Man Born Blind
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
He was born blind. But why? Was it punishment for sin? From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul reflects on the way God used one man's affliction to display the power of Jesus to bring light to those in darkness.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on renewing your mind, the man born blind. |
| 0:04.8 | If he would have stayed blind for 80 years or 90 years, what's that compared to eternity |
| 0:10.3 | in the presence of the glory of God? |
| 0:13.2 | But he didn't have to wait to go to heaven to be able to see the face of Christ. |
| 0:24.6 | In to be able to see the face of Christ. Indeed, that man didn't have to wait. |
| 0:27.2 | And what an incredible and gracious gift |
| 0:29.4 | that this man who was born blind would receive sight. |
| 0:33.8 | Hello and welcome to this, the Sunday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 0:37.3 | Today we're closing out a series of sermons from the Gospel of John with R.C. Sprole. |
| 0:42.2 | So let's join him now as he turns to John chapter 9, beginning with verse 1. |
| 0:49.8 | Now as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth, and his disciples asked |
| 1:00.4 | him saying, Rabbi, who sinned this man or his parents, that he was born blind? |
| 1:09.9 | And Jesus answered, neither this man nor his parents said, that he was born blind. |
| 1:15.3 | And Jesus answered, neither this man nor his parents sinned, |
| 1:19.6 | but that the works of God should be revealed in him. |
| 1:26.8 | I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. |
| 1:32.2 | The night is coming when no one can work, |
| 1:35.6 | but as long as I am in the world, |
| 1:39.4 | I am the light of the world. |
| 1:43.2 | And when he had said these things, |
| 1:49.0 | he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. |
| 1:54.0 | And he said to him, go wash in the pool of Salome, which is translated, sent. And so he went and washed and came back seeing. And therefore, |
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