The Why

Jesus evidently picked an excellent proxy. The formerly blind guy is about to go off on the religious nags with some brilliant banter. Perhaps having been blind since birth, our newly healed protagonist knew a thing or two about standing up for himself and calling out religious tomfoolery. He is brought in once more to have a go on the witness stand:  So a 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.” John 9:24 The healed man didn’t give a fig about the accusation that Jesus was a sinner. During his blind pilgrimage his very disability had been associated with sin. He was quite used to the unjust accusations hurled about by both neighbor and clergy: He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” ~John 9:25 Empirical evidence baby. Blind. Not blind. Blind. Not blind. Got it? Kind of…you know…obvious. Embarrassed for you to be pointing it out.

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As I mentioned when we set out on this story a few days back, this is one of the more entertaining narrative pieces in the New Testament. The legalism of the Pharisees is no match for a humble, freshly healed man. But before we move on, note the question that is driving the preachers mad: “How did He open your eyes?” Prior to the healing Jesus didn’t address the how – he addressed the why. When his disciples asked about the origin of the man’s blindness, do you recall Jesus’ response: “…it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” Jesus had made the “how” so incredibly offbeat (spit, mud, stroll, wash, see) that it would seem irrational to repeat it as a method. Jesus was interested in the why. It wasn’t just the man’s healing that would bring glory to God, it was also his unexpected role as a missionary to a group of uppity, self-righteous, fuddy-duddies.