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Set the Stage...
so Jesus just left the temple and notices
this is an important clue about Jesus
Mini Sermon...
Jesus notices people, and notices the fact He is always on mission...
He is currently escaping a death mob...
okay enough prelude, lets read the text...
pray
Last week we mentioned is very homiletic and tells us about us… we said it could be called...
the story of us...
we broke it down into three key phases...
1- The Woes of the Blind Man
2- The Witness of the Blind Man
3- The Worship of the Blind Man
today we will focus on the
The Woes of the Blind Man.
now remember, jesus is being chased but he pauses...
9 will flip 8… rejected v worshipped, the stooping, hiding v revealing, responsibility v failure...
closer look… blind from birth...
only record of blind from birth...
last week i mentioned blindness being a key messianic factor to Jesus ministry...
1 deaf&dumb, palsy, fever; 2 lepers; 3 dead; 5 Blind
OT Prophecies that Messiah would heal the blind, witness to John the B...
back to the man...
notice, from birth… He is helpless from birth… kind of
like us...
we are blind without our eyes opened...
so lets take a look here...
john 9:
Why do bad things happen to good people.
the reality is none of us our good
Eph.
2:1
Sometimes life just sucks...
this is a result of the fallen nature of humanity...
Matthew 5
this can be seen in the negative, but just remember the context of culture...
God has a plan...
that said is everything a preordained test and trial?
I don’t think so...
Foreknowledge and Predestination...
God has given us choice, He knows all choices and outcomes, but we still make the choice and live the outcomes...
God is sovereign...
back to our text...
John 9:
no one was at fault God was using this to reveal His nature...
Hal Lindsay gives these 10 reasons bad stuff happens to us...
1.
To Glorify God
2. To Prevent us from Falling
3. To Keep us from Pride
4. To Build Faith
5. To Cause Growth
6.
To Teach Obedience
7. To Equip us to Comfort Others
8. To Prove Christ
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As Testimony
10.
To Reveal Sin
all this said sometimes life just happens...
sometimes we can jump and give credit were credit is not due...
we say things like the devil is trying to get me down, satan is at work, I am facing demonic oppression… i want to fit the last one in a minute, but lets address the first two...
we say things like this and either give him too much credit or even worse blame him for work God is doing...
we quote verses like he is roaming like a lion and forget Jesus’ words at Mt. Hermon, yet alone His sermon is Hell...
we site Job and his trials, when that book never claims the devil is at fault “the satan”
I would also submit, the devil is not omnipresent...
Could it be we live in a fallen world and life just happens… and maybe just maybe God is working behind the scenes...
oppression is real, but we are overcomers in Christ!!!
So Pastor Matt, are you saying life isn’t fair.
yes life is not fair, and praise God life’s not fair!!!
If it were we’d all still be blind, we’d all receive our due wages...
People will say, if God is just, why doesn’t He just remove all the evil… well because if He did, He’d wipe us out...
You see God has a plan, for mankind to rule with Him on Earth… Eden, we messed it up, He is making it right, He will wipe evil but only in His timing
He wants to save as many as will receive… , if God just saved everyone in one moment it wouldn’t work...
So bad stuff is allowed to happen, but God doesn’t like it nor does He predestine it happen, Holocaust....
back to the text...
Many times in scripture we see God must open the spiritually dead eyes and truly He is the only one who can, this mirrors His saving power...
but also we must lay claim to it...
John 9:6-
We must step out a receive...
Plead the 5th example...
worship team back
A lot of Debate occurs in theology over salvation and how it occurs… do we choose, does He, well both… I heard one scholar put it this way, If you Just Believe… you have eternal security...
The Woes of Blindness will be gone and you’ll see...
one last thought...
living Water, Dust, Clay, Irritation required for sight… it might hurt at first but its well worth it!
Pray
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