“And Now I See”
They brought to the
Pharisees the man who had been blind. Now the day on which Jesus had made the
mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked
him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied,
“and I washed, and now I see.”
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he
does not keep the Sabbath.”
But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they
were divided.
Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say
about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
They still did not believe that he had been blind and had
received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. “Is this your son?”
they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can
see?”
“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he
was born blind. But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know.
Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” His parents said this
because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that
anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the
synagogue. That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give
glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One
thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
John 9:13-25
Sometimes the
best way to witness is not to tell others what we think Jesus can do for us,
but to tell them what He has done in our lives.
Practice telling
your story of faith to loved ones and close friends so you’ll be able to tell
it clearly to others.
People know true faith stories when they hear them.
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