John 9
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.
vs 2: It is no uncommon that people then, and even now, would think that a man's sin or that of his fathers' or forefathers' were passed down to the next generation. Sin would always be rampant, and passed down from Adam. But salvation is of the individual; it can't be inherited. Whatever bad things or what things doesn't seem to have God's favour in, towards a person or something, is not necessarily due to the person's sin. (See Job, who suffered though he had no sin.)
We usually look at it as retribution or karma against whatever wrong we have done. If we indeed have sinned, do confess. If not, then you are safely in God's hands and in his plans. And his plans will be for something bigger, greater. The best is yet to be.
APPLICATION: Keep in prayer my family who holds to this preconceived notion of "the sins of our forefathers". Dramatically she thinks my older bro is a black sheep 'cos of her father. -.-
We usually look at it as retribution or karma against whatever wrong we have done. If we indeed have sinned, do confess. If not, then you are safely in God's hands and in his plans. And his plans will be for something bigger, greater. The best is yet to be.
APPLICATION: Keep in prayer my family who holds to this preconceived notion of "the sins of our forefathers". Dramatically she thinks my older bro is a black sheep 'cos of her father. -.-
