John 9:1-41

Introduction

Leaning Toward the Light

What does it mean to lean towards the light of Christ? What does it mean to be open to the work of God? For the Pharisee in Jesus’ time, the answer was clear: you look to the book: to the Torah, the Law, and to the prophets. But as we will see in our text, a clash is coming. A clash between the stewards of religion, and this new man, who some call a prophet, who seems to be doing works only possible with God’s help. As we will see this clash will play out in a series of meetings.

We are about to dive into a rather long passage of scripture, but as we will see, it’s a passage that really should be considered as a whole, rather than broken into smaller sections. The way it is…