View source for John 9:1-41 - Jesus Demonstrated God's Power

=Objectives=
*Students will recognize that Jesus uniquely holds power over all of nature.
*Students will recognize that Jesus is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
*Students will will affirm that Jesus is himself God as described in Psalm 146:8


=Prophecies=
*Psalm 146:8
*Isaiah 35:5-6a

=Lesson=

==Introduction (5 minutes)==
===Blind===
====Set-up====
*Lay out a path on the floor using masking tape to mark off the path. The path should be more than just a straight line but include some turns.
*Swim goggles painted black on the inside to make it impossible to see.
*Disinfectant spray.

====Activity====
*Ask for two volunteers, one volunteer with follow the path, the other will give directions. For a younger audience a leader may follow the path while the whole class tries to give directions.
*The individual following the path will put on the goggles (blindfold) and try to complete the path while the other individual tells them directions. The rest of the class can try to give bad directions and distract the two.
*Ask "How hard was it to listen to directions with all the distractions."
*Was it hard to find your way when you could not see?
*Say "Today we are going to learn about a man who was born blind, but he didn't stay blind. After meeting Jesus his whole life changed and he went from blind to seeing."
==Preview (5 minutes)==
*Hide the following printouts somewhere. These are copies of Psalm 146:8 and Isaiah 35:5-6 in Hebrew. If printed double sided they should look like ancient texts.
**Printouts [[File:SampleHebrewWriting.pdf]]
*Have students find the documents, you might hide them in dirt or something like that.
*Once students have found the documents you might say something like 
**"what book of the Bible could this be from, it must have 146 chapters..." Let's see how we could translate this.
**"This one here seems like it starts with the sound eesias what book could that be..."
*Have someone read each passage and ask what it means.
*The main point of emphasis is that God is the one who gives sight to the blind.
==Body (8 minutes)==
*When an archeologist goes to a dig site they spend days tirelessly searching for even the smallest nugget. When they come across something they call it a "find" today we are going to dig into God's word and I want you to help me identify some "finds".
*Tell the story of John 9 in your own words but on occasion reading specific passages from Scripture. Key texts are suggested.
**John 9:1
**John 9:6-11
**John 9:15-16
**John 9:18-23
**John 9:31-32
==Verse (5 Minutes)==
*The verse to work on is Jeremiah 29:13.
**You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. NIV
*Provide as many kids as you can with one copy of each page. Have them work to get in order, then recite the verse. After each recitation remove one child from the team.
*The printout it here [[File:Jeremiah2913.pdf]]

==Archeological Excursion (3 minutes)==
*All of what we have learned is not just a story, it really happened!
**Show pictures of the pool of Siloam.

==Apply It (4 minutes)==
*In John 9:39 Jesus said "Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” NIV
*Jesus came so that we could have a relationship with God. Each of us is sinners and sin ruins our relationship withGod. But Jesus came to offer forgiveness. 
*What is sin ...
*Take a piece of flash paper and write a sin on it.
*When we accept Jesus' free offer of forgiveness through his death on the cross he wipes our sin away. The Bible tells us that as far as the east is from the west so far has he removed our sin from us.
*Ignite flash paper, just like that our sin is gone!