The Light of the World Brings Sight

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SERIES:  Gospel of John
Sermon Scripture:  ​John 9:1-12

The Light of the World Brings Sight

• In John 8, Jesus made radical claims that he was both God and the light of the world.
• In John 9, Jesus encounters two types of blindness.
  • Blindness of the ______: The beggar suffers from physical blindness and cannot see the world.
  • Blindness of the ______: Pharisees suffer from spiritual blindness and cannot see the light of the world.

The Light of the World Brings Sight

• In John 8, Jesus made radical claims that he was both God and the light of the world.
• In John 9, Jesus encounters two types of blindness.
  • Blindness of the ______: The beggar suffers from physical blindness and cannot see the world.
  • Blindness of the ______: Pharisees suffer from spiritual blindness and cannot see the light of the world.

The Perception of Jesus - What Jesus Saw (9:1)

• Jesus notices this blind man... not the disciples.
  • This man lived a hard and difficult life as a ____________.
  • This man had been blind since ___________.
• This man’s physical condition is a reminder of our spiritual state without Christ.
  • We were in spiritual _______________ and have nothing to offer God.
  • We were in spiritual _______________ and were born in sin. (Roman 5:12)
• Jesus has compassion for those the world _________________.

The Purpose of Blindness- What Jesus Explained (9:2-5)

• The disciples ask for an explanation of the man’s blindness. (2)
  • They were looking for the _____________ of the blindness.
  • Jesus pointed to the ______________ of the blindness.
    • Suffering, sickness, disability, and death are all in the world because of ______. (Rom. 5:12-14)
      • The existence of sin in the world is the cause of ____________ in the world. However...
      • Specific sins in the world are usually not the cause of specific sufferings in the world.
    • Jesus teaches that suffering can only have ultimate meaning in relation to __________. (3)
      • Specific sins in the past do not always correlate with specific suffering in the present.
      • The explanation of the blindness lies not in the past cause but in God’s future purposes.
• We are called to join Jesus in doing the works of God while we have time. (4)
  • “Day” refers to ____________.
  • “Night” refers to _____________.
• Jesus would soon turn from a day-job of relieving suffering to a night-job of suffering himself. (5)

The Power that Healed - What Jesus Did (9:6-7)

• Just as God used dirt to create man in the beginning, Jesus uses clay to _____________ a man’s eyes.
• Just as God sent Naaman to wash away his leprosy, Jesus sends the man to wash away his blindness.
• This is a picture of what God has done for all of his children.
  • He has opened our blind eyes to __________ his glory. (2 Cor. 4:4-6)
  • He has washed our sins away to __________ us for his glory. (Titus 3:5)

The Perplexity of the People - What Jesus Stirred (9:8-12)

• The people were asking the wrong question.
  • They were asking ___________ the man had been healed.
  • They should have been asking _________.
• The crowd’s reaction to the change in the man teaches 5 characteristics of the new birth:
  • It is an __________________ change.
  • It is a __________________ change.
  • It is a __________________ change.
  • It is a __________________ change.
  • It is a __________________ change.