The pool of Siloam (sent) is the place Jesus sent the blind man to wash his eyes at. It occurred to me that the pool of Siloam is the place where we are first SENT to evangelize. The man born blind from birth as we all are blind to God from birth, was accused that his parents sinned, and this is why he had sinned, but Jesus clearly said his parents had cannot sinned, but it was for the glory of God to be revealed.
Like us, in Adam all sinned and in Christ all are made alive, it is for the glory of God to be revealed to us. When we are born, we do not see God because of Adams sin and it’s not due to our parent’s sin like science propounds but the sins of Adam. So, Jesus sends the man to the pool of Siloam and in faith he goes.
When we finally begin to see, and people realize this they question if we are the same blind sinner who beg for mercy from the lord. In order, to investigate the healing the pharisees begin to question the formerly blind man, and he explains Jesus is a prophet. But because he broke the law by healing on the sabbath day, they deemed him unfit to be “messiah” and called him a sinner.
When we can see Jesus and get to know his voice, people will still question our motive as it happened with Paul. Though there was a great divide over Jesus, some believed him a sinner and others believed that no one could do this great miracle, if the father did not hear him.
The blind man evangelizes
The blind man was asked twice how he could see and that he was to tell the truth! he proclaims that ‘I was once blind and now I see”.
Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
In a way, we are all blind when we are born, even blind about situations and circumstances that happens to and around us, so we need Jesus to open our eyes. This blind man, eyes was open so he could preach Jesus that he was once blind but now he could see and because of this, they hurled insult at him, saying he was Jesus disciples.
Since we are blind from birth, blind to our sins and the nature of sin within us, this is not as a result of our parents’ sins but Adams. Jesus opens our eyes to preach the gospel. Acts 9:8-19. John 9: 32.
Because the man proclaimed the truth of Jesus which the pharisees could not see; the said he was steeped in sin at birth forgetting we all are steeped in sin at birth, and this is it for me; some of us can see our sins and this makes us sorrowful, so we see the need for mercy and cry for mercy; while others can’t, and it multiplies. If we say we have no sin, we lie, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8-9. Because the once blind man replied to the religious leaders, they yelled at him saying, “how dare you reply to us & lecture us and threw him out.
When we evangelize as the blind man who was blind and can now see; we will face a similar opposition, we need the hand of God to open their blind eyes as well as theirs. The bible says in verse 38, that the once blind man still worshipped Jesus, because he believed in Jesus. Jesus thus said this is our judgement:
John 9 vs 39
39 Jesus said, [a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
So, he believed Jesus is the son of man, who was speaking to him (verse 37), he believed Jesus was sent from heaven (John 9: 33). Therefore, he was blind and now he sees what about us! We are all SENT to evangelize, once we can see at, the pool of Siloam!
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Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
39 Jesus said, [a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
