John 9:35-41 True Vision and True Blindness
“Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
And Jesus said, “For judgment 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.”
“Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
No matter what the Pharisees do, Ibrahim KNOWS that he has been healed and is certain that Jesus is a prophet. When Jesus informs Ibrahim that he is the Son of God, Ibrahim has no problem believing instantly. For the rest of Ibrahim’s life, he will never forget the moment Jesus touched his eyes.
“And Jesus said, “For judgment 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.”
While Ibrahim has received his healing, some Pharisees have followed him out of the temple as he has been expelled. Not satisfied with ostracizing this poor man who only has only desired to see clearly, now the Pharisees want to attack Jesus. But Jesus knows precisely what these men are up to and now he is about to confront them about their spiritual blindness.
Do any of the Pharisees become convicted and repent of their wretched treatment of this beggar who only desired to see? We hope so. But again, people who are bent on revenge or persecution are pretty single-minded. The adrenaline is flowing, and these guys are so PROUD of the fact that THEY ARE RIGHT!!!
When Jesus tries to point out their spiritual blindness, the Pharisees have no interest whatsoever in listening to him. Their minds are made up; don’t confuse them with the facts.
The problem for the Pharisees is that they have been listening to one another but not to God. They have formed cozy enclaves and study groups where they take turns expounding the Scriptures and reciting the petty regulations that have grown up around the Scriptures over the centuries. In short, these men have formed mutual admiration clubs with closed memberships and nobody should intrude, least of all the Holy Spirit.
When the Jesus Movement began in the 1970’s, it turned traditional churches on their heads. Although the Movement allegedly began on the West Coast of America, revivals broke out in many places. Coincidentally, the Charismatic Movement was already ongoing. Both movements drew young people to radical Christianity in droves. Revival broke out at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, inspiring many of the students to enter missions. Youth With A Mission, YWAM began in 1970, exploding into an international faith-based mission movement with stories of miraculous provision, healings, etc.
While many mainline churches felt threatened by these movements, there were many who were drawn into the Kingdom of God for the first time. The new wine of revival had come and the old wineskins of traditional congregations were bursting.
In 2023 a morning prayer meeting at Asbury again mushroomed into a revival lasting several weeks and sparking other revivals in campuses across America.
The Holy Spirit cannot be contained or restrained. As long as we are willing to allow God to move, He will do as much as we will allow Him. Our chief job is to invite God to come and then to get out of the way, trusting that God will advise us on how to carry out His perfect Will. But when we begin to organize in mutual admiration societies, rest assured that the Holy Spirit will leave and go somewhere else!
May we always listen to God and allow Him to work in our lives so that when He is doing miracles, we will not be sitting in rooms muttering about minutiae that don’t matter and claiming we are doing this in His Name.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, please have Your way in our lives! Please send revival and let it begin with us! In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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