Learning points from Chapter 9

1  The blind man was an example of a sinner.  He was blind, he begged, he was helpless.

2 By gaining his sight this showed how Christ saved sinners.

3 The Jewish authorities had power as his parents were frightened to openly tell them want        had fully happened to their son.

4  The blind man gradually saw that Jesus was the Son of God.

5  Because the blind man sees, he sees the truth.  But the pharisees because they reject the           truth become more spiritually blind.

Key points from John 9

Healing the Blind man

The disciples asked Jesus whose sin had made the man blind?

He answered “no one, he was blind so that they could do God’s work.”  He then put mud on the blind’s mans eyes and told him to wash them in the pool Siloam (which meant sent).  He then gained his sight.

On telling his neighbours and friends he could now see they asked how. He told them what Jesus did.

The Healed Man’s Testimony

He was then taken by the Pharisees and he told them what Jesus had done on a Sabbath day.

The Pharisees were divided, some said he was no God as he acted on a Sabbath, others said he was, as who could do such a thing.

They asked the blind man, who said he was a prophet.  The Jews did not believe him so they asked his parents. His parents confirmed he could now see, but said they would have to ask him as to how it happened. They did this because if they said he was the Messiah the Jews would ban them from the synagogue.

The Jews called back the blind man a second time. The Jews said Jesus was a sinner. The blind man did not know who Jesus was, but he could now see.

They ridiculed him saying they were Moses disciples. Moses had spoken to God but they did not know where Jesus came from. This amazed the blind man saying, if this man was not God he would not be able to do anything.

The Jews then throw him out saying he was trying to teach them their role.

The Blind’s Man Sight and the Pharisee’s Blindness

When Jesus heard how the Pharisees had thrown out he blind man he found him and asked, ”Do you believe in the Son of God?” The blind man asked who he was so that he could believe in him. Jesus said it was he, and the blind man believed.

Jesus said that he had come into the world to judge in  order that they who could not see will see and those who do see will become blind.

Some Pharisees heard him say this and asked,” Surely you don’t mean we are blind too?

Jesus answered “if you were blind then you would not be guilty; but since you think you can see, this means that you are still guilty.”