John 9:12

John 9:12 says, Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.  Verse thirteen adds, They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.  When the man who was blind said he didn't know where Jesus was, the people brought him to the Pharisees.  As Christians, if we are asked where Jesus is, we should be ready to point the lost to Him.  The man had received his sight, but he then lost sight of Jesus.  As His followers, we must never lose sight of Him.  Verse fourteen continues, And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.  The man told them how he had received his sight because of what Jesus did on the Sabbath. The Pharisees were once again more concerned with the fact that this happened on the Sabbath than they were that the man could see.  Again, we need to do the will of God every day, even on the Sabbath, or for us Sunday. Following Christ is a relationship, not just rules and regulations.  Verse fifteen states, Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.   Then Pharisees asked the man what was done to restore his sight, and he told them that Jesus had put clay on his eyes and when he washed it off, he could see.  The miracle either had to come from Jesus or the clay.   Today, when someone is miraculously healed, most people would choose the clay as the answer.  Verse sixteen adds, Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.  They said Jesus was not of God because He didn't keep the Sabbath.  They were still missing the important fact, and that was that Jesus healed the man of life-long blindness.  When people are healed today by someone acting in God's name, we need to concentrate on the healing, not when or how it was done.  We also have to be careful that we know God is being glorified, and not the person acting for Him.  We cannot dictate God's miracles, so to say that we can heal just anyone is not what God teaches.  Some of the Pharisees asked the question of how a sinner could do such miracles, so once again there was a division amongst the religious leaders.  Today, there are at times divisions amongst the religious leaders over what Jesus through the Holy Spirit can do, but if this is true, it is because they have lost sight of Jesus.  Verse seventeen continues, They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. The man did not truly recognize Who Jesus was, or if he did, he didn't say, yet he was healed. When asked, he said Jesus was a prophet. God today heals people without them acknowledging Who He really is.  We can never say that someone who is miraculously healed is a follower of Christ, nor can we say that those who aren't healed are not followers.  When we have a true relationship with Christ, it is about the everlasting life, not the temporary of this world.