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So that you may believe John 20: 30-31 John 9:1-41

So that you may believe John 20: 30-31 John 9:1-41. 7 signs of John’s Gospel. Water into wine - 2:1 Healing of the official’s son – 4:46 Healing at the Pool of Bethesda – 5:1 Feeding of 5,000 – 6:1 Walking on Water – 6:14 Healing of a man born blind – 9:1

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So that you may believe John 20: 30-31 John 9:1-41

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  1. So that you may believe John 20: 30-31 John 9:1-41

  2. 7 signs of John’s Gospel Water into wine - 2:1 Healing of the official’s son – 4:46 Healing at the Pool of Bethesda – 5:1 Feeding of 5,000 – 6:1 Walking on Water – 6:14 Healing of a man born blind – 9:1 Raising Lazarus from the dead – 11:38

  3. In the New Testament there are 37 recorded miracles of Jesus.

  4. Four accounts of Jesus healing the blind. Mark 8:22-26 in Bethsaida -He spit on his eyes/ touched him. Mark 10:46-52; Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43 in Jericho -Spoke the healing. Matthew 9:27-31 in Galilee -He touched their eyes. John 9:1-12 in Jerusalem -Spat on the ground and made clay and placed it in his eyes.

  5. Why people suffer? Life's oldest question. • “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Job 13:15 • “The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” JOB 1:21 We claim this for believers but what about nonbelievers?

  6. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson records the following event:

  7. A popular argument used by some atheists: • If God were all-good, he would destroy evil. • If God were all-powerful, he could destroy evil. • But evil has not been destroyed. • Therefore, God does not exist.

  8. A classic question in theology; “How can a loving, yet omnipotent God permit evil and suffering in the world?” The argument goes as follows:

  9. A God that allows suffering to continue is either • a) not all-powerful (not omnipotent). • b) not loving because he has the power to prevent suffering but is unwilling to do so. • c) not all-knowing (not omniscient).

  10. When Bad Things Happen To Good People. “Rabbi” Kushner • If God were all-powerful, he could destroy evil. • If God were all-good, he would destroy evil. • But evil has not been destroyed. • Therefore, God does not exist or He is limited. • But there is evidence that God exists. • Therefore, God must not be all-powerful.

  11. The disciples ask a theological question. John 9:1-2 There were only 1 reason with 2 options in their mind. Jews often attributed sickness or suffering to sin. For them there were 3 options: Parental sin Personal sin Generational sin

  12. This is the only time in the New Testament that Jesus gives a divine reason for suffering. “That the work of God might be revealed in him.” John 9:3

  13. The Jews attempt to trap Jesus Through the testimony of the healed blind man 9:10; 17; 24 Through the testimony of his parents 9:18-23

  14. The recognition of Jesus Not only can the man see but the way he sees Jesus changes. • John 9:11 “a man” • John 9:17 “a prophet” • John 9:38 “the Lord”

  15. Personal application: • Sin does create suffering but not all suffering has sin as its source. • Is my religion more concerned about tradition than about people? • Are my rules and traditions preventing God from blessing? • If my god is small enough to explain then he is not big enough to be God.

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