Sunday, May 2, 1999
Sunday, May 2, 1999
So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him? It was your eyes
he opened." He said, "He is a prophet."
The Pharisees claimed that they did not know where Jesus came from. The man born blind
found this hard to believe, "You do not know where he comes from and yet he opened my eyes,"
he exclaimed. "Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a
person born blind." Defensively and with open hostility the Pharisees replied, "You were born
entirely in sin, and are you trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the Temple.
Jesus heard what had happened and found the man. Jesus asked him, "Do you believe in the
Son of Man?" The man replied, "Tell me, so that I may believe in him." Then came the moment
of truth. Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he." "Lord,"
the man exclaimed, "I believe." Like so many of Jesus' healings the person is healed and then
comes back to make a confession of faith. This man was given eyesight but now sees much more.
Now he is able to see through the eyes of faith.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
(John 9:17
NRSV)
The Pharisees once again called the man born blind in for interrogation. They were beginning to
lose their patience. The man who was born blind was once again asked how he could now see.
Again he explained what had happened. "We know that this man is a sinner," the Pharisees
stated. "I do not know whether he is a sinner," the man replied. One thing I do know, that
though I was blind, now I see."
Prayer: Loving God, through my moments of healing, increase my faith, so that I may
witness more boldly about my savior. Amen.
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