A Man Born Blind Receives Sight. True Vision and True Blindness. John Chapter 9.

Whenever we see God makes a miracle, it's pure purpose is to bring glory.

Now, here we see a person who is blind from birth. In those days among the Jews it was a common thinking that a person’s own sins were the cause of any sickness or disability that might come to him. The disciples were trying to understand if this applied to a person born with some defect. Was the man’s blindness a punishment that came because of his parents’ sin? or did the man somehow sin himself before he was born?

Jesus says that the man was born blind for a much higher purpose that the disciples imagined. A mighty work of God was about to take place in the man, and glory and honor would come to God through it. 

God may have the same purpose in any sickness, disability or defect that brings suffering to us. It may be that a similar work of God will be revealed in us. Or a different work which will also glorify Him – a work in the heart that will make us humbly, faithfully, joyously endure any kind of suffering for Him.

Remember, to receive any miracle in our life, God checks that if you are eligible to receive it or not. To receive it, you must contain the dareness and willing to give thanks to the Lord for doing such a miracle.

Here in this story, we'll see that the God makes a mud and paste it on his eyes and says to wash it in a pool. In those days or some pools have steps, this Blind person goes alone to wash his eyes without anybody's help. This maybe a dare I guess. 

We can see that some of God's miracles are taken place on Sabbath Day. Here, Jews/Pharisees are against it. They follow the Moses law book. 

Pharisees, ofcourse doesn't like Jesus, after this miracle took place they start interrogate the healed person, asking him: How does Jesus did this wonder? The Healed person answers them more than 3-4 times and gets frustrated, and asks them that maybe they are willing to become Jesus's disciple. 

When we receive any miracle or wonder, most probably we don't give thanksgiving or worship God, if some of you does, then it's great. After hearing that blind person was exiled by the Jews and his parents, Jesus here visits that healed person and sees whether he is misusing his vision or sharing the miracle.

In few vesres Jesus teaches something amazing to those people, which is useful to us in now-a-days. HE is saying that HE is the Light of the World, with Him we can receive light and able to see the things, the things which are in darkness with the light of the Lord we can see very clearly.

And Jesus said, “For judgement I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

In this verse Jesus is obviously speaking of spiritual blindness and sight. When He says those who “see will become blind”, He means those who have light, who think they see and even pride themselves on seeing, will be made completely blind. This was a judgement they brought on themselves by refusing the light of Christ.

Men are responsible for what they do with the light God gives them. 

In other words, we can say that light as salvation, having the salvation and doing wrong things would bring judgement on them.

Whenever we seek God's help, try to receive it humbly by praying and reading Bible. And after receiving the miracle/help/wonder try to say thank you Lord (thanksgiving).

If God wants you to add dareness in receiving the miracle, then don't hesitate, what will others think and what this world will say. As this Blind person dared to receive the vision and after being exiled by the Jews and by his parents, he believed in the son of God, and started telling to others How Jesus healed him when he was blind by birth.

Notes:

“Pharisees”– a strict, conservative, very religious sect among the Jews. They emphasized the law of Moses and the religious traditions that had come down from previous generations. Many of them were very self-righteous and separated themselves from others, thinking they were holier than anyone else (the name “Pharisee” came from the Hebrew word “pharash” which means to separate or set apart). But their deeds did not match their words and Jesus severely condemned them for their hypocrisy. In the New Testament they are usually seen in opposition to the Lord Jesus.

Moses was their accuser. He meant that the God-inspired writings of Moses (the first five books of the Bible) condemned them. This was because they did not really believe what he wrote (though they may have thought they did) and did not practice the truth he recorded.