Conservative Friends Bible Study of The Gospel of John #16

John 9:1-41We walk through John 9 and watch blame give way to purpose as a blind man sees, confronts power, and becomes a witness. Along the way we unpack signs vs miracles, the Sabbath dispute, Siloam as “sent,” and how spiritual sight grows from trust and humility.• cultural belief in generational sin vs Jesus’ reframing toward God’s work• “light of the world” as a thread through John 8–9• healing with mud on the Sabbath and social controversy• signs rather than miracles as Johannine theology• fear of synagogue expulsion and late-first-century context• Origen on spiritual truth and narrative arrangement• the healed man’s rising testimony against entrenched authority• movement from physical to spiritual blindness and the nature of belief• practical picture of spiritual sight as humility, readiness, and obedienceWe welcome feedback on this or any of our podcast episodes. We can be contacted through our website at Ohio Yearly Meeting.orgA complete list of our podcasts,  organized into topics, is available on our website.We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel.  The first interview is with Susan Smith. To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), please visit  ohioyearlymeeting.org. Those interested in exploring the distinctives of Conservative Friends waiting worship should consider checking out our many Zoom Online Worship opportunities during the week here. All are welcome! We also have several Zoom study groups.  Check out the Online Study and Discussion Groups on our website.   Advices read in these podcasts can be found on page 29 in our Book Of Discipline.We welcome feedback on this and any of our other podcast episodes.   Contact us through our website.