John 9:1-34 "The Blind Man”

28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. 29We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

The Pharisees were eyewitnesses to many of the miracles that Jesus did, but even though they saw, they did not believe.

Jesus gives an important principle found in verse 39. “And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.”

The great truth we find here is “Believing is Seeing,” not “seeing is believing,” but “Believing is Seeing.” When Jesus found this man, he asked him a question. Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

Notice verse 37 of the text. “He answered and said, Who is he lord, that I might believe on Him?” The question asked by Jesus brought this man to carefully consider the miracle that had just happened to him. There were already some things this man believed.

This man believed the word about Jesus. There is a good possibility that the man had heard others speaking about Jesus, and calling Him a prophet. So the man believed the word about Jesus.

This man believed something else about Jesus. He believed the work of Jesus. verse 25. “He answered and said, whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” Although the man didn’t have a complete knowledge about Jesus, he believed that Jesus made a difference.

To this man Jesus made a difference. It still holds true today. Today, Jesus still makes a difference.

When Jesus asked the question, “Dost thou believe on the Son of God? ,” He was already aware of this man’s measure of faith. Faith is progressive. Jesus knew the man believed the word about Him. Jesus knew that this man believed He makes a difference. The question now was, did this man believe in a person?