On the final part of our discussion of the healing of the blind man, let us take a closer look at the dynamics of the discourse.
The man gave Jesus three titles during this short time. Firstly in verse 11 he said, 'A man called Jesus,' when he was being questioned by the Pharisees. There was nothing else that he could call Him when you think about it. He may have heard about Jesus but, a closer look at the his conversation with Jesus shows us that he didn't know very much. V36.
Secondly, in verse 17, the man called Jesus a prophet. Through all of the bewilderment that had happened to him this day, it is understandable that his mind would have been trying to analyse it all. However, the healing of his eyes had shown him that Jesus was more than a man. He was something like, 'Superman', to him. He called Him a prophet.
Try and put yourself in his place. He had spent all of his life in darkness. He had never seen a man, woman or child, in fact, he had seen nothing. All of a sudden, images were displaying through his eyes and he would have been overwhelmed by trying to process it all. He would also have had a heavy dose of elation.
Thirdly, in his conversion with Jesus, he recognised and accepted that He was the Son of man. V 38. This man's life would never be the same again. And that is indicative of how Jesus changes lives. He changed you and no doubt, you could give a very moving testimony of the many times that Jesus showed up for you. You have shared this man's elation and you will never be the same again. You were blind and now you see.
However, not so for the Pharisees. Jesus spoke loud enough for the Pharisees to hear:
'For judgement I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.' Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, 'Are we blind also?' Jesus said to them, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore, your sin remains.
John 9:39-41
Jesus had a way with words and sometimes it took a little working out. Clearly here, He is telling the Pharisees that, "Yes, you are blind and full of sin.' They were this way because they refused to have their eyes opened to the very fact, that the very one that they claimed to hold so dearly in their hearts - God - was actually standing before them in the form of Jesus. How could they miss this? But miss it they did and will spend eternity remembering and regretting that they could have spent forever with Him.
Many thousands of people throughout our world are also blind and just cannot or refuse to recognise Jesus. John 1:11 says, 'He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.'
Many leading figures in our world today are putting all of their energies into the subject of global warming - we must look after our world for future generations. And this is true. But it is not the most important thing, as they claim. The most important thing - the ultimate, is knowing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, because without this, people will have no decent future.
Jesus is coming soon and we will have no fear of global warming then because, all those who know Him will be taken to the perfect world - Heaven. This is not a selfish statement but fact. Look after the world yes, but make knowing Jesus Christ the most important part of you life - most of all!Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard
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