The Boldness of a Blind Man
John 9:30–33
“He put mud on my eyes” (John 9:15). Witness is telling what you know by experience. We may not know much about Jesus, but anyone can tell what Jesus has done for him or her.They were divided (John 9:16). The Pharisees were not divided over whether to believe in Jesus. They were divided as to how to explain His miracle away.
“Do you want to become His disciples too?" (John 9:27). This remark drips with sarcasm and reflects the blind man’s frustration with the constant nagging of the Pharisees.
“We know that God does not listen to sinners” (John 9:30–33). The blind man is bolder than his parents, who refuse to take any position on their son’s healing because of the known hostility of the religious leaders to Jesus (cf. vv. John 9:20–23). The once blind man openly expressed the obvious fact that the leaders were intent on trying to hide. The blessing of sight restored was so great that nothing the leaders could do would intimidate him.
Let’s remember this and freely share our own faith in Christ. There is nothing we might possibly lose that compares with what we have gained.
Not ignorance (John 9:39–41). There was no way that the Pharisees could claim ignorance. Their rejection of Jesus was deliberate, so they were guilty of the most terrible of all sins.
Richards, Lawrence O. The Bible Reader’s Companion. electronic ed. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Print.
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