Born Blind (John 9.1-3) Who sinned?

Jesus' answer reveals that the cause of bad things is not necessarily a result of personal sin.

It's always tempting to try and find a reason--did I cause this?

Jesus' answer is simple and dispels the thinking that bad things always happen because someone must have sinned.

Jesus does give a more specific reason, but he turns a negative into a positive.  He doesn't go into a discussion on the issue--which surely he could have.

"That the works of God should be revealed in him."

Well yes, he gets healed by Jesus.  Fortunate for him.

Yet this answer could look to the future Glory to be revealed in us: the miracles by Jesus and in the early church were a kind of foretaste.

It's also possible Jesus had in view the works of God in the life of such a person who believes and is transformed without physical healing.  So maybe the works of God could have either transformation or physical healing in view.

For now, we, along with this creation, suffer, physically, in varying degrees--some more than others, some sooner than others.  Life is not fair.

We suffer along with this world, affected by original sin, but someday, the works of God will be manifested in us who are children of God:  Romans 8:18-21