Born blind. The man now sees.
And gives witness. Boldly.
His own parents battle nerves when religious authorities come calling. They fear banishment from the synagogue if they give credit to Jesus for this miracle.
“He’s of age; ask him” (John 9:23).
Declares truth
And the religious leaders do ask. Repeatedly.
But the man born blind keeps declaring truth. Calling out their blindness.
“This is an amazing thing! You don’t know where He’s from and yet He opened my eyes. We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him” (John 9:30-31).
Born blind
Incredible.
Truth so plain to one seeing a world of colors and people and places for the very first time in his life.
Truth denied by those steeped in Scriptures, claiming religious authority.
Then the man born blind makes an emphatic conclusion. Declaring with conviction what they refuse to see. “Throughout history, no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind. If this man weren’t from God, He wouldn’t be able to do anything” (John 9:32-33).
Opens our eyes
We are all born blind.
But the One and Only opens our eyes. Doing the impossible work of salvation and transformation.
Jesus changes everything. Moving us from darkness into His marvelous light.
So we speak with assurance to those still in the dark our testimonies of undeniable change.
In the words of the man born blind: “One thing I do know: I was blind, but now I can see” (John 9:25).
What about you?
Do you remember what it was like to walk in darkness? How did Jesus open your eyes to His marvelous light?
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I had a college roommate who became a follower of Jesus in her teens and she described to me darkness I had never seen in my Christian upbringing. It was the beginning of God opening my eyes to see the needs around me!