Come Back Seeing

Jesus gives a blind man both physical and spiritual sight, while a group of Pharisees grows increasingly spiritually blind. At the same time, the man’s neighbors and even his own parents struggle to grasp the reality of what’s happening. John frames the account this way to helps us see, believe in, and worship Jesus. Like he did with the blind man, Jesus is writing our stories long before we were born, pursuing us by grace and inviting us to participate in our own redemption as we gradually gain spiritual sight. As the light of the world, Jesus also exposes the blindness of unbelief in a way that confirms the wisdom of trusting him.