Here in part 9 we have the complete story of Jesus' healing of the blind man. If you're a TurningPoint member you're aware the Pastor David has been preaching through the Gospel of John. It wasn't long ago that he preached on this very passage.
If you recall, Jesus' disciples ask Him in John 9:2, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" We learned that the answer was neither; instead he was born blind so that, "the works of God might be displayed in him." - verse 3.
From there we see the Pharisees grill the blind man and try to get him to call Jesus a sinner because He healed him on the Sabbath. But the ex-blind man gets fed up with this and I believe is moved by God when he says to them in verses 30-33, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet He opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."
Enjoy this incredible passage of Scripture. God bless.
Rob
Being once dead in sin, now raised by God's mere mercy, to newness of life.
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