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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
John 9:35-41; ; John 10:1-6
It is a good thing for the blind man who was healed that he has been cast out by the Pharisees. For there he meets the One who was rejected before him and who also went out of the temple as we read at the end of the last chapter. Now this man will be able to take a big step forward in the truth; he can know not only the power of the Lord Jesus but also His Person: the One he had recognized as a prophet (v. 17) is actually "the Son of God" (vv. 35-37). Many people content themselves with knowing that they are saved while remaining ignorant of the Saviour Himself. Perhaps it is because they are still bound by religious systems and have not experienced the presence of the Lord, there where He promised to be (Matthew 18:20). While pretending to see clearly, these Pharisees let themselves be blinded by their hatred and by their religious pride. In John 8:1-59 they rejected the Word of the Lord; in ch. 9 it is His work which they do not want. So He has no more to do with them. He calls His own sheep by name, leads them out and goes before them. But might it not be that the sheep are deceived, and follow a stranger who will lead them astray? Certainly not, they have an infallible means of recognizing the One to whom they belong – they know His voice. Is His voice familiar to all our readers?
