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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260611T080000
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SUMMARY:Sin of Faithlessness
DESCRIPTION:John 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind\, and said unto him\, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. \nIn Jerusalem on a Sabbath\, Jesus heals a blind man who was born blind and the way He does it is intruding. Jesus places clay (wet mud) on his eyes and asks him to wash in the pool of Siloam. Jesus\, who just commanded sickness to leave\, put clay on his eyes and got him to wash in a pool? \nThe pool of Siloam also called Gihon and Shiloah in OT as Jerom writes Siloam is a fountain at the foot of Mount Sion\, which does not send forth water continually\, but on certain times and days; and comes through the hollow places of the earth\, and caves of a hard rock\, with a great noise; of which we especially cannot doubt\, who dwell in this province” \nThe pool was significant to the history of Israel and the Targum records of it “because this people loathed the kingdom of the house of David\, which ruled them quietly\, as the waters of Shiloah which flow softly;” \nIf we look at all that was happening around it was just a bunch of faithless people\, and anywhere Jesus encountered faithless people\, Jesus could do little miracles. Jesus had to either get the person out of that faithless environment and heal the person\, or use some hacks to confuse their faithlessness. \nThe pool of Siloam had sentimental value to the Jews\, so the Pharisees to attack Jesus for doing the healing on a Sabbath focused on sin. First\, the sin\, according to them of healing on a Sabbath and the young man was condemned by God to blindness due to the sins of himself or his parents. \nWhat may come as a surprise is Jesus saying ‘neither the man sinned nor his parents’ even though the Bible says none are found sinless\, thus He came as a man to be our sacrifice. What is more surprising is that the verb ‘sinned’ in Greek ‘hamartano’ is written not in the past tense but in the aorist tense (past\, present and future together). \nSickness came when sin started to manifest in man. It did not happen immediately; Adam’s sin manifested in his grandson\, and he was named Enosh (mortal). God is merciful\, and only that sin which is grave within us starts to manifest. So Jesus meant that the man’s blindness was not for his own sin or his parents’ sin\, but for the glory of God. The man was the only one with faith\, for he accepted Jesus Christ and worshipped Him. \nJesus also said to the Pharisees something profound ‘if ye were blind\, ye should have no sin: but now ye say\, We see; therefore your sin remaineth’. Jesus spoke of the sin of faithlessness\, not of all sins. Because we see/know and yet do not believe\, we are considered as sinners of faithlessness. \n[Prayer Starter]\nLord\, You are Almighty God. You\, Lord\, are Merciful God. It is only due to Your Mercy that we live and come to know You. Lord\, we pray we do not live in the sin of faithlessness by our rejecting You or Your Word. We pray we accept that which is true even when it costs us a great deal… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[Reference Scriptures]\nJohn 9:3\,11\,15-16\,21-22\,35-41\n3 Jesus answered\, Neither hath this man sinned\, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.\n11 He answered and said\, A man that is called Jesus made clay\, and anointed mine eyes\, and said unto me\, Go to the pool of Siloam\, and wash: and I went and washed\, and I received sight.\n15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them\, He put clay upon mine eyes\, and I washed\, and do see.\n16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees\, This man is not of God\, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said\, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.\n21 But by what means he now seeth\, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes\, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.\n22 These [words] spake his parents\, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already\, that if any man did confess that he was Christ\, he should be put out of the synagogue.\n35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him\, he said unto him\, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?\n36 He answered and said\, Who is he\, Lord\, that I might believe on him?\n37 And Jesus said unto him\, Thou hast both seen him\, and it is he that talketh with thee.\n38 And he said\, Lord\, I believe. And he worshipped him.\n39 And Jesus said\, For judgment I am come into this world\, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.\n40 And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words\, and said unto him\, Are we blind also?\n41 Jesus said unto them\, If ye were blind\, ye should have no sin: but now ye say\, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. \nGenesis 4:26 And to Seth\, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260621T080000
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SUMMARY:Who is a greater sinner?
DESCRIPTION:John 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind\, and said unto him\, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. \nIn today’s scripture\, we see the Jews gave praise to God for healing the young blind man\, but then accused him of being blind because he was a sinner. \nThe Jews knew that none were free of sin\, thus drowned themselves in rituals to cover their sinfulness. What they meant by saying he was a sinner was that he had sinned gravely and thus was punished with blindness. Later\, when they heard he was blind from birth\, they accused the parents of being grave sinners. \nSickness is indeed related to sin; it was only when man sinned that sickness started manifesting in man. Adam means ‘man’\, but also means ‘reddish’\, symbolising fullness of life. It was in Enos\, the grandson of Adam\, that they began to see sin manifest as sickness and death; thus named Enos\, which means mortal. \nIf we understand sickness and Bible symbolism we will realise sickness is not always a punishment for the sin\, many a times the person may carry the sin / sin nature yet not have sickness (related to that sin). That nature will be passed on but not suffered. God allows natural sickness to manifest so as to alert us of our spiritual sickness. Every natural sickness is related to our spiritual corruption. \nIf God had gone by the rule book then all of us should be blind and seriously sick\, but it is the mercy of God not all of us are blind or seriously sick. If we have any sickness\, it comes to warn us of where we need to spiritually work on. \nIn the young man’s case Jesus confirmed the blindness the young man suffered was not because of his some serious sin nor of his parents. Note the man did approach Jesus for healing but Jesus approached him. God allowed that blindness to manifest so that he be healed and by it we understand sickness\, understand the love and power of God. \n[Prayer Starter]\nLord\, You are Almighty God. \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[Reference Scriptures]\nGenesis 4:26 And to Seth\, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. \nMark 9:17-18\, 23-27\n17 And one of the multitude answered and said\, Master\, I have brought unto thee my son\, which hath a dumb spirit;\n18 And wheresoever he taketh him\, he teareth him: and he foameth\, and gnasheth with his teeth\, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.\n23 Jesus said unto him\, If thou canst believe\, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.\n24 And straightway the father of the child cried out\, and said with tears\, Lord\, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.\n25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together\, he rebuked the foul spirit\, saying unto him\, [Thou] dumb and deaf spirit\, I charge thee\, come out of him\, and enter no more into him.\n26 And [the spirit] cried\, and rent him sore\, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said\, He is dead.\n27 But Jesus took him by the hand\, and lifted him up; and he arose.
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