Who said i was blind but now i see

After applying mud to his eyes, Jesus' instructions were for the man to go elsewhere to wash off John —7. As a result, to this point, the formerly-blind man has still not physically seen the One who healed him. There is no indication that this man sought Jesus out, or knew anything about Him prior to this incident. Local religious leaders cannot accept that Jesus has performed a miracle, so they have been interrogating the man and his parents, insisting that Jesus must be a sinner.

His life had been brought into compliance with these teachings. He and his loved ones had made this long voyage, having learned that one who held the priesthood of God was visiting among the islands. He sought a blessing under the hands of those who held the sacred priesthood.

His wish was granted. Tears streamed from his sightless eyes and coursed down his brown cheeks, tumbling finally upon his native dress. Thy servants have blessed me that if it be thy will, my sight may return. Whether in thy wisdom I see light or whether I see darkness all the days of my life, I will be eternally grateful for the truth of thy gospel which I now see and which provides me the light of life.

He arose to his feet, thanked us for providing the blessing, and disappeared into the dark of the night. Silently he came; silently he departed. But his presence I shall never forget. Today is a day of temple building. Never before have so many temples been erected and dedicated. President Gordon B. Temples will bless all who attend them and who sacrifice for their completion.

The light of Christ will shine on all—even those who have gone beyond. President Joseph F. And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way. So, I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.

And He led me toward the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East. On this Easter morning and always, may our light so shine that we glorify our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, whose name is the only name under heaven whereby we might be saved. That we may ever walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ is my humble prayer.

In His holy name, amen. May Tom Perry. The blind man sees Jesus and testifies about him even under pressure; the Jewish leaders see Jesus but are blind to who he really is.

John holds the blind and the seeing side by side in order that we will see for ourselves the truth about Jesus. Head: Read through the passage again and contrast what is said about the blind and seeing. Hands: What rules are you obeying that you should be spurning in order to show compassion on those around them, and help them to see the gospel? Prayer: Heavenly Father, I love that Jesus cares more about people than about rules. He is flawless and compassionate. He is good and kind.

He is merciful. He helped physically blind men to see; and he helps spiritually blind people like me to see that he is my Saviour. Help me to trust him. To love him. To follow him. Forgive me for obeying unnecessary rules instead of showing compassion. Help me instead to be more like Jesus. A song to listen to: Broken Vessels Amazing Grace. He had 30 classmates. He was 29th according to his grades. But he was very proud and happy that there was one inferior to him, and he beat him up almost every day, saying, "I am better than you.

You are inferior to me. I am 29th. But you are the last one in our class. Many of his relatives and friends came to attend the ceremony. His older brother also came. He cried from the beginning to the end, until the ceremony was over. Later, the man who received the honorary doctoral degree asked his older brother, "Why did you cry? However, this was not the reason. He said, "Well, I was a high school boy and you were a factory boy.

Now I am nobody and you are somebody. I cried because of my own sorrow, not because I was happy to see your doctoral convocation. Several hundred people came to the ceremony. They looked a little happy outwardly, but most of them were unhappy out of their envy. He also saw that his wife was crying from the beginning of the ceremony to the end. So he asked, "Why did you cry? But they were unhappy because they were fallen men who were living with sadistic joy, not heavenly joy.

The man who was once blind sensed that they were not happy. But it didn't matter. He insisted, "I was blind but now I see!

Now he needed to be recognized as a member of the community. So he should be silent, whatever they said. But now he was clear about the grace of God that opened his blind eyes and gave him new life. He cried out all the more and began to testify to the wonderful grace of Jesus.

Read verse He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see. So they clutched him by the arm and brought him to the Pharisees The Pharisees were even more unhappy. The day Jesus had healed the man was a Sabbath. Therefore, the Pharisees saw Jesus as a breaker of the Sabbath law, and they began to interrogate the man who had been blind, asking how he had received his sight.

At that time, the Pharisees were known as authorities and men of honor in their communities. But the man once blind was not shaky before the Pharisees. How did they respond about Jesus to the man who was once blind? Some said, "He is not from God, because he did this on a Sabbath day. There were two kinds of people. The first was determined enemies of God who wanted to nullify the work of God through Jesus.

The second kind was ordinary people who wondered, "How can a sinner do such miraculous signs? You man! It was your eyes he opened. But he was not intimidated by them at all. He replied, "He is a prophet" At that time, anyone who acknowledged Jesus was cast out of the Jewish community and had no place to go. So the former blind man would again become a wandering beggar. But he didn't cheat his conscience; he clearly testified that Jesus is a prophet, a man from God.

At that time, a prophet was known as a man from God with a specific and special message for God's people Israel. A prophet was known as God's messenger.

A prophet was known as an angel of God. So people honored the prophets as they honored Elijah and John the Baptist. Here we learn that the man once blind had received God's grace. He could enjoy a new life in Jesus. He could have a hope of marrying a beautiful bride. But it was not easy for him to maintain God's grace. He was despised, interrogated and unbearably persecuted. Here we learn that holding on to God's amazing grace is not easy at all for anyone.

But this man who was once blind teaches us that we must hold on to the grace of God. Second, "One thing I do know" Next the Pharisees sent for his parents. When they appeared before the Pharisees, his parents were very much afraid that they would be excommunicated. How is it that now he can see? 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'" They were afraid of the Jews; already the Jews had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

That's why his parents said, "He is of age; ask him" The Jews even threatened his parents in order to make them deny that their son was born blind. But they failed. A second time they summoned the man who had been blind.

This time they threatened him theologically. It was a terrible threat. They asked him to deny that he was once blind but now could see. They asked him to deny that Jesus had healed his blindness by saying, "Give glory to God.

When we watch the movie "Fiddler on the Roof," we see that the chosen people suffered a lot to display the glory of God throughout history, despite their mistakes and failures. The father, Reptavia, was a milkman.

He raised many milk cows and provided milk from the cows and was going around to all the houses of his community in Russia. But his horse got a leg injury.

So he had to pull the heavy milk cart himself. After hard work, still he was happy. Then he was notified by the Russian police that his people had to evacuate their town.