As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him."
Jesus
The Works of God
Topic: Overcoming Adversity
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.”… As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.” So he went and washed and came back seeing.
Jesus
Christianity
The Book of John
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 503, [The Book of John 9.1-7].
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The Book of John 9.1-7
Jesus rejects his disciples’ speculation about inherited sin, for it does not serve any positive purpose. Our burdens of sin are only the contexts in which we may establish faith in order that God’s grace may shine forth.
–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 503, (The Book of John 9.1-7)].
A More Fruitful Way
It is more fruitful to look at life and the world from the viewpoint of God, our Heavenly Parent, which is the viewpoint of parental and universal love. The purpose of life is joy! God wants to co-create with us, God’s children, in love. Living in the natural world will always have adversities. Every adverse event is an opportunity to love better, to grow our heart, to choose to act in a loving way, to care for and help each other. Young people get this and think this way already. They want to love and act to remedy suffering.
–Andrew Wilson [From a conversation with Arthur Dodge, September 2019].