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This is going to be a place where I process my Bible reading. |
| Welcome to my Bible reading journey. I find that I process information better when I write/respond to it. This blog is simply a place where I can write down my thoughts about God's word. If you are reading I hope you get something out of it. Feel free to comment your take on the verses. Enjoy! |
| Today's verses John 9 Jesus continues on His journey and He sees a blind man. His disciples ask HIm who was the sinner (the blind man or His parents) to cause Him to be blind. Jesus tells them that neither's sins resulted in the man being blind. Jesus had a work to do while He could. He then spat on the ground and used it to anoint the man's eye. The He told HIm to go wash it off in the pool of Siloam. Once the man did, he was able to see. Now once His neighbor's saw they questioned the man. He told them exactly what happened. They wanted to know where this man was, but the now not blind man didn't know. They brought him before the Pharisees and told them the story. This all happened on the sabbath day. Once again this caused disagreement. Some people thought (Jesus) couldn't be a man of God, because He broke the laws of Moses. Some couldn't see how a sinner could perform such miracles. When the blind man (who is no longer blind) was asked He called Jesus a prophet. Some of the Jews thought that this whole ordeal was a hoax. They brought the former blind man's parents forward and asked them if He was truly born blind. The agreed and further told the questioners to ask the son for detail of His healing. So they call the former blind man back and He tells them He doesn't know who the person was but he did know He was blind and know He sees. They ended up calling him as disciple and basically kicking Him out of the temple. Jesus went to Him after he had been cast out. Jesus asked if the man believed. The man simply said He did not know who the Son of God was. Jesus then tells him His identity and the man believes. Now the Pharisees overheard Jesus telling the man that He came in the world that the blind may see and so that the seeing shall be blind. Of course the Pharisees were frustrated and asked if He was calling them blind. Jesus told them if they were blind, they would be sinless but because they can see, their sins remain. I like how this chapter starts. The disciples see someone who is less than in their mines. They immediately come to the conclusion that this must be a punishment. Someone (whether the man or his parents), must have sinned and the blindness was a result. I feel like this can be a viewpoint in the world. Illnesses, disabilities, hard times, and etc are the person's fault. Or they are happening because God is punishing someone. Now I will be the first to admit God doesn't play. We read over and over in the old testament especially some of the severe results of disobeying God. However, ultimately God is love. He is forgiveness. He is mercy and grace. He is not just sitting on His throne handing out punishments. Jesus refuted the disciples thoughts. He told them it was nobody's fault, but that this man was about to be used to fulfill God's work. The thing about it is this man did not know Jesus. When asked he told the people that He didn't know what Jesus' deal was, but that someone who could perform miracles couldn't be all that bad. In other words He was defending Jesus. It was at this point, once He was kicked out of the temple that Jesus came to the man. And even when Jesus approached He didn't start by talking about HImself. No He let the man come to His own conclusions, He just asked a question first do you believe? And you know what, the man had questions. He asked, Jesus answered. I feel like this is a lesson we need to continue to remind ourselves. Certain circumstances are not our fault, but God can still use us even if we are considered broken. Because God can heal all (physical, emotional, spiritual, etc) we just have to be willing to follow His directions. |
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