TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
TEXT:
John 9:13-34
13.
Then the people brought the man to the Pharisees.
14.
The day Jesus had made mud and healed the man’s eyes was a Sabbath day.
15.
So the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?” He answered, “He
put mud on my eyes. I washed, and now I can see.”
16.
Some of the Pharisees said, “That man does not obey the law about the Sabbath
day. So he is not from God.” Others said, “But someone who is a sinner cannot
do these miraculous signs.” So they could not agree with each other.
17.
They asked the man again, “Since it was your eyes he healed, what do you say
about him?” He answered, “He is a prophet.”
18.
The Jews leaders still did not believe that this really happened to the
man-that he was blind and was now healed. But later they sent for his parents.
19.
They asked them, “Is this your son? You say he was born blind. So how can he
see?”
20.
His parents answered, “We know that this man is our son. Ans we know that he
was born blind.
21.
But we don’t know why he can see now. We don’t know who healed his eyes. Ask
him. He is old enough to answer for himself.”
22.
They said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had
already decided that they would punish anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
They would stop them from coming to the synagogue.
23.
That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24.
So the Jewish leaders called the man who had been blind. They told him to come
in again. They said, “You should honor God by telling the truth. We know that
this man is a sinner.”
25.
The man answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. But I do know this: I was
blind, and now I can see.”
26.
They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?”
27.
He answered, “I have already told you that. But you would not listen to me. Why
do you want to hear it again? Do you want to be his followers too?”
28.
St this they shouted insults at him and said, “You are his followers, not us!
We are followers of Moses.
29.
We know that God spoke to Moses. But we don’t even know where this man comes
from!”
30.
The man answered, “This is really strange! You don’t know where he comes from,
but he healed my eyes.
31.
We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he will listen to anyone
who worships and obeys him.
32.
This is the first time we have ever heard of anyone healing the eyes of someone
born blind.
33.
This man must be from God. If he were not from God, he could not do anything
like this.”
34.
The Jewish leaders answered, “You were born full of sin! Are you trying to
teach us?” And they told the man to get out of the synagogue and to stay out.
(Easy-to-Read
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
CHRIST’S MISSION REVEALS MORE ABOUT HIS PERSON
Today, the
controversies about the person of Jesus continue. While the Pharisees argued
that “this man is not from God” because He worked on the Sabbath day, others
asked, “How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?” That sharply divided them.
But the blind man’s opinion about Jesus was very emphatic: “He is a prophet”
(vs. 13-17).
Jesus had earlier
declared His mission on earth thus: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me… to
preach the gospel, to heal the broken-hearted… and recovery of sight to the
blind” (Luke 4:18 ff).
Knowledge wrongly applied
can lead to blindness. Therefore, the Pharisees couldn’t come to terms with
Jesus’ personality as revealed through the miracles. They called Jesus ‘a
sinner’ but the blind man who regained his sight said, “I’m surprised you
Pharisees don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes” (vs. 26-34).
QUESTION:
Are you like the Pharisees whose knowledge of the Law blinded them to Christ’s
mission?
PRAYER:
God’s goodness in your life today shall put Satan and his agents in confusion,
in Jesus name, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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