Jesus Healed a Blind Man

Jesus Healed a Blind Man

John 9

Dear families,

The Christian phrase to “give one’s testimony” means that a believer shares how God led them to respond to the gospel in faith and repentance. The challenge for many believers, however, is that their testimony seems to lack the dramatic twists and turns that other evangelists may share. Thus, some Christians shy away from sharing their testimony because they deem it boring and ineffective.

Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Every salvation—from a person raised in a Christian home and coming to know Jesus at a young age, to the person who accepts Jesus on their death bed after a life spent running from Him—is the story of the Savior dramatically reversing the very nature of one’s life.

Through this lens, one of the greatest tools we have in declaring the goodness of our God is our own testimony. Every testimony is a powerful example of God’s grace and mercy. 

This week’s story shows the power of a testimony. Jesus heals a man who had been born blind. Because he was born blind, most of his community was convinced that his blindness was a result of sins committed by his parents or sins committed by himself. Jesus argued against that claim and explained that his blindness was an opportunity to see God glorified. 

Not everyone in the community was excited for or convinced by the healing. The Pharisees in particular were suspicious of Jesus and looked for ways to trap Him. They began to ask hard questions of both the man and his parents. And amid that questioning, the healed man gave one of the best answers one can give when people question a believer’s faith: “I once was blind, but now I see.”

Isn’t that the story of all believers—we once were blind, but now we see? We once were lost, but now we are found. We once were far from God, but now we have been brought close. We once were God’s enemies, but now we are God’s family. We once were condemned, but now we are forgiven. We once were dead in our sins, but now we are alive in Christ.

This week, point kids to the transformative power of Jesus who enlightens hearts and calls the spiritually dead to life.

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