Dayspring At the Pool of Siloam
by Rev. Kirby Williams
The Light of Life sparkles on Living Waters as a man born blind sees!
Text: John 9:6-7
Date: 11/26/2017, the Traditional service.
Series: "John: Encountering Love" Part 71
Description:
As the powerful story of Jesus' healing of the man born blind continues, we come upon the actual event of the healing. We will notice that it is a strange healing indeed and analyze what the meaning of the "spittle and the dust" and the "pool of Siloam" might be. Ultimately we will find in this story a beautiful illustration of the Gospel and the process of coming to faith. We will find all five of the "solas" of the Reformation clearly embedded in the message of this story, as the Light of Life skips across the Living Waters and enters the soul of this man born blind. As a result, we will all bear witness to the dayspring at the pool of Siloam.
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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, John 9:6-7.
A. Context
B. The blind beggar receives his sight, vs. 6-7.
1. An unusual healing, vs. 6.
a. Re-establishing the scene.
b. Analyzing the situation.
i. Familiar territory.
ii. Focus on Jesus, John 9:4-5.
c. On spittle and dust.
i. Analyzing the method.
¥ Making mud.
¥ Anointing the eyes.
ii. Staying in context.
¥ Elucidating the Gospel.
¥ Battering religiosity.
iii. Searching for a deeper meaning.
¥ Symbolic defilement.
¥ An image of re-creation.
¥ The absurdity of the method, 1Cor. 1:18.
d. Summary
2. The miraculous healing, vs. 7.
a. Jesus' blunt command.
b. The pool of Siloam.
i. A hint in the grammar.
ii. Richness in the history.
¥ The spring of Gihon, 2Sam. 5:8.
¥ Hezekiah's tunnel, 2Chr. 32:4,30.
¥ The "sent" waters.
¥ The water ritual, John 7:37-38.
c. Faith and obedience.
i. The result of faith and obedience.
ii. Considering the result of disobedience.
iii. Faith and obedience to the Gospel.
C. Confronting the neighbors, vs. 8-12.
1. Verifying the man's identity, vs. 8-9.
2. Sharing the Light, vs. 10-12.
a. Retelling the story, vs. 10-11.
b. A statement of faith, vs. 12.
III. Application: the Gospel and the "solas".
A. Sola Scriptura, John 8:51, 8:12, 7:38, 4:14, 11:25.
B. Sola Fide, Acts 16:30,31, John 3:14-16, Rom. 10:9.
C. Sola Gratia, John 8:34.
D. Solus Christus, Acts 4:12.
E. Sold Deo Gloria.
IV. Conclusion
