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Place - Open Word Fellowship (Community Church of Myrtle Point)
Time - Sunday Morning
Date September 15, 2018
Scripture -
Text - (NIV84) He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know.
One thing I do know.
I was blind but now I see!”
Topic - Question Two, “The Religious Question”
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know.
One thing I do know.
I was blind but now I see!”
Theme- For the Christian there is always a religious side to life.
The Jewish leaders saw the question from an oral tradition standpoint.
The healed man saw it from an experiential standpoint.
INTRODUCTION
The Second Question John 9:13-34
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The Religious Question
Now the man can see and his neighbors think it would be a good thing to take him to the Leaders and have them examine him.
They are more than willing to do so but they start not from the healing but from the day and time on which the healing occured.
Investigating the Healing
According to them the Healer, Jesus, had to be a sinner because He healed on the Sabbath Day.
This was not written in the Law of Moses but was part of their oral traditions.
To them they must first settle, “Who gave this man the authority to do such a thing on the Sabbath.
Observations
Last week the question was about sin and suffering.
Jesus settled that question by saying that sin was not the issue but rather to bring glory to God in this man’s life.
This week people seek not the advice of God but of those they think are godly.
In the end the Pharisees ruled in favor of their own authority rather than seeing what a great miracle was done in their town.
2. There is also the question of keeping the Sabbath Law
3. Making the mud was considered work and also the healing
4. Division among the council and the man and the council.
Some - this man is not of God, - How can a man that is a sinner do such signs?
Blind man - He is a prophet
5.
The word "know" is used 11 times from verse 12 through verse 31.
I. V. 13-17 The Healed Man Questioned
I. V. 13-17 The Healed Man Questioned
9:13 Act - They brought
Specific - to the Pharisees
Person - the man
who had been blind
Brought to court to the teachers that know everything.
These neighbors brought this odd happening to the people who should know.
It that day and in some places today the trained teacher/preacher was the person who was educated, informed and knowledgeable about questions they might have.
So this is a natural first step in solving the problem of who is this man, how did he get his sight and who is the man that performed the miracles
:14 Time - Now the day
Specific - on which
Person - Jesus
had made the mud
AND
opened the man's eyes
was the Sabbath
The problem here is once again the Law verses traditions made up based on interpretations of the Law.
The Law had prohibited work and then the teachers of the Law set out to specifically define what was work and what was not.
In this case with healing, making mud and sending the man to wash Jesus had broken at least 4 or 5 of these interpretations.
:15 Conclusion - Therefore
Question - The Pharisees also asked him how he had
received his sight .
Act - "He put mud on my eyes,"
Specific - the man replied
Results - "AND
I washed
AND
now I see."
Still the questioner are much more interested in the how than the who.
What does this man know 1. Who touched him.
2. What steps He had taken.
3. His own obedience and 4. Now he could see.
:16 Response - Some of the Pharisees said,
Quote - "This man is not from God,
Reason - for He does not keep the Sabbath>"
Contrast - BUT
others asked,
Quote - " How can a sinner do such miraculous sign?"
Fact - So they were divided.
The Pharisees were divided simply because some would rather be wrong than change their thinking about when and how God works.
That is why while traditions are important they must not cloud our judgment about people.
Prayer, wisdom and rightly dividing the scriptures will save us from harsh and unjust judgments.
:17 Conclusion - Finally
Person - they turned again to the blind man,
Question - "What have you to say about Him?
Specific - It was your eyes He opened."
Response - The man replied,
Belief - "He is a prophet."
The simple judgment of the blind man was He is a prophet.
The Jews had asked for signs in .
Now they have a sign and they seek to disbelieve what is before them.
This man does not say He is the Prophet as they did in but at least knew this man was not an ordinary man.
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V. 18-23 The Parents Questioned
:18 Conclusion - The Jews still did not believe that
Specific - he had been blind
AND
had received his sight
Time - until they sent for the man's parents.
On one hand it may seem that the religious leaders were being through in their investigation.
On the other it appears that at least some of them were so determined to hold to this Sabbath rule they were wiling to try anything to find proof for their view.
Most religious fights are not about real problems they are about one set of authority against another.
reason it thrown out the window and we dig in to protect our point of view,
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