9:3 What are the works of God Jesus said would be made manifest in the blind man here?
9:3 What are the works of God Jesus said would be made manifest in the blind man here?
The works of God that would be made manifest in this blind man was his healing (CP V1-7).
This was but one of the many miracles God wrought through Him which Jesus placed great importance upon because they glorified God (CP 8:29, 49-50).
The church should place great importance upon them too because they still glorify God (CP Mk 16:15-20; Jn 14:12-14).
Jesus made the point in Jn 9:3 that regardless of the origin of the man's blindness, God would be glorified in His healing. The disciples erroneously thought that the man's blindness was from God because of sin in his life - either his own sin or that of his parents.
But Jesus said the blindness was not caused by either him or his parent's sinning. Jesus is not saying that neither the man nor his parents sinned, but that the man's blindness was not directly the result of their sins. He was born blind. Everyone who ever lived except Jesus has sinned (CP Ro 3:10, 23; 5:12; 2Cor 5:21; 1Jn 1:8-10).
Indirectly, sin was responsible for the man's blindness - he sin of Adam, which brought with it all manner of sickness into the world. It is useless to speculate why Jesus made clay out of the dust and spittle to put on the man's eyes.
The reason is not given in scripture. Suffice to say that God was glorified in his healing (CP Jn 9:24-38). See also comments on Mt 21:17-22; Mk 16:17-18; Jn 15:7; 2Cor 1:19-20; 1Jn 5:14-15 and author's studies Faith, Confessing God's Word, and Healing in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith, Signs and Wonders in God's Redemptive Plan in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1), and Making the Impossible Possible in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).