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David_Orr • December 1, 2020
The Light
1 'As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ' John 9:1-5 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/JHN.9.1-5 OH PLEASE read this whole chapter? It is full of Light and Sight and Darkness and Blindness. A man born blind that God could use Him to teach us how to see? To you this will be the awesome picture of everything or nothing: the first person anybody really sees is Jesus. Spiritually we were just like this blind man sitting beside the road before Jesus fixed our broken eyes. Physical blindness teaches the person that has it how to live with it. Sitting beside the road was the reality of what the man was able to do. Spiritual blindness makes up imaginations to where the cursed and condemned person actually think they see. The Pharisees had undeniable proof that Jesus is the Son of Almighty God and they WOULD NOT see. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:14 ESV https://my.bible.com/bible/59/MAT.15.14.ESV The Pharisees were Israel’s spiritual leaders yet they were spiritually blind… by choice it appears. To the believing soul this one instance is undeniable proof that Jesus is who He is. Knowing my Savior I am convinced that healing this blind man was not the only person He healed that day. He probably wasn’t the only work Jesus did even in that hour. “4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”(Verse 4) Knowing the overwhelming volume of miracles the Son of God walking through this darkness must have brought: the Pharisee still couldn’t “SEE”. In all the FAKE-I-sees fake knowledge they were trying to discredit Jesus but the answer was plain in the LIGHT. 'He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” ' John 9:25 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/JHN.9.25 Where There is no Light There is No SIGHT The man that had never read a word in his life began to teach the Pharisees what Real Light is. I googled Pharisee this morning and basically the synonym is “Hypocrite” like Jesus said. I was overwhelmed with stuff with one search but “The Unwritten Torah” will forever stick in my mind. They made it us as they went along it seems: blind pretending to see. Jesus IS THE ONLY LIGHT! The only reason the believer can shine is we are a vessel that carries Him. Pharisaical “Facts” are like Pluto being a planet or not: it is what men define according to what they think. Real LIGHT negates thinking because Real LIGHT makes knowledge plain. Whatever it is: Pluto is! Because it is seen. What Does this Mean to Us? God has been working these thoughts through my mind way before I started writing today. The question came into my mind “Why do I not hold people responsible for things they have done to me?” The Pharisees were blind and the man Jesus healed could see Jesus for who He is. The Light enables us to understand “The Pharisee” whether religious or of the world are blind and without the LIGHT. We know that blindness and Jesus healed us: we know “THEY JUST NEED TO SEE HIM!” THEY JUST NEED TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND SEE JESUS! Their blindness can’t take away my sight but Jesus can take away their blindness. “ALL I KNOW IS I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE!”

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