Faith is really simple, but we make it complicated.
Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam”. So the man went and washed and came back seeing! His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!” They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?” He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!” “Where is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.
Faith is trusting God enough to do what he says.
Do I look more like Jesus today than I did yesterday?
25“I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
Doubt asks questions; unbelief refuses to hear answers.
39Then Jesus told him,[1] “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see[2] that they are blind.”
Translation notes (2)
- 9:38-39a Some manuscripts do not include “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus. Then Jesus told him.
- 9:39b Greek those who see.
We’re better off to be blind and know it, than to think we have sight and really be blind.
“...I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
Ministry & Giving
- Accepted Christ
- 78
- Participated in Baptism
- 90
| Period | Needed | Given |
|---|---|---|
| Week | $434,915 | $348,134 |
| Year | $13,047,443 | $13,308,149 |
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