What is Spiritual Blindness? 5/26/15

Day 146 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/John.9

John 9:24-41

24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”

25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

27 He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”

30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.

Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

May 26th The growth of God  

  “And not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.” COLOSSIANS 2:19
There is a proper growth and an improper growth in the Christian life. The context of the above verse alludes to an improper growth. The Colossian believers were being robbed of their expe- rience of Christ and the proper growth of God. Paul describes this by saying, “Let no man rob you of your prize” (v. 18, ASV). Do you know what your prize is? Your prize and my prize is ChristHimself. Our prize is our present possession and enjoyment of Christ. Do not let anyone rob you of this. It is not merely that Christ will be our prize in the future. Christ is our prize right now as a present possession. The normal Christian life is that Christ is all to us at every stage of our growth. Nothing should replace Christ in our experience regardless of where we are. Paul exposes the things that were replacing Christ and robbing the Colossian believers: a false humility, worship of angels, being vainly puffed up by a fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head. When Paul says, “and not holding the Head” (KJV), he is telling us that there is a way to grow and a way not to grow. The way not to grow is to be focused on your self, having a relationship with your self, your flesh, your own energy, the law, and man-made religion. That is the way not to grow. Growing comes from holding the Head. “Holding the Head” is in the present tense, which means that you are continuously holding Christ as your Head. Whenever you hold something, you handle it. The Colossian believers did not hold the Head. They were not handling Christ. Handle Christ before you handle anything, especially your self.

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