Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind - John 9:1-12
Understand It
- How long had the man Jesus saw been blind? (9:1)
- What question did Jesus’ disciples ask Him about the blind man’s condition? (9:2)
- Why had this man been born blind? (9:3)
- What did Jesus say that they should be doing as long as it is day? (9:4)
- What did Jesus claim to be? (9:5)
- What did Jesus put on the blind man’s eyes? (9:6)
- What happened to the blind man? (9:7)
- How did the blind man’s neighbors respond to his new condition? (9:9)
- What question did the blind man’s neighbors ask him? (9:10)
- How did the blind man answer his neighbors’ question? (9:11)
- What did the man’s neighbors want to know? (9:12)
Apply It
- Through what shortcoming in your life will you ask God to glorify Himself today?
- For what healing in your life will you praise God today?
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing - John 9:13-34
Understand It
- To whom was the blind man taken? (9:13)
- On what day did Jesus heal the blind man? (9:14)
- What did the Pharisees ask the blind man? (9:15)
- Over what were the Pharisees divided? (9:16)
- Who did the blind man think Jesus was? (9:17)
- Why did the Pharisees send for the blind man’s parents? (9:18)
- How did the blind man’s parents answer the Pharisees’ questions? (9:19-21)
- What did the blind man’s parents fear? (9:22-23)
- What did the Pharisees ask the blind man to do? (9:24)
- How did the blind man respond to the Pharisees? (9:25)
- What question did the blind man ask the Pharisees? (9:27)
- Whose disciples did the Pharisees claim to be? (9:28)
- What did the blind man say was remarkable? (9:29-30)
- What did the blind man say nobody had ever done? (9:31-32)
- What convinced the blind man that Jesus was from God? (9:33)
- What did the Pharisees do to the man who was born blind? (9:34)
Apply It
- What area of your life about which you have become complacent do you need to allow Jesus to revitalize? How?
- What program in your church about which people have become complacent can you help revitalize?
- How would you challenge someone this week who disputed the authority of God?
Spiritual Blindness - John 9:35-41
Understand It
- What had Jesus heard? (9:35)
- What did Jesus ask the man who had been blind? (9:35)
- Why did the blind man ask Jesus to identify the Son of Man? (9:36)
- Who did Jesus claim to be? (9:37)
- What did the blind man do when Jesus told him who He was? (9:38)
- According to Jesus, why had He come into the world? (9:39)
- What people expressed shock at what Jesus said? (9:40)
- What did the Pharisees ask Jesus? (9:40)
- What did Jesus mean by saying "but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains"? (9:41)
- Why did Jesus say that the Pharisees’ guilt would remain? (9:41)
Apply It
- For what do you need to worship Jesus and God today?
- For what person who is spiritually blind will you pray that God would open his or her eyes?
