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Can You See What Jesus Is Doing? | John 9 | Darien Gabriel

Can You See What Jesus Is Doing? | John 9 | Darien Gabriel

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Series: Signs & GloryTitle: “Can you see what Jesus is doing?"Subtitle: "From Blindness to Belief”Scripture: John 9🎯 Bottom line: True sight doesn’t come from your eyes—it comes from humbling yourself & believing that Jesus is who he says he is and that he's doing all he promised to do.Or put another way: Jesus gives sight to the blind—but those who think they see without Him remain blind.This chapter isn’t ultimately about physical healing—it’s about spiritual vision. The man born blind receives both physical sight and spiritual insight as he responds to Jesus in faith. In contrast, the Pharisees, though physically able to see, are exposed as spiritually blind because of their pride and refusal to believe.INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTSERMON OUTLINECONCLUSIONNOTESOUTLINESQUESTIONS TO CONSIDER DISCUSSION QUESTIONSMAIN REFERENCES USEDOpening prayer: Lord God, help us grow to be and do like Jesus, while abiding in him and leading others to do the same. INTRODUCTIONMammoth CaveWe're all born in a spiritual Mammoth Cave. Pitch dark...How to Avoid Spiritual InfectionsJoseph Lister, the nineteenth-century medic, is known as ‘the father of antiseptic surgery’. Lister was disturbed by the high proportion of patients who died from post-operative infections. He became convinced that infinitesimal microbes, invisible to the naked eye, were causing the infections. He began to develop a number of antiseptic solutions with which to treat the wounds. Sure enough, the proportion of patients dying from infections decreased. In a similar way, there are evil spiritual forces at work in our world today. They cannot be seen, but they wreak havoc in people’s lives, causing them to fall into temptation, moving evil people into positions of national power, manipulating people’s emotions, tearing them apart and destroying them. But just as Lister’s contemporaries dismissed his theory of destructive microbes, many people today are ignorant or dismissive of spiritual realities. Yet you have the powerful spiritual ‘antiseptic’ to use against these destructive forces. It is vital that you learn to do so.Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel: Day 335 • Devotional🎯 Bottom line: True sight doesn’t come from your eyes—it comes from humbling yourself & believing that Jesus is who he says he is and that he's doing all he promised to do.Man with the world's highest IQ: 'Jesus Christ is God'By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, June 19, 2025The man with the world’s highest IQ has proclaimed that “Jesus Christ is God,” building on his previous contention that belief in the afterlife is consistent with science. YoungHoon Kim, who identifies himself on his X profile as “the World’s Highest IQ Record Holder” and lists his intelligence quotient as 276, proclaimed his Christian faith in a statement posted to X on Tuesday. “As the world’s highest IQ record holder, I believe that Jesus Christ is God, the way and the truth and the life,” he wrote. In replies to posts reacting favorably to his embrace of Christianity, Kim vowed to “use this opportunity to lead many souls to God and declared, “Christ is my logic.” In a March 18 post, Kim wrote, “One of the best things I have ever done in my life is earning a BA degree in Christian Theology (nondenominational) from Yonsei University, # 1 private university in Asia.” He referred to theology as “the ultimate discipline of all fields of study.”🧱 Outline1. A Setup, Not a Screw-Up (John 9:1–7)Truth: Suffering isn’t always punishment—it can be a platform for God’s glory.Takeaway: God uses our pain as a stage for His purpose. The man’s blindness was not a result of sin, but a setup for a miracle.Illustration: "Amy Carmichael, the quiet, but greatly used missionary to India, was impelled into service by a disturbing dream. In the dream she saw hundreds of unreached people plunging over a cliff to their deaths, while Christians sat and made daisy chains!" -Mark Johnston, p. 1332. Opposition from the Religious (John 9:8–34)Truth: Religious people often resist what they can’t control or explain.Takeaway: True sight threatens false religion. The Pharisees were more concerned with rules than rejoicing in restoration.3. Revelation and Response (John 9:35–41)Truth: Spiritual sight begins with recognizing Jesus and responding in faith.Takeaway: The once-blind man worships Jesus; meanwhile, the seeing remain blind. Belief opens our eyes, but pride keeps us in the dark.✅ Primary Applications (Direct, Universal, and Central to the Text)` purpose in your suffering.Application: Don’t assume hardship means punishment. Sometimes suffering is a stage for God’s glory (v. 3).Let Jesus heal your deepest need—even if it’s uncomfortable or unconventional.Application: Respond in obedience even when the method (mud and spit!) doesn’t make sense (v. 6–7).Bear witness to what Jesus has done, even when you’re pressured to...
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