GO, WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM

Passage: John 9:6-12

Key verse: 7

NIV

6 After saying this, he spit(A) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(B) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.(C)

8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”(D) 9 Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”(E)

12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

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ESV

6 Having said these things, (A)he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. (B)Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in (C)the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and (D)came back seeing.

8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, (E)“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, (F)“The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

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1. Jesus makes mud with saliva (6-7)

Jesus could have healed this man with a word or a touch, but he chose to do it in a way that taught the disciples a lesson and tested the blind man's faith. He spit on the ground, made mud, put it on the man's eyes, and told him to go and wash. He showed the disciples how to do God's work with what was at hand. The blind man could have resented Jesus' smearing mud on his face. But he believed Jesus' love and obeyed his words. He went and washed and came back seeing.

2. I am the man (8-12)

This man was so transformed that his neighbors didn't recognize him. He might have just forgotten about his miserable past--and the grace of Jesus. But he did not forget who he was. He settled the argument about himself with, 'I am the man.' Remembering God's grace begins with remembering who I was before I met Jesus.

Prayer: Lord, teach me to trust your love, obey your words--and remember what kind of hopeless sinner I was before you touched my life.

One Word: Faith=obedience=healing