Many
Blind Mice
John 9:33 “If this man were not of God,
he could do nothing.
34 They
answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether
born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast
him out.
35 Jesus heard that
they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he
said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he,
Lord, that I might believe on him?
37
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him,
and it is he that talketh with thee.
38
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he
worshipped him.
39 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.
40 And
some of the Pharisees which were with him heard
these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We
see; therefore your sin remaineth."
1. Mad Men In Charge
2. Babes For
Teachers
3. Child Believers
4. Blind Mice
5. Cut Off Their Tails
6. Sin Stains
1. Mad Men In Charge
Verse thirty-three and four: “If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.”
The self righteous Pharisees here have cast out this man who was blind and who can now see.
These Pharisees are the religious leaders of their day.
We will all suffer when the wrong people are in charge.
When the wicked are in the high places of authority in a nation or in a land, the average person will suffer and groan UNDER the load. [Proverbs 29:2] “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
The wicked are not in their right mind. Their minds are alienated from God. [Ephesians 4:18]
“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.”
2. Babes For Teachers
Last part of verse thirty-four: “and dost thou teach us?”
The Pharisee’s with their doctorates and Ph.D’s [THE WISE AND PRUDENT] believe they have all the answers.
[Their attitude has already been exposed in John chapter seven.] "How can this man know letters?" [John 7:15]
“And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?”
How could these ignorant fishermen know anything?
How can they teach us anything that we already do not know?
Watch out, you proud educated person! God takes definite pleasure in revealing his SCRIPTURE to BABES!
Chapter and verse you say? Are you ready?
Turn to: [Psalms 8:2]
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”
Give me another chapter and verse you say?
Ok! Here is another [Matthew 11:25]
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”
3. Child Believers
Verse thirty-eight: “And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.”
Just like a child, this man simply BELIEVED in Jesus Christ.
Do you want to know something? That is the only way we can come to God for salvation … as like a child.
Talk about a stumbling block to an adult who thinks that he or she knows it all.
An ADULT who has come to AGE, and who has EDUCATION, MONEY or STATURE in this old world will not come to Jesus Christ. [Luke 18:16-17]
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.”
Everyone who has been saved in the last two thousand years [THE CHURCH AGE] has received the kingdom of God as a little child. That is B-I-B-L-E ! Amen!
4. Blind Mice
Verse thirty-nine: “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.”
The religious leaders in this world believe they have all the answers. They are the blind!
Those who follow them are blind too. What a sad lot!
Here is what Jesus Christ said in [Matthew 15:14]:
“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
The wise and prudent in this world laugh at the foolishness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of God reveals this thing this way. [1 Corinthians 1:21-29]
“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things
which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things
which are not, to bring to nought things that are:"
[And why does HE do
this?]
“That no flesh should glory in his presence.”
5. Cut Off Their Tails
Verse forty: “And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?”
I think the Pharisees have finally gotten the GIST of the matter here at hand.
They have finally understood that the SON of GOD wasn’t going to buy their Pig-in-the-Poke [their god of education], but rather, HE was calling them BLIND, because of their TRUST in their god – the god of EDUCATION and the god of HIGHER LEARNING.
Jesus Christ cut off their tails!
And why did HE do this?: so THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE. Do you have it this time?
6. Sin Stains
Verse forty-one: “Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.”
• Somebody who thinks they have it all figured out is heading for a BIG FALL. SIN REMAINS in this person’s life – all his life - even after his death in HELL for eternity.
Therefore your sin remaineth. [RETAINED]
SIN STAINS!
• Somebody else who admits that he does not have “the smarts”, or have the all the answers, is a candidate for getting HELP from the ONE is able to give HELP.
PRIDE is opposite to HUMILITY.
When a man or a woman comes to Jesus Christ for salvation they come as a child [HUMILITY – TRUSTING – BELIEVING] and their sins will be REMITTED.
We see this word “remit” in [John 20:23]. “Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
SIN STAINS are GONE for the sinner who places his trust in the SON of GOD … Jesus Christ. Amen! Amen! Amen!
Oh, sinner, will you not come TODAY to Calvary!?
"1. There is a fountain filled with blood
drawn from Emmanuel's veins;
and sinners plunged
beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains,
lose all their
guilty stains;
and sinners plunged beneath that
flood
lose all their guilty stains.
2.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
that fountain in
his day;
and there may I, though vile as he,
wash all my sins away.
Wash all my sins away,
wash all my sins away;
and there may I, though
vile as he,
wash all my sins away.
3.
Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood
shall never
lose its power
till all the ransomed church of
God
be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to
sin no more,
be saved, to sin no more;
till
all the ransomed church of God
be saved, to sin
no more.
4. E'er since, by faith, I saw the
stream
thy flowing wounds supply,
redeeming
love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die,
and shall be till I
die;
redeeming love has been my theme,
and
shall be till I die.
5. Then in a nobler,
sweeter song,
I'll sing thy power to save,
when this poor lisping, stammering tongue
lies
silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave,
lies silent in the grave;
when this poor
lisping, stammering tongue
lies silent in the
grave."
William Cowper