10-31: John Series :: Why?

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Thank you for joining us in worship today! Pastor Bob discusses the reasons why things happen to us and how we should respond as we look at the beginning of John 9.

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John 9:1-17

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

[1] As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. [2] His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

[3] “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. [4] As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. [5] While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

[6] After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. [7] “Go,”he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

[8] His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” [9] Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

[10] “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

[11] He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

[12] “Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

[13] They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. [14] Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. [15] Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

[16] Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.

[17] Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”

The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

Notes Outline

1. Three Mistaken Beliefs

   1. The Difficult Questions

      1. John 9:2

         1. Outward Blame

         2. Inward Blame

   2. The Surprising Answer

      1. John 9:3

   3. The Light We Need

      1. John 9:4-5

         1. We are beggars. This is true. (Martin Luther)

      2. John 9:6-7