Gospel of John Iii — Stephen Kaung

This is Monday evening, September the 11th, 1972, in Richmond, Virginia. A ministry is being given through Brother Stephen Kong.

Give the power to become the Son of God. As we draw near to thy presence, we do claim the cleansing of the precious blood, without which no one can approach the throne of grace. Lord, how we pray and thank thee for the availability of thy precious blood, that we may come on that ground and with both.

Lord, we do believe that as we gather together unto thy name, unto thyself, and put ourselves under thy authority. Lord, take charge over this gathering. Fill this place with thy presence. Speak to us through thy word, by thy spirit, that we may not hear any human words and sounds.

But Lord, we want to see thee. We want to hear thee. We want to touch thee. Lord, touch us tonight, and we will be whole. We do commit ourselves to thee, looking to thee for thy blessing, that thou mayest receive all the praise and the glory and the honor.

In the name of our Lord Jesus. I'd like to read just two passages as sample verses. The first one is found in the gospel according to John chapter 2. John chapter 2. We'll read from verse 1 to verse 11.

And on the third day, a marriage took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the marriage. And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus said to him, they have no wine.

Jesus said to her, what have I to do with thee, woman? Mine hour has not yet come. His mother says to the servants, whatever he may say to you, do. Now there were standing there six stone water vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each.

Jesus says to them, fill the water vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he says to them, draw up now and carry it to the feast master. And they carried it. And when the feast master had tasted the water that had been made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the servants knew who drew the water.

The feast master calls the bridegroom and says to him, every man step on first the good wine. And when men have well drunk, then the inferior. Thou has kept the good wine till now. This beginning of signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed.

Then we turn to chapter 20, verses 30 and 31. Chapter 20, verses 30 and 31. Many other signs, therefore, also Jesus did before his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life in his name.

The Gospel of John Reveals the Son of God

Dear brothers and sisters, we have been fellowshipping together for the last two sessions on the gospel according to John. First, we fellowship somehow on the life of John the Evangelist. How he came to the Lord with the one desire to be with the Lord.

When the Lord asked him, what do you want? His answer was, where do you live? John desired to dwell with the Lord. And because of his dwelling with the Lord, we find how the Lord dealt with him. Transformed this natural son of thunder into the voice of God.

And because of that, God was able to use this man to present to us the last of the four gospels. In a sense, this is the consummation of all the gospels. Because there we find our Lord Jesus is presented to us as the Son of God.

And in believing in him, we will receive eternal life. Now this morning, we fellowship a little bit on the nature or the character of the gospel according to John. We find John presents Christ as the Son of God.

What do we mean? What does the scripture mean by the Son? It means in a very special way that he is the revelation of the Father. No one has ever seen God. But he who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

Now in order to declare the Father in all his fullness, first of all, he has to have everything that is in the Father. That's why you find in the gospel of John, it is mentioned again and again, the Father loves me and he has given everything to me.

All the fullness of the Godhead dwells in the Son's body. And secondly, the Son has to empty himself in order that he may be a full expression of the Father. He says, I can do nothing by myself. I do because the Father is doing it.

I say because the Father is saying it. So dear brothers and sisters, we find in our Lord Jesus, the Son, he who brings the Father. He is full of grace. God is love. Therefore, he comes to us in grace.

God is light. Therefore, he comes to us in truth. But neither grace nor truth are something apart from Christ. Because Christ is the grace of God. He is. And as we receive his life into us, we find that his life in us is the life of the Son of God, full of grace and truth.

The very nature of his life in us is light and love. And that's what you find in the first epistle of John. Being, having a life which is love and light. We ought to live on this earth, expressing the grace.

He is the Son of God. But by his death and resurrection, he is to bring many sons into glory. And this is the nature or character of the gospel according to John. Now tonight, we will go over the whole gospel once again.

Signs as Pointers to the Glory of Christ

But from a little bit different angle. You know, as you read the gospel according to John, you'll find there is a word which is used by John in a very special way. And that word is sign or signs. There are different words in the Greek that have more or less the same meaning.

For instance, wonders, miracles, powers, signs, now expectations. These are various words. But John seems to have a special delight in using the word sign. In the other gospel, you may find the word wonders.

You may find the word miracle. A word of power. The Lord is doing something which is wonderful, miraculous, powerful. But John, instead of using the word miracle, or power, or wonder, or expectation, or deeds, he uses the word sign.

Now why? Because sign has a meaning which is deeper than miracle, or wonder, or power. The Lord Jesus does a miracle. The Lord Jesus performs a wonder. The Lord Jesus does an act of power. But dear brothers and sisters, John is not satisfied just by telling us what wonders, what powers, what signs, what deeds our Lord Jesus has done.

He wants us to get behind these wonders, behind these miracles, behind these powers, behind these deeds, and get into something which is more basic and more fundamental, or we may say more ultimate. Now that is John.

Whenever you touch us John and his writing, you'll find he always leads us back to the very source, to the ultimate. He will not be satisfied with anything less than the final. For this reason, he does not use the word wonders, or miracles, or powers.

Instead, he uses the word sign. Now what do you mean by a sign? A sign means something is done, but that something is not an end in itself. That something is a means to an end. A sign is a pointer. It points us to something else.

John does not want us to be all involved with all these acts of wonders, with all these miracles, and all these powers. However attractive they are, John wants us to get behind them. And as it were, by these signs, we are being pointed and directed to something else, or may I say to someone.

Just like when you are climbing a mountain. If you are climbing a mountain, you will find as you come to different levels of the mountain, there will be signs there. Suppose there is a sign on a certain elevation, at a certain elevation, and that sign will tell you now you are now a thousand feet above sea level.

And probably that sign will also point you to a direction, and that is direction that you can climb to the top of the mountain. Now usually when you see such a sign, you will stop for a while. You will look around, and probably it will be a good scenery there.

That's where the sign is usually put. Or maybe the sign is made of beautiful wood and carved. Very beautiful. Something to be admired. But dear brothers and sisters, you all know, as you see these signs, as you climb the mountains, you will see sign after sign.

You may enjoy them for a while, but you know, you're not supposed to stay there. You are to be directed by these signs, and go higher and higher up, until you reach the summit. And that is the end. And there you can see a paramount view of the whole mountain region, and how gorgeous, how grand.

Dear brothers and sisters, you know all the wonders, all the miracles, all the works of powers, the deeds of our Lord Jesus, they are signs. They are marvelous in themselves. When you see these wonders and miracles and powers, you cannot help but stop for a while, consider them, admire them, and praise the Lord for them.

They are something beautiful in connection with all these signs. We worship the Lord because of all the wonders and miracles that He has performed. But if you stay there, if you stay with these miracles, if all you see are miracles, wonders, and powers, and nothing else, how many of God's people today are wonder-oriented?

How many of God's people are praising the Lord for all the works of power, of wonder, of miracles done by the Lord? Thank God for every wonder, every miracle, every power, every deed. We do stop, admire, amaze, worship, but do not stop with them.

You have to be directed by these signs to something higher up, to someone who is the higher. So brothers and sisters, all the signs recorded in the gospel according to John, they are pointers. They are not the end.

They do not want us to surround them and stay with them our whole life. They want us to climb higher up until, in other words, we see the glory of us. And as we see the glory of the Son of God, then in the gospel according to John, you'll find there is recorded eight.

If you read from the first chapter down to the twenty-first chapter, you will find all together eight signs, eight wonders, acts of powers. But these eight occasions of signs are there to direct our attention to the Son of God, to witness His glory, and to believe.

So tonight we would like to go through this book with all these signs. We travel by these signs. And we hope that as we travel by these signs, we may see the glory. Now that is the first sign was performed in Cana of Galilee.

The First Sign: Water Turned into Wine

There was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of Jesus was invited. And Jesus and His disciples were invited. Evidently this young couple, or their family, seemed to be very close to the family of our Lord Jesus.

So they were all invited. Not only the mother of Jesus, not only Jesus, but even His disciples were all invited. It was a happy time. Marriage was one of the greatest things. All the Mormons say that marriage is the climax.

You'll find that people will grow, and grow, and grow, and gradually mature. And after two persons are mature, then it comes to that climax. They are being joined into one. And when two are joined into one, then the original divine of God.

Because in the beginning, God created man. Male and female created Him. Man in the original concept of God is not an individual. Man in the original idea of God is neither a man nor a woman. Neither a male nor a female.

In the original thought of God, man is the union of. And that is consummated. So here you'll find even in the Garden of Eden. You'll find God made a woman. And He brought that woman to the man. And the man said, it is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.

And therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united. In a sense, marriage is the consummation of the growth of life. Here you'll find two people are grown until finally it is consummated in a marriage.

And with the help of the man is able to fulfill the purpose of God. Now that is the reason of marriage. But unfortunately, in the Garden of Eden, instead of after the marriage, God's purpose, God's mission, commission upon man will be fulfilled because of this marriage unit.

Instead of that, we find sin and the marriage. So here, brothers and sisters, you'll find the first sign that our Lord Jesus did honor was done during a marriage feast. A marriage. Because this describes the highest of human life on earth.

It was the happiest moment of life. It was almost like the consummation of a mature life. It was supposed to be after this marriage, then God's purpose might be done through the partnership of a man. But as in the Garden of Eden, here you'll find in Cana, this marriage began with joy.

But as days went on, the wine failed. You know, according to the Jewish custom of that time, at a marriage, well, all the relatives will come, you know, and all the friends will come. And they will be there not just for the marriage ceremony, not just, say, for one feast, but they will stay there for three days, and sometimes seven days.

Now, I remember when my eldest brother was married. It was still in the old-fashioned Chinese way. You know, when my eldest brother was married, all our relatives and friends, they will all come. They will come and stay with us.

And we have feast for three days and three nights. So it was the most happy time, you know. There was so many people coming, and evidently this young couple were very popular. So finally you'll find there were more people attending that marriage than they expected.

So before the days ran out, their wine were exhausted. And you know, in the Orient, during a marriage feast, if the wine ran out, then it was really a tragedy. All the joy and the happiness of the marriage were turned into disaster.

What disgrace, what shame it would bring to the young married couple. It will be a very bad starting for their life together. It was most embarrassing. You could not send the guests away and say there was no more wine.

You were supposed to provide enough and more than enough. So they were in a most embarrassing situation. And if this situation was not rescued, it would end up in tragedy. Dear brothers and sisters, is it not true that at the height of our happiness usually comes sorrow?

You know, in China we have a proverb. It says that when your jaw reach the height, then sorrow strikes. It also is like that. And we have another proverb saying that the moon is not always full. After you have a full moon, then you'll find it begins to dim down.

In other words, joy, happiness, satisfaction in this world, in this life, is never. Usually at the very height of happiness, there comes sorrow. What can give more joy than a marriage? What can give more satisfaction than during a marriage?

This is represented by the wine, because the wine makes people happy. As we find in Psalm 104. But here you'll find the wine. It always does. Our life on this earth is like this. It never is complete.

It changes so quickly and drastically. Just at the moment of elation, there comes the moment of humiliation. And that is all. But here you'll find our Lord Jesus. And there he turned the water. There were six stone vessels standing at the door.

These six stone vessels were vessels for water, of purification. Now the Jews, they were very careful about purification. When the guest come, came, you know, the first thing that had to be done was they had to have their feet washed.

If they did not have their feet washed, they were not clean, you know. They could not enjoy the feast. They had to wash for purification. Now these waters in the six water vessels, they were all exhausted too.

Because there were so many guests. They came and had this ceremonial washing. And so the result was, there were six stone vessels there. But even the water there was almost gone. They were all used up in purification.

So the Lord said, draw water and fill them up. So the servants drew water and filled the six water vessels. And the Lord said, draw them out. And sent it to the feast master. So the servants sent it to the feast master.

And the feast master tasted it and said, there is never such wine. So he called the bridegroom and said, now everybody put on the good wine first. And when they are nearly drunk, then they cannot distinguish the inferior wine.

So you can put on the inferior one. But you are different. You reserve the best wine until the last. And there the Lord manifest His glory. And the disciples. Now dear brothers and sisters, what is the meaning of this?

The six stone vessels represent, we are like the six stone vessels. Because six in the scripture is the number of men. Here you'll find we are like the six stone vessels. We may be very religious. We may be filled with water.

That is our natural life. Our natural life is like water which is flat. And probably in our natural life, we have an inclination and tendency to be religious. Our natural life seems to help us to go through the purification ceremonies.

Outwardly, we may appear very religious. Outwardly, we may appear clean. But dear brothers and sisters, that's all that we are. The best you can find in man's life is to be outwardly religious. It is water.

It cannot satisfy us. It cannot give us permanent joy. And later you will discover your life is empty. Your life is tasteless. It's flat. Even though you may be correct. Even though you may be religious.

Even though you may be moral. But you know, there is no joy with it. There is no satisfaction with it. Everything but you is just past. Nothing left. Dear brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus is the only one who can transform.

Christ as the Transformation of Natural Life

He can transform the water into wine. To be exact, according to the scripture teaching. Not that your natural life is changed into a spiritual life. That which is born of the flesh. But that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Not that your natural life is changed. The Lord Jesus gives His life. The water that is poured into the stone vessels the second time. Is that represents the life of the Lord Jesus. That is being poured out to us.

And as this life is given to us. A new life. And this new life. The transformation is not in changing our natural life into spiritual life. The transformation is the life of the Lord Jesus comes into us.

Takes hold of us. And then transform our emotions. It is because the new life has come into us. Therefore this life will transform. Formerly our emotion expresses ourselves. But now the transformation has come.

Our emotion is taken over by Christ and expressed. Formerly our mind expresses ourselves. It is my opinion. It is my thinking. It is my reasoning. I consider this as reasonable. You'll find. Formerly it is my desire.

My will. And you know the transformation comes when the Lord takes control. The Lord came into the marriage feast. And he took. Mary said to the servants. Whatever he told you, you do it. In other words our Lord came into that marriage and took control over the whole thing.

When the Lord took control. And the result was. Not only the wine was good. Better than anyone. The best. Incomparable. There was such abundance. You know six stone vessels of two or three measures each.

That will add up about a hundred and twenty gallons. So you find suddenly a hundred and twenty gallons of new wine. And it is ineffable. Not only for the marriage feast. But even after the feast there was more left over.

And that is always the case. So dear brothers and sisters here. You'll find in this miracle. In this miracle of turning water into wine. The sign is pointing to the Lord Jesus. The glory. What is the glory of the Son of God?

The glory of the Son of God is. He is the one who transforms our tragedy into glory. Fills our emptiness with joy. Our flatness with the taste of the new wine. He alone. Give us. The Lord is not only the one who transforms.

He is. He is our transformation. He not only does the work of transformation in us. But as we are transformed. The Bible says. From glory to glory according to his image. In other words. Our transformation is Christ.

He is not only the one who transforms us. He is the transformation. So as he transforms us from glory unto glory. You'll find we decrease. And he increases with us. Now that's transformation. Not that you have changed.

Is that you have decreased. But he has increased. Now that's transformation. He has not only. He not only did that. In Cana. He is doing that today. This is the glory of the Son. Dear brothers and sisters.

Often we crowd. Who can change me? Who can change me? Sometimes we are tired of ourselves. Sometimes we are just so unhappy with ourselves. Now who can change us? The only one who can. And as you are being transformed.

From glory to glory. You'll find a little more of Christ. The glorious work he is doing. And what glory it is. Because the final product. Now that is the first sign. Then you come to the second sign. The second sign is found in the gospel according to John chapter 4.

The Second Sign: Christ as the Life-Giver

Our Lord Jesus came. Back to Galilee. And once again he came to Cana. Where he performed the first sign. And while he was in Cana. A nobleman. In Capernaum. Whose son was sick. Almost. He heard about the Lord Jesus.

So he traveled from Capernaum. To Cana. To seek the Lord. And said. Rabbi. Master. Come quickly to my home. Because my son is dying. And you remember our Lord Jesus said. Unless you see signs and wonders.

You will not believe. And that father just pleaded to the Lord. And said hurry. Don't talk. Please come. Because my son is dying. The Lord said. Go. Your son lives. He believed in the Lord. And as he was returning.

On the way. He met his son. Saying that. The fever was gone. Your son was all right. So he asked what was the hour. And they told him. It was at the ninth hour. Which was exactly the time. When the Lord said.

Your son lives. So he and his whole family. Believed in the Lord. Now that was. This nobleman. Most likely. He was not. An official. Of the Roman court. But most commentators agree. That probably this nobleman.

Belonged to the court of Harrod. The king. And some commentators. Even go a step further. And said. Probably. This nobleman. Was Chosa. Harrod. Stuart. You remember. In Luke chapter eight. Chosa. Harrod.

Stuart. His wife Joanna. Was one of the women. Who ministered unto the Lord. And his disciples. With material needs. So some people think. That probably. This nobleman. Was Chosa. He was. Harrod Stuart.

Stuart of Harrod's house. High official. A nobleman. In the court. But here you'll find. He came to the Lord. And the Lord. Healed his wife. And he and his whole family. Turned to the Lord. Now if this was Chosa.

Then we find. How his wife Joanna. From there on. Served. Ministered. Unto the Lord. It was a wonderful thing. Now what is the sign. Of the Son of God. Is revealed to us. In this sign. In that. He is.

The life giver. And he gives meaning. You know in Buddhism. There is. Such a philosophy. What is life? Life is birth. A. Sick. That's all that life is composed of. You're born. You grow up. Get old. You got sick.

And finally. Here you'll find the Son of the Lord. Commentators say. Uh it's true. Then the whole family. Served the Lord. Now that is. What is the meaning. Of our life. We are not like those. Who do not know the Lord.

Those who do not know the Lord. They are just wasting away their life. No meaning to it. No purpose. But thank God. The Lord one day says. You live. We now live. And we have a purpose. To live. Our purpose.

We may serve. In the will of God. So here you'll find again. The glory of the Son of God. He is the only one. Who can give us life. With. With a meaning. And without him. There is no life. And there is.

No purpose. Then the first sign was performed. Near Jerusalem. Just outside the city. In the pool of Bethesda. That is in chapter five. Of the gospel. Accordingly. And here you'll find. There was a pool.

The Third Sign: Deliverance from the Curse of the Law

In Bethesda. With five porches. And all kinds of sick people. Were. Lying there. Why? Because they were waiting. For the water to stir. And when the water stirred. The one who jumped in first. Will be healed.

So you'll find all these sick people. All kinds of sick people. They were there waiting for the water to stir. And I don't know how often. It stirred. Probably not too often. Now we don't go into the details of it.

We only say this. There was a man. An infirm man. He was sick. For thirty-eight years. He was there. Hoping that he might be the first one. To jump in. And got healed. But nobody was there to help him.

To move him. And he couldn't move himself. So he was lying there. We do not know how many years. He lay there. But when the Lord Jesus found him. He was a man. That had already. So the Lord said. Do you want to?

Nobody put me into the pool. And I cannot move in. When I try to move. The other jumped in first. It is just a get up. Take your couch. He got up. And it was. Now brothers and sisters. When you see a man.

Thirty-eight years. Immediately you think. Of another thirty-eight years. You remember. The children of Israel. They wandered in the wilderness. Thirty-eight years. God delivered them out of Egypt.

God brought them to Sinai. God gave them the law. Because they did not keep the law. They were under the curse. Thirty-eight years. They wandered in the wilderness. The condition. Of man. Under. Once we were all under the law.

Whether we received the Ten Commandments or not. The law of God. Is inscribed. Upon our. Under the law. No one can be justified. As in the pool there. There seems to be a way. But who? Dear brothers and sisters.

Once we were. Under the law. Under the curse. We are. We almost gave up. The Lord Jesus came. And said. Do you want? We said Lord. No one help us. I cannot help myself. The Lord said. Was due to. Now not all sickness.

This. Are due to sin. Let us. Be careful about that. Because as you go on to chapter nine. You'll find. Another case. That has nothing to do with sin. It is for the work of God. But anyway you'll find.

In this particular case. This man who was sick for thirty-eight years. He was sick. Because he had sinned. The curse of the law. The wages of sin. There was no way out. The Lord. Who had. He said the father did not judge anyone.

The father gives judgment to the son. But he said. I do not come to judge. I come to save. Anyone who hears me. And who believes in me. Is passed out of judgment. Out of death. Into life. How can the Lord deliver us.

Out of the curse of the law. By overlooking our sin. By neglecting the law. To be born. He came under. And he was judged. By God. Because he was judged in our sin. Brothers and sisters. So here you'll find again.

The picture here. The sign here. It is not just a miracle performed. The miracle has a meaning to it. And the meaning is. Through the miracle. Who can. Who can deliver us from the curse of. Who can clear us from our sin.

Who can give us. Out of. Here again. We will say our Lord Jesus. Is not only the justifier. He is also. Not only the one who justifies us. But our justification itself. He is our justification. We are justified.

Because. He died for us. He is. If he is our justification. Who. And the fourth sign. The fourth sign is. The multiplication. And here you'll find our Lord Jesus was there. And. Five thousand men. With many women and children were there.

The Fourth Sign: Christ as the Bread of Life

And the Lord looked at them. To his disciples. Give them. What can we do? Even we have. Even if we have three hundred denarii. And they don't have it. And buy food for these people. It will not be enough.

Then finally you remember Angel. Who always noticed. Very small things. He said there is a boy. Who has five loaves and two fishes. Now do not think of these five loaves as big ones. These five loaves are very small loaves.

Just like our biscuits. It's just good for one meal. Of a boy. Five loaves and two fishes. Two small fishes. And Angel said what? What is that? It's almost absurd. Command the people to sit down in rows.

Fifty and a hundred. The five loaves and two fishes in his hand. He lift up his arm. Bless it. He break it. And the disciples distributed. And the five thousand. Were fed. And there are twelve baskets.

And you know all these Jews. That were fed on that day. By these five loaves and fishes. After they all fed. They said now you are the king. We want to make you the king. Then we will not be hungry. And anymore.

The problem of food is now solved. And the Lord had to push them away. Push them away. And he send his disciples away too. Because his disciples agree with his multitude. And the next morning the people try to find the Lord.

And when they found the Lord. The Lord said you do not come. Because you see a miracle. You come because you want to eat. Do not seek the food that perishes. But seek the food that does not perish. He said it is not Moses who give you manna in the wilderness.

It is my heavenly father who gives manna. But he that drinks my blood and eats my flesh shall have life. And in the last day I will raise him from the dead. My blood is indeed drink. My flesh is indeed meat.

He that eats me shall live by our Lord Jesus as the son of God. He has not only give us a new life. But he is the sustainer. The nourisher. He is the bread. Now remember this. We who have received him.

We have his life in us. This life that has been given to us is not meant just to be there. And get starved. For this life to grow we need to continually feeding upon the Lord. Not just you believe in the Lord once.

Yes. When you believe in the Lord once you have life. But for this life to grow you need to feed upon the Lord daily. As you feed upon the Lord you find he is your strength. He will give you the strength.

The nourishment that you may walk through the wilderness. The world today is a wilderness. How can we go through this world and without fainting? By feeding upon the Lord. He is. He not only gives us the bread.

But he is the bread. The glory of the son of God is. His life in us is meant. Just like Paul said. Not I. The Lord said you live because of me. Because of my life in you. We do not live any longer because of our natural life.

Now we live by this new life that is given to us. And daily as we commune with the Lord. As we fellowship with the Lord. As we abide in him. And he abides in us. You will find this new life is for the wilderness.

So this is the fourth time. Manifesting the glory. Then the fifth one. The fifth one is in John chapter 9. And here you find as he and his disciples coming out from the temple. As they were passing by they saw a beggar there.

The Fifth Sign: Sight for the Spiritually Blind

This beggar was born blind. And you know these disciples seem to be natural theologians. Because when they saw this man born blind. They asked a theological question. Lord who sinned? This man or his parents?

If his parents should sin. Well probably the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the second generation. Therefore the son suffered for the sins of the parents. Or if it is not apparently that this man sinned.

Now how did he sin? He was born blind. He must sin in the womb then. It was a theological question. And you know many theological questions of speculation. But our Lord was not interested in these things.

Our Lord said no. It is neither this man's sin nor the sin of his parents. Now it doesn't mean that this man had no sin. Nor his parents had no sin. No it doesn't mean that. It means that this particular instance of blindness is not due to.

Specifically due to his parenting nor to his own sin. But it is for. God is going to do something to open the eyes of the blind. And you know the Lord did a creative work. He spit into the mud. He made it into a plate.