If we are to be healed, we must first admit that we cannot heal ourselves. How many of us have tried to go it alone, only to find that we are not the greatest managers of our own lives? The only way to find true life is to have Jesus open your eyes. And the only way to have Jesus open your eyes is to admit that you are blind.

The road to Jesus is a road paved with humility. You must acknowledge your need for Him and that you are helpless without Him. Until you are willing to do that, you will not see. But if you will come to Him and admit that you are blind, he will open your eyes, and you will begin to see reality.

Take-Home Message: I cannot see unless I first admit that I am blind.

The Response of the Man Born Blind (35-38).

A pattern for those who see…

• Cast out of the world
• Found by Jesus
• Respond with belief
• Respond with worship

The Response of the Pharisees (39-41).

Message: The Man Born Blind: Part 3

Scripture: John 9:35-41

Simple. Authentic. Jesus.

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Though sharing our faith is one of the most important purposes we have a Christians, many of us fail to do so for two primary reasons:

• Fear of what others might think of us.
• The fear we won’t know what to say.

Three lessons on how to share your faith:

• John 9:13-17; Focus on what you know
  
  • You don’t have to KNOW everything!
• John 9:18-23; Share YOUR story
  
  • NOT somebody else’s
• John 9:24-34: You’re not an expert on everything
  
  • BUT you are an expert on your own experience with Christ!

Just remember, your purpose as a Christian is not necessarily to be an expert theologian.

• Your purpose is to be the ultimate expert on your own experience with Jesus!

Theme: How to share your testimony

Scripture: John 9:13-34

Simple. Authentic. Jesus.

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It is easy to lose sight of God’s purposes in the face of suffering. When darkness surrounds us, we say with the Psalmist, “Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Ps. 10:1). But God is far more present in seasons of difficulty than we realize. When suffering is most intense and night is most dark, God is at work accomplishing his purpose. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it (Jn. 1:5). God will bring deliverance in His good time. When that happens, may we share our testimony of His goodness and point others toward the deliverance that can only be found in the Light of the World, Jesus Christ.

Take-Home Message: The Light of the World opens my eyes to see opportunity in difficulty.

The Light of the World helps me see…

• Suffering as an opportunity for God’s glory (1-3).
• Night as an opportunity for Christ’s work (4-7).
• Deliverance as an opportunity for my testimony (8-12).

Message: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

Scripture: John 9:1-12

Simple. Authentic. Jesus.

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