There are people who think they know it all, but in reality are blind to the truth. We see it in blind bigotry, one-eyed politics and denominational prejudice. In John 9:1-41 Jesus gave a man sight twice, once to his eyes and once to his soul. Like the Pharisees, some intellectuals are blind to divinity. They cannot see the obvious evidence all around them. The Pharisees eyes were on the letter of the Sabbath law: no kneading or healing. Jesus broke both those rules by kneading spit and dirt to make mud, and by healing a blind man. Yet, despite his breaking of sabbath laws, he was sinless. The spirit of the law, which is far greater, was not broken. Blinded by their own legalism, by keeping the letter of the law they could not see the real Jesus.
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