1. I was blind but now I see
John 9

2. John 9 I was blind but now I see The People
1-7 – Jesus, disciples, blind man
8-12 – healed man, neighbors
13-17 – neighbors, healed man, Pharisees
18-23 – Pharisees, blind man’s parents
24-34 – Pharisees, healed man
35-41 – Jesus, healed man, some Pharisees

3. John 9 I was blind but now I see The Time
John 7: 2,10 – Feast of Tabernacles
(Sukkot - autumn)
John 10: 22 – Feast of Dedication
(Hanukkah –winter)
John 7: 37 – last & greatest day of the feast
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
Leviticus 23: 33-36
John 8: 2 – at dawn
John 9: 14 – healed on Sabbath

4. John 9 I was blind but now I see The Location
John 8: 2 – Temple Courts (Jerusalem)
John 8: 59 – away from Temple grounds
John 9: 1 – as He went along
John 9: 7 - Pool of Siloam
John 9: 13 – brought to the Pharisees
John 9: 34 – threw him out

7. John 9 Who sinned – parents? I was blind but now I see 9: 1-2
Sins of the fathers to 3 & 4 generations
Deuteronomy 5: 8-10

8. John 9 Who sinned – this man? I was blind but now I see 9: 1-2
Original sin = illness, infirmity, upheaval
Hindu
Kabbalah
Karma
Transmigration of the soul
Scientology
Reincarnation
Thetans, engrams
& e-meter
Past Life Regression

9. John 9 Neither He was born blind so that….. Who sinned?
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 3-5
Who sinned?
Neither
He was born blind so that…..
WHO can possibly know these things?

10. I AM the light of the world!
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 3-5
I AM the light of the world!
Isaiah 42: 5-7, 61: 1
Luke 4: 16-21

11. John 9 The Healing Spit, mud, touch, wash = sight
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 6-7
The Healing
Spit, mud, touch, wash = sight
Mark 7: 31-35
Mark 8: 22-26

12. John 9 The man & his neighbors I went, I washed, I could see
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 8-12
The man & his neighbors
I went, I washed, I could see
The man they call Jesus

13. John 9 The investigation begins Made mud, healed on Sabbath Sinner!
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 13-17
The investigation begins
Made mud, healed on Sabbath
Sinner!
Miraculous signs
Not a Sinner!

14. John 9 Sabbath healing Matthew 12: 9-14 Luke 13: 10-14 Luke 14: 1-4
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 13-17
Sabbath healing
Matthew 12: 9-14
Luke 13: 10-14
Luke 14: 1-4
John 5: 1-15

15. John 9 The investigation begins Healed on Sabbath Sinner!
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 13-17
The investigation begins
Healed on Sabbath
Sinner!
Miraculous signs
Not a Sinner!

16. John 9 The investigation begins Bring the parents! We know some things
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 17-23
The investigation begins
He is a prophet
Bring the parents!
We know some things
We don’t know some things

17. John 9 The investigation begins Bring the parents! Fear!
I was blind but now I see
John 9
9: 20-23
The investigation begins
Bring the parents!
We know some things
We don’t know some things
He is of age – ask him
Fear!
John 16: 1-4

18. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 24-34
The height of the investigation
We know this man is a sinner
I don’t know if he is a sinner or not
One thing I do know…

19. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 24-34
The height of the investigation
You are this fellow’s disciple
We are disciples of Moses
We know God spoke to Moses
We don’t know
where this fellow comes from

20. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 24-34
The height of the investigation
REMARKABLE!
You don’t know
where he comes from, yet…
We know that God
does not listen to sinners

21. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 35-41 Cast out – gathered in
Do you believe?
Tell me so that I may…
You have seen Him
Lord, I believe!

22. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 35-41 A changing heart
The man they call Jesus
Prophet
A disciple
From God
Lord
Worthy to be worshiped

23. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 39-41 For judgment? Or not?
For judgment I have come…
I did not come to judge…
John 12: 47
John 5: 27
John 12: 47-48

24. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 40-41 A blindness caused by…
Are we blind, too?
A miracle that was missed…

25. John 9 I was blind but now I see 9: 39-41 The blindness will persist
At least believe on the evidence
of the miracles themselves
John 14: 11
Romans 11: 25
II Corinthians 4: 3-4