His friend bounded into the room. Demamah had been his friend since they were young boys, barely old enough to talk. He wasn't sure what Demamah would make of this piece of news. Clearly from his sudden arrival, he was expecting the worst. His eyes were wide, and his voice was panicked. "What's wrong? Did something happen to your wife?"
Rea shook his hand, waving the idea away. "No, nothing like that. The blind man, Ivver, he can see now!"
Demamah took a step back as if the words were like a strong wind, forcing him backwards. "What? How? Is this the same man who used to sit and beg?"
"Yes. Yes he is! I've known him my whole life. He was definitely blind, and now he can see. He looked right at me." Rea took several deep breaths trying to calm his heartbeat.
Demamah shook his head vehemently, "No, I'm sure it was someone like him. Ivver was truly blind. How could he see now?"
"I don't know, but he was headed this way. If we hurry, we can find him, and you can ask him for yourself." He couldn't stop the sly smile. The curiosity was about to devour him whole, and with or without Demamah, he was going to find out the story.
Demamah looked unsure, but then started to nod. As a man who spent hours each day studying the law in the hopes of becoming a Pharisees one day, Demamah rarely let loose anymore. However, the two men ran like curious little boys trying to find the man who used to be blind.
They didn't run far. Just as Rea had thought, Ivver was nearby. He was surrounded by a crowd. He was walking very slowly, looking at everything around him, taking in every single detail. The crowd moved with him, constantly pelting him with questions.
"Are you really the blind man?"
Rea looked over at Demamah. His tone was harsh and unbelieving. Seeing Ivver only seemed to solidify his earlier opinion.
Ivver looked right at them. "I am the man."
"Then how were your eyes opened?"
"The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes." Ivver was smiling as he recounted the story for what must have been the hundredth time, but his smile just kept growing wider. "Then he said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went, washed, and received my sight."
"Where is he?" Rea stepped forward, his question bursting out of him. Even if Demamah didn't see it, he could. This was Ivver, the blind man. He was changed, and in more ways then just seeing for the first time could do to the man. Something had changed Ivver's spirit, and Rea wanted to find out.
"I don't know." Ivver said with a knowing look that said he knew exactly what Rea was really trying to find.
Demamah shouted, "Let's take him to the Pharisees!" A chorus of agreement rang out from the majority of the crowd, and like a mighty rushing water, ushered him to the Pharisees. The people clearly believing the Pharisees would have the answers.
Like they wouldn't be just as divided as the rest of them.
Based on John 9:8-17
I love how the people were pestering this formerly blind man. Some of them were sure, it was him. Others were skeptical, thinking maybe it was someone else, maybe someone who hadn't been born blind, who was just recovering from a temporary ailment.
There are three parts to this story:
The blind man who had been changed and healed.
The people who believed he was healed, but didn't experience it for themselves.
The people who thought it all some elaborate hoax.
When we come to Christ, are we changed, healed, and renewed? When we learn a new tidbit about God, or discover another facet of His awesomeness, is there a difference in our lives? Do we change and grow? Or do we remain a people who watches, but never experiences or worse, a people who doesn't really believe?
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17
Are we really new creatures in Christ? Are we really new creations? A new creature doesn't slip back into their old, bad habits because they never had those habits! If we want to be new in Christ, then we need to be like that blind man changed and healed! People should hardly recognize you when you're saved. When you draw closer to God, that should be evident in your everyday life!
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
Isaiah 43:18-19
God wants to do a new thing in you! He wants to make a way in the wilderness, and give your soul water in the desert. He doesn't want you to retreat into the former. He wants you to be new every morning!
V. Joy Palmer
Demamah took a step back as if the words were like a strong wind, forcing him backwards. "What? How? Is this the same man who used to sit and beg?"
"Yes. Yes he is! I've known him my whole life. He was definitely blind, and now he can see. He looked right at me." Rea took several deep breaths trying to calm his heartbeat.
Demamah shook his head vehemently, "No, I'm sure it was someone like him. Ivver was truly blind. How could he see now?"
"I don't know, but he was headed this way. If we hurry, we can find him, and you can ask him for yourself." He couldn't stop the sly smile. The curiosity was about to devour him whole, and with or without Demamah, he was going to find out the story.
Demamah looked unsure, but then started to nod. As a man who spent hours each day studying the law in the hopes of becoming a Pharisees one day, Demamah rarely let loose anymore. However, the two men ran like curious little boys trying to find the man who used to be blind.
They didn't run far. Just as Rea had thought, Ivver was nearby. He was surrounded by a crowd. He was walking very slowly, looking at everything around him, taking in every single detail. The crowd moved with him, constantly pelting him with questions.
"Are you really the blind man?"
Rea looked over at Demamah. His tone was harsh and unbelieving. Seeing Ivver only seemed to solidify his earlier opinion.
Ivver looked right at them. "I am the man."
"Then how were your eyes opened?"
"The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes." Ivver was smiling as he recounted the story for what must have been the hundredth time, but his smile just kept growing wider. "Then he said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went, washed, and received my sight."
"Where is he?" Rea stepped forward, his question bursting out of him. Even if Demamah didn't see it, he could. This was Ivver, the blind man. He was changed, and in more ways then just seeing for the first time could do to the man. Something had changed Ivver's spirit, and Rea wanted to find out.
"I don't know." Ivver said with a knowing look that said he knew exactly what Rea was really trying to find.
Demamah shouted, "Let's take him to the Pharisees!" A chorus of agreement rang out from the majority of the crowd, and like a mighty rushing water, ushered him to the Pharisees. The people clearly believing the Pharisees would have the answers.
Like they wouldn't be just as divided as the rest of them.
Based on John 9:8-17
I love how the people were pestering this formerly blind man. Some of them were sure, it was him. Others were skeptical, thinking maybe it was someone else, maybe someone who hadn't been born blind, who was just recovering from a temporary ailment.
There are three parts to this story:
The blind man who had been changed and healed.
The people who believed he was healed, but didn't experience it for themselves.
The people who thought it all some elaborate hoax.
When we come to Christ, are we changed, healed, and renewed? When we learn a new tidbit about God, or discover another facet of His awesomeness, is there a difference in our lives? Do we change and grow? Or do we remain a people who watches, but never experiences
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17
Are we really new creatures in Christ? Are we really new creations? A new creature doesn't slip back into their old, bad habits because they never had those habits! If we want to be new in Christ, then we need to be like that blind man
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
Isaiah 43:18-19
God wants to do a new thing in you! He wants to make a way in the wilderness, and give your soul water in the desert. He doesn't want you to retreat into the former. He wants you to be new every morning!
V. Joy Palmer
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