_THE MYSTERY OF SUFFERING_ ‘And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God shoul... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE BREVITY OF LIFE_ ‘I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh.’ John 9:4 It is not merely of the literal shortness of our time, or the possible nearness of death, that our Lord’s words should set us thinking. I. IF WE MEASURE OUR LIFE BY THE THINGS WE SHOULD... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘ONE THING I KNOW’_ ‘He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.’ John 9:25 We must all have been struck by the simplicity of wisdom exhibited, under these trying circumstances, by this poor and probably unlettered man.... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘DO WE BELIEVE?’_ ‘Dost thou believe on the Son of God?’ John 9:35 The question, ‘Do we believe?’ which excited so long and so interesting a correspondence in a London daily newspaper a few years ago, was first asked by our Lord Jesus Christ. He was the first to ask it, and He did not take it in... [ Continue Reading ]
_BELIEF AND WORSHIP_ ‘And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him.’ John 9:38 John supplements the other Gospels. The miracle recorded in this chapter is found nowhere else. But some people say—Miracles are impossible. If Christ has opened your eyes and made all things new for you, you wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR JUDGMENT_ ‘And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.’ John 9:39 That is the comment which presents itself to Jesus, as He thinks over this episode of the healing of the blind man. While the blind ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_RESPONSIBILITY AND SIN_ ‘For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might he made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with Him heard these words, and said unto Him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should... [ Continue Reading ]