Part 16b – John 9
Seeing Jesus (2)
What we witness next is Jesus stepping down and making clay from the ground beneath his feet and anointing the eyes of the man born blind. This was Jesus demonstrating that this man was being sanctified, being set free, in order that he could worship and testify to the greatness of God. When Jesus steps into our space and engages us in conversation we must be prepared to act in order for His words and his actions to be fulfilled. This action is called faith. Jesus says to the man “Go wash in the pool of Siloam.” The anointing on it’s own was not enough to make this man see he had to believe that something supernatural had taken place and move from a place of begging to a place of freedom in order for him to be free. At this point it is important for us to recognise and acknowledge that if we want to be healed from our spiritual blindness then we have to act on what God has accomplished through Christ and move our lives in the direction that Jesus points out for us.
In our story, the blind man was directed to the pool of Siloam and it becomes evident that this man’s obedience resulted in him not only being able to see but also that other people started asking questions, what is beginning to unfold is the fulfilment of Jesus words in John 9:3 “that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” This miracle was not just for one man but for all mankind. In the same way that our salvation is not just for ourselves but for all of humanity collectively, worked out locally.
So the question that gets asked is “is this he who sat and begged?” Some said yes, some said no he is like him, but the man said I am he, one thing we will be certain of when Christ steps into our lives is that we will know who we were and more importantly who we have become.
