Lord open our eyes that we may see aright, give us fresh perspective today. John 9
Yesterday we saw how Jesus made the religious accusers look in their own hearts before they stoned the woman they’d brought to him. They all walked away and left her. Jesus words to her;
‘Then neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin.’ John 8:11
All of the following chapter, John 9, describes the healing of a man born blind. His disciples asked who had sinned, the man or his parents for this to have happened, but Jesus said neither. God hadn’t punished him for some sin. They were seeing the man from a wrong perspective.
Jesus put mud on his eyes and told him to go the pool of Siloam and wash it off – that was his part in the healing.
6 So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
His neighbours and others debated how he was able to see and some didn’t believe he was the man. Then they brought him to the Pharisees to have the healing investigated (some people don’t want to believe and will argue vehemently, no matter what the evidence; don’t go there!).
The disbelieving Pharisees, actually ‘they were divided’ V16, struggled to refute the truth before their eyes. They asked the man twice, ‘ how can you see?’, but weren’t able to accept the truth. They had Jesus ‘labelled’ and despite the miracle they continued to look for evidence to the contrary. There are many people today who have mindsets that deny the truth and will oppose it. We may be able to plant some seeds of understanding by talking to them, but only the Holy Spirit can open eyes to receive Jesus. Many of us as believers, who have received Jesus, may still carry blind spots or strongholds in our lives, especially religious strongholds. God’s Spirit works with us to remove them and increase the light in us. Proverbs 4:18
The Pharisees eventually threw the healed man out, they wouldn’t accept that Jesus had healed him, their theology wouldn’t allow it. Then the man met Jesus once again and had his spiritual eyes opened, another miracle;
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’
36 ‘Who is he, sir?’ the man asked. ‘Tell me so that I may believe in him.’
37 Jesus said, ‘You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.’
38 Then the man said, ‘Lord, I believe,’ and he worshipped him.
Jesus concluded this encounter by saying He’d come to bring judgement, ‘so the blind could see and the sighted would be blind’. He told some Pharisees, ‘If you were blind you wouldn’t be guilty of sin (how righteous judgement will be given). V41
John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard Churches, talked about our ‘World View’, how we see or understand life. We are the product of our families, schools, environments and cultures. We need to ask the Lord to help us ‘judge right judgement’; may be very different from our own mindsets.
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