Objection: The Man in John 9 Exercised No Faith Until AFTER He Was Already Healed

This isn’t true because the man was told to go and wash in the pool of Sent (Siloam).  He obeyed Jesus and received his sight after he did what Jesus said to do.  That was an act of faith.  It was probably not convenient for him to go and wash in the pool of Sent when he couldn’t see how to get there!  But he did whatever he had to do to get there.  If the man thought Jesus was a fraud, he would never have followed His instructions.  So obviously there was some faith involved.

People have said the same thing about the man at the Pool of Bethesda in John 5:2-19, yet at some point he had to obey Jesus by faith and “rise, take up his bed and walk.”

The point the objector is trying to make is that it is God’s will, not our faith, that should matter.  That argument is not helped by the very passage in question, as it was most definitely Jesus’ will that the blind man be able to see.  Jesus didn’t even pray and ask God if it was okay for this man to get his sight.  The only man we know of who even questioned Jesus’ will (the leper) was told, “I WILL.”  Because Jesus is the same today (Hebrews 13:8), that would be His answer to you as well: “I WILL.  Be healed.”