The Blind Man Sees - Twice!

 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.  John 9

Like with the bread of life, Jesus connects a truth about himself with a sign. He states he is the light of the world and then heals the blind man. 

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”  36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.”38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”  John 9       

I love how Jesus says, "You have seen him." And why could he see him? Because Jesus had opened his eyes! We see a connection between physical blindness and spiritual blindness. His eyes are opened physically and spiritually as he declares, "Lord, I believe." And his response is to worship him. May that be our response as well!