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The Testimony of the Healed Man
John 9:24–41
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The famous agnostic, Thomas Huxley, was once lovingly confronted by a very sincere Christian. This believer stressed to Huxley that he was not in any way impugning Huxley’s sincerity. Nevertheless, might it not be possible that mentally the great scientist was color blind? That i … More
These Pharisees asked him to go over the story again hoping to find some contradiction in his report (vv. 24-30). At this point the ex-blind man got impatient. He had already told them how he was healed (v.15) but they had not wanted to hear. It seemed incredible to him that these Pharisees would not know the man who had opened his eyes (vv. 31-33). After all, how many people were going around Jerusalem, opening the eyes of blind people? He reasoned that God grants not the requests of sinners, but of the righteous. Therefore, this man had to be from God or he could do no miracles.
Angered by the fact that their authority had been questioned these religious leaders officially excommunicated this man from the local synagogue (34). Having heard about this, Jesus found the former blind man and began to meet his spiritual needs (vv. 35-41). He identified Himself as the Son of God (v. 35); and the beggar believed and was saved (v. 38). The beggar admitted his need, and he received both physical and spiritual sight. This points to the fact that those who want to see (the blind man) will see but those who think they see (the Pharisees) will be made blind.
Application
It is so easy to have blind spots in my life. When is the last time someone has opened up a blind spot to me? Was I willing to admit it and do something about it? I want to do a better job in this area.
John 9:24-41 (English Standard Version)
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner." He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains."
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