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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
John 9:17-34
The blind man who has been healed is an embarrassing demonstration to the Pharisees of the power of the Lord Jesus. Firstly then they try to draw from him or his parents a word which will allow them to contest this miracle; And when it becomes impossible for them to deny it, they do their best to belittle the One who has done it and to heap dishonour upon Him (John 8:49). "We know that this man is a sinner," (v. 24) they declare, although a little earlier the Lord had asked them the question, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" (John 8:46).
There is a great difference between this man and his parents. The parents are much less concerned with the truth than with their religious standing. It is more than they can bear to confess Jesus as the Christ and to share in His rejection. They fear the disgrace – how many people today resemble them! Their son, on the other hand, is not at all embarrassed by such arguments. The Pharisees do not succeed in taking away his humble trust in the One who has cured him. He has passed from darkness into light; for him it is neither a theory nor a doctrine; it is an obvious fact. He simply. says, "One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see" (v. 25). Can we say this with him?
