Sunday School Review

SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEKLY OVERVIEW – 04/29/2012

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OVERVIEW WILL FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LESSON EACH WEEK. BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS WILL VARY, BUT THE MAIN RESOURCE WILL BE THE TOWNSEND PRESS SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMENTARY, 91ST EDITION. THIS FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO BE OF HELP TO THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND THEIR LOCAL CHURCH AND/OR SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Lesson Title: HEALING THE BLIND MAN

Printed Text: John 9:1-17

Key Verse: John 9:16 (NIV)

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked, “How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?” So they were divided.

Source: Townsend Press Sunday School Commentary 2011-2012

UNIFYING LESSON PRINCIPLE:

People’s critical personal needs often outweigh the rules and regulations made by other human beings. How do we decide which priorities in life come first? Jesus put the blind man’s need to see before the Jewish rules about Sabbath observance.