Now a prophet is a man who brings God's message to men. Of course, the atonement was only on the cross: the bearing of the wrath of God, when Christ was made sin, was exclusively then and there. world", or "the world, am I come"; which seems contrary to what because no man comes to the Father but by Him. that they which see not might see, &c.rising to that sight of which the natural vision communicated to the youth was but the symbol. The Greeks had believed that such souls were good, and that it was the entry into the body which contaminated them; but there were certain Jews who believed that these souls were already good and bad. Now, what right has the Received Text to be thus ranged? Even then it must be only such as to keep the patient from getting worse, not to make him any better. Frank Laubach has the great thought that when Christ, who is the Way, enters into us "we become part of the Way. The man answered: "It is an astonishing thing that you do not know where he comes from, when he opened my eyes. And so they brought the man to the Pharisees. None but One could say, "I am what I speak." government of the world, in a providential way, or to distinguish "Absolutely ( ) what I speak." "Therefore," says He, "doth my Father love me." It is a fact known to all of us that God does not listen to sinners. Sermon. (Verses John 8:12-20). Yet, as far as this goes, both women did the same thing. It must never be forgotten that no man lives to himself and no man dies to himself. In short, it is the word of God applied by the Holy Ghost to deal with all that unfits for fellowship with Christ in heaven, while He is there. The day on which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath day. It was formed by collating some of those very manuscripts which are thrown together as a third text. the sabbath. And then He bids the disciples rise up, and go hence, as inJohn 13:1-38; John 13:1-38. the accidental event, of his coming into the world, namely, 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. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you." John Fetterman, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, waves to supporters after addressing an election night party in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Would the death of Christ in any way imperil the sheep? The tunnel is at places only about two feet wide, but its average height is about six feet. In every respect the sense of the Holy Ghost is enfeebled, changed, and even destroyed in the common version. He is seeking, though rejected, to display the grace of God toward this poor blind beggar in his abject need: "As Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. Thus the principle applies even to our little trials. While the Lord, then, intimates to them that it had a mystical meaning, not apparent on the face of it, nothing could be more obvious than the love or the humility of Christ. So Nonnus interprets it of (krima yisson) , a twofold "judgment", Thus He carries His divine sonship into His position as a man on earth, and He never allows that the glory of His person should in the smallest degree interfere with the completeness of His dependence and obedience. That is to say, they suspected that this was a miracle faked between Jesus and him. Who but He on earth could say, I am the resurrection and the life? Follow Desiring God on Facebook. "We find Him calm and self-possessed, acting with a profound disregard of His enemies and their hatred." (Boice) ii. being exhibited. * I apprehend that by "my day" He means the day of Christ's glory; not vaguely the time of Christ, but the day when He will be displayed in glory. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. That those who see not might see, and that those who see might be made blind. So Christ tells the Pharisees who objected that He knew whence He came, and whither He was going: they were in the dark, and knew nothing of it. He therefore does not scruple to push things to an extremity, to draw out their real character and state most distinctly; to pronounce on them as from beneath, as He Himself from above; to show that there was no resemblance between them and Abraham, but rather Satan, and not the smallest communion in their thoughts with His Father's. The use of spittle seems to us strange and repulsive and unhygienic; but in the ancient world it was quite common. They were offended at the notion of their not seeing. He that is without sin among you, let him first cast the stone at her." C. K. Barrett summarizes the chapter this way: Thischapter expresses perhaps more vividly and completely than any other John's conception of the work of Christ. This, and more than this, had been abundantly shown by Him already, and in His every act. A staircase of thirty-three rock-cut steps led down to it; and there, from a stone basin, people drew the water. 4. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." He must die. Copyright 2022, Bible Study Tools. "How is it that you can see?" Thus, not merely the life, but those who have it by grace in Christ, shall never perish. They worked on the assumption that wherever there was suffering, somewhere there was sin. This was specially shown in two ways. The Pharisees and the Jews accused Christ of breaking the Sabbath and concluded that He was not from God (verse 16) and a "sinner" (verse 24, in Greek, "hamartolos"). That is not necessarily so. If it be not the Father seeking, at any rate it is the Son. Besides, there is food assured. Both had been fully manifested in Jesus, and above all, would be yet more in His death. Jesus Reveals Himself to Him. John 9:16; John 9:22; John 9:24; John 9:29; John 9:34). But Christ was alone in this; none now could follow no disciple, any more than a Jew, as Peter, bold but weak, would prove to his cost. Whatever else may be in doubt, this is true--if men followed the teachings of Jesus, all personal, all social, all national, all international problems would be solved. It could be found nowhere else so appropriately as in John. "They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last. That they - The Saviour does not affirm that this was the design of his coming, but that such would be the effect or result. from his birth. It is not only that He is the light, and that there is no darkness in Him as there is none in God, so none in Him; but, as to the principle of His being, He is what He utters. These Pharisees took this reproof for a reproach, as those lawyers (Luke 11:45): "Are we blind also? And Jesus said unto him, You have both seen him, and it is he who is talking to you ( John 9:35-37 ). He was born at the measured time, in the due place, from the sworn stock, and of the defined mother, according to the written word. The truth is, that throughout the gospel He speaks as One consciously rejected, but morally judging all things as the Light. They are would otherwise be un FOR JUDGMENT. The Man Born Blind, Healed. (Read John 9:39-41) Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. It is not directly for the pardon or deliverance of disciples; yet who does not know that nowhere else is their blessing so secured? They were obviously uncooperative, but at the same time they were afraid. But this meaning does not agree with those places where Jesus says that he came not to condemn the world, John 3:17; John 12:47; John 5:45. Daily Reading & Meditation Wednesday (March 24): The truth will make you free Scripture: John 8:31-42 31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are. JOHN 9:38-39 o` de. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. There is a great variety in interpreters notions about the JUDGMENT That they - The Saviour does not affirm that this was the design of his coming, but that such would be the effect or result. This chapter began with a man who was physically blind but who eventually saw, both physically and spiritually. such hatred in the Lo 39-41 Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were The writers of the other gospels had a different point of view; and regarded them as a demonstration of the compassion of Jesus. To change the face of government in his church, to abolish the Jewish economy, to take down that fabric, which, though erected for the time by the hand of God himself, yet by lapse of time was antiquated, and by the incurable corruptions of the managers of it was become rotten and dangerous, and to erect a new building by another model, to institute new ordinances and offices, to abrogate Judaism and enact Christianity; for this judgment he came into the world, and it was a great revolution. The Christian's duty is to fill the time he has--and no man knows how much that will be--with the service of God and of his fellow-men. And His "In order that God's works might be manifested, I've gotta do the work of the Father for as long as I am in this world, you know, the night is coming, but while I'm here, I'm the light.". "The Lord is far from the wicked; but he hears the prayer of the righteous" ( Proverbs 15:29). It was not exactly, as Augustine says, "Relicti sunt duo, misera, et misericordia" ( In Jo. Not as a "judge on the bench," but to No doubt His own resurrection was the most astonishing instance of it; but His raising of dead persons in His ministry was a witness also, as the resurrection of His saints by-and-by will be the display of it. He was going really to raise the dead; their only thought was to go and die with him. To conclude and crown all, as far as their security was concerned, the question is answered as to any hostile power. But to just say God doesn't hear sinners when they pray, is not true. Of these What we? He was Himself the light. This very thing which they gloried in, Christ here tells them, was their shame and ruin. This seems to me of deep interest; for we are too apt to look on Christ merely as One whose power dealt with sickness and with the grave. They were to be in the same blessedness with Christ. to fulfil the purpose and decree of God in revealing truth to Indeed, it were well to look more narrowly into the words of our Lord Jesus. But now He was come, it was not only that they might have life, but that they might have it "more abundantly." . (iii) There were the Pharisees. So Lazarus, as being the most conspicuous case of resurrection any where appearing in the gospels, except Christ's own, which all give, was the fullest testimony that even John rendered to that great truth. Thomas proposes that they should go to die with him. do you want to be one of his disciples? The sense is, that Christ came as a light into the Why should any one wonder at its power? When they continued to ask, and He lifted Himself up and spoke to them those memorable words, He again stoops, that they might weigh them in their consciences. Judging was the result of His coming, not the reason for it. spiritually blind. It is when life hits us a terrible blow that we can show the world how a Christian can live, and, if need be, die. (Verses 24-33) This closed, they could not answer, and cast him out. Nevertheless, we may be permitted to say, that the more closely we are given of God to apprehend the truth, the more the divine perfectness of the entire picture becomes manifest to our souls. His answer is most calm, and, if God be not before us, to mere human feeling it might seem indifferent. That is why his parents said: "He is of age. THEY BROUGHT.Better THEY BRING. Give us the eyes of faith to see your glory and the courageous heart, in all that we say and do. Since time began no one has ever heard of anyone who opened the eyes of a man born blind. In John this case does not appear at all; no blind man cries to the Son of David throughout. And then He said, "Now can you see?" Now, it is grace in its fulness. He that loves Christ keeps His word; he that does not love Him keeps not His words; if he observes some of them only, other motives may operate; but if he loved Christ, he would value His word as a whole. Nevertheless, it is only for those that enter in. Jesus is the truth. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to John, chapter 9.Jesus had been having a dispute with the Pharisees in the temple at the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles, six months or so before the Passover in which He was crucified. 1. He was a wise physician; he had to gain the confidence of his patient. As these things were not understood, the Lord opens out the truth still more plainly in what follows. (John 9:27 .) Then the sense of what was coming was realized by His spirit before the actual fact. immediately out of what has preceded. his own people from others, though all these are true; but either Nor is the sense of the words that Christ came by the judgment of God, or the order of divine providence, or to administer justice in the government of the world, in a providential way, or to distinguish his own people from others, though all these are true; but either to fulfil the purpose and decree of God in revealing truth to some, and hiding it from others; or in a way of judgment to inflict judicial blindness on some, whilst in a way of mercy he illuminated others. Moreover, in order to open yet more the ineffable complacency of the Father in His work abstractedly, He adds, "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life." Commentary on John 9:39-41. Others knew they were blind and in the darkness of sin, but when they turned to Jesus they saw the light of God. He allowed them to think of the circumstances, of themselves, and of Him. (8) Christ enlightens all those by the preaching of For judgment I am come into this world. They had no answer to his simple step by step reasoning, so attacked him with abusive language and then threw him out of the synagogue (John 9:28-34). of Verse 39. He said, "He is a prophet." (John 9:17 RSV) Now he has grown spiritually. He says that this man's affliction came to him to give an opportunity of showing what God can do. Isaiah hears God say to the sinning people: "When you spread forth your hands (the Jews prayed with the hands stretched out, palms upwards), I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood" ( Isaiah 1:15). And so it is in this chapter. that they which see might be made blindjudicially incapable of apprehending and receiving the truth, to which they have wilfully shut their eyes. Jesus said: "So long as I am in the world I am the light of the world." . Jesus is the one who. [Note: Morris, p. Gi And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they Jesus replied to them in irony. Choose for me in all Scripture a preface of fact so suited to the doctrine of the chapter that follows. Further, they were well aware that the law recognized that a false prophet could produce false miracles for his own false purposes ( Deuteronomy 13:1-5 warns against the false prophet who produces false signs in order to lead people away after strange gods). A fortiori had He not a place which no king ever had? How little can any of us speak of it as our habitual unbroken portion! He lays clay upon the man's eyes; an extraordinary step at first sight. He refers to those who are blind and ignorant by sin; whose minds have been darkened, but who are desirous of seeing. AM COME. Indeed, they counted on His grace, though they felt it not, relished it not, in no way valued it as of God; but still they so expected grace in our Lord's dealing with so heinous a sinner as the one before them, that they hoped thereby to commit Him fatally in the eyes of men. The fact that God did not hear the prayer of a bad man is a basic thought of the Old Testament. Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this. proseku,nhsen auvtw|/) kai. The meaning is, that He showed Himself as the good Shepherd because He knew the sheep, and was known of them, just. 439.]. Now if, while we are plunged in blindness and thus humbled by the Lord, we still flatter ourselves in our darkness, and oppose our mad views to heavenly wisdom, we need not wonder if the vengeance of God fall heavily upon us, so that we are rendered doubly blind This very punishment was formerly inflicted on the wicked and unbelievers (280) under the Law; for Isaiah is sent to blind the ancient people, that, seeing they may not see: blind the heart of this people, and shut their ears, (Isaiah 6:9.). This had been realized. _FOR JUDGMENT I AM COME_] I am come to manifest and execute This is always the effect of truth. Second, they resorted to insult. So the Pharisees began with suspicion. Ver. Our Lord does not refer to what He had said at or from any starting-point, but to what He speaks always, as then also. Such was the aim of His heart, at all cost to Himself; but the effect was moral in one way or the other, and this now. So they said to the blind man: "What is your opinion about him, in view of the fact that he opened your eyes?" "If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. As Jesus passed by He saw a man which was blind The more the man argued with them, the angrier the Pharisees became. Might be made blind - Such would be the effect of his preaching. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. "Give the glory to God" they said. In 1880 a tablet was discovered commemorating the completion of the conduit. here mentioned. Christ restored bodily sight to many, he never took it away from Somewhat similarly in John 8:1-59 He is the rejected Word, who confesses Himself (when most scorned and men are ready to stone Him) to be the everlasting God Himself. This consistent, John introduces the gospel by saying, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Nothing that was made was made without him; all things were made by Him. In other words, that it was all preset by God in that sense that he was born blind in order that God might do a work of healing him. Such is the truth. If you sprang your ankle, you could not run cold water on it because the cold water had a healing effect, so you just had to suffer with the pain until the Sabbath day was over and then you could start running cold water on it. The special form of the word rendered judgment in this place is used nowhere else by St. John, and indicates that what is here thought of is not the act of judging, but the concrete resultthe sentence pronounced after judgment. They manifest no holy hatred of the evil, and certainly feel no pity for the sinner. This should be borne in mind, that the washing meant is not with blood, but with water. And the scriptures surely does not confirm that as Biblical truth. He was more concerned with healing the man, and in this way he would bring glory to God. CHARACTERS: Jesus, blind man, disciples, Pharisees, neighbors, Moses. Then, before the end of the chapter, the effect of all this divine testimony is shown. He is the creator, and we see Him create. The subsequent notice we have is the remarkable desire expressed by the Greeks, through Philip, to see Jesus. And this they then knew, however dull in perceiving the consequences. He was ever the stranger here. The voice of the law spoke to their ears of a Christ continuing for ever; but a Son of man humbled, dying, lifted up! But to find fault with the statement that Christ did in His own spirit realize beforehand what He was going to suffer on the cross, is to overlook much of His sufferings, to ignore truth, and despise Scripture either leaving out a large portion of what God records about it, or confounding it with the actual fact, and only a part of it after all. They had learnt and trifled with the law up to this time; they had freely used it, as men do still, to convict other people. The light of Jehovah might be ever so bright, but the heart of the people was gross. state of physical blindness, and has received the faculty of sight. Hence, along with this, there comes the full answer of God to the divine glory and perfection of Christ. The consequence is, there is no permanence for them, any more than liberty. Walking accordingly in this world, He waited for the word of His Father. Jesus was evidently alluding to Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 42:19. Unfortunately, many believers today function as if the Holy Spirit is the bench . These people trust in themselves, not in what God has to say. We ought to be the more careful that none of us, through a foolish and extravagant opinion of his wisdom, draw down upon himself this dreadful punishment. "Not as the world," which is capricious and partial, keeping for itself even where it affects most generosity. Let them listen also to Jesus. John 9:39 in all English translations John 8 John 10 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged Jesus to be the Anointed One of God, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue. Some called themselves teachers and thought they possessed religious insight, but in fact they were spiritually blind. 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