John 9:1-12
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His 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 work of God might be displayed in his life. 4As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
6Having said 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.
8His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" 9Some 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 demanded.
11He 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.
Jesus, in this verse, teaches us that not all bad things are caused by sin...The disciples ask if this blind man or his parents had sinned to cause his blindness...It was a common rabbi teaching that suffering was God's punishment for sin...That thinking should have been cleared up in the Book of Job...Job was suffering, but had not done anything to deserve it...But Jesus tells and teaches us that neither this man nor his parents sinned...None of those closest to the blind man had sinned...God does allow through our free will things to happen...
Jesus makes some spit mud...The blind man washes his eyes in the Pool of Siloam...Jesus heals the blind man...He makes it that simple...
It was not that his parents or this blind man had sinned, but it just happened so that the power of God could be seen in him...