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9/8/2012 recording date. audio/video is 11 minutes takes a few minutes to load so be patient please. Or just read ahead. Also the following week it is air on utube on turtle30cshell channel. Just type in website name when you got to utube. Are You Blind To The Works of God Coming live from turtle30cshell I am your host Christina Farris. Are you blind ot the works of God. Often time we see many things around us taking place in our world including miracles. Yet do we recognize them as miracles of God or do we see them as mere coincidences? Nobody but you can answer this. Every praying church across America has perhaps seen miracles, yet perhaps not so many have them recorded down and the results of why these miracles took place. Some miracles are to demonstrate the works of God, and other so a person can testify of the works of God. Today we are going to read the story of the man born blind. It was neither his sin, or his parents sin but to see the works of God demonstrated. Let’s us begin. John 9:1-41 KJV (1) And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. (2) And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? (3) Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. (4) I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (6) When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (7) And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. (8) The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? (9) Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. (10) Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? (11) He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. (12) Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. (13) They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. (14) And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. (15) Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. (16) Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. (17) They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. (18) But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. (19) And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? (20) His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: (21) But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. (22) These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. (23) Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. (24) Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. (25) He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26) Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? (27) He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? (28) Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. (29) We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. (30) The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. (31) Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. (32) Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. (33) If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. (34) They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. (35) Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36) He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? (37) And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. (38) And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. (39) And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. (40) And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? (41) Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. How often a healing is seen without knowledge of why now. Yet some are more curious to say is this really this person. Was this the man born blind? That was question even by neighbors. And when the parents are asked they were afraid and said he of age ask him. Even so this did not satisfy some leaders. How so often there is doubt of a person’s healing. Some never asking the right questions. The man told the people that he was made whole when a man name Jesus anointed his eyes and washed in the pool of Siloam. He only knew when he went and washed in the pool of water called Siloam that his eyes were made whole. He was anointed and he went obeying the words of Christ to wash his eyes. Those that scoffed because the man born blind was healed was blinder the one born blind. For now the one born blind was not just healed physically but was healed spiritually that day. Jesus went and found the man he healed and ask him do you believe in the Son of God. The man said no, who is he so I might believe. Jesus told him clearly I am he. The man worshipped Jesus. Those that did not believe and knew the man was born blind was blind indeed, but they would not be allowed to see once they saw the wonderful works of God. The denial of the power of God would cause their blindness to remain. Spiritual blindness of who Jesus was because they did not believe the sign and wonder of the man born blind being healed. Yet the one healed gain the knowledge of eternal life by believing in the Son of God. Do you believe in Jesus the only Son of God or do you deny Him? Only you can decide for yourself what you believe about God. Only you can decide what you believe concerning the Son of God. Jesus is the salvation plan of God. Why because Jesus came to draw all men to Himself. The healing was the eye opener for the man, but the tender loving Jesus who came and ask Him do you know who I am, was the compassion the man needed when those around him could not believe he could see. Was Moses a Devil? Jews said they follow Moses. Moses like all prophets and teachers make mistakes. What made him a devil would be the simple fact that people would follow Moses because of the miracles and not God. The people were afraid to talk to God one on one. Jesus is our go between to God. He is more then a prophet, He is the Son of God, the Messiah the one foretold about by the prophet Moses as well as others. Man’s ways are not always of God no matter how good and dedicated we are to God. We all make choices who we worship. There warnings of devils coming that would do miracles, who are these devils but ministers not being God, but with the love of God, yet people would put them on pedal stools in a form of deadly worship. If one never looks to God but to the minister, then one is blind. As we continue in John in the weeks ahead it is up to you decide who Jesus is to you. It is clear who He is to some already, but to others they struggle with blindness. I may decide to record The Prophesy Revealed In Matthew Bible Study. I believe this study is one that benefit’s the viewer and enables him or her to weight the difference in Old and New Testament with prophesy. However until I do one can still view it at http://www.turtle30cshell.com Let us pray Dear Heavenly Father open our eyes so we might see the wonderful works of miracles in our daily life. May those miracles help our belief and not hender us from knowing you. In Jesus precious name, Amen. |