When the disciples asked, “Who did sin, this man, or his parents?” they knew that sickness, blindness and other afflictions came into the world because of sin. In Jesus’ answer, “Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him,” we learn that both a physical and a spiritual blessing would be his. The blind man was told to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. He obeyed and received sight. Rather than believe that a miracle had been performed, the Jews didn’t believe that he had been blind, so they called his parents. The parents were afraid of being put out of the synagogue, so they told a lie, because they did know that Jesus (verse 11) had opened their son’s eyes. These Jews pretended to give God the praise, while saying that Jesus is a sinner. They forgot “that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent Him” (John 5:23).
The blind man was growing in his knowledge of God. He knew that if any man would worship God and do His will, he would be heard.
The Jews didn’t want to hear this, so they cast him out. Jesus knew that they had done this and found him. When the Lord Jesus told him that He was the Son of God, he believed and worshipped the Lord. He received both physical and spiritual sight. What a blessing! Do you have both?
1. When the blind man was asked what happened when he washed in the pool of Siloam, what did he say? __________ John 9:___
2. Why were the parents of the blind man afraid of the Jews? What did they know would happen to anyone who said Jesus was Christ? __________ John 9:___
3. The Jews said, “Give God the praise.” What did they say about Jesus? __________ John 9:___
4. The blind man knew that if the man who gave him his sight were not of God, He could do __________. John 9:___
5. When the Lord Jesus said that He was the Son of God, what did the blind man do? __________ John 9:___