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5th Sunday in Lent

Heaven's Lost & Found Department

"... one thing I know, that, 
whereas I was blind, now I see." 
- John 9:25b

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Quotes & Notes on:     John 9:25    John Wesley's Notes:  (No comment on this verse).   Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: * one. Joh 9:30; 5:11; 1Jo 5:10   Adam Clarke's Commentary: Whereas I was blind, now I see.] He pays no attention to their cavils, nor to their perversion of justice; but, in the simplicity of his heart, speaks to the fact, of the reality of which he was ready to give them the most substantial evidence.   Family Bible Notes:  (No comment on this verse).   1599 Geneva Bible Notes:  (No comment on this verse).   People's New Testament Commentary:    (No comment on this verse).   Robertson's Word Pictures:   One thing I know (hen oida). This man is keen and quick and refuses to fall into the trap set for him. He passes by their quibbling about Jesus being a "sinner" (hamartôlos) and clings to the one fact of his own experience. Whereas I was blind, now I see (tuphlos ôn arti blepô). Literally, "Being blind I now see." The present active participle ôn of eimi by implication in contrast with arti (just now, at this moment) points to previous and so past time. It must be borne in mind that the man did not at this stage know who Jesus was and so had not yet taken him as Saviour (Joh 9:36-38).   Albert Barnes' Commentary:   Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not. The man had just said that he believed Jesus to be a prophet, Joh 9:17. By his saying that he did not know whether he was a sinner may be meant that though he might be a prophet, yet that he might not be perfect; or that it did not become him, being an obscure and unlearned man, to attempt to determine that question. What follows shows that he did not believe that he was a sinner, and these words were probably spoken in irony to deride the Pharisees. They were perverse and full of cavils, and were determined not to believe. The man reminded them that the question was not whether Jesus was a sinner; that, though that might be, yet it did not settle the other question about opening his eyes, which was the chief point of the inquiry. One thing I know, &c. About this he could have no doubt. He disregarded, therefore, their cavils. We may learn, also, here, 1st. That this declaration may be made by every converted sinner. He may not be able to meet the cavils of others. He may not be able to tell how he was converted. It is enough if he can say, "I was a sinner, but now love God; I was in darkness, but have now been brought to the light of truth." 2nd. We should not be ashamed of the fact that we are made to see by the Son of God. No cavil or derision of men should deter us from such an avowal. 3rd. Sinners are perpetually shifting the real point of inquiry. They do not inquire into the facts. They assume that a thing cannot be true, and then argue as if that was a conceded point. The proper way in religion is first to inquire into the facts, and then account for them as we can.   Jamieson-Faussett Brown: He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, &c.--Not that the man meant to insinuate any doubt in his own mind on the point of His being "a sinner," but as his opinion on such a point would be of no consequence to others, he would speak only to what he knew as fact in his own case.   Spurgeon Commentary:  That was enough for him, and he could not be beaten out of it. Surely the man who had opened eyes which had never seen the light before could not be a guilty person.   William Burkitt's Notes:  (No comment on this verse).   Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:  (No comment on this verse).   The Fourfold Gospel:   One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. As to the doings of Jesus, whether fraudulent or not, he could not answer, but he could say that there was no sham or deception about his eyesight.   Related Quotes:   The blind man comes through to Jesus against every natural obstacle:  his own puzzlement, his parent's cowardly fear of getting involved, his religious leader's unfair advantage of him in argument from authority and precedent, and the threat of excommunication.  The moral is clear:  only those are blind who will not see. - Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary: John, p. 719   He stands first upon a profoundly conscientious know not, and next upon his own infallible know.  Upon this point his knowledge was surer than any Sanhedrin's that ever sat. - D.D. Whedon, Commentary on the Gospels, Vol.II:  Luke-John, p. 320   [Jesus] went further by proclaiming before the Pharisees that, since sin is universal, those who pretend not to need salvation are blind to themselves. -  Catechism of the Catholic Church, (Missouri: Liguori, 1994)  ¶588   The Pharisees had made up their minds about Christ and they bring pressure to bear upon the man to declare his error.  The man insists on the absolute genuineness of his cure. - A.J. Macleod, New Bible Commentary (1954):  John, p. 883   We know contrasts with the man's I know.  Their knowledge of Jesus was based on a technical breach of sabbath regulations, but his on a personal experience.  He cannot debate on the technical question, but he refuses to be put off on a matter of experience. - Donald Guthrie, New Bible Commentary, Revised (1970):  John, p. 951   He pays no attention to their cavils, nor to their perversion of justice; but, in the simplicity of his heart, speaks to the fact, of the reality of which he was ready to give them the most substantial evidence. - Clarke, Adam, Adam Clarke's Commentary, John 9:25   The man reminded them that the question was not whether Jesus was a sinner; that, though that might be, yet it did not settle the other question about opening his eyes, which was the chief point of the inquiry. - Barnes, Albert, New Testament Commentary, John 9:25    It must be borne in mind that the man did not at this stage know who Jesus was and so had not yet taken him as Saviour. - Robertson's Word Pictures, John 9:25   As to the doings of Jesus, whether fraudulent or not, he could not answer, but he could say that there was no sham or deception about his eyesight. - Four-fold Gospel, John 9:25

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Image Search Pool of Siloam Glory of God Keyword Search: Pool of Siloam  -- Google - Catholic Encyclopedia -  WWEC John 9:52  -- Google - Catholic Encyclopedia Catechism of the Catholic Church -- Paragraphs referencing John 9:1-41 John 9:6 -- 1151, 1504;  John 9:7 -- 1504;  John 9:16-17 -- 595;  John 9:16 -- 596, 2173;  John 9:22 -- 575, 596;  John 9:31 -- 2827;  John 9:34 -- 588;  John 9:40-41 -- 588

• We are witnesses to what Christ has done in our lives.
• Experience
• Before
• After
• We are expected to tell our own story and leave it up to others as to how they will apply it to their own lives.

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over
     Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among
     his sons.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say,
     I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name
     unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his
     coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
     And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before
     him.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused
     him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the
     heart.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen
     these.
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he
     keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.
     And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon
     David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Psalm 23

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
     staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth
     over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Ephesians 5:8-14

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

John 9:1-41

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.

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