John 1:45
The Disciples Find the One Moses Had Written About
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
John 9:1-34
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 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.”
12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15 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.”
16 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.
17 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.”
18 They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents.19 “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20 “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21 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.” 22 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. 23 That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 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.”
25 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!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
Jesus came and taught about God...He knows so much about God...His ministry was about teaching others about God, and getting us closer to His Father...But even after reading the gospels, sometimes I feel it is hard to see God or feel His Presence...
But believers know that He is always touching people's lives...God is always touching people's lives...That is one of the things He does...If others have Him in their lives, or if He has made a difference in their lives, should I consider that and see His Presence in someone else?...Does God display His work in others, so that we might believe and have a stronger faith?...Could God be right in front of me and could I miss Him?...Jesus teaches us that lives can be changed by His Touch and His Presence, if we allow Him in our lives...One thing we do know is that we must have our hearts, and minds, and hearts open to see Him and feel His Presence...
When Jesus healed a blind man, the Pharisees investigated that particular healing...Jesus healed the blind man, so that the works of God might be displayed in him...The healed blind man in the middle of his questioning by the Pharisees said this, “Now that is remarkable!...You don’t know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes...We know that God does not listen to sinners...He listens to the Godly person who does His will...Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind...If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”...To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!”...And they threw him out...
Jesus was around the Pharisees quite often...But most of them did not believe in Jesus...They could not see who He was...They did not feel His Presence, or the Presence of the LORD...And if they did they must have ignored it...The Pharisees were well trained in the Old Testament Scriptures, and the Law of Moses...Yet, they missed the One that Moses wrote about...So we see very much that He can be missed...The Pharisees missed seeing God...And He was right before their eyes...