John 9:34

John 9:34 says, They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.  Through the end of the chapter, we have the end of the story of the man who was blind and the Pharisees.  In verse thirty-four, the Pharisees accused the man of having been born in sin.  Since they viewed him this way, which was in keeping with their teachings, they asked how he could think he could teach them.  When people feel superior to others, they will not readily listen to what that person has to say.  This is especially true with religion based on manmade rules.  Since they viewed him as a sinner from birth, they cast him out.  Since they viewed themselves as the keepers of the way to God, this was serious.  It would be like those denominations today that feel that a person must go through them to get to God putting a person out of the church. Fortunately, this was not true then nor is it now.  Verse thirty-five adds, Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?  When Jesus heard what had happened, He sought the man out.  No person nor organization can bar us from Christ.  Jesus asked the man did he believe on the Son of God. This is the key question for everyone throughout history. For those before Jesus, it meant believing the Messiah would come, and for those since, believing that He did come in the Person of Jesus.  Verse thirty-six continues. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?  The man asked Who He was that he might believe.  We must come to the knowledge of Who Jesus is in order to believe in Him.  Verse thirty-seven states, And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.  Jesus said the man had both seen Him and was talking to Him.   Even if we don't at first recognize Christ, or even His works, He will make Himself known to us and recognizing Jesus for Who He is will always be the first step that we must take. Verse thirty-eight adds, And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. The man said, "Lord, I believe," and worshipped Him. If we accept Jesus as our Savior, He becomes our Lord, and we should always worship Him.  Verse thirty-nine continues, 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. Jesus said that he came for judgment into this world, so that they which did not see might see; and so that they which see might be made blind.  The Gentiles did not know God, but Jesus opened their eyes. The Jews professed to know God but were blind to Who Christ was.  They relied on manmade traditions to set themselves above others and needed to be blinded to that idea in order to see Jesus as the Messiah.  Verse forty says, And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?  Verse forty-one adds, Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.  When the Pharisees asked if they were blind, Jesus said no, that if they were blind, they would be without sin, but they professed to see, therefore their sin remained.  They felt superior, but Jesus said their attitude condemned them.  We can never excuse sin, but if we start to feel that we are above those poor sinners, we need to ask God to forgive us and reach out to them with His love.