"Amazing Grace! How Sweet The Sight!" John 9:13-41 Bible Study ✞-word | 11.5.25

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  1. 2. The once blind man says that God does not listen to those who live in ___ (Jn 9:31; cf. Pr 15:8, 29, 28:9; Is 59:2; 1 Pet 3:7, etc.). The Pharisees claim that he was born in ___ (Jn 9:34; cf. Jn 9:1-3).
  2. 3. Unlike the once blind man (Jn 9:30-33) and Nicodemus (Jn 3:2), the Pharisees could not see that Jesus had come from the ___ (Jn 9:29; cf. Jn 1:14).
  3. 4. Ironically, in the gospels, the Prince of Peace often causes ____ (Jn 9:16; cf. Lk 12:51-53)
  4. 6. Jesus is the ___ of the world who provides spiritual illumination that we may truly see/understand (Jn 8:12; cf. Jn 3:19-21).
  5. 9. In John, Christ’s miracles are called ____(Jn 9:16; cf. Jn 2:11, etc.), for they are signals indicating a new direction: the salvation of the Kingdom of God (Jn 9:25; Is 29:18, 35:5-6, 42:6-7)
  6. 11. Jesus came into the world primarily for salvation, but also for ____ (Jn 9:39; cf. Mt 25:31-46; Jn 3:16-21, 5:22-23, 12:47-48; Ac 10:42, 17:30-31).
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  1. 1. In the Pharisees’ eyes, it’s problematic that Jesus heals on the _____ (Jn 9:13-16; cf. Ex 20:8-10).
  2. 2. (Three words) The once blind man eventually believes in Jesus, the prophesied __ __ ___ (Jn 9:35-38; cf. Dn 7:13-14; Lk 19:10).
  3. 5. (Two words) The Jewish authorities would ___ ___ anyone who acknowledged Jesus as the Christ (i.e., the Messiah) (Jn 9:22; cf. Jn 9:34).
  4. 7. Giving glory to God entails telling the ___ (Jn 9:24; cf. Jos 7:19).
  5. 8. The man was once physically ____ (Jn 9:1f.). Those who refuse to listen to the Lord, are spiritually ___ (Is 6:8-10, 42:18-20; Mt 13:13-15; Jn 9:39-41).
  6. 10. Jesus allows the man to ___ in more ways than one: physical eyesight and spiritual insight (Jn 9:25f.).