Overlooked Sin

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

William Hazlitt 1778-1830, British Essayist

John 9:35-41
Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" He answered, "Who is He, Lord that I may believe in Him?" Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you." And he said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped Him. And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind." Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, "We see,' your sin remains. NASU


Abraham Lincoln, the Sixteenth President of the USA, said this of one man’s personality, “He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when the sentence was about to be pronounced, pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was orphan.” Now that’s ignorance of sin in the most highest degree isn’t it, but what worries me most about my life is how much of my sin do I “look over.”

You know what I mean. It’s those little sins that can pile up, or those little sins that we choose to ignore that cause us the most harm. Gossip for instance is one that is majorly ignored, and also many times our faithfulness to be in the Word of God so as to maintain our proper spiritual growth. Here in John 9 Jesus comes to meet the blind man, who by the way had never seen Jesus until that moment. Jesus had sent him away to wash his eyes and receive his sight.

The Pharisees had drilled him with many questions, and they had overlooked all of the plain and simple facts to keep their structure of righteousness intact, they remained spiritually blind. Now the blind man is healed of blindness twice that day, spiritually and physically, for he “sees” and opens his spiritual eyes and “sees” his Savior. It is so important for each of us to ask God to let us see what is sin in our lives, and not to tell God what is and isn’t right for us, for when we do we become like the Pharisee and lose our spiritual sight and become spiritually blind. Wash first, then return and ask, and you will see…God Bless

Pastor William