A man
who had been born blind had had his sight given to him by Jesus, and the
short work that this man made of all the sophistries and arguments of
the Pharisees, showed that Christ's miracle had given him clearness of
mental as well as physical vision.
The spirit which rested upon Jesus,
making Him "of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord" (Isa. 11:3),
was the same spirit by which He was anointed for the "recovering of
sight to the blind" (Luke 4:18).
--Christ's work for man is not a partial
one. --
*All manner of blindness is the work of Satan, and "for this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the
devil." (1 John 3:8)
As Jesus, with His disciples, passed the blind man, they asked
Him, 
saying, "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was
born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his
parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I
must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the
light of the world." (John 9:1-3)
--We may learn from these words why any sickness or infirmity is allowed
to come upon men.
--It all comes because of sin,
but not in any spirit of
vengeance or retaliation.
--The object is not to punish, but in order that
the works of God should be made manifest in us."
E.J. Waggoner
