Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?
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… come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind. Then some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words and said to him, are we blind also? Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, we see, therefore your sin remains. Father God, speak through your word tonight by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You may be seated. tonight you can note down that where we're starting in verses 1 through 7 our first point is entitled seen by the Savior seen by the Savior Right off the bat, here in the very first verse of our text tonight, we can already observe some pretty amazing things. For context sake, Jesus has just escaped being stoned by the religious leaders because just before this, at the end of John chapter 8, he had just plainly declared himself to be God. …
… into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind, and those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and they said we're not blind too are we? that's the thing they feared the most is exposure they were the blind men bluffing and the man with sight had nothing to hide and Jesus came back with a devastating remark because you say we see your sin remains you're not even willing to acknowledge that you're blind. Isn't that an irony? The man who was once blind now sees. And those who have never failed to see are still blind. That's true of people today. You may have seen all your life, but be blind. It happens in the office of Dr. Jack Cooper, a personal friend of mine from years past, who practices ophthalmology. He's born again, this medical physician is, and he has often the delightful experience sub transplanting corneas, doing that microscopic, miraculous work on the eye and behind it so as to introduce sight to eyes that have either never seen or not seen for many, many years. …
So our 23rd president, 23rd president of the United States is a man named Warren G. Harding. He was president, sorry, 29th president of the United States. It was Warren G. Harding, president from 1921 to 1923. And apparently Warren G. Harding was a decent human being. but at the same time in the years since he's since he was president he has been consistently on the list of worst presidents that we've ever had and and apparently Warren G. Harding even thought this about himself there's a quote that he he said about himself he said I am not fit for this office and never should have been here so how did Warren G. Harding get elected if he wasn't fit for the office. He wasn't competent for the office. And even he said, I'm not competent for the office. How did he get elected? So Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book about the, well, he wrote a book a number of years ago called Blink. And in it, he tells the story. And this is his perspective. …
… And then Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, and those who do not see may see that those who see may be made blind. And then some of the Pharisees who were there heard this exchange between Jesus and the man whom He had healed, and they said to Him, are we blind too? And Jesus said, if you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, we see, and therefore your sin remains. So we see at the conclusion of this episode of the encounter that Jesus has with the man born blind and with the authorities because of His healing of the man, we see the radically different responses between them. The man who had been healed first came to the conclusion that Jesus was the prophet. Now he recognizes that he's more than the prophet, that he's the Son of God, and he bows in worship before Jesus. And it's significant for our understanding of the person of Christ that Jesus accepts worship from Him, which no one who would be merely a prophet and an apostle would dare do in the economy of the kingdom of God. …