John 7-9

It took about 20 minutes to read this passage in two settings. In chapter 5 of John's Gospel we meet a man who had been crippled for 38 years. John makes no mention that he ask for Jesus to heal him, or that he even knew who Jesus was. God lead Jesus to that pool and prompted him the interact and heal the man. This man lived his life blaming other people for all his problems. He was not willling to stand firm on the truth and rejected the gift that he had been given from Jesus' hand.  In chapter 9 we meet another man. Though we're not told how old he was, John makes it clear that he had lived with his blindness all his life. Once again John makes no mention that he ask for Jesus to heal him, or that he even knew who Jesus was. God lead Jesus near that pool and prompted him the interact and heal the man. This man lived his life on what he knew. He was willling to stand firm on the truth and recognized the gift that he had been given from Jesus' hand. What a contrast of men's character.
Stuart