John 9:8

John 9:8 says, The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?  The neighbors of the man who had been blind asked if he were not the one who sat and begged.  Though this was a physical change, when we accept Christ as our Savior there should be a change in us.  People, especially non-believers, should know that there is something different about us.  We cannot behave like the lost people of the world and expect them to be drawn to Christ.  Verse nine adds, Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.  Some said it was the man and some said it wasn't.  They were his neighbors, but to acknowledge that he was the man they knew who had been blind meant acknowledging a miracle, and some evidently didn't want to do that.  Today, some people will look for any explanation for a miraculous healing except the work of God. The man said it was him.  Verse ten continues, Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?  They asked him how his eyes were opened.  We as followers of Christ need the world to ask us that question today, but in reference to our spiritual sight.  When our eyes are spiritually opened, if someone asks us how this happened, we should be ready and able to tell them.  Verse eleven concludes, He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.  He told them that the Man called Jesus had anointed his eyes and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam.  He did as Jesus said and his sight was restored.  Nothing elaborate or too difficult occurred.  When people today ask about salvation, it is nothing elaborate or difficult.  We simply respond to the call of God to come to Him through faith in Christ.  When we do, our spiritual sight is restored.  We should never go back to seeing the world as we did before.  We should always remember that this Man called Jesus made us whole, and that as His disciples our main purpose is to proclaim Him to the world.