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John 9:40-41
Excerpted from: Producing FruitIn this case, those who do not see, we will just say they are the common people. And those who see may be made blind. In this instruction, it is the Pharisees because they are saying that they see. They are saying that they get it. They are saying that they understand. And perhaps they are using the word "see" because in the beginning of the chapter, He had just healed a blind man. So the word kind of fits. He is using the word "see" here in the sense of understanding, knowing, comprehending. They get it.
You see, even God does not hold a person responsible if he is ignorant of something. That does not mean there might not be some damage to the person, if they are ignorant; but the responsibility is not the same.
A person can be ignorant, like a little child, he is ignorant that if he sticks his hand in an electrical socket of what will happen. But the little kid is not responsible if he does not know—yet he is going to get hurt if he does that. It is the same way with the spiritual law of God. If a person does not comprehend it, because the laws work automatically (you see, they are a part of God's creation), they are going to effect a penalty. But the responsibility is not going to be held against them by God. They are going to be judged lightly because of their ignorance.
But what if a person goes around saying that he knows, that he understands, that he comprehends it, that he gets it, and he sets himself up as a teacher (like the Pharisees were doing here)? That is different. Now, Jesus says, "your sin remains," because of the state of their minds. And I would say that what Jesus is indicating here is this: If a person says that he knows, and then this person goes out and lives a life that is not in harmony with what God says and what this person is teaching, then there has to be a measure of deliberateness to what he is doing; there is a wilfullness. And that is the subtle implication to Jesus' response to the Pharisees. What do you think their end is going to be? I bet they are going to be beaten with many stripes because of their circumstance.
John 9:41
Excerpted from: John 7:37 Examined (Part 2)Well, the guys who thought they knew all the answers (the Pharisees representing them) got all uptight, and tried to wiggle their way out of the accusations that Christ hurled at them. But they do not know what is going on, and the chapter ends in verse 41 with Jesus warning them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin." He even said that right at the beginning of the chapter. "Nobody sinned to make this man blind. This man is blind because God wants to reveal His glory. There was not a sin involved in this."
But now, here, these people who have been the leaders of the Jewish nation, especially the religious leaders, were saying, "Yes, we see." "We get it." "We understand." Jesus comes right back and tells them, "Well, if you say you understand, too bad, buddy, you're wrong. If you really had been ignorant, I could easily forgive you. Now you are going to have to repent."
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