Some believe that sick people are being punished because of their sin. And that is what the crowd assumed when they brought this man, blind from birth, to Jesus. It must have been sin by him or sin by his parents. Jesus says no, it is so that God can be glorified. When Jesus made mud and put it on this blind mans eyes Jesus then told him to wash in the pool of Siloam. The man did then went home seeing. His neighbors wondered, what happened? The Pharisees wondered, what happened? The man didn’t know, he hadn’t been able to see who did this. He just knew that now, he could see. When Jesus found him, he introduced himself asking “Do You Believe in the Son of Man?”. When this man who had been blind learns that Jesus, the Christ, the son of man is standing in front of him, he worships him. Jesus later says, in John 10:4 “the sheep follow him because they know his voice”, and in John 10:14 “my own know me”.
Although I Was Blind, Now I See!
John 9:24–34
The Pharisees seek out the formerly blind man again in John 9:24 and skip all of the Social graces saying to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!”. They aren’t asking, they are telling but they don’t get the response they want. So now in John 9:26 they ask “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”. Again, they don’t get the answer they want so in John 9:28 they say “You are his disciple! But we are disciples of Moses!” and the “You are his disciple!” was meant in the most demeaning way while the “we are disciples of Moses!” was meant with great pride.
But they were not following after Moses. Others had also said they were Moses disciples but Jesus said in
John 5:45–46 (LEB) Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me.
John 7:19 (LEB) Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
The man that had been born blind and can now see responds to these false followers of Moses in
John 9:32-33 (LEB) From time immemorial it has not been heard that someone opened the eyes of one born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything!”
So, in John 9:34 they accused him saying “You were born completely in sin … and they threw him out”.
Do You Believe in the Son of Man?
John 9:35–41
This man had been blind from birth, so when Jesus smeared clay on his eyes in John 9:6, he didn’t know what Jesus looked like. He did what Jesus said in John 9:7 “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam … and came back seeing”. He had just gone home to his neighborhood and everyone new him as the blind beggar. No one could understand what happened and he himself hadn’t seen the man, Jesus, who had done this miraculous thing of opening his eyes to see. Now, after all of the questioning by the Pharisees, after being thrown out by them, in John 9:35-37 Jesus introduces himself asking, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” but the the formerly blind man didn’t know how to answer. So in
John 9:37, 39 (LEB) Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you.” 39 … “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!”
The blind man responded with worship in
John 9:38 (LEB) And he said, “I believe, Lord!” and he worshiped him.
The Pharisees had responded with pride, ridicule, accusation. These who should have been able to see Jesus were blind. These who should have been leaders were blind. Jesus had said in Luke 6:37, what we call the sermon on the plain, “do not judge … do not condemn …pardon” and then he said in
Luke 6:39 (LEB) And he also told them a parable: “Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, can he?* Will they not both fall into a pit?
I Am the Door of the Sheep
John 10:1–10
There are two often quoted verses in this section. Each of them are essential and fundamental concepts for the Christian life. First, there is one way to enter the kingdom of heaven, Jesus Christ in
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
Second, there is an adversary, a destroyer, a thief that is looking for access to the sheep in
John 10:10a The thief comes only so that he can steal and kill and destroy
Then, John 10:10b adds that “I (Jesus, the door) have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly”. Through Jesus Christ, we gain more that just access to the Kingdom of God, we gain life and “have it abundantly”.
I Am the Good Shepherd
John 10:11–21
Jesus begins to talk about laying down his life. Not for himself, not for the Father (although he is doing the fathers will), not to meet any demands of the devil, or under duress from any person, in Luke 10:1 he “lays down his life for the sheep”. Then in John 10:16 Jesus says, “I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also”. He had first been sent in Matthew 15:24 (LEB) “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel”. Now he includes other sheep, the message will go to all the world in
John 10:16 (LEB) And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock—one shepherd.
About Divorce
Mark 10:2-12
Matthew 19:3-12
Luke 16:18
Moses Permitted A Man
Mark 10:2–12
Mark 10:5–6 (LEB) But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. 6 But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female.
The Two Will Become One Flesh
Matthew 19:3–12
Matthew 19:6 (LEB) So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
Everyone Who Divorces
Luke 16:18
Luke 16:18 (LEB) “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Little Children
Mark 10:13-16
Matthew 19:13-15
Luke 18:15-17
Study Verses
- John 9:24–34 Although I Was Blind, Now I See!
- John 9:35–41 Do You Believe in the Son of Man?
- John 10:1–10 I Am the Door of the Sheep
Today’s Reading
- Matthew 19:3-15
- Mark 10:2-16
- Luke 16:18
- Luke 18:15-17
- John 9:24-41
- John 10:1-21
The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ – The Gospels
This series follows the order of readings from the Tyndale One Year Chronological Bible. Covering these events chronologically as they happened, gives a much different context and helps us understand the move of God as He is introducing the Saviour, the Light of the world, Jesus Christ. This series begins with Return To Me And I Will Return To You at the end of Malachi and introduces the “Witnesses” writing the Gospels.
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