John 9
The Pharisees Blindless
Physical healing and spiritual healing are intertwined. The one leads to the other as the blind man moves from darkness to light, first physically and then spiritually. At the physical level his sight was restored. On the spiritual level he came to faith in Christ. The narrative in this chapter is …
Trouble with the Jewish Leaders
Because of Jesus’ compassion and healing of this blind man, He soon found Himself in trouble with the Jewish leaders (v. 16). His act of deliberately healing the man on the Sabbath Day caused …
Contentment in Any Circumstance
It is said that in the United States somebody goes blind every twenty minutes. In this chapter, the Lord encountered a blind man. The question put to Him by the disciples concerning the man’s blindness can help us face the question that all of us have asked at one time or another (v. 1): “Why …
The Testimony of the Healed Man
The Pharisees tried to pressure the healed man into withdrawing his testimony about Jesus. They wanted him to say that the miracle of his sight was only a miracle of God and that Christ was a sinner (v.24). He would not debate the character of Jesus Christ, because that was beyond his …