Why Are People So Reluctant To See What's Right In Front Of Them?

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John 10:19-21

19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

 
 

Once again, we come back to the very simple idea that Jesus articulates elsewhere:

“You know the tree by its fruit.” (See Matthew 7:15–20.)

In other words, what matters is what people do. Here the Jews are arguing about Jesus, and some are discounting the obviously miraculous works He’s doing, while others point out:

21“These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” [John 10:21].

QUESTION FOR THE DAY
Why are people so reluctant to actually see what’s right in front of them?