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Introduction
For the next three weeks we are going to be taking a look at another miracle of Jesus.
This miracle that takes place is the healing of the blind man.
We are going to first read through the entire story then we are going to break it down into three parts.
Let’s begin - stand if you are able.
John 9:1-41
Let’s Pray
Let’s Pray
John 9:1-2
John 9:1-2
We see two things in the question of the disciples:
We want easy answers to tough questions.
We see a glimpse into the worldview of the disciples.
1. Easy Answers to Tough Questions
Jesus, this guy is blind, who’s fault is it?
Blindness, illnesses, and disabilities are always hard human issues.
We meet someone with lung cancer - what is our first thought?
I wonder what they did?
Were they smokers?
Drink too much soda out of aluminum cans?
Where did they work, were they exposed to asbestos?
We look for fault when we see illnesses or disabilities
The Jews were no different - we want easy answers to tough questions
What did the parents do that caused the chromosome issue?
2. We see a glimpse into the worldview of the disciples.
This guy was born blind - so was it his fault?
Did you know that the rabbi’s used to teach that a baby could sin while still in the womb?
The Rabbi’s read this and saw sin in the boys fighting and kicking their mother as they wrestled in Rebekah’s wombs.
So when the disciples saw the man blind from birth there were only two options.
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It was his parents sin that caused him to be blind.
2. It was his fault for sinning while in utero.
Look at Jesus’ response
Jesus doesn’t blame the parents nor does He blame the man
His blindness was so that the works of God might be displayed in him
Think about that - suffering so that God’s work might be shown
Have you ever wondered if your suffering was for the glory of God?
Have you ever wondered if the trial you are going through is so that God can work through you
What do you think the blind man thought when he heard, neither he nor his parents caused his blindness, but that he was blind so that the works of God could be shown through him.
Change #1
Change #1 - Jesus Changes Your Worldview
The disciples were looking to blame someone for the man’s blindness
Jesus changes their worldview - his blindness was for God’s glory - not because of sin.
John 9:4
Jesus was looking at the cross - as long as He is here He needed to work - but once the cross happened, no one can work.
Have you lost someone you loved dearly
You can’t work
You can’t think
You can’t breathe
A time was coming when Jesus would hang on the cross and there was darkness and no one could work.
John 9:5
Jesus is about to bring light to a dark world in the life of the blindman
Again we hear Jesus say, “I am the Light of the world.”
When Jesus comes into your life - your whole life changes
You start working on your big sins when Jesus rescues you from your darkness
You finally feel a little hope again
Jesus shines His light on your dark heart and you finally feel forgiveness and a release from guilt and shame
He truly is the Light of the world.
John 9:6-7
There is a great application here for the church
When we see Jesus perform miracles like this we have to be careful that we are not doing things just because they worked in the past.
If you saw a blind man would you spit in the dirt and make mud and apply it like makeup to his eyes?
Why not?
It worked in the past.
I was not blind but I certainly needed glasses and I had the opportunity to get Lasiks.
I am happy we used Lasers and not mud to fix my eye sight
It’s true for the church too.
We look towards the past and think fondly of programs that once worked, but then times change
People change, the worldview changes - we too can get stuck putting mud on someones face because it worked in the past.
In seminary we were required to use sources and books that were written in the last 10 years for our papers.
I asked Dr. Ames why didn’t we trust the works of those that were over 10 years old.
This is what he told me.
Sources and books are like medicine.
In medicine we stand on the shoulders of those that came before us.
Medicine has advanced over the years.
If you needed surgery, would you want today’s medicine, the civil war medicine, or the medieval medicine?
Obviously we would all say today’s medicine.
We can’t get so stuck in the past - that we fail to look forward
Change #2
Change #1 - Jesus Changes Your Worldview
Change #2 - Jesus Changes Your Eyes
Jesus can open our eyes to see the lost around us
We have the opportunity to have Jesus open our eyes and see those that need love, those that need help, those that need Jesus
John 9:8-12
Change #3
Change #1 - Jesus Changes Your Worldview
Change #2 - Jesus Changes Your Eyes
Change #3 - Jesus Changes Your Life
Conclusion
From this point forward the man’s life was changed.
He no longer needed to beg
He no longer needed help to get to places
He no longer needed to rely on others
Jesus can and will change your whole life when you put your trust in him.
Let’s Pray
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