Monday, August 8, 2016

Blindness! - Ruminating in the Word of Godf

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my heart and mind in John 9:2,

"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

It was Jesus' disciples that asked this question of him. The
assumption they held, that only sin was a cause for sickness, disease
and infirmity, was faulty. Their question betrayed a blindness they
harbored about the things of God. This entire chapter is about
blindness, both spiritual as well as physical.

The chapter begins with Jesus' disciples exposing some of their
spiritual blindness to some of the things of God. The account of a man
born blind provides the basis of the chapter, and it ends on the
account of the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees. The chapter
closes with Jesus' comment to the Pharisees, "If you were blind, you
would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your
guilt remains." Verse 41.

When the gospel of Jesus Christ is given someone, the "blindness" they
may claim is taken from them. It might be advanced that someone might
not embrace the Son of God in faith if they never knew there was a
Savior to embrace. However, for those who have heard the gospel, what
Jesus told Nicodemus becomes true of them if they reject Jesus Christ,
"This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved
darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who
does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear
that their deeds will be exposed." John 3:19-20. Many appear, as it
seems, to remain in their "spiritual blindness."

"For judgment I [Jesus] have come into this world, so that the blind
will see and those who see will become blind." John 9:39.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

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