Religion & Spirituality
This summer, I am preaching on interactions that various people had with Jesus in John’s gospel, so that we can better understand who Jesus is and what it looks like for us to know and follow Him. This morning, we’ll be in John 9, looking a meeting between Jesus and an unnamed blind man. If you’re unfamiliar, there are four accounts of Jesus’ life – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, with John being from the perspective of one of Jesus’ disciples named John, and directed towards a non-Jewish audience more than the other three. One of the distinct features of John’s gospel is that he includes a number of “I am” statements by Jesus that illustrate who He is and what He came to do – for example, “I am the bread of life,” “I am the good shepherd,” “I am the gate.” In chapter 8, we read another I am statement: