Jesus Is the Light of the World.

Joh 9:1  And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 

Joh 9:2  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 

Joh 9:3  Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 

Joh 9:4  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 

Joh 9:5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 

Jesus is the LIGHT of the world.  We've been talking about Paul being blind and how blindness is more than physical. We can be spiritually blind and we need spiritual sight. We need the light of our Savior in our lives, HIS LIGHT. His light isn't the physical sun shining down, it is a spiritual illumination that will root out all the darkness that Satan will shroud us with. Satan loves when we are snug and comfortable under his darkness. If Satan can keep us spiritually blind he has nothing to worry about. Jesus says that he is the light of the world, and He is, a light for the entire world.

Joh 9:6  When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 

Joh 9:7  And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 

Joh 9:8  The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 

Joh 9:9  Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 

Joh 9:10  Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 

Joh 9:11  He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. 

Joh 9:12  Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 

Joh 9:13  They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 

Joh 9:14  And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 

Joh 9:15  Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 

Joh 9:16  Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. 

Joh 9:17  They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 

Joh 9:18  But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 

Joh 9:19  And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 

Joh 9:20  His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 

Joh 9:21  But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 

Joh 9:22  These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 

Joh 9:23  Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 

Joh 9:24  Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 

Joh 9:25  He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 

Joh 9:26  Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 

Joh 9:27  He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? 

Joh 9:28  Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

Joh 9:29  We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 

Joh 9:30  The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 

Joh 9:31  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 

Joh 9:32  Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 

Joh 9:33  If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 

Joh 9:34  They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 

The pharisees did NOT want to believe the truth. They were so busy twisting and turning things around to fit their idea of how everything had to be. The truth was right there for them to believe. A man verified blind from birth could now see. It was a miracle that he could now see. Asked HOW he could see he told them that a man put clay on his eyes and told him to wash it off and when he'd washed it off, he had his sight. The Pharisees complained that Jesus worked- he made clay. With their outrageous restrictions on the Sabbath, they considered Jesus spitting into a little bit of dirt and mixing it, then placing it on the blind man's eyes - labor. Jesus was doing the work of His Father- healing.

Then the pharisees brought in the man's parents who were scared to say much, they didn't want to be ostracized from their people, kicked out of their church, their way of life.

When told off by the blind man for their hypocrisy they kicked him out of their presence. Those pharisees did NOT want truth. They would have been thrilled if the blind man had said no one did it, I just suddenly could see. They would have been happy if the man's parents had said, no, he wasn't really blind from birth, but off and on he could see. They wanted lies, they wanted to be placated. They did NOT want any spiritual light to even peek in and disturb their dark lives.

Joh 9:35  Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 

Joh 9:36  He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 

Joh 9:37  And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 

Joh 9:38  And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 

Joh 9:39  And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 

Joh 9:40  And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 

Joh 9:41  Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Jesus said-

He came into the world so….

They which see NOT might see and…

They which see might be made blind.

What?! He wanted to make the blind to see, this is comprehensible, yes? But what about those who see, He wants to blind? 

Those who comprehend their need of spiritual light, will receive the spiritual light. Those who do not comprehend the light, the truth, but have concocted their own version of the truth will be allowed to remain blind, because they do NOT want the truth!

Paul wasn’t left to remain blind- physically or spiritually because HE DID NOT WANT TO BE BLIND! 

Was Paul among the Pharisees that day when the blind man was present? It is quite probable. His hatred for Jesus was deep. He made it a life mission to stomp out Jesus' followers. He didn't have to be the one to go after the Christians, he wanted to be the one. That sort of determination didn't come overnight. Paul was blind to Jesus before Jesus' crucifixion and after, right up until Jesus offered Him the truth very up close and personal.  Paul could have said He was suffering under delusions, that a trick had been played on him, but he knew that wasn't truth.

Those then and those now who wish to remain blind will be allowed blindness.

Joh 9:40  And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 

Joh 9:41  Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

When we choose spiritual blindness we are sinning. When we choose to recognize our blindness and seek the Light of truth we are not sinning. If we arrogantly believe we have all the light of knowledge we'll ever need, and our light is the only truth we are truly blind and we don’t even know it!

Paul was released from darkness physically and spiritually- never to be blinded again. May we be released from ALL our spiritual blindness.  May we recognize our need of the Light of Truth, always! When Satan threatens to throw a blanket of darkness over us no matter the size, the thickness, of this blanket we have to pray that it is taken from us! We have to pray that we only ever seek LIGHT!

Joh_8:12  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.