Section 16
you must work and act as a sent one. A sent one does nothing according to his own will, but everything according to the one who sends him.
PERSECUTED BY RELIGION
It is a good thing to receive sight. However, be prepared to suffer persecution at the hands of blind religion. The blind man who received his sight was cast out (9:34), meaning that he was excommunicated, ostracized, from the Jewish synagogue. This means that he was put out of the sheepfold, as spoken by the Lord in 10:3-4. Although he was excommunicated from Juda ism, he was received by the Lord Jesus.
BELIEVING IN THE SON OF GOD
The blind man came to believe in Jesus as the Son of God (9:35-38). The blind man re ceived his sight by a kind of obscure believing. He believed, but he was not clear. He was simply innocent. He believed without really knowing who Jesus was. He believed in an innocent way. Although he did not know adequately who Jesus was, he did believe that Jesus was someone spe cial and he argued about this with the Pharisees. Eventually, the Pharisees cast him out. Then, the Lord Jesus found him and said, "Do you believe