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The Gospel According To
JOHN
Chapter Nine
John – Chapter Nine
KEY VERSES FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Chapter One
“In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
John 1:1-4 (KJV) “And The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us … full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 (KJV)
Chapter Two
“Jesus saith unto them, ‘Fill the waterpots with water.’ And They filled them up to the brim. And He saith unto them, ‘Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast.’ And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and he knew not whence it was; but the servants which drew the water knew; the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, ‘Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now.’ ” John 2:7-10 (KJV)
Chapter Three
“Jesus answered, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of The Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of The Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ‘Ye must be born again.’ ” John 3:5-7 (KJV)
Chapter Four
“Jesus answered and said unto her, ‘If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, ‘Give Me to drink;’ thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.’ The woman saith unto Him, ‘Sir,’ … Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself …?’ Jesus answered and said unto her, ‘Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.’ ” John 4:10-14 (KJV)
John – Chapter Nine
KEY VERSES FROM PREVIOUS CHAPTERS - continued
Chapter Five
“… Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool … called … Bethesda … In these days lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water; whosoever then first after the troubling of the water steeped in was made whole … And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him … He saith unto him, ‘Wilt thou be made whole?’ … Jesus saith unto him, ‘Rise, take up thy bed and walk.’ And immediately the man was made whole …”
John 5:1-9 (KJV)
Chapter Six
“When Jesus then lifted up His eyes, and saw a great company come unto Him … Andrew … saith unto Him, ‘There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?’ And Jesus said, ‘Make the men sit down.’ … in number about five thousand … And Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled … His disciples … gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves …”
John 6:5-13 (KJV)
Chapter Seven
“And the Jews marvelled saying, ‘How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?’ Jesus answered them, and said, ‘My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me. If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh His glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.’ ”
John 7:15-18 (KJV)
John – Chapter Nine
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Chapter Eight
“And He said unto them, ‘Ye are from beneath; I am from above; Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.’ ”
John 8:23 (KJV
John – Chapter Nine
AN OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER NINE
V1 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from birth
V2 His disciples asked Him, who sinned, this man or his parents that he was blind
V3 Jesus said, neither this man nor his parents sinned, this was so God could be glorified
V4 “I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day; the night cometh when …”
V5 “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
V6 The Jesus spat on the ground, made some mud with His saliva, and anointed the man’s eyes
V7 Then Jesus said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.” He went, washed, got his sight
V8 The neighbors which had seen him before asked, is not this he that sat and begged?
V9 Some said it is he, others said it looks like him; but he said, I am he.
V10 They asked him, how did he gain his sight
V11 He said a man called Jesus anointed his eyes and told him to wash in the pool
V13 They took him that was blind to the Pharisees
V14 It was on the Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and gave the man his sight
V15 The Pharisees asked how he got his sight and he told them how it happened
V16 Some Pharisees said Jesus was a sinner for not keeping the Sabbath, others differed
V17 They asked what he thought about the man who healed him, he said he is a prophet
V18 Then they called for his parents to prove that he was born blind
V19 They asked them is this your son who was born blind, how is that he can now see?
V20 His parents said this is our son and that he was born blind
V21 By what means he now sees we know not, ask him, he is of age to speak for himself
V22 They said this because they feared the Jews and did not want to be put out …
V24 Then they again called the man and said give God the praise, this man is a sinner
V25 He answered whether He be a sinner or no I know not, but I was blind and not I see
V26 Then they again asked him how he received his sight
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AN OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER NINE - continued
V27 He answered I have told you already, if you hear it again will you become His disciples?
V28 They said you are His disciple, we are disciples of Moses
V29 We know that God spoke to Moses, we don’t know where this fellow comes from
V30 He responded now that is remarkable that you don’t know where He comes from
V31 He said we know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; He listens to the godly that do His will
V32 Since the world began no man has opened the eyes of one who was born blind
V33 If this man were not from God he could do nothing
V34 They responded, you who is steeped in sin, how dare you lecture us, and cast him out
V35 Jesus heard they had cast him out of the temple, found him, asked him if he believed
V36 The man answered, who is he, that I might believe on him
V37 Jesus said, “You have seen Him, and it is He that speaks to you now.
V38 The man said, Lord, I believe, and he worshiped Him
V39 Jesus said “… I have come … so that the blind will see, and those who see become blind ”
V40 Some of the Pharisees who were in the crowd asked are you saying that we are blind too?
V41 Jesus said “If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but … you see … your sin remaineth.”
John – Chapter Nine
TOPIC FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
KEY VERSES
“And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, ‘Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.’ ”
John 9:1-3 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
1 These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, according to the Apostle John and written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
2 Here, John records the events surrounding the fifth public miracle that Jesus performed, giving sight to a man who was born blind.
3 Jesus, The Christ, said that this man was born blind so that the works of God could be manifested in him. (John 9:3)
4 This situation occurred so that The Lord God could be glorified.
5 Jesus spat on the ground, made some mud with His saliva, and put it on the blind man’s eyes, then told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. (John 9:6) The blind man did this and gained the sight in his eyes.
6 When the Pharisees learned of this, they did not believe it. They repeated questioned the man, and they even questioned his parents to verify that he was born blind. (John 9:13-34)
7 The main reason that they were upset was because Jesus had again performed a miracle on the Sabbath. (John 9:14-16)
John – Chapter Nine
EXERGESIS
“And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, ‘Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.’ ”
John 9:1-3 (KJV)
“And as Jesus passed by …” Unknown from where to where
From the temple grounds …
By the multitude of people
“… He saw a man which was blind from his birth …” Jesus saw the man first
Christ first looks on the chosen
“… His disciples asked Him saying …” They questioned Christ
Assumed it was due to sin
“… Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents …” Whose sin was to blame?
Referring not the original sin
“… that he was born blind? …” Transmigration of souls
Iniquities of the fathers (Exo 34:7)
“… Jesus answered ‘Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents …” Neither
Blindness not due to human sin
“… that the works of God should be made manifest in him.’ ” Glory of God to be manifested
To also cure spiritual blindness
John 9:1-3 (KJV)
John – Chapter Nine
APPLICATION
1 Sometimes bad things happen to good people (Job 1:8-12)
2 As part of God’s permissive will (Job 2:4-7)
3 Things happen that leave us helpless so that He can get the glory (2 Cor 12:9)
4 He makes a way out for us when there appears to be no way (Isa 43:19 and 1 Cor 10:13)
5 We may at times be helpless, but we are never without hope (Rom 15:4 and 2 Cor 10:15)
6 Our hope is in The Lord God (Psalm 31:24 and 33:18)
7 We may not understand why things happen, but we know that all things work together for the good of them that love The Lord (Romans 8:28)
8 So, whatever happens, to God be the glory (1 Cor 10:31 and Jude 1:25)
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