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Countermeasures_ Seeking The Truth Part V

Countermeasures_ Seeking The Truth Part V

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“Then Jesus told him, ‘I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.’” (John 9:39, NLT)
This devotional, Countermeasures: Seeking the Truth Part 4, walks through John 9:35–41 and challenges us to honestly face our own spiritual blindness. The chapter begins with Jesus healing a man who was born blind—not as a punishment for sin, but so that “the works of God might be displayed in him.” That miracle sets off conflict in the community and exposes the hearts of the religious leaders. When the formerly blind man is questioned, pressured, and ultimately thrown out of the synagogue, his bold response—“Do you want to become his disciples too?”—reveals a powerful contrast: he is moving toward Jesus in simple faith, while the religious experts cling to being “disciples of Moses,” disciples of the law. This devotional highlights the significance of that difference: to be a disciple of Christ is to live under grace, where the impossible standard is met in Him, but to remain a disciple of Moses alone is to stay under a law no one can fully keep. When Jesus later finds the rejected man and reveals Himself, He explains that He came “to render judgment”—not merely to condemn, but to expose who is truly blind and who is truly seeing. The devotional presses this truth into our own lives: like someone active in church, serving and doing “all the right things,” we can still be spiritually blind, thinking we see because of our activity and rituals. Jesus’ judgment lovingly confronts that illusion. He tells the Pharisees that if they were truly ignorant—truly blind—they would not be guilty; but because they claim they can see and yet reject Him, their guilt remains. In the same way, once Christ reveals our condition and we refuse His diagnosis, we move from ignorance to guilt. The worst place for a believer is not weakness or struggle, but a willful decision to remain spiritually blind. This devotional urges the reader to study John 9 deeply, to receive Jesus’ judgment with an open heart, and to let Him heal their spiritual sight so they can truly see.

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