As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I ma the light of the world."
Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with saliva and put it on the man's eyes.
"Go," he told him, "wash in the the Pool of Siloam."
So the man went and washed and came home seeing.
Sometimes we look at Jesus as just this sweet man who took the task of going to the cross for us, but it's so much more. Here Jesus is not acting as a peace-keeper, but a peace-maker. He was making peace in this man's life and showing His disciples that we don't walk around carrying our sins or our parents sins in our humanly difficulties. Peace makers are not everyone's best friends. They piss others off. They don't follow "the rules" that are made by "them" or "they", instead peace makers shake it all up. He did two things that were not just frowned upon but forbidden. Jesus worked and healed on the sabbath. Because "this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life." --- what if Jesus had followed the rules? What if Jesus instead bowed down to what the religious believed the way He should treat this man?
What if instead of following Jesus' lead we followed the "rules"? How many lives would be affected. How much death would be growing in our own hearts.
How about instead of worrying about the voices of others, let's break some rules and follow hearts instead of people's ridiculous demands
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I ma the light of the world."
Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with saliva and put it on the man's eyes.
"Go," he told him, "wash in the the Pool of Siloam."
So the man went and washed and came home seeing.
Sometimes we look at Jesus as just this sweet man who took the task of going to the cross for us, but it's so much more. Here Jesus is not acting as a peace-keeper, but a peace-maker. He was making peace in this man's life and showing His disciples that we don't walk around carrying our sins or our parents sins in our humanly difficulties. Peace makers are not everyone's best friends. They piss others off. They don't follow "the rules" that are made by "them" or "they", instead peace makers shake it all up. He did two things that were not just frowned upon but forbidden. Jesus worked and healed on the sabbath. Because "this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life." --- what if Jesus had followed the rules? What if Jesus instead bowed down to what the religious believed the way He should treat this man?
What if instead of following Jesus' lead we followed the "rules"? How many lives would be affected. How much death would be growing in our own hearts.
How about instead of worrying about the voices of others, let's break some rules and follow hearts instead of people's ridiculous demands
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