Seeing Eyes

“Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore, your sin remains.’” [1] John 9:41

The Pharisees were not willing to see the plain truth that was standing right in front of them. The Messiah foretold of in the Scriptures had arrived.

He had been born in Bethlehem. [2]
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit via a virgin. [3]
He was called out of Egypt. [4]
His parents fled to Egypt to avoid a slaughter of babies. [5]
He was called a Nazarene, which means My Branch. [6]
He did the healing miracles that Isaiah foretold. [7]

They just refused to believe.

“There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.” [8]

Or as Jeremiah said, “Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not.” [9]

Jesus healed a man who had been blind from birth. The Pharisees questioned the man. They questioned his parents. They were told repeatedly that he had been healed, but they refused to believe him.

Just before the Pharisees threw the healed man out from their place of worship, he said to them, “Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.” [10]

The healed man said to Jesus afterwards, “’Lord, I believe!’ And he worshiped Him.” [11]

Our Messiah has come. It is obvious for those who see. His Name is Jesus Christ. May the Lord bless you as you believe in Him and as you worship Him!

[1] John 9:41
[2] Micah 5:2
[3] Isaiah 7:14
[4] Hosea 11:1
[5] Jeremiah 31:15
[6] Isaiah 11:1
[7] Isaiah 35:5–6
[8] John Heywood
[9] Jeremiah 5:21
[10] John 9:32-33
[11] John 9:38