The story of the man born blind can be found in John 9. This man was blind and Jesus healed him by spitting in the dirt and telling him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. The man was first asked who healed him and his response was a man. This is where faith begins. We can see the man beginning where everyone does, with the idea of the Lord being a man. We can tell that he is a man because of the typical human characteristics that he displays, tiredness, thirst, hunger, etc. Jesus was a man and lived here on earth.
The story continues with the man being questioned by the Pharisees. This was a big event because there was no one who was born blind healed in the Old Testament. Go and look, there was not a single account of this happening. The Pharisees understood that this was something that was special and tried to catch the man in a trap of denying the Jesus was the man who healed him. The man did not know who healed him, but he said that the man must be a prophet. Here is the next part of faith. We see Jesus as more than a man, he does things that are greater than any man can do. The man understands that Jesus has to have some power to do this great deed.
The man was later sent out of the synagogue, and said that the man who healed him must be from the Lord. The man understands that there is something special about this man. He could not do such an act and cause such a fuss if he were not from God. This is the next step in his and most people’s faith. Jesus is greater than any prophet and any man, but we are not quite to the belief that we need to be at.
Jesus then found the man and asked the man about who healed him. Jesus then revealed himself to be the one who healed him and the man called him Lord. The man understood that Jesus is more than just a man from God, but that he was God in the flesh. How great it is for us to have a savior that understands life on earth and still is able to forgive us when we fall short.
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