"The Blind"

Jesus offended some of the most prominent religious leaders of His day with His teachings. In Matt. 15, Jesus called out if anyone was listening to understand. That seems to be the problem today. Just take a stroll down a bookstore isle and you will be amazed of the numerous books on helping people cope with their spirituality and our spiritual makeup. It is simply amazing. Everyone is reading anything that we do not understand in regard to our emotional and spiritual makeup. I read myself but for a different reason. As Jesus taught, He offended the Pharisees! The ones that lead others into understanding of God were offended at the One from God, speaking from God. They were so lost they could not recognize who teaching and standing before them.

Jesus then gives us a major insight and warns us why we need to be careful. "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." People want to be led! People want someone to lead that they believe knows more than themselves. What if they are blind in regard to the true things of God and you follow? Eventually both will be off into something they shouldn't.

Jesus taught of Himself being bread from heaven that one may eat and live. If anyone would just listen and accept, they could sustain their lives reaching to the depth of their souls. Their mental health would be good. Their spiritual health would be strengthened. Their understanding of who God is and how He operates would start becoming clear. The result of this teaching: many of the disciples of Jesus withdrew from Him, not walking with Him anymore (John 6:66). We see that today. People are in a search for something. They aren't sure what it is but they know it is not what they have. Something new, something flashy, something creative comes along and off we go. The talk about the Lord and what He approves, the manipulation of Scriptures to say what we want it to say has seem to be the norm. We have come to a time and point that says: "I'm okay, you're okay, we're all okay who as long as we believe in the Lord!"

Jesus turns to His own twelve. "You do not want to go away also, do you?" He opened the door. You are free to leave if you wish. Jesus wants some conviction and a sincerity of heart in listening to Him and applying His words rightly. We must feed on Jesus and His truth, not someones concept of how they see the truth! The twelve responded: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life." (John 6:68) Right there with no deviation, no hesitation and a willingness just to listen and follow. There were no other choices except the blind leading the blind and you're free to go!