Wednesday, March 31
Read John 9
Think About It:
- An encounter with Jesus changed a blind man’s life. Has an encounter with Jesus changed your life?
- Jesus used an “icky” method to heal the blind man. What really healed the blind man?
- Now that the man sees, his troubles begin. It’s pretty bad when even your parents won’t stick up for you for fear of getting kicked out of church. The matter was made worse by Jesus healing him on the Sabbath. Do you think the thought crossed his mind, “Maybe I was better off blind?”
- They try to put words in his mouth, but he continues to stay with his true statements, verses 25-27. Finally, they stop the questioning when he asks if they want to be Jesus’ disciples and why they don’t know who He is if they know God? They proceed to throw him out. Have you ever been asked to leave somewhere when you brought up the subject of salvation/God?
- The Pharisees are hanging around and heard the words about judgment. Being the receptive bunch that they were, they asked, “Are we blind also? Blind and sinless, as in verse 3, did not apply to this bunch. Let’s be like the blind man, “Once I was blind, but now I see”.
Family Time:
- In this chapter, Jesus heals a blind man…on a Sabbath. The religious leaders questioned the formerly blind man and his parents because they didn’t believe he had ever been blind. The blind man could not see previously, but now he could. What do you think He believed? What do you believe?
- What did Jesus tell the formerly blind man about why He came into the world. (verse 39) Who are the spiritually blind?
