As
long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the World. When He had
thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto
him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation,
Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The
neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was
blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, this is
he: others said, he is like him: but he said, I am he. Therefore
said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and
said, A Man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes,
and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and
washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is He?
He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that
aforetime was blind. And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the
clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him
how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon
mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the
Pharisees, This man is not of God, because He keepeth not the Sabbath
day. Others said, How can a Man that is a sinner do such miracles?
And there was a division among them. They say unto the blind man
again, What sayest thou of Him, that He hath opened thine eyes? He
said, He is a prophet. But the Jews did not believe concerning him,
that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the
parents of him that had received his sight. And they asked them,
saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth
he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is
our son, and that he was born blind: But by what means he now seeth,
we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age;
ask him: he shall speak for himself. These words spake his parents,
because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that
if any man did confess that He was Christ, he should be put out of
the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,
Give God the praise, we know that this Man is a sinner. He answered
and said, Whether He be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know,
that, whereas I was blind, now I see. Then said they to him again,
What did He to thee? how opened He thine eyes? He answered them, I
have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear
it again? will ye also be His disciples? Then they reviled him, and
said, Thou art His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. We know
that God spake unto Moses: as for this Fellow, we know not from
whence He is. The man answered and said unto them. Why herein is a
marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence He is, and yet He hath
opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth His will, him He heareth.
Since the world began it was not heard that any man opened the eyes
of one that was born blind. If this Man were not of God, He could do
nothing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born
in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. Jesus heard
that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto
him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who
is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him? And Jesus said unto him,
Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee. And he
said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him. John, Chapter 9,
5-38.
If
you ask me, it wasn’t the person who was healed that was blind.
Those men investigating the miracle Jesus performed on this man
seemed to be blind. They still could not acknowledge that Jesus is
their Savior, even after the miracle. Hopefully, we aren’t “Blind
Christians” who ignore the things that Jesus shows us in our lives.
Since this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my walk with Christ, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verses.
