God might be displayed in his life, so that God might reveal his love and power in this man’s life.Slide18
SO…WHO SINNED?
This man or his parents?Slide19
Jesus’ Answer:
John 9:3
“Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him
.’”
Jesus
is not saying these people never
sinned
To Jesus, it was
more important to remove evil than to speculate on its origin
.
Disciples:
natural question
Jesus:
spiritual answer!Slide20
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?!
This story reminds us why bad things sometimes happen to good people: so that the work of God might be displayed in a person’s life.
Sometimes God allows bad things to happen to someone, so that he can reveal his glory through that person’s situation.Slide21
LOCATION
OPTION #2:
Pool of Israel
OPTION #4:
Pool of Siloam
OPTION #1:
Pool of Bethesda
OPTION #3:
Tower’s PoolSlide22
LOCATION
OPTION #4:
Pool of SiloamSlide23
So What’s So Special About This Miracle?!
…Jesus
Healed Many People!Slide24
Jesus is The ULTIMATE Creator
And
He said to him,
“
Go, wash in the pool of Siloam
”(which is translated Sent).
So
he went and washed
, and
came back seeing
.
Obedience
Grace
Our (easy) part
God’s gift to usSlide25
Breaking the Sabbath?
He shouldn’t heal him on the Sabbath!
The law
forbids it!
Please have mercy and heal my son!
“
Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.” Exodus 3:15
Ask yourself: does God really mean we cannot do good deeds on the Sabbath?
Slide26
Romans 13:9-10
For the
commandments…and
if
there is
any other commandment, are
all
summed up in this saying, namely,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself
.”
Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love
is
the fulfillment of the law.Slide27
HOW? HOW?
HOW?
HOW?
HOW?!!
John 9:10
“
Therefore they said to him, “
How
were your eyes opened?”
John 9:15
“Then the Pharisees also asked him again
how
he had received his sight. He said to them, ‘He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.’”
John 9:16
“…
Others said, ‘
How
can a man who is a sinner do such signs?’ And there was a division among them. ”
John 9:18
“
And they asked them, saying, ‘Is this your son, who you say was born blind?
How
then does he now see?’”
John 9:26
“
Then they said to him again, ‘What did He do to you?
How
did He open your eyes?’”Slide28
FEAR
Fearing God vs. Fearing ManSlide29
IS THIS THE SAME GUY?!
Some said, “This is he.”
Others said, “
He
is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
Slide30
Pharisees
John 9:16
“This
Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath
.”
John 9:24
“
Give
God the glory
! We know that this Man is a sinner
.”
John 9:28-29
“
You are His disciple, but we are Moses’
disciples. We
know that God spoke to Moses;
as for
this
fellow,
we do not know where He is from.”
John 9:34
“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?”Slide31
Parents
John 9:20-22
“We
know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
but
by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself
.”
“
His parents said these
things
because they feared the
Jews”Slide32
Others
John 9:9
“This is he.”
John 9:16
“
How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?”Slide33
Blind Man
John 9:17
“He is a prophet.”
John 9:25
“Whether He is a sinner
or not
I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
John 9:30-33
“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes
!
Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.
Since
the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
If
this Man were not from God, He could do nothing
.”
John 9:38
“
Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.Slide34
John 9:35
“Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of God?’”
Jesus is dealing with his
spiritual blindness
and solving the problem of the man’s eternal destiny.Slide35
John 9:36-38
“He answered and said, ‘Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.’ Then he said, ‘Lord, I believe!’ And he worshiped Him.”
This was a man whose spiritual eyes were opened to know the One True Living God of Creation.
FAITH
WORSHIPSlide36
Blind Man’s Progress:Slide37
You have to do YOUR part too!
Did the blind man have to do anything to receive his sight?
YES
NO
If the blind man didn’t go and wash, would he have received his sight?
YES
NO
God: “hard part”
Us: easy part = obey and submit to Him