After his encounter with Jesus, this man, who'd been blind since birth, could see.

1. encounter

2. < i’d love to be able to see: >

3. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:

4. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 1. break away from either/or thinking >

5. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 1. break away from either/or thinking >
John 9:2: “Teacher,” his disciples asked him, “Why
was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own
sins or those of his parents?”

6. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 1. break away from either/or thinking >
John 9:3: “It was not because of his sins or his
parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “He was born blind so
the power of God could be seen in him.”

7. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 2. follow Jesus’ directions >
John 9:6-7: Then (Jesus) spit on the ground, made
mud with the saliva, an smoothed the mud over the
blind man’s eyes. He told him, “Go and wash in the
pool of Siloam (Siloam means sent.)” So the man went
and washed, and came back seeing!

8. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 2. follow Jesus’ directions >
- Don’t confuse the method with the miracle.
- Don’t mistake your participation for God’s power.

9. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >

10. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
John 9:8-9: His neighbors and others who knew him
as a blind beggar asked each other, “Is this the same
man – that beggar?” Some said he was, and others
said, “No, but he surely looks like him!” And the
beggar kept saying, “I am the same man!”

11. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
John 9:13-21: Then they took the blind man to the
Pharisees . . . The Pharisees asked the man all about
it. So he told them, “He smoothed the mud over my
eyes, and when it was washed away, I could see!”
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is
not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.”
Others said, “But how can an ordinary sinner do such
miraculous signs?” So there was a deep division of
opinion among them.

12. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
Then the Pharisees once again questioned the man
who had been blind and demanded, “This man who
opened your eyes – who do you say he is?” The man
replied, “I think he must be a prophet.” The Jewish
leaders wouldn’t believe he had been blind, so they
called his parents. They asked them, “Is this your son?
Was he born blind? If so, how can he see?” His parents
replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born
blind, but we don’t know how he can see or who healed
him. He is old enough to speak for himself. Ask him.”

13. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
John 9:25: “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the
man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, but now I
see.”

15. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
“Poor religion. It left me under the power of sin; left
me gloomy, unsociable, and useless.”
- John Newton

16. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 3. look past what others can’t/refuse to see >
“ My m e mo r y i s n e a r ly g on e . B u t I r e m e m b e r
two things: I’m a great sinner and Christ is a great
Savior.”
- John Newton

17. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 4. go on to total faith >

18. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 4. go on to total faith >
John 9:35-38: When Jesus heard what had happened,
he found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son
of Man?” The man answered, “Who is he, sir, because
I would like to.”
“You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to
you!”
“Yes, Lord,” the man said, “I believe!” And he wor-
shipped Jesus.

19. 4 THINGS TO BUILD YOUR FAITH:
< 4. go on to total faith >
John 12:46: I have come as the light to shine in this
dark world, so that all who put their trust in Me will
no longer remain in the darkness.