Christ's Unquestionable Truth

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out (John 9:24-34).

The skeptical elders followed the advice of the healed man’s parents and sent for him. But they dared not ask him what he thought of the man who healed his eyes that had been blind from birth. He had already answered them with all the simple truth he knew… “So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, ‘He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see’” (John 9:15). This time, in their attempt to discredit the Son of God, they challenged the man to consider the event from a theological perspective. Jesus could not possibly be the Messiah because he did this miracle on the Sabbath. That made Him a sinner, and the Messiah cannot be a sinner. The blessed man did not know much about theology. He replied with another declaration of undeniable truth…  “I was blind, now I see”. The man wondered if they were seeking the truth about Jesus too. He recognized them as being regulars among the crowd that followed Jesus. Could it be they wanted to “become His disciples?” He confronted them with truth in the words of his testimony and their response showed the unreceptive condition of their hearts… “Would you teach us?” They were skeptical, critical followers of Jesus. To become disciples they would have to renounce their faulty interpretation of the Law of Moses and embrace the truth presented so clearly in the testimony of this healed man. To be transformed from wondering followers into earnest disciples of Christ skeptics have to surrender their preconceptions and embrace the undeniable truth presented in the words of those who have been touched by Christ because followers question but His disciples embrace Christ’s unquestionable truth.

Every disciple has a testimony about what God has done in their life. Our testimony is a clear presentation of God’s truth. Because it happened, it is undeniable truth. That’s why Jesus called His first disciples not to be preachers and teachers, but to be witnesses “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Jesus taught that He came to witness to God’s truth… “For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice” (John 18:37). Earnest disciples embrace God’s truth and imitate Christ by witnessing to His truth through their words and deeds… “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him” (1 John 3:18-19). The elders remind us that not every follower of Jesus has a love for the truth… “If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God” (John 8:45-47). Those who love God’s truth recognize and respond to Christ’s voice… “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). Only those followers who embrace His truth become Christ’s disciples and enjoy the freedom He promised… “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’” (John 8:31-32).

As we grow up into Christ we mature as His disciples and become more like Him as we embrace…

Christ’s Unquestionable Truth.