“The Works Of God”
As he went along, he saw a man
blind from birth. His
disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was
born blind?”
“Neither this man nor his parents
sinned,” said Jesus, “but
this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
As long as it is day, we must do the
works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the
world.”
After saying this, he spit on
the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
“Go,” he
told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and
came home seeing.
His
neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the
same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
“How then were your eyes
opened?” they asked.
He replied, “The man they
call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and
wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
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!”
The pages of the Bible are filled with accounts of people telling what God has done for them.
If you had six words or less how would you describe what God has done for you?
We are Christ’s “letters of recommendation” to all who read our lives.
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