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(John 9:1-12)
I. Introduction.
A. Orientation.
As you know,
Weve been looking in the evenings
At how Jesus evangelized.
First how He dealt with Nicodemus
Telling him that even though he was a member of the church
He was yet unconverted
And needed the new birth
Reminding us that its not enough
To go to church,
Or even to be a member of a church.
You must be born again
If you ever hope to see the kingdom in Christ
And enter it through faith in His name.
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But we also saw
That the Lord can and will
Use any of us who are willing to sow that seed
To bring salvation to others.
This morning,
We see something of what the Lord does
In the faculties of the soul
To bring the lost to Himself.
B. Preview.
In verse 1, we read, As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.
This is likely now no longer
The last day of the Feast of Booths,
But a different time.
As Jesus continued His ministry
As He continued to travel and preach throughout Palestine
He passed by a man who couldnt see
One who had been blind from his birth to adulthood.
But were going to see
That He didnt just pass by:
He opened this mans eyes
In more ways than one.
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What was true of him
Was true of every one of us spiritually:
We also came into this world blind:
There were certain things
We had never seen
The beauty and glory
Of the One who made the heavens and earth
Because we didnt have the ability to see them
At least we didnt
Until the Lord opened our eyes
Through the Gospel.
Thats why we needed the Gospel.
Thats why those around us who are blind
Need it as well.
II. Sermon.
A. First, we see the disciples question.
When they saw him,
They wondered how it happened;
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And so they asked Jesus, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he
would be born blind? (v. 2).
They knew this must be the result of sin
But whose sin? His or his parents?
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That He will withhold the mercy
He might otherwise have shown these children
Because of the sins of their parents.
Just think about what happened to Canaan because of Hams sin (Gen. 9:25),
Or to the firstborn in Egypt because of Pharaohs sin (Ex. 11:4-5),
Or what happened to the children Achan, or Dathan and Korah (Num. 16).
In the case of these latter,
Their sin brought about the destruction of their whole households.
Now was this the reason this man was born blind?
Jesus says no.
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But now look more carefully at the first part of their question:
Could it have been this mans sin
That caused him to be born blind?
Was there some sin he committed before birth
That could have brought this about?
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And the death of the last apostles.
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Jesus came into the world
To reverse the effects of sin.
God allowed sin to enter into the world in the first place,
So that He might show us His mercy and grace in Christ.
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Through the free choice of Adam.
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And that was the work He would continue to do
As long as He was in the world:
To shine the light of the Fathers Word.
Jesus said to His disciples, We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long
as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I
am the Light of the world (vv. 4-5).
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Night was coming the physical death that eventually overtakes all of us
When they would no longer be able to work.
While He was here, He was the Light of the world
He was the source of the Gospel
Pointing men to God.
The same was true of the disciples.
In verses 6 and 7, we read, When He had said this, He spat on the ground, and
made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes, and said to him, Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and
washed, and came back seeing.
Jesus healed the mans eyes
To show that He is the One who heals the eyes of the soul.
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But this is also one of the reasons
Those who knew him didnt recognize him.
We read in verses 8 and 9, Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw
him as a beggar, were saying, Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?
Others were saying, This is he, still others were saying, No, but he is like
him. He kept saying, I am the one.
They just couldnt believe he was the same man.
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They dont recognize you;
Often, they dont want to be around you any longer.
Finally, we read in verse 12, They said to him, Where is He? He said, I do not
know.
After Jesus healed this man,
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He left that place,
So when the man returned,
He was gone.
But his testimony had done its work:
The crowd wanted to see this Man
Who had performed this miracle.
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Hes passing where you are right now.
Hes drawing near with His Gospel.
Reach out and take hold of Him by faith:
Be willing to leave your old life behind;
Trust Him to save you,
And He will. Amen.
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