July 24
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13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”18 The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
– John 9:13-23
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It is interesting how Jesus chose to heal on a Sabbath day. It seems to me that He has been revealing to the Jews who He really is and that He is above any law that has been made. He is higher than the Sabbath law and that it was made for man. The blind man was given sight so that the glory of God might be displayed, but the Jews were so spiritually blind that they cannot see what was being shown to them. Their legalism and insecurity were so clear in this account. They cannot even magnify at the miracle because they were so concerned about following the law. They had to do an inquiry to the parents themselves to find out the whole story. Their unbelief and jealousy were so obvious in this story. The more power Jesus manifest, the more they panicked and became angry. They couldn’t believe that an uneducated person can do such marvelous things. Fear gripped the hypocrites. They will lose their reputation and power.
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REFLECTION
• How can we easily miss the miracle when we focus on following l