{"id":329,"date":"2014-03-30T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/?p=329"},"modified":"2014-03-30T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T21:28:12","slug":"open-my-eyes-lord-i-want-to-see-jesus-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Open My Eyes Lord, I Want To See Jesus!&#8221; Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-329-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/3-30-14.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/3-30-14.mp3\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-329];player=flv;width=500;height=0;\">http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/3-30-14.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>John 9:1-41(NRSV)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Man Born Blind Receives Sight<\/h3>\n<p>9\u00a0As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0His disciples asked him, \u201cRabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3\u00a0Jesus answered,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God\u2019s works might be revealed in him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We\u00a0must work the works of him who sent me\u00a0while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6\u00a0When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man\u2019s eyes,<\/p>\n<p>7\u00a0saying to him, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cGo, wash in the pool of Siloam\u201d<\/span> (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.<\/p>\n<p>8\u00a0The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, \u201cIs this not the man who used to sit and beg?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>9\u00a0Some were saying, \u201cIt is he.\u201d Others were saying, \u201cNo, but it is someone like him.\u201d He kept saying, \u201cI am the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>10\u00a0But they kept asking him, \u201cThen how were your eyes opened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>11\u00a0He answered, \u201cThe man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, \u2018Go to Siloam and wash.\u2019 Then I went and washed and received my sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>12\u00a0They said to him, \u201cWhere is he?\u201d He said, \u201cI do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Pharisees Investigate the Healing<\/h3>\n<p>13\u00a0They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.<\/p>\n<p>14\u00a0Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>15\u00a0Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, \u201cHe put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>16\u00a0Some of the Pharisees said, \u201cThis man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.\u201d But others said, \u201cHow can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?\u201d And they were divided.<\/p>\n<p>17\u00a0So they said again to the blind man, \u201cWhat do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.\u201d He said, \u201cHe is a prophet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>18\u00a0The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight<\/p>\n<p>19\u00a0and asked them, \u201cIs this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>20\u00a0His parents answered, \u201cWe know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;<\/p>\n<p>21\u00a0but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>22\u00a0His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus\u00a0to be the Messiah\u00a0would be put out of the synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>23\u00a0Therefore his parents said, \u201cHe is of age; ask him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>24\u00a0So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, \u201cGive glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>25\u00a0He answered, \u201cI do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>26\u00a0They said to him, \u201cWhat did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>27\u00a0He answered them, \u201cI have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>28\u00a0Then they reviled him, saying, \u201cYou are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.<\/p>\n<p>29\u00a0We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>30\u00a0The man answered, \u201cHere is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>31\u00a0We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.<\/p>\n<p>32\u00a0Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.<\/p>\n<p>33\u00a0If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>34\u00a0They answered him, \u201cYou were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?\u201d And they drove him out.<\/p>\n<h3>Spiritual Blindness<\/h3>\n<p>35\u00a0Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cDo you believe in the Son of Man?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>36\u00a0He answered, \u201cAnd who is he, sir?\u00a0Tell me, so that I may believe in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>37\u00a0Jesus said to him,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u201cYou have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>38\u00a0He said, \u201cLord,\u00a0I believe.\u201d And he worshiped him.<\/p>\n<p>39\u00a0Jesus said,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u201cI came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>40\u00a0Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, \u201cSurely we are not blind, are we?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>41\u00a0Jesus said to them, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cIf you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, \u2018We see,\u2019 your sin remains.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; John 9:1-41(NRSV) &nbsp; A Man Born Blind Receives Sight 9\u00a0As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2\u00a0His disciples asked him, \u201cRabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?\u201d 3\u00a0Jesus answered, \u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God\u2019s works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeddoumc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}