John 9:35-41 – Jesus heard that they had put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He answered by saying, “And who is He, Sir, that I may believe in Him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you.” 38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshiped Him. 39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
“Jesus heard that they had put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He answered by saying, “And who is He, Sir, that I may believe in Him?” Genesis 3:7-9 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
8 Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” Jesus, upon finding out that the man had been excommunicated by the Jewish authorities searched for the man and found him. And Family and Friends that is how it always is. It is not us who seeks Jesus but Jesus who seeks us. When Adam and Eve sinned the Lord sought them out so that He could minister to them. When Jonah was angry with God and went some place to be alone, it is the Lord who went to him. It is the Lord who went to cave and to comfort Elijah. (1 Kings 19:9) Jesus said that we did not choose Him but rather He chose us. (John 15:16, Ephesians 1:4) For this man who was cured of congenital blindness, it was Jesus who chose to heal him. It was Jesus who after the man was excommunicated sought out the man to complete the miraculous for the man. The beginning of the miraculous was healing his physical eyes, but the second and greatest part of the man’s healings was to open his spiritual sight so that the man would believe in Jesus. And that is what Jesus has done for us. He opened our eyes and saved us. Oh thank you Jesus!
“Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you.” 38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshiped Him.” The man wanted to see the Son of Man that He may believe in Him. So Jesus told him that he had seen the Him and was now looking at the Son of Man. The man immediately believed in Jesus and worshipped Him. Likely the man fell to His knees to acknowledge His newly discovered Savior. And dear Brothers and Sisters, that is what we must do every day. We should wake and start our day by giving the praise of thanksgiving to Him. Let us consider what He has done for us. In considering all He has done for us, let us consider what all He has done for us reveals to us about Him. Jesus is the Son of God, the Lamb of God, who saves us from the sin nature we all inherited at birth. (Psalm 51:5) The greatest miracle that Jesus did for the man was to save his soul, just as the greatest miracle for us was to save our souls. Why? Because He loves us “For God so loved the world…” He loves us. He knows everything about us and still He loves us. It was so for the healed man just as it is for us. He indeed is good and He indeed loves us. Hallelujah!
“And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. 40 Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.” Now this verse does not contradict John 3:17. For those who live in the dark might not ever realize that they live in darkness until light shines into their world. When someone comes to the Lord wherever they go and whoever they are with, the unbelieving will feel judged by them even though no judgmental word was ever mentioned. The righteousness of God that lives within those who love Jesus shines outward to the world and the unredeemed are convicted of their sins, whether they acknowledge it or not, because Jesus within shines without. We let our light shine so that the Light within us will be glorified. (Matthew 5:16) This man shone after his physical healing, how much more so must He have shone after His spiritual healing. Jesus sought us for a reason. Brothers and Sisters, let the joy of the Lord flow through us to others to bring praise to Him. Praise the Lord always! Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, Oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 – The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.