Immanuel As was walking along, he SAW a man who had been blind from JOHN 9:1 (NLT) birth. Immanuel Immanuel ‣ is stillseeking for us! Even whenwe are notseekingGod,He “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “WHY was this man born blind? JOHN 9:2 (NLT) Was it because of his Immanuel own sins or his parents’ sins?” “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. JOHN 9:3 (NLT) “This happened so the Immanuel POWER of God could be seen in him. We must quickly carry out the tasks ASSIGNED us by the one who sent JOHN 9:4 (NLT) us. The night is coming, Immanuel and then no one can work. But while I am here in the world, I am the LIGHT of the world.” JOHN 9:5 (NLT) Immanuel Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread JOHN 9:6 (NLT) the mud OVER the blind Immanuel man’s eyes. Immanuel ‣ ‣ worse. through, even itfeels like its getting Trust theprocess Godtakes you is stillseekingfor us! Even whenwe are notseekingGod,He

He told him, “Go WASH yourself in the ” (Siloam means JOHN 9:7 (NLT) “sent”). So the man went Immanuel and washed and came back SEEING! His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar ASKED each JOHN 9:8 (NLT) other, “Isn’t this the man Immanuel who used to sit and beg?” Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” JOHN 9:9 (NLT) But the beggar kept Immanuel saying, “Yes, I AM the same one!” They asked, “WHO healed you

JOHN 9:10 (NLT) WHAT happened?” Immanuel He told them, “The man they CALL Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and

JOHN 9:11 (NLT) told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ Immanuel So I went and washed, and now I can see!” Immanuel ‣ ‣ ‣ road to the next and greater revelation. greater and next the to road Your current revelation becomes the worse. through, even itfeels like its getting Trust theprocess Godtakes you is stillseekingfor us! Even whenwe are notseekingGod,He

“WHERE is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied. JOHN 9:12 (NLT) Immanuel Then they took the man who had been blind to the PHARISEES, JOHN 9:13 (NLT) Immanuel because it was on the SABBATH that Jesus had made the mud and JOHN 9:14 (NLT) healed him. Immanuel The Pharisees asked the man all about it. So he TOLD them, “He put the JOHN 9:15 (NLT) mud over my eyes, and Immanuel when I washed it away, I could see!” Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.” Others said, “But how JOHN 9:16 (NLT) could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?” So there was Immanuel a deep division of OPINION among them. Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your OPINION about JOHN 9:17 (NLT) this man who healed you?” Immanuel The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.” Immanuel ‣ you will move by a revelation! a by move will you Where theworld moves byanopinion, The Jewish leaders still REFUSED to believe the man had been blind and JOHN 9:18 (NLT) could now see, so they Immanuel called in his parents. They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he JOHN 9:19 (NLT) now SEE?” Immanuel His parents replied, “We KNOW this is our son and that he was born JOHN 9:20 (NLT) blind, Immanuel but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He JOHN 9:21 (NLT) is old enough to SPEAK Immanuel for himself.” His parents said this because they were AFRAID of the Jewish leaders, who

JOHN 9:22 (NLT) had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Immanuel would be expelled from the synagogue. That’s WHY they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.” JOHN 9:23 (NLT) Immanuel So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him,

JOHN 9:24 (NLT) “God should get the GLORY for this, because we know Immanuel this man Jesus is a sinner.” “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I JOHN 9:25 (NLT) was BLIND, and now I Immanuel can SEE!” Immanuel ‣ ‣ and doubtsat you! questions throws world the when even Your revelation willkeep you steady, revelation! a by move will you Where theworld moves byanopinion,

“But what did he do?” they asked. “HOW did he heal you?” JOHN 9:26 (NLT) Immanuel “Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want JOHN 9:27 (NLT) to hear it again? Do you want to become his Immanuel DISCIPLES, too?” Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are JOHN 9:28 (NLT) disciples of MOSES! Immanuel We know GOD spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man JOHN 9:29 (NLT) comes from.” Immanuel “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He HEALED my JOHN 9:30 (NLT) eyes, and yet you don’t Immanuel know where he comes from? We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear JOHN 9:31 (NLT) those who WORSHIP Immanuel him and do his WILL. Immanuel ‣ ‣ ‣ God! pursuit ofunderstanding &revelation of Disciplesare ever growing intheir and doubtsat you! questions throws world the when even Your revelation willkeep you steady, revelation! a by move will you Where theworld moves byanopinion,

Ever since the world began, NO ONE has been able to open the JOHN 9:32 (NLT) eyes of someone born Immanuel blind. If this man were not from God, he COULDN’T have done JOHN 9:33 (NLT) it.” Immanuel “You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to JOHN 9:34 (NLT) TEACH us?” And they Immanuel threw him out of the synagogue. When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do JOHN 9:35 (NLT) you BELIEVE in the Son Immanuel of Man?” The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I WANT to believe in him.” JOHN 9:36 (NLT) Immanuel Immanuel ‣ WANT more of him, than brings you an an you brings than Immanuel encounter! him, of more WANT Itisyour desperation anddesire to “You have SEEN him,” Jesus said, “and he is SPEAKING to you!” JOHN 9:37 (NLT) Immanuel “Yes, LORD, I believe!” the man said. And he WORSHIPED Jesus. JOHN 9:38 (NLT) Immanuel Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give JOHN 9:39 (NLT) SIGHT to the blind and to show those who think they Immanuel see that they are BLIND.” Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, JOHN 9:40 (NLT) “Are you saying we’re Immanuel BLIND?” “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain JOHN 9:41 (NLT) guilty because you Immanuel CLAIM you can see. I will LEAD blind down a new path, guiding them along an 42:16 (NLT) UNFAMILIAR way. Immanuel I will BRIGHTEN the darkness before them and SMOOTH out the :16 (NLT) road ahead of them. Immanuel Yes, I will indeed DO these things; I will NOT forsake them. ISAIAH 42:16 (NLT) Immanuel Blinding Familiarity