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TEXT: JOHN 9:1 | GOD’S WORK THROUGH AFFLICTION
EXPLANATION: In chapter 8, Jesus had a show down in the Temple with the Pharisees.
He didn’t beat around the bush like some preachers do.
If Jesus were preaching today, I don’t know if He would be welcome in most Baptist churches.
They wouldn’t be able to handle His pointed preaching.
In v.34,
He preached against sin
In v.44,
He really got on them
Then in v.56-58,
He got them all stirred up
Religion says that Christ is another Gog, a good man, or a prophet.
That’s what the disciples said the world said of Him in Matthew 16:14
But in v.58, Christ quoted two words from the OT that the Pharisees would have been very familiar with… “I AM”
And with the invitation given we find the Pharisee’s response in v.59
Now in our Bibles there is a chapter break.
But as we have discussed in previous studies the verse numbers and chapter headings aren’t inspired, they are just there to help us as we read, study, and preach.
No, the story continues into v.1
The disciples ask what we would perceive is a very rude and cruel questions
But they were trying to show off their spirituality
The Pharisees held a belief that if someone was born with either a physical or mental ailment it was for one of two reasons:
Either the parent had sinned
Or the child had sinned in the womb
But Jesus straightens them out right away and explains the reason for the mans blindness in v.3
Jesus says “there are some works I want to accomplish, some lessons I want to teach, and that is the reason this man was born blind.”
He was saying, “There is a purpose for the affliction.”
APPLICATION: Have you ever asked the questions, “Why Lord?”
I’m sure during the course of this man’s life he must have asked that question, “Why?”
For years he had spend begging for alms, wondering why he was born blind.
Sometimes we wonder, “Why did I grow up in the home I grew up in?”
“Why did I lose my parents so young?”
“Why did I have to go through that painful disease?”
Why?
Many times it may be years before you understand.
Sometime it isn’t until you enter the presence of the Lord one day.
But in John 9, Jesus pulls back the veil for a moment and tells us why He allowed this man to be born blind.
He says it was for the works of God to be manifest in him.
And here we are some 2000 years later and we find this incredible account and see a few of those works that Jesus tells this man he was blind for.
We get a glimpse of How God Worked Through a Blind Man’s Affliction:
V.6-7, TO SHOW THE POWER OF FAITH
EXPLANATION: This blind man was sitting outside of the temple begging for alms.
When Christ walked up to him, he had no idea that his entire life was about to change
In fact, he never asked Christ to heal his blindness
Actually he never said anything at all!
Christ spit in the dirt and made some mud and began to rub it in his eyes.
And then He tells the man to go and wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam.
HE NEVER QUESTIONED CHRIST’S PLAN
He could have said:
“But that’s a long walk.”
“But can’t I just go pout some water on my eyes”
“I don’t see how that’s going to work”
“That’s not the way I’ve done things in the past.”
“What about the money it’s going to cost.”
HE WASN’T CONCERNED WITH THE RELIGIOUS CROWD
He was sitting outside the temple and all the religious scholars tell me the Pool of Siloam was a little over 3000 feet away.
That means for him to make a trip to the pool and back would have been a little over 6000 feet
The Pharisees had a law that on the Sabbath day, you were only allowed to walk a little over 6000 feet.
I kind think… maybe hope… that it was at least a few steps past what their law said!
He wasn’t concerned with the religious crowd, or what anyone else had to say.
He was only concerned with what Christ had told him.
He had gone to religion before and it had left him empty!
But there was something about the Words of Jesus, that made him get up and go!
HE SIMPLY HAD FAITH!
When he followed God’s Word by faith, he found just how powerful that faith is!
Can you imagine as he washed his eyes what the scene must have been like when he saw for the very first time!
APPLICATION: Isn’t it ironic that the Lord says, “We walk by faith, not by sight.”
Hebrews 11 is full of story after story of those who “by faith” saw the power of God!
By faith, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joseph.”
They all saw God do great things when the responded in their lives “By faith.”
God allows us to go through the times of testing and affliction so that BY FAITH we can respond and see the power of God!
EXPLANATION: I’m sure when this man first heard what Jesus told him to do, there was probably doubt in his mind… But he obeyed anyway.
APPLICATION: Sometimes we get in our mind that faith is having full unwavering confidence in God’s commands and plans
But in reality, faith is being willing to follow God’s commands and plans even through our doubts!
It’s keeping our eyes on the “Author and Finisher of our faith!”
GOD WORKED THROUGH THE BLIND MAN’S AFFLICTION TO SHOW THE POWER OF FAITH
V.10-11, 13-15, TO SHARE WHAT JESUS HAD DONE
EXPLANATION: Everywhere this guy went, he would tell people about what Jesus had done!
He would say, “Once I was blind, but now I see.”
Can you imagine how this guy would have been at work that next week?
“Do you need me to read that for you?”
“Once I was blind but now I see.”
Can you imagine what it was like a few weeks later when he got pulled over in his chariot.
“Sir, your license says you can’t drive… you’re blind!”
“Oh officers, that license is a little out of date… you see once I was blind, but now I see!”
Can you imagine what it was like years down the road when this guy’s grandkids were sitting on his knee?
A lot of grandparents like to talk about how great they were when they were young.
But not this guys, he told the same story over and over and over again… “Once I was blind, but now I see.”
APPLICATION: Friend we talked about it last week, but the praise of God ought to always be on our lips!
Talking about the goodness of Christ ought to be our regular conversation!
You ask, “Well what should I praise Him for?”
We should praise Him because He forgives sin!
He forgives your sins when you get saved… and He forgives your sins so you can have a sweet relationship with Him!
We should praise Him because we are created by Him!
God created and designed you for a purpose!
In a world that fails to value the sanctity of life, praise him because you are precious in His sight!
We should praise Him because He is a personal God.
He’s not just the God of the universe… He’s my God!
We could start praising God for Who He is and all He’s done and go on and on!
And everyone would agree with that sentiment… but sadly, often there is very little praise that comes from our mouth!
ILLUSTRATION: When you squeeze a sponge, what comes out is what it’s been soaking in.
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