One of the things that I love about God’s word the most is that it is so timeless. Perhaps the reason is, that even though the world changes around us constantly, human nature tends to remain much the same. This evening, I would like to show you what I mean, as we look at a story in God’s word.

John 9

Can you imagine what it must be like to be blind? This man was born that way.
How do you begin to describe to a blind man, the simple things we take for granted?
How do you begin to describe the colors of autumn leaves? How do you describe the yellow buttercups or the white dogwood blossoms or redbuds in the spring? How do you begin to paint a baby blue sky with white fluffy clouds in the mind of someone who has never seen the light of day?

How do you describe to him what his parents look like or what he looks like?

I wonder, how many times did this young man sit and wonder, “oh, if only I could see?” If only I could be like everyone else. If only I did not have to rely on others to bring me down town where I have to sit and beg. If only I could see so that I could get a job. If only…..

Imagine? I’m sorry, but I cannot.

In this story that we have just read, is a man, just like that. He is blind and has always been.
Along comes this man, the Son of God, who gives to him the one thing that he has never had, his eyesight.

Immediately, some of the folks around town notice. Isn’t this the beggar who was blind?
Some said, “yes, this is him”. Others said, “no, it just looks like him.” So, they ask the man, “Hey, aren’t you the man who was blind?” He says, “yes, I am he”. So they ask, “well, how is it that you are able to see now?” So he tells them.

Upon hearing his story, they go and relate it to the Pharisees, who end up getting in an argument over the whole thing. Some of them say, that this man, Jesus, who healed the blind