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David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Guzik - That those who do not see may see: Those who admit their spiritual blindness can find sight in Jesus. But those who see may be made blind—that is, those who falsely claim to have spiritual sight will be made blind.
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Guzik - Jesus’ response was “I’m not here to answer such questions, but to do the work of God in alleviating such suffering while I can.” This is an answer consistent with the spirit of the book of Job. Sometimes, God intentionally leaves us without knowledge regarding the source or reason behind pain. John
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Guzik - we can see that Jesus is using the dust of the ground and clay to do a work of creation in man, just like in Genesis. Not many people would appreciate having mud made with spit rubbed in their eyes. Some would look at how Jesus did this miracle and object, saying that it was offensive, inadequate, or even harmful to rub mud made with spit in a man’s eyes.. In the same way, some feel that the gospel is offensive. It is true that it offends man’s pride and human wisdom, but it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. (1 Corinthians 1:21). In the same way, some feel that the gospel is inadequate. But have all the psychiatric and political and social programs in the world done more good that the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ? In the same way, some feel that the gospel is harmful, that the free offer of grace in Jesus will cause people to sin that grace may abound. But the gospel changes our life for the good and the pure, not unto wickedness. John
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Guzik - From Genesis to John, no prophet, priest, or apostle ever gave sight to blind eyes but Jesus did this type of healing more than any other miracle. "Since healing blind eyes is the work of the Lord, Yahweh, Jehovah, it shows that Jesus is God: The LORD opens the eyes of the blind." (Psalm 146:8) "Opening the eyes of the blind was a specific work of the Messiah: The eyes of the blind shall be opened." (Isaiah 35:5+) Ray
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Guzik quips on an amazing thing that "The healed man says this about their unbelief, not about the miracle of Jesus. It as if he tells the Pharisees, “Your unbelief and ignorance in the face of the evidence is more of a miracle than my cure!” Leon
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Guzik - The excommunication of the blind man turned out to be a good thing, because it prevented him from trying to live in two worlds. Being “put out” of our old group is undeniably painful, but it is usually spiritually helpful. Put out (thrust out) (1544)(ekbállō from ek = out + bállō = to cast, throw, drive) means to cast, throw out often with the idea of force (Mt. 8:12; 15:17; 25:30; Acts 16:37, 27:38; Lxx - Lev. 14:40). To throw out of an area or object, throw out, jettison (Mt 21:39 Acts 27:18). Frequently used of casting out demons (Mt 7:22, Mt 8:16, 31,9:34, 10:1, etc). Used of casting or throwing unbelievers into outer darkness (hell). In Luke 6:22 ekballo means to scorn one's name ("cast it out" so to speak). Mark 1:12 "Immediately the Spirit impelled Him (Jesus) to go out into the wilderness." Greg Laurie - THE COST OF BELIEVING They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. (John 9:34) When Jesus healed the blind man, did everybody in town begin to rejoice because of what God had done? No, not everyone rejoiced. In fact, the man got in trouble with the religious authorities. This man knew so little about Jesus. When he was questioned, all he could say was, “A man named Jesus did this for me” (see John 9:11). He didn’t even know if he would ever meet Jesus again. He also knew he was in big trouble. You see, in those times your entire life was wrapped around the synagogue. If they threw you out of the synagogue, you would be ostracized. You would probably lose your job. You would lose your friends. You might even lose your family. So you didn’t want to offend these people. You wanted to stay in good with them. This man knew he was in jeopardy of these things, yet he made the choice to boldly speak out about what Jesus had done for him. He could not deny what had happened. Never doubt it, following Jesus will cost you. But it will cost you even more to not follow Jesus! So whatever you give up to follow the Lord, it’s worth it. Whatever sacrifices you make, it’s worth it to follow Jesus. A million times over. There’s no getting around it. Either you’re going to have harmony with God and friction with people, or you’re going to have harmony with people and friction with God. The choice is yours. I think I would rather be in harmony with God. Wouldn’t you? BORROW - For every season : daily devotions John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" BGT John 9:35 Ἤκουσεν Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εἶπεν· σὺ πιστεύεις εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου; KJV John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? NET John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" CSB John 9:35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" ESV John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" NIV John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" NLT John 9:35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, "Do you believe in the Son of Man? " Jesus heard : Jn 5:14 Ps 27:10 Ro 10:20 Do: Jn 1:49,50 3:15-18,36 6:69 11:27 20:28,31 Ac 8:37 9:20 1Jn 4:15 1Jn 5:5,10,13,20 the Son: Jn 1:18,34 10:36 Ps 2:7,12 Mt 14:33 16:16 Mk 1:1 Ro 1:4 Heb 1:2-9 1Jn 5:13 Related Passages: John 5:14+ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.” JESUS SEEKS, FINDS & SAVES Jesus heard that they had put him out (thrown out - ekbállō) - Jesus heard not by chance or coincidence but by providence! He heard they threw the miracle out! Presumably this indicates that the Pharisees in effect "excommunicated" him from the synagogue as John alluded to in Jn 9:22+. In effect, he had no need for the temporal (temporary) rituals of the Temple, for He would soon enter an eternal relationship with the Lord of the Temple! The men of the Temple threw him out, but the Lord of the temple searches him out! -- Brian Bell Brian Bell - Jesus found him!!! - Where was he cast out?...right into the arms of Jesus! Being thrown out isn’t always a bad thing. [Read Is.53:3a] It is better to be cast out, or to come out(from among them) then be spewed out! Note the progression regarding this man's faith in Jesus - He believes He’s a man, he believes He’s a prophet, he believes He’s sent from God, but he doesn’t know yet He’s the Son of God, or who He is. He was a picture of Pr 4:18 "the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day." Adrian Rogers explains this proverb "At first, it’s grey dawn. And then, the sun comes over the horizon, and you can see, but there are just shadows, very little color. Then, the sun gets up a little bit more; you can see, but they’re long shadows. And then, finally, it is high noon, and there are no shadows. That’s the way God gives us spiritual wisdom." And finding (heurisko) him - Finding means finding after searching. Jesus "just happened" to find him in Jn 9:1+, and now finds him a second time. The first time was for physical healing, but this time was for spiritual healing. G Campbell
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Guzik - The healed man has an increasing awareness of who Jesus is. A man called Jesus (John 9:11) He is a prophet (John 9:17) A man from God (John 9:33) The Son of God, worthy of worship (John 9:38) And he worshiped (proskuneo) Him - At that moment, he validates his belief as genuine by falling prostrate before Jesus. It is important to note that Jesus accepted the worship of this man, which is another piece of evidence that He was God in the flesh, contrary to all who say He never claimed to be God! Guzik comments "The religious leaders said, “You can’t worship with us at the temple.” Jesus said, “I will receive your worship.” When the man worshipped Jesus, Jesus received the worship. This is something that no man or angel in the Bible does. The fact that Jesus accepted this worship is another proof that Jesus was and is God, and that He knew Himself to be God. The formerly blind man showed an increasing awareness of Jesus: Jesus is a man (John 9:11) Jesus is a prophet (John 9:17) Jesus is my master, I am His disciple (John 9:27) Jesus is from God (John 9:33) Jesus is the Son of God (John 9:35-38) Jesus is who I trust (John 9:38) Jesus is who I worship (John 9:38) Matthew
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Guzik - John 9 Commentary John 9 paints a picture of how Jesus heals blind souls. • We are all spiritually blind from birth • Jesus takes the initiative in healing us from blindness • Jesus does a work of creation in us, not reformation • In this work, Jesus calls us to be obedient to what He commands • Jesus commands us to be washed in the water of baptism • We become a mystery to our former associates, not even seeming to be the same person • We display loyalty to Jesus when we are persecuted, boldly and plainly testifying of His work in our lives and confounding others • We pass from little knowledge to greater knowledge, and this brings us to greater worship and adoration • We never know the name of this man born blind. Jesus is the important One; a true disciple is content to remain anonymous if his Lord gets the glory QUESTION - What is spiritual blindness? ANSWER - To be spiritually blind is not to see Christ, and not to see Christ is not to see God (Colossians 1:15-16; 2 Corinthians 4:6). Spiritual blindness is a grievous condition experienced by those who do not believe in God, Jesus Christ, and His Word (Romans 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:12). Those who reject Christ are the lost (John 6:68-69). Being spiritually blind, they are perishing (2 Corinthians 4:3-4; Revelation 3:17). They choose not to accept the teachings of Christ and His authority in their lives (Matthew 28:18). They are blind to the manifestations of God as revealed throughout His Word and Jesus Christ (John 1:1; Acts 28:26-27). They are described as those who “do not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). Peter spoke of such people as “scoffers [who] will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires” (2 Peter 3:3; see also Proverbs 21:24; Jude 1:18). Those who reject Christ and His Word are spiritually blind and cannot understand the truth of the Scriptures. The truth sounds foolish to them (Isaiah 37:23; 1 Corinthians 1:18). The Bible describes those denying John 9God as fools (Psalm 14:1; Matthew 7:26). Because of their blindness and rejection of God and His Word, they are in a perilous, unsaved condition (John 12:48; Hebrews 2:2-4). The spiritually blind are simply unable to understand God’s Word (Matthew 13:13; Deuteronomy 29:4). Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you” (John 14:15-17). Paul echoed this when he told the believers in Rome, “Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him” (Romans 8:8-9). Those outside of Christ are not of God because their lives are steeped in the things of the world with all its passions, their eyes blind to the Spirit of God. The Apostle John said, “If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” but that person’s love “is from the world” (1 John 2:15-16). The cause of spiritual blindness is made quite clear in the Scriptures: “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Paul refers to Satan as the “god of this world.” Extraordinarily evil (John 8:44), Satan destroys the flesh (1 Corinthians 5:5), masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), and is the cause of all temptations (Luke 4:2; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5). He revels in scheming against and trapping the unbelievers (2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:26). Satan’s goal is to devour the weak who fall prey to temptation, fear, loneliness, worry, depression, and persecution (1 Peter 5:8-9). Without God and left to ourselves, we easily succumb to the devil’s schemes. We can become so mired in the affairs of this world and its moral darkness that, in the end, God turns us over to spiritual blindness and eternal condemnation (John 12:40; Romans 1:24-32). As believers, we have the Spirit of God reigning in our lives to ward off the debilitating effects of Satan’s power and the world’s influence (1 John 4:13). John tells us, “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in Him, and he in God” (1 John 4:15). Satan wars within and without us. His weapons are deceitful and crafty schemes to make us doubt and stumble (2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 4:14). Yet God has provided us with powerful weapons to ward off his flaming arrows (Ephesians 6:10-18). As believers we can overcome the evil one and remain in the Light and never become spiritually blind. For, in truth, Jesus has given us His wonderful promise: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). GotQuestions.org Blind, Blindness (repeated from above) - Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, see page 370 - Figuratively, blindness refers to an inability to recognize the truth, usually a culpable condition. As such, it describes judges whose judgment is perverted because of bribes (Ex 23:8; Deut 16:19; Job 9:24), idolaters whose worship is illogical as well as wrong (Is 44:9–10) and people who simply do not want to know (Is 43:8). Such blindness to the truth and mental confusion could actually be the result of God’s judgment on those who did not want to admit the truth and who therefore forfeit the ability to perceive it at their cost (Deut 28:28–29; Is 6:9–10; 29:9–10). This is true of the Israelites, both leaders (Is 56:10) and followers (Is 42:18–19). Only God in his mercy can reverse this condition (Is 29:18; 35:5; 42:16). Paul describes gradual blindness when he writes of those whose “foolish hearts were darkened” (Rom 1:21). In another vein he talks of seeing poorly now in contrast to seeing perfectly in the life to come (1 Cor 13:12). The imagery of sight and blindness is especially prominent in the account of Jesus’ earthly ministry. The high incidence of physical blindness in the world of the Gospels is attested by the frequency with which Jesus performed miracles of giving sight to the blind. It is, in fact, one of the most vivid signs of Jesus’ supernatural power. Spiritual blindness is no less prominent in the Gospels. Jesus described the religious leaders and teachers of his own generation in terms of blindness (Mt 15:14; 23:16–17, 19, 24, 26). The irony of their situation is that in their spiritual ignorance they assumed that they understand perfectly. Jesus remedied spiritual as well as physical blindness (Mt 13:17; Jn 9:39). Those who rejected Jesus’ words came under a judgment similar to that of Israel-a state of permanent blindness (Jn 12:40; cf. Rom 11:7–10). Although metaphorically blindness may describe mere ignorance (Rom 2:19), it usually carries the overtones of an unwillingness to face up to the truth (Jas 1:23–24); and in the case of those who do not believe in Christ, this is the work of Satan (2 Cor 4:4). As such it requires a miracle in order to become aware of the significance of Christ. Similarly, Christian believers who revert to their pre-Christian ways are described as blind, not perceiving the contradiction expressed in their behavior (2 Pet 1:9; 1 Jn 2:11). Blindness describes the fact that they are unaware of the gravity of their condition (Rev 3:17). QUESTION - What is the greatest sin? WATCH VIDEO ANSWER - No sin is greater than another sin in the eternal sense. All sin separates us from God, and all sin needs to be atoned for. Also, there is no “greatest sin” in the sense of “mortal” and “venial” sins, as the Catholic Church teaches. All sins are “mortal” sins in that even one sin makes the offender worthy of spiritual death and eternal separation from God. At the same time, the Bible does state that on the day of judgment some sins will merit greater punishment than others (Matthew 11:22, 24; Luke 10:12, 14). Jesus also referred to one sin being a “greater” sin (although not the “greatest”) in John 19:11. Speaking to Pontius Pilate, He said that the one who had handed Him over to Pilate was guilty of the “greater sin.” He meant that the guilt of the person who delivered Him to Pilate, whether Judas or Caiaphas, was greater than Pilate’s because of the deliberate and cold act of handing Jesus over after seeing the overwhelming evidence of His miracles and teaching, all pointing unmistakably to Him as the Messiah and the Son of God. That sin was greater than that of those who were ignorant of Him. This could indicate that those who have been given knowledge of Jesus as the Son of God and still reject Him would be subject to a greater punishment than those who remain ignorant of Him: "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains” (John 9:41). These incidents, however, do not prove that one sin is the “greatest sin” of all. Proverbs 6:16–19 is a catalog of the seven sins God hates and are detestable to Him: “Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.” But none of the seven are identified as a greater sin than any of the others, and none are identified as the greatest sin. Although the Bible doesn’t name any one sin as the greatest sin, it does refer to the unpardonable sin, which is the sin of unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in unbelief. The Bible is clear that, in His love for mankind, God provided the means of eternal salvation—Jesus Christ and His death on the cross—for “whoever believes in Him” (John 3:16). The only condition under which forgiveness would not be granted concerns those who reject the only means of salvation. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6), making it clear that He and He alone is the path to God and salvation. To reject the only means of salvation is unpardonable and, in that sense, is the greatest sin of all.