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1.让学生对约翰福音有一个全面的了解
2.向学生介绍一个盲人，他得以看见，并看见了另一些盲人。
3.鼓励学生承担与耶稣相同的事业
主题
相信，愚昧，指引，神迹，耐心
背诵经文
约翰福音9:39
开头的祷告(5-10分钟)
团队建造(10分钟)
蒙住每个学生的眼睛。让他们尝试在看不见的情况下玩这个团队建设游戏。确保他们的安全，但同时让他们感到“看不见”带来的不适。在进入“深入学习”部分之前，让他们一直蒙着眼睛。
在每个人都蒙上眼睛之后，给他们每人一张卡片。卡上写上一些简单的说明：
1.伸手蒙住眼睛
2.脱下眼罩
3.站起来说：“赞美耶和华！”
不要告诉他们卡片上的内容，而是告诉他们，他们的目标是做卡片上所列的事情。很快，他们就会意识到自己根本没有可能做到。重新收集回卡片 (我们稍后会再讲)，结束游戏，然后提问题讨论。
课堂起头(5分钟)
一般讨论
•如果可以看见，执行卡片上的操作是不是会变得容易多了？（容易得多。）
•什么比“看不见”更糟？（允许学生分享他们自己的看法。）
在下面的学习中，我们将讨论比“看不见”更糟的事情。
深入学习(35分钟)
在本课中，我们将遇到一个人，这个人曾经看不见，现在看见了，以及另一群人，他们本可以看见但在属灵上却是瞎眼的。
给孩子们读约翰9:1-12，因为现在你是唯一可以看见的人。
(现在请让学生拿掉眼罩，然后你提出以下问题。）
一般讨论
•这么长时间"看不见”是什么感觉？(糟糕，不舒服等)
•在看不见的情况下玩游戏有多困难？ (困难，不可能，令人沮丧等)
•你能想象在没有视力的情况下生活会有多困难吗？最困难的事会是什么？(允许学生自由分享。)
•现在可以再次看见，感觉如何？ (很放松，自由等)
问题讨论
1.根据耶稣的说法，这个人为什么会失明？（这样，神的工作才能在盲人身上显明出来。）
2.耶稣说祂自己必须做什么事？（必须作那差我来者的工。）
3.在第5节，耶稣说祂是世界的光。为什么这很重要？（祂将治愈一个一直生活在黑暗中看不见的人。）
4.这个人被治愈后做了什么？（他回家庆祝，并见证耶稣在他的生命中所做的事。）
这故事很直白。瞎子被医好了，可以看见了。在随后的经文中，他的医治引起了极大的骚动。法利赛人很沮丧，因为耶稣违反了安息日不得做工的规定，祂捏了泥土和并治愈了那人。他们(两次)询问该男子和他的父母到底发生了什么事。下面，他们很快要直接与耶稣面对面了，但在我们读到这一点之前，让我们看看耶稣在听到法利赛人将他赶出该社区后对那个人说了些什么。
读 约翰福音9:35-39
问题讨论
1.为什么耶稣提出的问题如此重要？(他问的是，除了新得的视力外，他是否还有属灵的心眼。)
2.这个人问耶稣人子是谁。耶稣的回答为什么如此重要？（耶稣说，这人已经看见祂，这和他说话的就是人子。显然，这对于那个从来都瞎了眼的人来说真是一个感动的真理。）
3.这个人的回应 (敬拜) 促使耶稣重申祂来到这世界的目的。根据第39节，这目的是什么？（叫看不见的可以看见，看得见的反瞎了眼）
显然，耶稣的意思不是所有肉眼能看见的人都变瞎眼。相反，约翰回忆给我们的这个故事，是从治愈生理上的失明转变为在耶稣时代的宗教领袖中持续存在的属灵失明的糟糕现实。
法利赛人一听到这句话就受不了了。他们决定要直接对抗耶稣。我们遇到了一个盲人，他获得了视力-现在让我们来认识那些以为可以看见但实际上却很瞎的人。
读 约翰福音10:1-21
问题讨论:
1.为什么耶稣直接医治了这个人的瞎眼，却用一个比喻来解决法利赛人属灵上的瞎眼？( 有问题的是他们的心，祂不会强迫他们的心去相信。)
2.尽你所能的来总结这个故事。( 耶稣是好牧人。人是祂的羊。法利赛人是“雇工”，不是真正的带领者，他们没有正确的动机。他们并不真正爱人。耶稣是唯一对的带领人。）
3.耶稣的故事与法利赛人的属灵瞎眼有什么关系？( 如果他们不愿意接受耶稣，就不能成为羊群的一部分。见第1节。)
4.法利赛人对此寓言有何反应？(有些人相信耶稣，但是“许多人”得出的结论是，祂是被鬼附着，而且疯了。)
5.为什么法利赛人无法看见耶稣就是祂所说的那一位？(他们的心很硬，他们很自大，耶稣是一个威胁，等等。)
应用(15分钟)
世上有两种人-耶稣治愈的盲人和那些认为自己可以看见但在属灵上其实是瞎眼的人。
一般讨论：
•你认识哪个属于后一类的人吗？( 允许学生自由分享。)
•如何看出法利赛人是属灵上的盲人？（他们更关心的是耶稣违反安息日规则，而不是为一个盲人得到医治而欢欣。）
•那些认为自己在属灵上能看见的人，如何经常表现出属灵上的盲目性？(他们傲慢自大，拒绝倾听，他们喜欢谈论神，但又不愿谈论耶稣到底是谁，等等。)
•如何对这样的人做出反应？(很难喜欢他们，很难忍受他们，等等。)
•耶稣对盲人是什么感觉？(祂对他有同情心，等等。)
•耶稣对法利赛人是什么看法？( 祂希望他们也能看见，但他们拒绝了。)
有时，属灵上瞎眼的人并不真想看见。他们以自己的方式喜欢事物。他们不想让自己所处的位置或舒适感受到打扰。对于那些不想以不同的眼光看待别人的人来说，同理同情不太容易。比那些想要得到医治的人来说，要困难得多。但是，在我们离开本课程之前，还必须提醒一个我们第一次读时错过的事实。
重新阅读约翰福音9:1-5
问题讨论
1.关于盲人，门徒们问了什么问题？（是谁犯了罪，叫这人生来就瞎眼）
2.耶稣最直接关心的是什么？（我们要怎么做。）
3.第四节说，谁必须做天父的工作？（我们。）
4.在这些经文中，谁是“我们”？（耶稣和祂的门徒。）
5.是耶稣医治了盲人，但为什么祂说“我们”？（允许学生进行推测。）
6.耶稣为什么要告诉祂的门徒，祂将要离开，祂不会永远在他们身边，“黑夜一到，就没有人能作工了”？（祂表示对工作有紧迫感，并把门徒们也都包括在工作中。）
第4节中，“我们”一词具有重大意义。耶稣的工作必须成为我们的工作。我们必须去作祂将要作的事。
一般讨论
•今天我们阅读的故事中耶稣的工作是什么？（在身体和属灵上帮助盲人看见。）
•他100％成功了吗？（没有，有些人拒绝看见。）
•如果我们既无法治愈他们，也无法说服属灵的盲人接受耶稣为主，我们还能如何帮助他们看见呢？（我们必须尽一切努力将他们带到耶稣那里，但并不是每个人都会接受福音。）
•还记得前面你摘下眼罩时的感觉吗？第一次看见的人，他们会是什么感觉？(难以置信，感动，自我满足等)
•你可以看见这个事实对那些不能看见的人有什么帮助？(你可以告诉他们如何到耶稣那里得医治。)
结束祷告(3分钟)
为学生们祷告，帮助他们的朋友和家人转向耶稣，从而获得属灵的眼光。
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Gospel of John
Lesson 7: Can Jesus Make You See?
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Goals
1. To provide students with an overview understanding of the Gospel of John
2. To introduce students to a blind man who gained sight and seeing men who were blind
3. To inspire students to take up the same cause as Jesus
Topics
Believing, Foolishness, Guidance, Miracles, Patience
Scripture Memorization
John 9:39
OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)
GROUP BUILDING (10 minutes)
Blindfold every member of your group. They will attempt to play the group building game without their ability to see. Ensure their safety, but allow them to feel the discomfort that comes with “blindness.” Keep them blindfolded until you get into the “Digging Deep” section.
Once everyone is blindfolded, hand them a card. On the card should be some simple instructions:
1. Reach up to your blindfold
2. Take your blindfold off
3. Stand up and say, “Praise the Lord!”
Do not tell them what is on the card, but tell them that their objective is to do whatever is on the card. Pretty soon, they’ll realize they have no hope. Re-collect them (we’ll come back to this later) and end the game, then ask the questions.
GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)
General Discussion:
• How much easier would it have been to do what was on the card if you could see? (Much easier.)
• What would be worse than being blind? (Allow students to share their opinions.)
As we continue to study the Gospel of John, we’re going to discuss something worse than being blind.
DIGGING IN (30 minutes)
In this lesson, we’re going to meet a man who was blind and gained his sight as well as a group of men who could see but, turns out, were spiritually blind.
Read John 9:1-12 to your group, since you’re the only one who can see.
(If you did the group building activity at the beginning, instruct students to remove their blindfolds now and ask these questions. If not, skip the general discussion questions.)
General Discussions:
• What was it like being without your sight for that long? (Horrible, uncomfortable, etc.)
• How difficult was it to play the game without being able to see? (Hard, impossible, frustrating, etc.)
• Can you imagine how difficult it would be to live life without your sight? What would be the hardest thing for you? (Allow students to share.)
• Now that you can see again, how do you feel? (Relieved, free, etc.)
Discussion Questions:
1. According to Jesus, why was this man blind? (So that the works of God might be displayed in the blind man.)
2. What does Jesus say that He must do? (Jesus had to do the works of the one who sent Him.)
3. Jesus says He is the light of the world in verse 5. Why do you think that is significant? (He’s about to heal a man who has been living in darkness with no ability to see.)
4. What did the man do after he was healed? (He went home to celebrate and testify to what Jesus had done in his life.)
This is pretty straightforward. A blind beggar is healed of his blindness. In the verses that follow, his healing causes quite a commotion. Pharisees are upset because Jesus broke the Sabbath law not to work by making mud and healing the man. They ask the man (twice) and the man’s parents what had happened. They will confront Jesus directly soon, but before we read about that, let’s see what Jesus says to the man upon hearing that the Pharisees had kicked him out of the community.
Read John 9:35-39
Discussion Questions:
1. Why is the question Jesus asks so significant? (He’s asking if the man has spiritual sight in addition to his new-found physical sight.)
2. The man asks for Jesus to tell him who the Son of Man is. Why do you think Jesus’ answer is so significant? (Jesus says the man has now seen Him. In fact, He is the one speaking to you. Obviously, this is a moving truth for the man who was blind his entire life.)
3. The man’s response (worship) prompts Jesus to re-state His purpose on earth. What is it, according to verse 39? (So that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.)
Obviously, Jesus’ point is not that all who can physically see would become unable to do so. Rather, the story John recalls to us turns from a physical healing of blindness to the sad reality of a spiritual blindness that persists in the religious leaders of Jesus’ day.
It was upon hearing this that the Pharisees have heard enough. They decide to confront Jesus directly. We’ve met the blind guy who gained sight — now let’s meet the men who thought they could see, but who were actually quite blind.
Read John 10:1-21
Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think Jesus directly heals the man with blindness but uses a parable to address the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees? (Their hearts were the issue and He would not force their hearts to believe.)
2. Summarize the story as best as you’re able. (Jesus is the Good Shepherd. People are His sheep. The Pharisees are “hired” help, not the true leaders, and don’t have right motives. They don’t really love people. Jesus is the only one to lead rightly.)
3. What do you think Jesus’ story has to do with the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees? (If they aren’t willing to accept Jesus, they cannot be in the flock. See verse 1.)
4. What is the Pharisees’ reaction to this parable? (Some believe in Jesus, but “many” conclude that He is demon-possessed and raving mad.)
5. Why do you think the Pharisees could not be made to see that Jesus was who He said He was? (Their hearts were hard, they were arrogant, Jesus was a threat, etc.)
MAKING IT REAL (20 minutes)
There are two kinds of people in the world — the blind that Jesus makes see and those who think they can see but are really spiritually blind.
General Discussion:
• Do you know anyone who falls into the latter category? (Allow students to share.)
• How did the Pharisees illustrate that they were spiritually blind? (They were more worried about Jesus breaking Sabbath rules than they were interested in celebrating that a blind guy is healed.)
• How do people who think they are spiritually seeing often demonstrate their spiritual blindness? (They are arrogant, they refuse to listen, they like to argue about God but don’t want to talk about who Jesus really is, etc.)
• How do you find yourself reacting to people like that? (It’s hard to like them, it’s hard to be patient with them, etc.)
• How do you think Jesus felt about the blind man? (He felt compassion for him, etc.)
• How do you think Jesus felt about the Pharisees? (He wanted them to see, too, but they refused.)
Sometimes people who are spiritually blind don’t want to see. They like things the way they are. They don’t want to see their position or comfort interrupted. It can be very difficult to have empathy for people who don’t want to be see things differently. Much more difficult than feeling for those who desire to be healed. But before we leave this lesson, we have to be reminded of a truth you may have missed the first time through.
Re-read John 9:1-5
Discussion Questions:
1. What do the disciples ask upon seeing the blind man? (Who sinned that caused him to be blind.)
2. What is Jesus’ immediate concern? (What are we going to do about it.)
3. Verse four says that who must do the Father’s work? (We.)
4. Who, in these verses, is “we”? (Jesus and His disciples.)
5. If Jesus heals the blind man, why do you think He says “we”? (Allow students to speculate.)
6. Why does Jesus inform His disciples that He will be going away, about it being day, about how He won’t be around forever, and how a time will come when “no one can work”? (He is expressing urgency about the mission and also including the disciples in the mission.)
In verse 4 the word “we” is of tremendous significance. Jesus’ work must become our work. We must be about the same things He is about.
General Discussion:
• What is Jesus’ work in what we read today? (To help blind people see, both physically and spiritually.)
• Was He 100% successful? (No, some refused to see.)
• How can you help blind people see if you can’t heal them physically and can’t convince the spiritual blind to accept Jesus as Lord? (We have to do whatever we can to bring them to Jesus, but not everyone will accept the Gospel.)
• Remember how you felt when you took the blindfold off earlier? What do you think it would be like to watch someone experience sight for the first time? (Incredible, moving, fulfilling, etc.)
• How might the fact that you can see be helpful to the people who cannot? (You can tell them how to get to Jesus and be healed.)
(Play the game you played at the beginning of the lesson, but this time with partners. One is blindfolded, the other is not. Redistribute the cards, and tell the partners to do whatever the card says. This time, working together, the seeing person will help the blind person see. Students will get the point, at which point you can conclude the lesson.)
We need to be about what Jesus was about — helping the blind see. We may not be able to heal, but we know the one who can. Because He healed us.
CLOSING PRAYER (3 minutes)
Pray for your students to help their friends and family gain their spiritual sight by pointing them toward Jesus.
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