A Reason to Worship

Message was given by Elder Brown.

John 9:1-3

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹ Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.

 

John 9:35-38

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³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
³⁶ He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
³⁷ And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
³⁸ Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him. 

² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

A question was asked. Who sinned? Have you every spoken to a person who said they don’t have a reason to worship? That it doesn’t take all that, etc. The bible says to not forsake assembly (Heb 10:25). People may ask, "Why do I need to go to church for?" or  "Why give the preacher my money/", etc. People can give all kinds of reasons why they don’t go to church. You don’t have a problem paying the cover charge to get in, buy drinks, tip the bar tender, pay the stripper, etc.

The Gospel is so precious and we need to watch over the ministry God has given us. We are afraid to testify. We all have problems and there are all types of people in Church. Some of us aren’t proud of our family members, children. We don’t stop paying bills because we have problems. We work through our family problems.

John 9:24

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²⁴ So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.”

The wasn’t with men. The issue was in v16.

John 9:16

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¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.”
Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
They were mad because He was healing on a Sabbath. Who cares that Jesus was healing on the Sabbath? God can, God will. People in the church are resistant to change. The man was born blind. All of a sudden he was able to see. People should have praised God but wondered how Jesus was able to heal.Some Christians are quick to label other people. Stop labeling and talking about other people. Some like to argue over issues, prove a point, over nothing.

The blind man testified. He said he didn’t know who Jesus was. He said that he was blind but he can now see.  He was kicked out. He also told Jesus that He didn’t know who He was.

We all have a reason to praise God.

Psalm 37:35

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 ³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power,
         And spreading himself like a native green tree.