Section 10
the mingling of the Lord's Word, which is His Spirit, with our humanity, our eyes, which were blinded by Satan, may have sight.
THE OBEDIENCE TO LIFE'S WORD
AND THE WASHING AWAY
OF THE OLD HUMANITY
After the blind man's eyes had been anointed with the clay, he was more blind than before. Now a thick layer of clay covered his eyes. The Lord told him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (9:7). The man went, washed, and came seeing. To wash here is to cleanse away the clay. This signifies the washing away of our old humanity, as we have in baptism (Rom. 6:3-4, 6). That the blind man went and washed means he obeyed the life-giving Word of the Lord. So he received sight. If he had not gone to wash off the clay after being anointed with it, it would have blinded him even more. Thus, our obedience to the anointing brings us sight.
The word Siloam means sent. This is very meaningful. The anointing of the Spirit of life means that you are always in the position of being sent. The anointing puts us on the ground of being sent. Therefore, we must obey. The Lord Himself always stood on the ground of being