Yesterday we saw Jesus’ words rejected. Today we see His works not wanted. The whole chapter is one story of the “Light,” Jesus, bringing light to man in darkness. The question of Who Jesus is, is the center of everything. The Pharisees were in a spot. They could not deny that a great miracle had been done. Verse 24 was what they believed. The world has not changed! Most of the arguments the religious leaders are having these days, center around the very same question. “Is Jesus the Son of God?” If Jesus is not God, then there is no heaven, no hell, no salvation. But since He is the Son of God, then everything the Bible says is true. What the Lord Jesus did to this blind man, is a picture of what He has done to every believer in Him. He has given sight to our blind eyes. The blind man could understand better than they could, that if Jesus was not from God, He could do nothing.
V.35-38 The blind man is cast out of the Jew’s religion, but Jesus finds him, and shows him that He is the Son of God. The man believes and worships Him.
V.40-41 If the Pharisees had confessed that they were blind, there was a cure too for their sin, but when they said that they saw, their sin remained. Did you see “light” in this chapter? It brought relief.