One Thing I Know

"He answered and said, Whether (Jesus) be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." (Read the 9th chapter of John).

Have you ever sat in a circle of friends or family who were unbelievers (or even religious) and had your faith and beliefs questioned? They ask you difficult questions and ridicule you if you don't have all the right answers (as if they know the answers themselves). Even if you do answer them, most of the time, they are not satisfied. Under their glaring eyes and hard stares, they keep after you, waiting for you to slip or say the wrong thing. They respond as if they are hearing nothing you say.

The man in our Scripture above, who was born blind, was healed by Jesus. The Pharisees, angered by the man's claim, questioned him repeatedly. Not satisfied with his answers, they kept after him as if they had heard nothing he had said, "How were thine eyes opened? How did you receive your sight? Give God the praise, for this man (Jesus) is a sinner!" They even questioned his parents, "Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?"

Have you been there? You've just been saved. You've just been healed. You've just received some miracle from the Lord, or an answered prayer. Then, here comes a flock of doubters (even religious people may be among them), questioning you... probing you... doubting you... If you fall, they laugh at you and make you feel like a failure.

But let me encourage you; you don't have to have all of the answers. You don't have to suddenly become a Bible scholar with a wall full of degrees. There may be a lot of things you don't know... "I don't know where He is... I don't know how he sees... We don't know Who opened his eyes... I don't know if He is a sinner or not."

But, there is one thing you do know, "Whereas I was blind, now I see."

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