Jesus heals the Man born Blind
NOTE: My Sunday School lesson today included this story and the story of the woman caught in adultery. So, I am going to repost the drawing called Jesus teaches about Forgiveness too.
The story of the man born blind is an amazinag story found in the Holy Bible in John, chapter 9. The man had been born blind. He was young enough that his parents were still alive. People knew this young man so they KNEW that he was blind. Jesus was walking by and His disciples asked if they man or his parents sinned and that was why he was born blind.
Jesus made it clear that the neither the man or his parents sinned. Then He, Jesus, healed the man. Jesus made a clay with His spittle and annointed the blind man's eyes and told him to go wash in the pool at Siloam. The man obeyd and his sight returned.
People marveled and this was quite the sensation. The Scribes and Pharasees were angry because Jesus healed the man on the Sabbath. There were some of the leaders who sided with Jesus and believed on Him. They said that a wicked man could not do such miracles.
The now healed man and his parents were brought before the leaders and the parents feared the leaders so they said that their son was of age, let him speak for himself. This young man was SO brave. He stood up to the corrupt leaders and they essentially excommunicated him. Then Jesus came and found him and told him that He, Jesus, was the Son of God, and the man believed.
I want to note that some people seek to explain away the miracles of Jesus. Years ago I went to a presentation on the Miracles of Jesus. I though it was a presentation by a Christian believer. . . I was wrong. It was by a man who I realized was evil. . . in my opinion. He sought to explain away the miracles of Jesus. This presenter, I guess, believed that Jesus was just a man and that he had knowledge not the Power of God. The man said that Jesus knew that the "blind" man just had his eyes stuck together by secretions. Thus Jesus put clay on the man's eyes and when the man washed his eyes they were able to open. This argument is rediculous to me because the man was born blind. You can't tell me that his parents never washed his face and his eyes. It actually amazes me how far nonbelievers will go to deny a miracle. The fact is, Jesus did have the power of God because He was the Son of God.
Jesus teaches about Forgiveness
The corrupt leaders of Jerusalem wanted to entrap Jesus. They knew that only Romans could authroize an execution. So they brought a woman who was caught in adultery to Jesus and pointed out that the Law of Moses said to stone an adulteress.
Jesus was unfazed. He started to write in the dust and ignored them. Then he stood and said, "He that is without sin let him first cast a stone at her." It is not in the Bible, but there are some traditions that Jesus was writng the names of the accusers and or their sins. In any case, the accusers withdrew one by one, starting at the eldest down to the youngest.
Then Jesus asked the woman where her accusers were. She said "No man Lord." Jesus then told her to "Go thy way and sin no more." In the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible we learn that the woman became a believer. The Joseph Smith Translation says, tacked on to the end of John 8:11,
"...And the woman glorified God from that hour, and believed on his name."
NOTE: The top drawing is new so it is found by clicking on "All Printables" or "Religious" and scrolling down to the bottom of the list. Under the Religion page it will be at the bottom of the New Testament list. The "Jesus teaches about Forgiveness" drawing is further up the lists because it is not a new drawing. I also want to mention that the drawing of the woman caught in adultery is drawn from some amazing statues at Thanksgiving Point's Ashton Gardens in Lehi, Utah. They are part of a display of the Life of Christ called "Light of the World." The sculptor is Angela Johnson.
Some of the statues of Light of the World
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