And Now I See

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1. John 9:1

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   The ninth chapter of John records the experience of Jesus and His disciples passing near a beggar, blind from birth.

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2. John 9:13

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   Well, afraid this miracle would again add to the threat Jesus already posed to their presumed authority, the enemies of the Savior confronted the newly sighted man and said in anger, “We know [Jesus] is a sinner.” The man listened for a moment, then said, “Whether he be a sinner … , I know not: [but] one thing I [do] know, … whereas I was blind, now I see.”

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3. John 9:3

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   Jesus gave the first meaning to this exchange, telling His disciples that all this had happened “that the works of God should be made manifest.” Remember that twice in this narrative the Savior’s action was referred to as “anointing” the blind man’s eyes, an act to be completed by washing.

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4. John 9:6

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   Jesus gave the first meaning to this exchange, telling His disciples that all this had happened “that the works of God should be made manifest.” Remember that twice in this narrative the Savior’s action was referred to as “anointing” the blind man’s eyes, an act to be completed by washing.

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5. John 9:11

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   Jesus gave the first meaning to this exchange, telling His disciples that all this had happened “that the works of God should be made manifest.” Remember that twice in this narrative the Savior’s action was referred to as “anointing” the blind man’s eyes, an act to be completed by washing.

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6. 2 Kings 5:1

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   Another truth that is evident here are the instruments the Creator of heaven and earth and all that in them are used to provide this miracle: spit and a handful of dirt!

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7. Numbers 21:4

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   Another truth that is evident here are the instruments the Creator of heaven and earth and all that in them are used to provide this miracle: spit and a handful of dirt!

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8. 1 Nephi 17:41

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   Another truth that is evident here are the instruments the Creator of heaven and earth and all that in them are used to provide this miracle: spit and a handful of dirt!

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9. Alma 33:18

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   Another truth that is evident here are the instruments the Creator of heaven and earth and all that in them are used to provide this miracle: spit and a handful of dirt!

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10. Isaiah 53:2

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    But we remember from the Book of Mormon that some things are both plain and precious and that prior to Jesus’s birth, it would be prophesied that “he [would have] no form nor comeliness; and when we [should] see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” How often God has sent His majestic message through a newly called and very anxious Relief Society president or an unlearned boy on a New York farm or a brand-new missionary or a baby lying in a manger.

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11. Luke 9:1

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    Consider the evidence of another truth, this one regarding the holy priesthood.

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12. Omni 1:20

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    It has been hurled at me that the means by which this book came to be were impractical, unbelievable, embarrassing, even unholy.

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13. Doctrine and Covenants 20:35

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    It has been hurled at me that the means by which this book came to be were impractical, unbelievable, embarrassing, even unholy.

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14. John 9:23

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    And given the view it has granted me of my Savior’s universal love and redeeming grace, I share with you my witness, justified here as the newly blessed man’s parents said their son should be heard because he was “of age.” Well, so am I.

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1. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 14: Continuation of Our Lord’s Ministry in Galilee

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   • 2 Kings 5:1

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     The fact that leprosy is not ordinarily communicable by mere outward contact is accentuated by Trench, Notes on the Miracles, pp. 165–68, and the isolation of lepers required by the Mosaic law is regarded by him as an intended object lesson and figure to illustrate spiritual uncleanness.

   • John 9:1

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     The incident demands our further study.

2. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

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   • John 9:3

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     It is not man’s prerogative to pass upon the purposes and designs of God, nor to judge by human reason alone that this person or that suffers disaster as a direct result of individual sin.d Nevertheless men have ever been prone to so judge.

   • Luke 9:1

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     Many matters on which the Twelve had been instructed prior to their missionary tour were now repeated to the Seventy.

3. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 13: Honored by Strangers, Rejected by His Own

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   • Luke 9:1

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     Many modern writers have attempted to explain the phenomenon of demoniacal possession; and beside these there are not a few who deny the possibility of actual domination of the victim by spirit personages.

4. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 20: “Peace, Be Still”

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   • John 9:6

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     It is worthy of note that in blessing the sightless by the exercise of His healing power, Jesus usually ministered by some physical contact in addition to uttering the authoritative words of command or assurance.

5. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto

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   • Luke 9:1

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     About this time, also, Jesus inaugurated a notable expansion of the ministry of the kingdom, by sending forth the Twelve on assigned missions.

6. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 28: The Last Winter

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   • John 9:3

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     The raising of Lazarus stands as the third recorded instance of restoration to life by Jesus.u In each the miracle resulted in a resumption of mortal existence, and was in no sense a resurrection from death to immortality.