In His Service

                     A Personal Testimony: Part 1 John 9:13-23 Personal testimony, especially in a legal case, is considered of great importance in the decision of a judge. We hear many accounts of personal testimony in the criminal, political and the social realms. And for the personal testimony to stand truthful it must be bound by irrefutable facts. So is the text for the next two lessons, the importance of Jesus’ personal testimony and the testimony of the blind man healed by Jesus. Let’s look at our text, “They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.  Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.” Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked, “How can a sinner perform s...

     “We Must Do the Works of Him Who Sent Us” John 9:1-12 Miracles happen everyday, many hardly acknowledged, others heralded from the heights, yet God is working them all. God is working in and through those who have been called, who have been chosen and equipped to do the works of the Father who sent them. Let’s look at the first part of the text, “As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.  As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Jesus was walking away from Jerusalem and the temple grounds, when he came upon a man blind since birth begging along a street in the city, probably not far from the pool of Siloam in the lower p...

         Obedience to The Truth John 8:48-59   There are plenty of things we don’t understand in this world. We take what knowledge of truth we have and apply it to whatever we are uncertain about. Some look at the situation in a pragmatic way. They are “ concerned more with matters of fact than with what could or should be. ” Pragmatic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster   The people in Jesus’ day couldn’t get past the fact that Jesus was human, and that it was impossible for him to be divine as well. They had a dichotomy of the divine, you were either good or evil. The One and only God was good and the rest were evil, of the devil, demon-possessed. Let’s look at the first part of the text, “The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?” “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and h...