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liberty bible church          11~/9~/08 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“how to see clearly in challenging times”
John 9:13-25
introduction
Illus. of 1.
On a hot day in St. Petersburg, Florida, a spring training observer told Yogi, “Good afternoon, Mr. Berra.
My, you look mighty cool today.”
“Thank you, ma’am,” Yogi replied.
“You don’t look so hot yourself.”
2. “We lost because we made too many wrong mistakes.”
3. “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” 4. “Baseball is 90% mental.
The other half is physical.”
This is the one I want to focus on.
5. “You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”
We live in challenging times and of all people, Christians need to know where they are going.
If we don’t, then the world is in trouble.
As we talked last week, the world is spiritually blind and struggling to find their way.
How can we help them to see clearly to find their way, ultimately, into the presence of God?
OPEN to the passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see how to communicate what Jesus is doing to a lost world.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
Jesus escaped an attempted stoning at the end of chapter 8 and now miraculously cures a blind man.
READ 9:1-12 to get the context.
We move on with this account today and see how we can see clearly in uncertain times.
First, as the healed man does…
 
  i.
keep the message simple vs. 13-17
Illus. of someone told me recently that they heard me preach a message years ago where I used the acrostic K.I.S.S.
I don’t even remember who told me this, but I asked them if they remembered what it stood for.
“Keep It Simple Stupid.”
I learned it when coaching JFL.
Keep it simple for the kids.
The same is true with the Gospel.
The easier we can keep the message, the better opportunity people will have of understanding the it.
Unbeknownst to any, that’s what the healed blind man does here.
a.
The authorities are challenged to understand       
V 13    1.
This was a very unusual event and so the man was brought to the religious leaders for some interpretation.
They were the experts in all things pertaining to God and so the man was brought to them.
Many wanted to know if Jesus was indeed from God.
V 14    2.
It looked good, except for the fact that the healing took place on the Sabbath.
Unless someone’s life was at stake, healing was not permitted on the Sabbath.
Jesus committed a double violation by making clay with His spit.
This would have been considered work.
V 15a   3.
The Pharisees ask the same question the neighbors asked in the previous section.
Exactly how did this happen?
V 15b  4.
Such a profound event reduced to a single phrase.
Illus. of isn’t our salvation as simple.
I was a sinner, He died for me and rose again, and I believe.
A profound event reduced to such a simple formula.
God did make the Gospel hard.
It is easy enough for a child to understand.
We need to keep it simple.
b.
Different responses to the message
V 16a   1.
Some believed that Jesus could not be from God because, in their opinion, He violated the Sabbath.
Jesus responds to that in Luke 14:5 False prophets try to lead people astray and obviously, Jesus was one.
V 16b  2.
Others said that a sinner couldn’t do such signs.
But, false prophets can deceive with signs.
Cf. 2 Thess.
2:9 and the magicians in Exodus.
V 16c   3.
These differing opinions caused a schism amongst the Pharisees.
V 17    4.
What does the healed man think?
“He’s a prophet.”
God’s men in the OT performed many miracles, I.e.
Elijah and Elisha.
This man had some belief in Jesus, but did not have quiet enough knowledge yet.
*Trans.*
Even though we KEEP THE MESSAGE SIMPLE, the masses will reject it.
They will call us names.
They will call Jesus names.
Even though the times are challenging, we know where we are headed and we stay focused on that.
Second…
 
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don’t be scared of the consequences vs. 18-23
Illus. of “Know Who You Are” An African man was walking on the street when he saw a black cat crossing over the road.
He thought to himself that he was going to have bad luck on that day.
Worried about seeing the black cat, he asked his friend what would be his fate because of the black cat he saw in the morning.
His friend replied, "That will depend on whether you are a rat or not."
If we know who we are in Christ, we have no reason to fear.
We have some here who did not know Christ and so feared the consequences of man.
a.  a second opinion   
V 18-   1.
This was just so unbelievable that they sent for the young man’s parents to confirm that this was their son and
       19      that indeed he had been born blind.
V 20-   2.
They affirm that it was their son and that he was born blind, but as far as how he now sees they don’t know.
At
       21      least that’s what they say.
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