Do You See What I See?

Joh 9:41  Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, 'We see,' your sin remains."

The man who was blind from birth was considered by the Pharisees to have been born in sin.  [cf 9:, where the disciples no doubt parroted the party line.]

Ironically, Jesus judges the Pharisees guilty because they claim they can see.  The problem for the Pharisees is that they really do SEE who Jesus is, but nevertheless reject Him as the Messiah.  If they were truly blinded, then Jesus would have mercy on them, but in asserting their self-righteousness, they themselves are rejected.  As Jesus said:

Mat 9:12  ..."Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.
Mat 9:13  Go and learn what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Chris

Comments

[bonnie knox]

Isaiah 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.