The Gospel of John 9:13-15 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 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.” (John 9:13-15 KJV)

These passages give us the profile of real faultfinders. As their actions show, instead of being awed by this supernatural healing of a man born blind from birth that has not ever happened in the history of the world, these unbelieving religious zealots are going the extra miles to find fault of it. Many of them, along with some people in the crowd, attempted to discredit it by saying this man is just a look a like of the blind beggar, which the once blind man himself shut off by confirming "I am he". Now, they brought the man for further investigation by the Pharisees - the fanatical agents of their religious enforcement.

These pious enforcers of religion are so rigid in honoring their man-made creeds, over God's Words. They're solidly possessed by their father the devil (John 8:44) that they're numb to the truth and heavenly miracle unfolding before them. Looking for faults, asking the blind who was given sights how he was healed, they honed in on the making of clay on a Sabbath day that the Lord smudged on the eyes of the blind. The Lord's command to wash it in the pool of Siloam, also caught their scornful mindset. Mixing and anointing and washing involve effort considered work according to their religious law. It is a sin if done on a Sabbath. Hence, they call the Lord a sinner (John 9:24b), for not observing their law of the Sabbath.

They totally missed the truth. That's the work of religion. It is only in Christ Jesus by faith, we shall see the truth. Responding to the Pharisees' accusation of doing unlawful things on the Sabbath, it is written: “Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”” (Mark 2:27-28 NIV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.

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