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Sickness is universal.
Ever since the Fall when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, sin, death and decay have existed in this imperfect world.
Health-related issues of all sorts afflict all humans no matter how careful or health-conscious we may try to be.
Sickness and/or death in some form is ultimately inevitable for all of us.
We can look back throughout history and see that massive outbreaks of disease have destroyed the lives of millions of people.
In the 14th Century, the infamous Black Death, or Bubonic Plague, killed an estimated one-third to one-half of Europe’s population.
In the 19th Century, twice as many Civil War soldiers died of disease as were killed in combat.
In the 20th Century, the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 claimed 30 to 50 million lives, dwarfing the number of those killed in the first World War.
Today, thousands die from injuries, cancer and heart problems.
Despite all of the sophisticated technologies that modern medical professionals utilize, they are still limited in the amount of healing they can ultimately offer.
Scientific advances may be impressive, but they can only do so much in delaying death.
God, on the other hand, is not at all limited in His ability to heal.
As with all of life, He is perfectly sovereign over illness and health.
We see throughout the pages of Scripture that at certain historical times, God has chosen to heal in supernatural ways.
We see plenty of examples of God’s miraculous healing in the OT.
God healed Naaman of leprosy. .
Hezekiah was healed of a terminal illness. .
God healed the Israelites of poisonous snake bites.
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Job was healed of a debilitating infirmity. .
In addition to all of that, three people were raised from the dead.
We see plenty of examples of God’s miraculous healing in the OT.
God healed Naaman of leprosy. .
Hezekiah was healed of a terminal illness. .
God healed the Israelites of poisonous snake bites. .
Job was healed of a debilitating infirmity. .
We find the same thing in the NT.
God used the apostles to do much healing during that time.
He gave them that ability in order to authenticate them as messengers of the truth of God.
In that way, God healed lame men. .
A paralyzed individual in Samaria was made to walk. .
In addition to that two people, Dorcas and Eutychus were both restored to life.
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People in the NT were also raised from the dead.
Of course, the greatest manifestation of miraculous healing in history occurred during the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Nothing even remotely close to the miraculous display through Him has ever occurred.
Christ’s healing accomplished a number of things.
They fulfilled messianic prophecy. .
They authenticated His messianic ministry. .
Christ’s healings glorified God, and they demonstrated His deity. .
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We started looking at the ninth chapter of John last week, but we didn’t get very far into the chapter, looking at only the first five verses.
Jesus and His disciples were going through Jerusalem and they saw a man born blind.
The disciples thought either he or his parents must have sinned for him to be suffering like that.
But Jesus corrected that faulty thinking and said he was blind so that God would be glorified.
Jesus is the true light.
Because He has shone His light upon our lives, we need to live with a sense of urgency and make the most of the time we have on this earth because the days are evil.
There is always something that we can do for the Lord.
It is imperative that we get around to doing it while we still have the time.
This morning, we’re going to finish looking at John chapter 9 by reading a rather long section.
Today’s passage helps us see that we need to live our lives according to the spiritual sight Jesus gives us. .
Jesus’ healing of this blind man in this passage cannot be explained by anything other than His miraculous, divine power.
It couldn’t have been a natural recovery of sight since the man was born blind and saw immediately.
It couldn’t have been the result of medical treatment, since that type of treatment wasn’t available back then.
Jesus’ healing of this blind man in this passage cannot be explained by anything other than His miraculous, divine power.
It couldn’t have been a natural recovery of sight since the man was born blind and saw immediately.
It couldn’t have been the result of medical treatment, since that type of treatment wasn’t available back then.
This healing is a living parable.
Jesus is the true light.
The one who is the spiritual Light of the World also provided physical light for this man who lived his entire life in physical and spiritual darkness.
This healing illustrates Jesus’ ministry as the Light shining in a spiritually darkened world.
At this point in the narrative, we have no indication that Jesus or the disciples have had any direct contact or conversation with this blind man.
Then out of blue, apparently, Jesus stops, spits on the ground, makes some mud and puts it on the man’s eyes.
He probably used the clay as an aid to develop the man’s faith, as opposed to some sort of medicine.
Jesus could have performed this miracle in any number of different ways.
He could have done it more privately for a greater sense of safety since the Jewish leaders were actively looking to arrest Him.
He could have done it more publicly in order to gain more personal honor, but that wasn’t what Jesus was about.
He could have waited until the Sabbath was over so as not to offend anyone.
Jesus could have performed this miracle in any number of different ways.
He could have done it more privately for a greater sense of safety since the Jewish leaders were actively looking to arrest Him.
He could have done it more publicly in order to gain more personal honor.
He could have waited until the Sabbath was over so as not to offend anyone.
But instead, Jesus did it just exactly like He did.
That is the way that it needed to be done and it was the way that God wanted it to be done.
The blind man was then and there and at that moment needing some help.
To have waited for some reason would have been rather foolish and completely unnecessary.
After applying the clay to the man’s eyes, Jesus tells him to go to the pool of Siloam and wash.
This pool was located in the older part of Jerusalem and was part of the city’s water system.
It was from this pool that the high priest drew water during the Feast of Tabernacles.
As Jesus instructed, the blind man obediently went away and washed in the pool and came back seeing.
After applying the clay to the man’s eyes, Jesus tells him to go to the pool of Siloam and wash.
This pool was located in the older part of Jerusalem and was part of the city’s water system.
It was from this pool that the high priest drew water during the Feast of Tabernacles.
As Jesus instructed the blind man obediently went away and washed in the pool and came back seeing.
This man had no doubt been quite a fixture in this area for quite some time.
Since he was blind, he couldn’t work so he resorted to begging.
People who are used to seeing him are astonished at his healing.
They were so astonished, in fact, that many of them even denied that it was the same man.
Since they saw what had happened yet didn’t really understand what it was that was going on, some of the people took the formerly blind man to the Pharisees.
It would have been only natural for them to seek an explanation for this miracle from the religious authorities.
After all, this was an unprecedented event.
Since it appears that the Pharisees were meeting in some sort of official capacity, it must no longer be the Sabbath.
They would never had held such an inquiry on the Sabbath.
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We see the spiritual blindness of these men exemplified right off the bat.
Their first, immediate and only reaction was to declare Jesus a sinner because He didn’t keep the Sabbath.
We need to keep in mind that He had not violated any of the divine Sabbath regulations revealed from God in Scripture.
No, Jesus had only broken the restrictions and extrabiblical applications of the Jewish rabbis.
What laws exactly did the Pharisees accuse Jesus of breaking?
First of all, making clay from saliva and dust apparently violated a prohibition against kneading on the Sabbath.
The rabbinic regulations also forbade giving medical treatment on the Sabbath unless a person’s life was in immediate danger, which wasn’t the case with this man.
Additionally, some rabbis taught that it was not permitted to anoint the eyes with medicine on the Sabbath, although the leaders were divided on the application of that law.
Why did Jesus do it?
He of course knew all of this and He could have done this any way that he wanted to do it, so why do it a time that caused more problems with the Jews?
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