Who Sinned?

John 9:1-2 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"


It is nice that we are past the mindset that earthquakes and floods are punishment from God for our failings. I think we are also past looking at people with physical or mental illnesses as either possessed by evil spirits or suffering the consequences of inherited sin.

We’re not past doubting ourselves, however. “What’s wrong with me? What did I do to deserve this? Why me?”

Jesus answer is the same for us: John 9:3 Neither this man [you] nor his parents sinned; he was born blind [insert your struggles here] so that God's works might be revealed in him [you].

Neither assigning blame nor holding onto the victim status is helpful. Opening ourselves to God’s healing and God’s ability to use our brokenness is the way of eternal life.

Come, worship, and have your eyes opened.