Evening star., 1932-02-13
Sunday School Lesson
\ Rev. Hugh I. Stevenson.

for the frSt time his neighbors ana
former associates wished la know now
he had been cured He told them that
"a man named Jesus made ciay ana
anointed mine eyes, and said unto nie'
90 To the pool of Sloan and WASH
and | went and washed and l received
nv sight" When asked where the
Healer was. the former blind man
answered. Il do not know
II was not long before the facts con-
npctpd with the cure reached the
Pharisees who were divided by II. 1hiS
miracle was established as fact oy an
official investigation that makes II l tme
best attested one of all Chrlsts miracles
The Lords enemies quickly dlscoVereo
that Jesus had broken two ordinances
connected with the keeping OF the Sao-
bath: "kneading the clay and applying
the spittle. for there was rabDlnlcai
saying: AS to fasting spittle; 1t Is no'
lawful to put it so much as upon the
eyelids." One group was examining the
healed man with a view to oDtalills
evidence that they could use against tne
Lord. They considered that Jesus was
a sinner, that He was not from Ioo
They did not deny the miracle out
the aid of Satan. The other group m
the aid of satan. The other group IN
sisted that a sinner could not nave per-
formed such a miracle.
ExcOmmunicated by the Authorities.
Although they had started out hold
ing that they were seeking 1actS, lneS
had called the mans parents. VINO
seeing the danger they faced OF beng
cast out of the synagogue. informed
them that their son, who had peeii
healed. was old enough TO give MS own
testimony. The PhariseeS warned him
and tried in their CrosS-eXamlnatlon 10
break down his testimony without sue
cess He appears to have possessed q
fine intellect and his answers PROVED
that he was superior to them III the
controversy He started in by confeS-
sing that Jesus was man. but before
the official investigators the heaIeo
man insisted that Jesus was prophet.
He had a personal experience that
was developing his spiritual powers.
When they became inquiSitlve and ne
saw the drift of their inquiries. the
healed man became sarcastic, asking
them if they were seeking the informa :
ton with view to becoming disciples
of Christ They resented the healed
man making such an inSinuatlon and
refused to even permit him to usurp
the place OF a teacher. Finally beaten
in their efforts by the clever replies OF
the witness. who did not hesitate to
give Jesus credit for his being able to
see. they cast him out of the synagogue,
which would be like communicating
one from the church.
Confessing Christ.
When Jesus learned that the man
had been cast out OF the synagogue
He hunted him up and by presenting
the spiritual aspect OF the miracle ap-
pealed to the healed man to accept
Him as the Messiah. He had conf
dence in Jesus and asked Him to dl-
rect him to the Messiah SO that he
could believe on Him. Then he learned
the fact that his eyes had been opened
so that he could be saved. When Jesus
made clear to the healed one that he
had seen Him and that He was the
Messiah. the man who had been cast
out of the synagogue Immediately con-
fessed his personal faith in Jesus and
WorShiped Him.
Christ did not argue with the man
He was trying to win. He gave him
sight Although evil was present and
its power great, the Master teaches us
the supremacy of Gods power, that is
with us in our efforts to help. aid and
assist men TO believe on Christ as the
Light of the World Now is our su-
preme opportunity to help save men,
We can not defer our service for men,
We must do our duty now The
awakening of faith in God and trust
in Jesus as the Savior Of men will
help our Nation to cease boarding and
put all of our forces to work for the
glory of our Lord and the advancement
of His kingdom through the Fastening
OF prosperity in our land, SO that We
may enlighten all nations concerning
Jesus as the Light of the World