John 9:24

John 9:24 says, Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.  They called the blind man again and told him to give God the praise, because they said they knew that Jesus was a sinner.  Verse twenty-five says, He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.  The man who had been blind said he didn’t know if Jesus was a sinner or not, but what he did know was that he had been blind and now he could see.  Again, he was not acknowledging Jesus as the Messiah, but simply as the One Who had healed him.  It is a good thing to give praise to God, but not when that means that we are attempting to use praise for the Heavenly Father while denying the Son.  Jesus was not what the Jews were looking for in a Messiah, and He is still not what so many are looking for today.  Verse twenty-six continues, Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?  They continued to press the man for details about how Jesus had healed him.  They wanted anything that they could use against Jesus.  We may not be able to explain how Jeus saved us to the satisfaction of all who ask, but we should be able to declare it as an undeniable fact in our life.  Verse twenty-seven concludes, He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?  The man told the religious leaders that he had already told them once and asked if they couldn’t hear.  He then asked if they wanted to be Jesus’s disciples also.  This is a good question for us to ask people who question our faith today.  Matthew Henry states this could be a real invitation for them to become disciples, or most likely he was speaking ironically.  They didn't believe Jesus was the Messiah and wanted to kill Him, so why were they so interested in Him?  There are those people today who question everything God does, not because of a desire to follow Him but to attempt to discredit Him. Verse twenty-eight states, Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. They reviled the man, saying he was a disciple of Christ, and they were disciples of Moses, which they thought made them better than him. Verse twenty-nine adds, We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.  They said they knew God spoke through Moses, but they didn't know where this man came from.  They counted themselves as followers of the teachings of Moses but didn't hear his teachings of another Who would come, and they hadn't checked for themselves to see Who Jesus was.  If people today want to know Jesus, they will not find Him in history or tradition, but must go to Him personally and He will reveal to them Who He is.  Jesus did not deny the work of Moses, but instead validated it.  We need to acknowledge all those who have worked to further the gospel, but we also need to realize and proclaim that there is but One Savior, Jesus Christ, and any who would know Him can by simply responding to His call.  The Jewish religious leaders continued to try to claim Jesus was a sinner, but the man who was blind presented his case for why Jesus could not be a sinner.