He had been blind all of his life. This day, like every other day, he was sitting by the street enjoying the warmth of the sun on his face and trying to collect a little money to eat. He heard a crowd approaching. One of the men asked a question, something about someone's parents. Than a voice with an authority like he had never heard before said, "He was born like this so God could be glorified." Then the man who had spoken these words spit on the ground, rubbed the mud on his eyes and told him to go wash the mud off. When he did, he discovered that he could now see. He was understandably overjoyed and the crowd joined him in celebrating.
Well, most of them rejoiced with him. There were some who were incensed. The pharisees questioned the formerly blind man about what happened. He answered simply, "I don't know what happened. He spit, put mud on my eyes. I washed them and now I can see." They tried to get his parents to say that their son was never really blind, but they wouldn't. At every turn the pharisees heard the same thing, "I don't know what happened, but I can tell you this. Yesterday he was blind and today he can see.
Why all the fuss over a man receiving his sight? Well, if it really happened then Jesus was really who He said He was and the pharisees couldn't accept that. So once more they questioned the newly sighted man, "What really happened?" He replied, "Look, all I know is before I met Jesus I was blind and now I see."
What was true those 2000 years ago is still true today. When we meet Jesus our blindness is turned to sight. Will you come and receive your sight?
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