LEARNING DAILY

John 9:25, He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

The result of the blind man’s encounter with Jesus is pretty amazing!  He was obedient to Jesus, washed the mud from his eyes, and the man could see at once! His blindness was gone at once. The account does not tell us whether the man went looking for Jesus or not. It takes us to those who knew the man recognizing that he could now see. The account also takes us to the “healed man” and his interaction with the religious leaders. There was an interrogation of the man’s parents and the man himself. Finally, the man, who is not a scholar and certainly not well read, does not know anything about Jesus or His ministry, tells the religious leaders “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

There was a major change in him when He encountered Jesus; for the blind man the details did not matter. There was no debate about what had happened to him. He had been blind and now he could see. Other people had seen the change. They might not have understood what happened, perhaps even cautious to say, “He is like him.”

The man was cast out of the synagogue for testifying about what happened to him. Jesus found him later and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” The man asked, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” Jesus told him that he had seen Him and was talking to Him. The man believed and worshiped Him. Do you believe this encounter with Jesus not only opened his physical eyes but opened his spiritual eyes as well? Don’t you know that this encounter with Jesus changed his life for eternity! Jesus had given him his sight and that was permanent. Jesus gives all who truly give their life to Him, a salvation that is never lost. His promise is the enemy would never be able to snatch away from Him those who accept Him and follow Him.

It is not difficult to see that when one truly gives their life to Jesus, in faith, that their life changes. Their life changes to the point that all can see the difference Jesus makes in one’s life. Genuine conversion is not easy to do. When the grace of Jesus becomes part of you, in your heart, it will be seen by how you live your life. I am not sure why anyone would want to hide it!

Yet there are those who want to be forgiven but do not want to be changed. Those people do not want to stop doing their sin because they enjoy it too much. There must come a time when one decides that walking with one foot on the narrow way and still trying to keep the other on the broad way, has to change. Once again, those trying to walk the narrow way fail; they are not perfect. The narrow way is a time of change and cleansing when the Lord is preparing those on it for eternity in His kingdom.

What a wonderful change had occurred in this blind man. The Lord Jesus had opened his eyes to see. He also gave him eternal life and the man worshipped Him for it. What a wonderful opportunity the Lord Jesus has given to all who trust Him – eternal life in His kingdom. Shouldn’t each of us who have said yes to Him and allowed Him to change us, take time to worship Jesus for opening our spiritual eyes as well? Can’t we say with this man that I may not be able to explain all the theological stuff about what He has done; the one thing I know is Jesus has saved and changed me and set me on a path that leads to eternity in His kingdom!