IN THE WORD BIBLE STUDY!

IN THE WORD BIBLE STUDY

Jesus declared “I am the light of the word” (John 9:5), yes the healing of the blind man affirmed Jesus' identity as the Messiah. The Old Testament had predicted that the Messiah would come giving sight to the blind (Is. 29:18,; 35:5;, 42: 7).

Below are questions and assignments for our study John chapter 9 .on Thursday nights 7:30 est.

1. It is a good thing to obey God! In John 9: 7 Jesus commands the blind man to go wash in the pool of siloam, he did, and came back seeing. Do you remember any one else in scripture who was commanded to go wash in water, and came back healed? Who and where is this found in scripture?
2. The pool of Siloam was built by which king of Judea?
3. Why do you think the neighbors of the blind man seemed confused as to who he was?
4. Who did the blind man say had given him the instructions to go to the pool of siloam? How did he know it was Jesus?
5. Why do you think the neighbors brought the healed man to the Pharisees? What do you think were their motives? Explain.
6. After explaining how he had received his sight to the Pharisees, were they happy for him? Did they ever acknowledge that a great miracle had taken place? Why?
7. The Pharisees are again confused by their own confusion, their own unbelief. In verse 16 what caused the division this time..what was their “reasoning” Read James 5:1-8...the man of two minds...
8. What truth is revealed by the fact that the Jews and Pharisees would now believe in Christ even when faced with the man who had been miraculously healed of his blindness by Jesus?
9. The blind man seems to be receiving “insight'. In 9:11 when questioned by religious leaders, he says the healer is just “a man”, but under another questioning he called him “ a prophet' in verse 17.
10. When confronted by the Pharisees, why did the parents of the heal man speak as they did? Explain the “culture” that existed in that day between the religious leaders and the people, and why...
11. Chapter 9, verses 24-25..the phrase “give glory to God” means to tell the truth,(see Joshua 7:19, Jer. 13:16. They tried hard to get the healed man to confess his wrong by claiming Jesus was a prophet..but oh no he held his ground...I like this healed man! Stand up for Jesus! We as Christians don't have to know all the answers before we can witness the truth about Jesus. All we do is tell what Christ did for us. We are our own EXPERT on that subject. We tell our story and pray that our words will draw others to Him! Oh Hallelujah!
12. Nope they could not throttle the healed beggar's willingness to testify for Jesus. It seemed the more they questioned him, the more he received his sight, the clearer he became about Jesus. I will now bring 4 points on this subject.
13. 1.The man recognized his healer as the man called Jesus (9:11)
    2.Then he declared Jesus as a 'prophet' (9:17)
    3 He saw Jesus as one “from God' and had done a miracle never done before (9:32-33)
    4 finally when confronted by Jesus, he 'believed” that Jesus was the son of God (The Messiah), and worshiped Him (9:35-38).
14. As the self-proclaimed “light of the world,” Jesus speaks blunt truth to the darken hearts of sinful people. Will we hear and obey? Or, are we like the Pharisees, will we resist and reject the hard truth of God? Jesus demands a “choice”..he demands a decision be made..What areas of your life do you sense the Lord speaking uncomfortable words to you?.if any..what will you do?