If you don’t walk as most people do,If you don’t walk as most people do,Some people walk away from you,Some people walk away from you,But I won’t! I won’t!But I won’t! I won’t!If you don’t talk as most people do,If you don’t talk as most people do,Some people talk and laugh at you,Some people talk and laugh at you,But I won’t! I won’t!But I won’t! I won’t!I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.That’s how I’ll show my love for you.That’s how I’ll show my love for you.Jesus walked away from none.Jesus walked away from none.He gave his love to ev’ryone.He gave his love to ev’ryone.So I will! I will!So I will! I will!Jesus blessed all he could see,Jesus blessed all he could see,Then turned and said, “Come, follow me.”Then turned and said, “Come, follow me.”And I will! I will!And I will! I will!I will! I will!I will! I will!I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.That’s how I’ll show my love for you.That’s how I’ll show my love for you.Words:Words: Carol Lynn Pearson, b. 1939. © 1987 IRI Carol Lynn Pearson, b. 1939. © 1987 IRI Music:Music: Reid N. Nibley, b. 1923. © 1987 IRI Reid N. Nibley, b. 1923. © 1987 IRI

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I need someone to draw I need someone to draw oneone part of this picture. part of this picture.

Don’t draw all of it. Just one part... Don’t draw all of it. Just one part... Before you draw, you’ll need to Before you draw, you’ll need to

put this blindfold on. put this blindfold on. I need someone else to draw I need someone else to draw

another part of the picture. another part of the picture.

How did not being How did not being able to see make it able to see make it hard to draw the hard to draw the picture? picture?

How would you feel How would you feel if you could never if you could never see again?see again?

In our lesson today, we are In our lesson today, we are going to talk about two kinds going to talk about two kinds of blindness. of blindness.

Listen for the Listen for the different kinds of different kinds of blindness while we blindness while we read the scripture read the scripture story.story.

“Lesson 18: Jesus Christ Heals a Man Born Blind,” Primary 7: New Testament, 60

One day Jesus was walking with One day Jesus was walking with His disciples. His disciples.

The disciples asked if the man was The disciples asked if the man was blind because he had sinned or blind because he had sinned or because his parents had sinned.because his parents had sinned.

They saw a man They saw a man who had been who had been born blind. born blind.

The Savior said The Savior said that neither the that neither the parents nor the parents nor the man had sinned.man had sinned.

The man was blind so that Jesus The man was blind so that Jesus could heal him and show people could heal him and show people God’s power.God’s power.

Jesus made clay Jesus made clay out of the dirt. out of the dirt. He put it on the He put it on the blind man’s eyes. blind man’s eyes.

Jesus told the Jesus told the man to go wash man to go wash his eyes. his eyes.

As soon as the As soon as the man washed man washed the clay from the clay from his eyes, he his eyes, he could see!could see!

When his neighbors saw him, When his neighbors saw him, they were not sure who he was. they were not sure who he was.

He told them that Jesus had He told them that Jesus had healed him. healed him.

The neighbors The neighbors took the man to took the man to the Pharisees. the Pharisees.

The man told the Pharisees that The man told the Pharisees that Jesus had healed him.Jesus had healed him.

Some of the Pharisees thought Some of the Pharisees thought Jesus must be a righteous man. Jesus must be a righteous man.

Others thought Others thought He was a He was a sinner. sinner. When the man said Jesus was a When the man said Jesus was a

righteous person, some of the righteous person, some of the Pharisees were angry and threw Pharisees were angry and threw the man out.the man out.

Jesus found the man. He asked Jesus found the man. He asked the man if he believed in the Son the man if he believed in the Son of God. of God.

The man asked who the Son of The man asked who the Son of God was. God was.

Jesus said that He Jesus said that He was the Son of was the Son of God, and the man God, and the man worshipped Him.worshipped Him.

What did the disciples ask Jesus What did the disciples ask Jesus about the man who had been born about the man who had been born blind? blind?

Let’s read John 9:2Let’s read John 9:2Why might people Why might people

sometimes think sometimes think that sickness and that sickness and adversity come adversity come because someone because someone has sinned? has sinned?

What did Jesus What did Jesus say was the say was the reason for the reason for the man’s man’s blindness? blindness? Let’s read John Let’s read John

9:39:3

When the Pharisees first asked the When the Pharisees first asked the man who was born blind what had man who was born blind what had happened, how did he refer to Jesus? happened, how did he refer to Jesus?

Let’s read Let’s read John 9:11John 9:11

The second time they asked the man, The second time they asked the man, who did he say Jesus was?who did he say Jesus was?

Let’s read John 9:17Let’s read John 9:17

What was What was happening to happening to the man’s the man’s spiritualspiritual as well as well as as physicalphysical sight? sight?

What did the man say when he was asked a What did the man say when he was asked a third time about Jesus? third time about Jesus?

Let’s read John 9:30–33Let’s read John 9:30–33

What happened to the What happened to the man because he man because he testified of Jesus? testified of Jesus?

Let’s read John 9:22, 34Let’s read John 9:22, 34

When Jesus heard that the man was cast When Jesus heard that the man was cast out of the synagogue (a Jewish religious out of the synagogue (a Jewish religious

meetinghouse), what did he do?meetinghouse), what did he do?

Let’s read John 9:35Let’s read John 9:35How do you think How do you think

the man felt when the man felt when Jesus came looking Jesus came looking for him? for him?

What was the man’s What was the man’s final testimony of final testimony of Jesus? Jesus?

Let’s read John 9:35–Let’s read John 9:35–3838

What had What had happened to his happened to his spiritual sight?spiritual sight?

Why do you think Heavenly Father Why do you think Heavenly Father and Jesus allow us to have trials and Jesus allow us to have trials and problems in our lives? and problems in our lives?

How might Heavenly Father How might Heavenly Father and Jesus help us with our and Jesus help us with our

trials and problems?trials and problems?

How might these trials How might these trials and problems help cure and problems help cure our spiritual blindness? our spiritual blindness?

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President Spencer W. President Spencer W. Kimball said:Kimball said:““Should all prayers be Should all prayers be

immediately answered … immediately answered … there would be little or no suffering, there would be little or no suffering, sorrow, disappointment, or even sorrow, disappointment, or even death, and if these were not, there death, and if these were not, there would also be no joy, success, would also be no joy, success, resurrection, nor eternal life and resurrection, nor eternal life and godhood” godhood” ((Faith Precedes the Miracle,Faith Precedes the Miracle, p. 97). p. 97).

How have How have you and your you and your family been family been blessed in blessed in trials? trials?

I’m going to divide I’m going to divide the class into groups. the class into groups.

Each group will have Each group will have a scripture to read. a scripture to read.

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Talk within your groups and then Talk within your groups and then report to the class how the person report to the class how the person or people in the scripture dealt with or people in the scripture dealt with their trials. their trials.

Do you know Do you know anyone with a anyone with a disability?disability?

What are ways What are ways we can be kind to we can be kind to those who have those who have disabilities?disabilities?

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We do not make We do not make fun of people fun of people with disabilities with disabilities or tease them. or tease them.

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We can help We can help them if they them if they need help.need help.

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We can invite We can invite them to play them to play with us.with us.

We can be We can be their friend. their friend.

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We should include We should include them and allow them them and allow them to participate with us to participate with us in our activities.in our activities.

I bear my testimony I bear my testimony that the Lord will that the Lord will bless us and help us bless us and help us with our problems with our problems and trials if we obey and trials if we obey His commandments, His commandments, have faith in Jesus have faith in Jesus Christ, and try to be Christ, and try to be more like Him.more like Him.

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