๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ
โข Have you ever won an award or recognition for something? What was it for?
โข Tell us about a time when you experienced not having electricity available at night. How did you feel?
โข When was the last time you had difficulty looking for something (e.g., keys, clothes) at home? Why was it difficult to find?
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โ๐๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.โย ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฎโ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต). ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ต:๐ฑ-๐ณย ย
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ต:๐ญ-๐ฐ.)
Jesus and His disciples happened to pass by a blind man, whom the disciples thought was blind as a result of sin. Having been unable to see since birth, it seemed impossible for the man to be healed. By putting mud on the blind manโs eyes, Jesus instantly healed him. Jesusโ healing of the blind man was not because of who the blind man was or what he had done. It was a miracle that turned an impossible situation into an amazing story of Godโs power and grace. Today, we will look at this man whose life was filled with darkness, until Jesusโ light and glory shone in his life.ย
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
๐๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ?โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ต:๐ญ-๐ฎ
The man in this story was not only in physical darkness due to his blindness. As an outcast in society, carrying the burden of physically being unable to see, social and emotional darkness surrounded the blind man. This man needed light in his life. Jesus approached the blind man to give him sight, but this miracle gave him so much more than that. Jesus gave him both the light that comes from seeing and the light that overcomes the darkness he was in. How was Godโs glory revealed through the blind man?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐.
๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฎโ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต). ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ต:๐ฒ-๐ณ
Nothing and no one could heal the blind man until Jesus came to him. The way Jesus chose to heal the blind man was interestingโHe put mud on his eyes. It was a miracle that came out of something as ordinary as mud. Before healing the blind man, Jesus revealed Himself as ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ (John 9:5). This proves how He is the only one who can fulfill the manโs needs. He is the only one who can bring light to the blind manโs dark world and into our dark world today. What does Jesusโ use of ordinary things like mud say about the way He performs miracles?ย
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.ย
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, โ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. . . . ๐๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ต:๐ฏ, ๐ฑ
The miracle did not happen because the man who was blind was worthy of being healed. Jesus healed him because of who He isโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. Jesus brought light to the whole world, not just to one man. Bringing light to the man who could now see was only a foretaste of what Jesus would accomplish on the cross. Jesus is the light that allows Godโs glory to shine in the world. He came not just to perform miracles for people; He came to lead people to God through miracles. What does it mean for Godโs glory, His light, to shine upon the whole world?
In the sixth sign recorded in the Gospel of John, Jesus revealed Himself as the light of the world. In darkness, Jesus is the light that brings direction, illumination, and clarity in our lives. The darkness in our world today is where the glory of God is revealed the most.ย
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โข Have you received the light of Jesus in your own life? If so, how has your life changed for the better? If you have yet to receive Him as your light, would you like to do so and pray with someone today?
โข What specific area in your life needs the light of Jesus? How does the message today speak to that area?
โข What is something you can do to bring Jesusโ light to others this week? Pray for someone who has yet to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Ask God for opportunities to present the gospel to this person.
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โข Thank God that Jesus overcomes the darkness in the world and in our lives. Pray that you would hold on to this truth despite the challenges of life.
โข Ask God to build your faith through the difficulties you may be facing right now.ย
โข Pray that the light of Jesus continues to shine in your life, and that you would be a witness for others who need this, too.