In Romans Chapter 8 Paul after having made his case in the preceding chapters that the Law only condemns and makes sin very visible, he now tells us that we can overcome sin and walk in the power of God by choosing to focus our minds on the Holy Spirit.  Paul tells us we hav...  Read More

In the Gospel of John Chapter 9 Jesus heals a blind man, which starts a series of events that leads once again to a conflict with the Jewish leaders. Jesus healed this man on the Sabbath, and this will cause the Pharisees to bristle because they will see this as a violation of the commandment to do not work on the Sabbath. First there was confusion as people see this man no longer begging and able to see. Joh 9:8 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." They ask him how it is that he can now see. He tells them Jesus put spit and mud in his eyes and told him to wash it off at the Pool of Siloam. Neighbors bring the man to the Pharisees, and the Pharisees question him about how he was healed.   Read More