 I'm convinced that God is well acquainted with the
sorrow and struggles that I experience. Yet, at the
same time, he loves me enough—and this is why I'm
so loyal to him—to let me encounter sorrow, taste
bitter emotions, and feel loss. He trusts me to be a
good steward of that sorrow. He loves me enough to
let me experience that pain so that he can accomplish
something he loves—which for me has been a deeper
character and a more eternal perspective.
John 9:1-12
His Glorious Power!
 John 7:2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was
near.
 Leviticus 23:39-43 'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you
shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a
rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day. 40 'Now on the
first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful
trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of
the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for
seven days. 41 'You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the
LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute
throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the
seventh month.

42 'You
shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in
Israel shall live in booths, 43 so that your generations may
know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought
them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"
 John 7:10 But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then
He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
 John 7:14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus
went up into the temple, and began to teach.
 Flavius Josephus, 1st century Jewish historian
 The most attended festival of the three required festivals
 The festival featured two main elements:
 Carrying of water in a golden container from the
pool of Siloam to the sacrificial alter
 John 7:37-38 Now on the last day, the great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is
thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who
believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his
innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"
• The festival featured two main elements:
 Four large torches were lit each night that
illuminated the entire court of women
• The festival featured two main elements:
 Four large torches were lit each night that
illuminated the entire court of women
 John 8:2 Early in the morning He came again into
the temple, and all the people were coming to Him;
and He sat down and began to teach them.
 John 8:12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I
am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will
not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of
life."
 John 20:30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also
performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not
written in this book; 31 but these have been written so that
you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing you may have life in His name.
 John 8:59- out of the temple
 V.1- He saw a blind man from birth
 V.8- Is this not the one who used to sit and beg
 Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at
the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. 2 And a man who had been
lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom
they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which
is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were
entering the temple.
 V.2- Who sinned?
 V.3- But it was so that the works of God might be displayed
 V.5- I am the Light of the world
 John 1:4-9 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
5 The
Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
 The blind man’s testimony
 V.11- The [man] who is called Jesus
 V.17- And he said, “He is a [prophet].”
 V.25- Whether He is a [sinner], I do not know
 V.32- “A miracle of this magnitude is unheard of in history”
 V.33- If this man were not [from God]
 V.36- “Who is He, [Lord (Sir)]
 V.38- [Lord], I believe. And he worshipped Him
 John 1:9-12 There was the true Light which, coming into the
world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the world, and the
world was made through Him, and the world did not know
Him. 11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did
not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the right to become children of God, even to those who
believe in His name,
 V.39- For judgment I came into this world
 So that
 V.39 those who do not see may see
 V.39 those who see may become blind
 It is not our littleness that hinders Christ; but our bigness. It is
not our weakness that hinders Christ; it is our strength. It is not
our darkness that hinders Christ; it is our supposed light that
holds back his hand. The way of seeing is essentially a
willingness to admit we are blind and naked and hungry. The
blind beggar of John 9 is our example. He did not argue with
Christ. He acknowledged his blind condition and need. He
submitted himself to the hand of Christ and was obedient—and
then came the miracle so that he saw with his eyes and with his
heart. Remember, great partakers are great beggars. Those who
are empty will be filled. The blind will see. Charles H.
Spurgeon
John 9:1-12
His Glorious Power!