1. Jesus makes mud with saliva (6-7)

Jesus could have healed this man with a word or a touch, but he chose to do it in a way that taught the disciples a lesson and tested the blind man's faith. He spit on the ground, made mud, put it on the man's eyes, and told him to go and wash. He showed the disciples how to do God's work with what was at hand. The blind man could have resented Jesus' smearing mud on his face. But he believed Jesus' love and obeyed his words. He went and washed and came back seeing.

2. I am the man (8-12)

This man was so transformed that his neighbors didn't recognize him. He might have just forgotten about his miserable past--and the grace of Jesus. But he did not forget who he was. He settled the argument about himself with, 'I am the man.' Remembering God's grace begins with remembering who I was before I met Jesus.

Application: Lord, teach me to trust your love, obey your words--and remember what kind of hopeless sinner I was before you touched my life.
One Word: Faith=obedience=healing