John
9:13-16 (NIV) They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now
the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a
Sabbath. 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his
sight. "He put mud on my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed,
and now I see."
16 Some
of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the
Sabbath."
But
others asked, "How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?" So they
were divided.
NOTE: "So they
were divided." This is the same problem today, people are divided
concerning Christ. For the religious leaders, the problem was that he wasn't
following the rules (the law) as they understood it. Others correctly
understood that a man cannot do miraculous good things without some divine
connection. Earlier, the Pharisees said Jesus was the Lord of the dunghill,
Satan himself. Apparently, that line of reasoning has not been going as well as
they had hoped. So they changed tactics and introduce a false logic -- "He
cannot be from God since he does not keep the Sabbath" -- in other words,
we don't know who he is, but he is not from God. Which is a pretty poor
response from a group that was looked up to for religious answers. And it is
not like they could not have reached a proper conclusion since Nicodemus was
able to search out the facts and arrive at one. But Satan would prefer he Jesus
was included in his ranks if it keeps people from investigating the facts.
Today, even believers develop their own view of who Jesus is without really
investigating the facts. The Jesus I want to know is the one who defied the
religious leaders of his day and even dismayed his followers by his total lack
of interest in politics. I want to know the Jesus the bible teaches.
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