8  Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?" 9  Some said, "This is he." Others said, "He is like him." He said, "I am he." 10  Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?" 11  He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and I received sight." (John 9:8-11)

What if you had been this blind man? Would you have gone to the pool of Siloam and washed as Jesus instructed? Or, would you have said, "Any water will wash the mud off my eyes - why should I go to that pool?" It would take faith to do what Jesus said.

If you did wash your eyes like this man, would you have earned the right to have your sight restored? No, and neither did this man. God was gracious to him when he put his faith in Jesus and followed His instructions. Yet today, when the same Jesus says "He who believes and is baptized will be saved...," many sinners object (Mark 16:16). Why not have the faith to go to the water and be baptized to be saved (to have your spiritual sight restored)? You will not earn anything when you do. You will be saved "by grace, through faith."  We cannot expect to be saved if we do not have the faith to do what Jesus said.