The Gospel of John Chapter 9: 1-12 (NKJV)
A Man Born Blind
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- Luminous Church — San Antonio, TX
- Sowers Church of Christ — San Antonio, TX
- Christian Community Church of Ministry — Bangladesh
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Thank you for standing faithfully alongside us as we proclaim the grace, truth, and light of Jesus Christ.”
Introduction
In John Chapter 9, Jesus moves from the verbal confrontation in the temple to an encounter on the road with a man born blind. What the Pharisees rejected in doctrine, Christ will now demonstrate in power: opening physical eyes to expose spiritual sight, proving that He is indeed the Light of the World and the sovereign Lord who transforms darkness into vision.
When a man receives sight, it should be a time for elation. When the ministry posts a blog, it is time to celebrate, for a light has been lit among the Narrow Way
. We will examine three key movements in this passage:
- No one sinned: The book of Job
- Shedding light in a dark world: The book of Daniel
- Glorifying the Miracle: John Chapter 4
Scripture Reading: John 9 1:12 (NKJV)
Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Therefore, the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
10 Therefore, they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?”
He said, “I do not know.”
Section I: “No One Sinned”: Reframing Suffering Through Job
A. The Ancient Paradigm: Retributive Justice (Karma vs. Covenant)
To understand the weight of the disciples’ question—“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents…?”—we have to recognize that they were operating under the dominant theological worldview of Second Temple Judaism: Retributive Theology.