And Jesus said, ” For judgement I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
John 9 : 39
In verses 39 to 41, the scene now shifts to the Pharisees’ attitude toward truth.
Jesus’ coming into the word has to diametrically opposite effects. Some embrace Him as Saviour, but other reject Him. Their outcomes rest in the hands of Jesus. In verses 39 to 41, Jesus condemned the Pharisees.
And Jesus said,
Now Jesus talked to a crowd including the man healed and Pharisees, among others.
” For judgement I have come into this world.”
The father sent Jesus into the world to make judgement or evaluation about those who accept the truth and those who do not ( Jn. 5 : 22, 27). Jesus separates believers from unbelievers in the world. Jesus is the one who mediates issues of salvation. How people respond to Jesus will be the basis of their judgement or salvation.
The “judgement” here is ultimate judgement of condemnation, but it is the decision that Jesus makes on those who believe or do not believe.
Jesus will make the final decision about those who believe or do not believe in Him. He will execute the inevitable result of rejecting Him or believing Him. The eternal destiny of people rests on their decision about Christ. Every person encounters this decision for himself or herself.
That those who do not see may see.
“Those who do not see” are those who admit their inability to know transcendent truth by natural means. They also acknowledge that Jesus gives them sight beyond their natural ability to see. Lord has given them grace to receive the light of the world.
and that those who see may be made blind.
The blind who believe are those who admit their helplessness in coming to eternal life. Those who see but are blind are those who trust in themselves rather than in the wonder of Christ. These people blind themselves by rejecting Christ.
Those ” who see” are those who see from the viewpoint of themselves. People who begin with themselves( solipsism) reject revelation of the son. Those ” made blind” are those blind to the truth about Jesus. These people trust in themselves, not in what Lord has to say.
Unbelief is self induced blindness to Lord.
Today we live in an age of solipsism, these people measure reality by consulting their personal opinions. Jesus came to make judgement about those who think they see spiritually but are spiritually blind. People need to see their spiritual blindness. Religion without Christ is satanic spiritual blindness (2 Cor. 4: 4-6).
Those who go negative in volition toward Christ are judicially incapable of apprehending divine truth. They are blind to spiritual things and decevie themselves by rejecting the light. (Jn. 7 : 34)
As the Pharisees became more and more hardened to Jesus, so people of our day become harder to the gospel the more they reject it. The same sun that melts wax hardens clay. People can become so self deceived that they shut their eyes to the light. How can they come to Christ if they deliberately reject Him ?Prayer:
Lord Jesus we are very sorry for rejecting you many a time in our life. We have become spiritually blind Lord. Lord, you are the Almighty Lord, without you not even a leaf can shake, in spite of knowing this we trusted on our own capability. Lord we became blind in this age and forgot that you are the our saviour, our salvation. Lord help us to come closer to you. Lord help us to know the truth, so that we may be protected from becoming spiritually blind. Lord help us and be with us all. Amen.
Sol. Dr. Mohan Parmar