John Newton's well known hymn, "Amazing Grace" uses words taken directly from today's text. "I was blind but now I see" exclaims the man when Jesus restores his sight. Through the Lord's healing touch, the man is no longer a captive, locked in a world of darkness but now freed to live in one of light! Newton understood that before knowing Christ, we are blind and wretched, enslaved by sin. Only Jesus can rescue us from death and darkness, then welcome us into his marvelous light and the gift of eternal life!
For the believer, every single day we must choose to walk by and submit to either our flesh, or the Holy Spirit, in our...
At a time when animal sacrifices symbolized atonement and purification, Jesus introduced the new way to His Father. On Pentecost, God sends the Holy...