Seeing but Not Seeing

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Healing the Blind Man

John 9:35-41

The Message

 ³⁵Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
 ³⁶The man said, "Point him out to me, sir, so that I can believe in him."
 ³⁷Jesus said, "You're looking right at him. Don't you recognize my voice?"
 ³⁸"Master, I believe," the man said, and worshiped him. distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind."
 ⁴⁰Some Pharisees overheard him and said, "Does that mean you're calling us blind?"
 ⁴¹Jesus said, "If you were really blind, you would be blameless, but since you claim to see everything so well, you're accountable for every fault and failure."

For Reflection 

To what extent do you believe the unbelievable?  Believing and acting in a God-centered way, contrary to conventional wisdom, is to become unbelievable.  "How could you forgive him?"  "How could you befriend her?"  "Everyone is with me on this! What is your problem?"

Some folks are blinded by culturally based righteousness.  They are blind to all but the conventionally derived assumptions about rightness.  If you can hear. If you can see. if you can choose.  You can never claim to be blameless.

After  the Christ event, truth became knowable.

Pray

that you will continue to be vigilant and be armored against cultural based rather than God-centered responses.  Pray that you will act on behalf of the truths of your faith.