{"id":585,"date":"2020-03-22T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T19:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=585"},"modified":"2020-03-22T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T19:36:57","slug":"an-opportunity-to-display-the-works-of-god-john-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/an-opportunity-to-display-the-works-of-god-john-9\/","title":{"rendered":"An Opportunity to Display the Works of God &#8211; John 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"An Opportunity to Display the Works of God &amp;#8211; John 9\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-22T15:35:39-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT48M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\n\n\n\nSermon Details:\n\n\n\nRev. Tim Grieves preached this sermon on March 22, 2020.\n\n\n\nScripture Passage:\n\n\n\nJohn 9 (ESV)\n\n\n\n9&amp;nbsp;As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.&amp;nbsp;2&amp;nbsp;And his disciples asked him,&amp;nbsp;\u201cRabbi,&amp;nbsp;who sinned,&amp;nb...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/y2mate_com-March_22_2020_CGCS_Sunday_Service_Xmf8KP23TLQ.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"45.3\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fy2mate_com-March_22_2020_CGCS_Sunday_Service_Xmf8KP23TLQ.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2Fmessages%2Fan-opportunity-to-display-the-works-of-god-john-9%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/y2mate_com-March_22_2020_CGCS_Sunday_Service_Xmf8KP23TLQ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?powerpress_pinw=585-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/y2mate_com-March_22_2020_CGCS_Sunday_Service_Xmf8KP23TLQ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"y2mate_com-March_22_2020_CGCS_Sunday_Service_Xmf8KP23TLQ.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cgc-scarborough-sermons\/id1439749014?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2F%3Fp%3D585\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2E36I4XpkCoAu263lNvqoO\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Tim Grieves preached this sermon on March 22, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture Passage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 9 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9&nbsp;<\/strong>As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>And his disciples asked him,&nbsp;\u201cRabbi,&nbsp;who sinned,&nbsp;this man or&nbsp;his parents, that he was born blind?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered,&nbsp;\u201cIt was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but&nbsp;that the works of God might be displayed in him.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>We must&nbsp;work the works of him who sent me&nbsp;while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>As long as I am in the world,&nbsp;I am the light of the world.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Having said these things,&nbsp;he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva.&nbsp;Then he anointed the man&#8217;s eyes with the mud&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>and said to him,&nbsp;\u201cGo, wash in&nbsp;the pool of Siloam\u201d&nbsp;(which means Sent). So he went and washed and&nbsp;came back seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying,&nbsp;\u201cIs this not the man who used to sit and beg?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Some said, \u201cIt is he.\u201d Others said, \u201cNo, but he is like him.\u201d He kept saying, \u201cI am the man.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>So they said to him, \u201cThen how were your eyes opened?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered,&nbsp;\u201cThe man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me,&nbsp;\u2018Go to Siloam and wash.\u2019&nbsp;So I went and washed and received my sight.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>They said to him, \u201cWhere is he?\u201d He said, \u201cI do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, \u201cHe put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Some of the Pharisees said, \u201cThis man is not&nbsp;from God,&nbsp;for he does not keep the Sabbath.\u201d But others said,&nbsp;\u201cHow can a man who is a sinner do such signs?\u201d And&nbsp;there was a division among them.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>So they said again to the blind man, \u201cWhat do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?\u201d He said,&nbsp;\u201cHe is a prophet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>The Jews&nbsp;did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>and asked them, \u201cIs this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>His parents answered, \u201cWe know that this is our son and that he was born blind.&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>(His parents said these things&nbsp;because they feared the Jews, for&nbsp;the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should&nbsp;confess Jesus&nbsp;to be Christ,&nbsp;he was to be put out of the synagogue.)&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore his parents said,&nbsp;\u201cHe is of age; ask him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him,&nbsp;\u201cGive glory to God. We know that&nbsp;this man is a sinner.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered, \u201cWhether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I&nbsp;was blind, now I see.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>They said to him, \u201cWhat did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered them,&nbsp;\u201cI have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>And they reviled him, saying, \u201cYou are his disciple, but&nbsp;we are disciples of Moses.&nbsp;<sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup>We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man,&nbsp;we do not know where he comes from.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup>The man answered, \u201cWhy, this is&nbsp;an amazing thing!&nbsp;You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.&nbsp;<sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>We know that&nbsp;God does not listen to sinners, but&nbsp;if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.&nbsp;<sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>34&nbsp;<\/sup>They answered him,&nbsp;\u201cYou were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?\u201d And they&nbsp;cast him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>35&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said,&nbsp;\u201cDo you believe in&nbsp;the Son of Man?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>36&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered,&nbsp;\u201cAnd who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>37&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus said to him,&nbsp;\u201cYou have seen him, and&nbsp;it is he who is speaking to you.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>38&nbsp;<\/sup>He said, \u201cLord, I believe,\u201d and he worshiped him.&nbsp;<sup>39&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus said,&nbsp;\u201cFor judgment I came into this world,&nbsp;that those who do not see may see, and&nbsp;those who see may become blind.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>40&nbsp;<\/sup>Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him,&nbsp;\u201cAre we also blind?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>41&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus said to them,&nbsp;\u201cIf you were blind,&nbsp;you would have no guilt;&nbsp;but now that you say, \u2018We see,\u2019 your guilt remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Video:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xmf8KP23TLQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"An Opportunity to Display the Works of God &amp;#8211; John 9\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-22T15:35:39-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT48M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\n\n\n\nSermon Details:\n\n\n\nRev. 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