In this message, Louie Giglio leads us through how, when God changes us, through Him we can help change the world.
Scripture References
19.Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20.To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21.To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22.To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23.I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
2.fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1.As he went 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?”
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“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4.As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5.While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6.After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7.“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8.His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9.Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10.“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11.He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12.“Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13.They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14.Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15.Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
16.Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”
But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.
17.Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
18.They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. 19.“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20.“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21.But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22.His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. 23.That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24.A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
25.He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26.Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27.He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28.Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29.We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
30.The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31.We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32.Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33.If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34.To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
Spiritual Blindness
35.Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36.“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
37.Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38.Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
39.Jesus said,9:38,39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said… 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
40.Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
41.Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
17.Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation. The old has gone, the new is here! 18.All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19.that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20.We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21.God made him who had no sin to be sin5:21 Or be a sin offering for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
12.I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13.Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14.The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.15.Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16.But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 17.Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
About the Contributor
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute. View more from the Contributor.