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HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23
John 9:1-12
Matthew 28:18-20
He is the Great Physician.
HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
What different means Christ used in working miracles on different occasions! In healing the blind man He might, if He had thought fit, have merely touched him, or given a command. But He did not. We are told that “he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay” (John 9:6).
The Lord of heaven and earth will not be tied down to the use of any one means or instrumentality. In conferring blessings on man, He will work in His own way and will allow no one to prescribe to Him. We should observe in this passage the almighty power that Christ holds in His hands. We see Him doing that which in itself was impossible. Without medicines He cures an incurable case. He actually gives eyesight to one who was born blind.
Such a miracle as this is meant to teach an old truth, which we can never know too well. It shows us that Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, has all power in heaven and in earth (Matt 28:18). Such mighty works could never have been done by one who was merely man. In the cure of this blind man we see nothing less than the finger of God.
Such a miracle, above all, is meant to make us hopeful about our own souls and the souls of others. Why should we despair of salvation while we have such a Saviour? Where is the spiritual disease that He cannot take away? He can open the eyes of the most sinful and ignorant and make them see things they never saw before. He can send light into the darkest heart and cause blindness and prejudice to pass away.
Surely, if we are not saved, the fault will be all our own. There lives at God’s right hand One who can heal us if we apply to Him. Let us take heed lest these solemn words are found true of us: “…light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19). “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life” (John 5:40).
THOUGHT: Christ has all power. He is Lord of all.
PRAYER: Father, I stand in awe for Thou art the All-powerful God!