I Am the Light of the World

John 9:1-12

Key verse 5

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world”

1. Read verses 1-3.  Whom did Jesus see as he went along? (1)  How did Jesus’ disciples view the man’s blindness? (2)  What was the view of life underlying their question? (Ex 20:5-6; Psa 58:3)  How different was Jesus’ view from his disciples? (3)

2. Read verses 4-5.  What did Jesus say that we must do during the day and why? (4)  Here, what do ‘day’ and ‘night’ refer to?  What does it mean that he is the light of the world while he is in the world? (5, Jn 1:4)

3. Read verses 6-7.  What did Jesus do to heal this man? (6)  Why do you think he did it this way?  How did this man obey Jesus’ command and what happened? (7)  To obey Jesus, what challenges did he have to overcome?

4. Read verses 8-12.  What was his neighbors’ response at seeing him? (8-9)  Why was this event so important to the Jews? (Isa 29:18, 35:5, 42:7)  What did he say about himself? (9)  Describe the way he testified how his eyes opened? (11-12)  What did he not know? (12)