"Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know; that though I was blind, now I see" v25 John 9:1-41. NKJV
This is an amazing faith-packed miracle, one in which we can learn so much. Familiarise yourself with the whole passage to get the full meaning.
Jesus was walking by when He noticed a blind man begging. He went over to him, rubbed spit and sand on his eyes and told him to go and wash in the Pool of Siloam. He obeyed Jesus and came back to Jesus seeing. A miracle had happened and this man who had been born blind had his sight restored. However, the Pharisees didn't like it one bit. Jesus had healed this man on the Sabbath and even worked forming the spit and the sand. They were fuming at this. They had no thought for the beggar; they were filled with hostility, displaying legalism instead of compassion.
His parents were sent for, who confirmed that he had been born blind but, they were careful what they said because they feared being cast out of the synagogue so, they said no more. We should never be fearful of people where our faith is concerned, and we should never water down the truth because of this. The Pharisees therefore questioned the beggar about Jesus being a sinner.
It was obvious that he had been empowered by Jesus' interaction as he boldly said, 'Whether He is a sinner or not, I do not know. One thing I know; that though I was blind, now I see v25. He then went on to ask if they wanted to become His disciple also v27. He then said to them: 'Why, this is a marvellous thing that you don't 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' v30-33. His boldness was turning him into an evangelist. They didn't like this and cast him out. Jesus heard about it and went and found him and the man became a Christian (v35-38).
Several things come out of this: (1) Jesus energised him and therefore, he was not afraid to make a stand. When you meet Jesus, you'll never be the same. (2) Jesus lived up to His Word - the Shepherd went looking for the man (v1 & v35). If you're lost, your Shepherd will always go looking for you. If you don't want rescuing at the time, He will still watch over you until you are ready. He'll never leave. (3) You will always come up against people who totally refuse to believe in Jesus or in what you say. Don't get into an argument with them but, say what you need to. (4) Don't forget, the beggar would no longer have a way of making money. He was no longer blind so, he was redundant. But he now had evangelism experience and, I'm pretty sure that he would have followed Jesus.
What happened that day? The Blind man: Listened to the Word, Believed it, Obeyed it and received it. And that is what faith is all about!
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