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9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews1 did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus2 to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”)
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”3 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt;4 but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
[1] 9:18
[2] 9:22
[3] 9:35
[4] 9:41
(ESV)
What a difference the sun makes! Since moving from the Pacific Northwest (where it rains 9 months of the year) to San Antonio, I can't believe how much better I feel, and how much better life looks when the sun is shining. Spring in South Texas is absolutely gorgeous. Vibrant green colors everywhere, and wildflowers blooming along the roadside. Yesterday as we were driving back from Houston we saw fields of bluebonnets along with other crimson, yellow, white and coral colored blooms. And I can't believe how much more I enjoy riding my bike when it is warm and sunny compared to when it is cool and cloudy. I feel stronger. I ride faster. The sunshine is absolutely invigorating.
I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to go through life in the dark. I suppose that if you were born blind like the man in John 9 it might not weigh on you quite as heavily as if you lost your sight after having it. Nevertheless, living in the darkness all the time would have to be a terrible burden to bear.
Whether it's sunshine versus clouds or sight versus blindness, light makes all the difference. The same is true spiritually speaking. Just as Jesus gave sight to the man born blind, he came to give us light as well. He said: "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world" (vs. 5). People who try to make it in life apart from Jesus are just as oppressed by their spiritual darkness as was the man born blind, whether they realize it or not. The darkness of sin, greed, hatred, selfishness, guilt, and fear hangs like a pall over their lives.
There are days when we all feel that burden. They are those days when we try to go our own way and turn our back to God. They are those days when we believe the devil's lie that God cannot or will not forgive us for our sins. They are those day when we are too busy to pray or read God's Word and instead focus only on life's hurts, disappointments, and losses. On those days our souls are overtaken by the spiritual darkness that is all around us because of sin.
Those are the days when me most need the Light of the World to penetrate our hearts, minds and souls. The reality is that there is no such thing as a cloudy day spiritually speaking. The Son is always shining. Any clouds that cover the brightness of his love are of our own making. So if your world seems a little gloomy today, let Jesus clear up the spiritual darkness. How he chooses to do it may seem a little strange. I imagine the blind man wondered what was happening when he heard Jesus spit in the dirt and then felt Him rub that moist mud on his eyes. But the result was overwhelmingly wonderful. So let Jesus be your Light today!
58:1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
3 ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,1
and oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is such the fast that I choose,
a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the LORD?
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed2 go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the LORD will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.
13 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure3 on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the LORD honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking your own pleasure,4 or talking idly;5
14 then you shall take delight in the LORD,
and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;6
I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
[1] 58:3
[2] 58:6
[3] 58:13
[4] 58:13
[5] 58:13
[6] 58:14
(ESV)
God speaks to His people decrying the hypocrisy of their lives. They live in rebellion against God and yet cry out to Him for justice and help in times of need. They fast and pray expecting God to listen, yet while they are fasting they live wickedly in relation to their neighbors. Does any of this sound familiar? God's indictment of Israel could just as easily be placed against us. Too often, we go through the motions of religion, while pursuing our own sinful desires instead of God's will, and abusing those around us in the process. God condemns Israel for this kind of hypocritical behavior. He tells them that the empty fasting they are engaged in will not win an audience in heaven. Simply going through the motions just doesn't cut it with God. God tells His people to declare another kind of fast. They need to pursue righteousness and justice. They need to free the oppressed and share with those who are in need. Feeding the hungry and clothing the naked, and providing for their own families is the kind of "fasting" that God heeds. Jesus used language like this in the parable of the sheep and the goats to describe the works of the sheep, to whom He said: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." (Matthew 25:35-36) God promises His people that when their lives match their religious profession, then their light will shine, and the glory of the LORD will protect them. He will hear them when they call and will heal them. God promises that He will guide them and will make them like a well-watered garden in a sun-scorched land. He urges them to remember the Sabbath day, a time not just to rest, but to turn our attention away from the things of this world and to put our focus on God and on His will for our lives. Then we will truly honor God's holy day by refraining from going our own way or speaking idle words. The words of this chapter are ones that believers in every age must hear and take to heart!
49:1 Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 both low and high,
rich and poor together!
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7 Truly no man can ransom another,
or give to God the price of his life,
8 for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9 that he should live on forever
and never see the pit.
10 For he sees that even the wise die;
the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their homes forever,1
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they called lands by their own names.
[1] 49:11
(ESV)