Title
Are You Doing What You See To Do?
Scripture
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.”
(John 9:41)
Devotional
Jesus always spoke with compassion, gentleness, and mercy to those without the knowledge of God. To those who said that they knew God, but did not do the things they knew to do, He spoke firmly and without mercy. There is a greater judgment to those who say that they know the truth, but do not keep it. The apostle James tells us, “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.”(1) The warning is not to refrain from learning God’s will; the warning is for us to do what we know to do. And we know that we are to continually grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. (2) The question we must repeatedly ask ourselves is, “Am I doing what I know to do?” The apostle James again warns, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”(3)
(1) James 3:1, (2) 2 Peter 3:18, (3) James 4:17
Thought For The Night
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels
Evening Text
John 9:41: Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.”
Looking for Answers
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Why did Jesus call the Pharisees blind, when they were the holders of the light of the Laws of Moses?
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What did Jesus mean when He said, “If you were blind you would have no sin?”
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Are you sighted?
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Blind.” Webster’s second definition reads, “Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects,” Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language.
Referencing: “They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch,” Matthew 15:14.
Applying: Physical blindness is no sin; spiritual blindness is and can be cured. Pray, “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law,” Psalm 119:18.