A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES
A HANDFUL OF MUD PART VII
"I, a man born blind, can now see... The first thing I did after my healing was to go home.... My neighbours saw me.... I expected them to be very happy for me... But they did not seem to be that excited for me... They began to discuss among themselves whether or not I was the man born blind... I told them I was that man!!.... Some believed me... Others doubted me... They were full of questions.... They wanted to know how it was possible that I could see.....I told them Jesus had put mud on my eyes.... And that I had gone to the Pool of Siloam to wash it off.... They then wanted to know where Jesus was... But I did not know where He was... He and His disciples had gone their way when I left for the Pool of Siloam...I did not know where they had gone.... Jesus had not told me where He and His disciples were going next.".... Please read the next typed out attachment when you will learn that the neighbours of the previously blind man have many questions about his healing...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES
A HANDFUL OF MUD PART VII
No doubt, you will expect all those who learn that the blind man is no longer blind to be happy for him. Let's read John 9:8-12 to find out if that is so
His neighbours and those who had formerly seen him begging, asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man." "How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded. He replied, "The Man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see." "Where is this Man?" they asked him. "I don't know," he said.
His neigbours are somewhat puzzled by what has happened to this man and rather than rejoicing with him over the miracle that has taken place, they seem suspicious of his healing and suspicious of the Person responsible for the miracle.
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