Spiritual blindness

Have you ever read through some passages in your Bible and had read through so many cool things but couldn't really figure out what stuck out to you the most? That is where I am right now this morning. There are so many bits and pieces of the scripture that I read today that really stuck out to me, but I just couldn't really decide how to use it to encourage you today.

There was a passage in John that is about Spiritual Blindness and that is what I feel like the Holy Spirit wants me to share with you this morning. Sometimes the spirit is a little tricky and it's a little tougher to pick apart what the spirit wants you to hear or how we wants you to use it.

Spiritual Blindness 
John 9:35-41: Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" "Who is he, sir?" the man asked. "Tell me so that I may believe in him."
Jesus said, "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you." Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshipped him. Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind." Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, "What? Are we blind too?" Jesus said, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains." 

The verse that sticks out me the most is verse 39 which says: "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind." I think what Jesus means by that is that he came into this world so that the people who are blind to Jesus will see him, and that the people who see who become blind. That last part is a little confusing, but I believe that he is saying that the people who do see, he will make blind to the world. It's a tough concept to wrap your head around. That idea is backed up by the last verse which says: "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim to see, your guilt remains."  If you were blind it didn't know about Jesus you would have no idea that you were sinning-but since we can see, our guilt remains. Praise the Lord that we can see!

I have one last verse from John 10 that I want to share with you this morning.

John10:18: No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. 

I love that verse so much because it makes me love God even more. What we learn from God, he lays it down for us to learn. We don't have to take it from him, he lays it down. I love that so much. It motivates me to grow every single day because I know that Jesus is laying down stuff for us to learn all the time.

I hope and pray that if you are reading this that you are encouraged in some type of way. If nothing from this post stuck out to you, remember that you are loved and that your life is a precious gift from God.

-you are loved-