Comment:
Last week as we opened John 9, I briefly mentioned that it was not odd for the
disciples of our LORD to look at the blind man as a sinner; or even his parents
as sinners, as a cause for the blindness of the man from birth. Some may have thought
that religion is not this false, but let’s look at verse 34 of John 9, They
answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you
teaching us?” And they cast him out. This mindset is not found in those of us
who have personal faith in God, and please do not be misled as to who God is;
note John 8:58; Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say
to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” And John 10:30 – “I and the Father are ONE” a verse we will be coming
to soon. Belief in God is not some religion that we work out of; God Himself
has provided the LAMB who takes away the sin of the world, the work of
salvation is completed in the Christ/Messiah; John 1:29.
Devotional: The
events of John 9:13-34 are very familiar to most of us, the religion of the
Jews rejected this miracle, not because of the miracle itself, because most
people of that day believed in miracles, but the miracle was rejected because
it was considered a ‘work that was not to be done on the Sabbath’ Jesus made
clay (a work) and in the eyes of the religious blind that made the miracle a
sin.
Also, we might take note that the disciples of Jesus had
a false understanding as did the Jewish leaders that the sin of the blind man could
be hereditary, (a sin of idolatry) see Exodus20:5, In a system of religious works;
truth is not considered, remember what Jesus said to His disciples regarding
the reason of this man’s blind condition. “Neither this
man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in
him.” Sadly, it was the sin of idolatry by the leaders of false teaching
that tossed Truth and the man (John 9:34) out of the synagogue.
So, we might say; what is TRUE vision and TRUE
blindness? Jesus caught up with the blind man who now had vision and said to
him, “do you believe in the Son of God?” The man
who was once physically blind said to Jesus, “who is HE, that I may believe
HIM? This is a question that all of us must ask God, as we are spiritually
blind and dead in our sins. Jesus will answer you just as He did the man who
was blind but now sees, Jesus said, “you have both seen
Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
The response of the man who now sees is the same
response we have when we see Jesus for the very first time. This time is when
we lay down our idolatrous worship and blindness toward God and allow our personal
faith in God who is the Christ/Messiah to open our eyes to Truth. Read John
9:35-41 in closing.
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