The Problem Is Thinking You Aren't Blind

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John 9:35-41

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 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; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

 
 

The man born blind is wiser than the Jewish leaders, and when presented with the opportunity to believe in Jesus, he does so.

The problem with the Jewish religious establishment is not that they are blind so much as the fact that they are convinced they “see.”

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

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The same is true for us—our problem is not our weakness, but when we lie or cover up our weakness. All that God is asking us to do is confess our need for Him, and He’ll take care of the rest. But when we refuse to acknowledge our dependence and need, we become like the hard-hearted Pharisees who are blind to the life and light right in front of them.