People are the Prize - "Sharing Your Story" - John 9 - Tim Nay

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Sharing Your Story
John 9
Tim Nay

Part of People are the Prize

August 27, 2023

When something amazing happens, we want to tell the story.

All Jesus followers have an amazing story

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “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, “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.”13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” —John 9:1-1723

John 23-38

Which person can you identify with most?

Jesus: Trying to share Good News, but attacked by others.
Disciples: Questioning the sinfulness of others
Blind Man: In need of healing
Pharisees: Guarding tradition/religion but missing the Truth

The story of the man born blind: I was blind, but now I see

What is your story?

1 Peter 3:15

Intro: There was a time in my life when…

Describe your life before Jesus

Describe coming to know Jesus

Describe your life since knowing Jesus

Question to ask: Do you have a story like this?