Ep 324 – John 9

Darkness can be intimidating. But there’s always the hope of light. The darkness of midnight is always followed by the dawn of day. That is, unless you’re actually blind. Then one day looks pretty much like another. One particular hour of the day is no different than any other, because your world is cloaked in darkness. And as we open up John 9, we’re going to see Jesus using the metaphor of blindness to explain the problem of spiritual blindness that plagued His generation, especially the religious leaders of His day. Using a timely opportunity to restore sight to a man born blind, Jesus will juxtapose this man’s physical blindness with the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees. They even ask Jesus, “are we also blind?” And His response reveals the sad reality of their situation and the hopelessness of their condition, brought on by their pride and spiritual arrogance. They claimed that Jesus broke the law by healing on the Sabbath, and claimed He was nothing more than a sinner. But the man whose sight had been restored had a different point of view. He simply stated, “I don’t know whether he is a sinner, but I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!” The blind man could see. The sighted men could not. The sinner had his sight restored. The self-proclaimed righteous remained in the dark. Blind to their sin and opposed to the Light of the World.