Jesus made Clay

I have been fascinated with the passage about The Christ in John 9. Jesus makes clay on the sabbath and then instructs a blind man to go wash and see. What an amazing story. First of all, Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath instructs the blind man to "go wash". He also "makes clay". The pharisees viewed this as Jesus obstructing the sabbath. Strangely whenever the Levites worked on the sabbath they did not consider them as defiling the Sabbath, but whenever Jesus, the High Priest of the tribe of Melchizadek did these things they accused The Christ as a Sabbath breaker.

I love the part of the story where the blind man is found by Jesus. "Do you believe in Son of God" Jesus asks the man. He replies, "Who is He Lord that I may believe in Him." Jesus' response "You have both SEEN Him and He is talking with You."

In a very real sense, this man SAW His salvation. One of the first sights he saw was the Lord Jesus Himself. He had been healed by Christ, but was sent to the pool to wash. As a result, He knew He was healed by Jesus, but had never seen Him. Then Jesus found Him. Unsaved, yet seeing - Jesus then Helped Him to see Spiritually. What an amazing day for the man! Starting the day blind spiritually and physically, ending the day seeing the Son of the Living God both spiritually and physically.

What an awesome God.