When Believing in Jesus Christ Gets You Kicked Out of the Church
In John chapter 9 we have the incredible story of how Jesus healed a man born blind, and gave him eyesight for the first time in his life. It is a story that was not recorded in the other three historical records of the life of Jesus in the New Testament portion of the Bible.
It is helpful, however, to understand the context of this story, and why John probably included it in his own historical record of the life of Jesus Christ.
In the previous chapter, John chapter 8, Jesus clearly divided the Jewish believers of his day into two categories: those who truly knew God, whom Jesus always referred to as his “Father”, and therefore believed in and loved Jesus.
The other category of Jewish believers were those who religiously followed the Law of Moses and other Old Testament writings, but did not know Jesus’s Father, and therefore rejected everything Jesus taught, because it threatened their power base and position in Israel.
To these Jews, Jesus stated that their father was “the devil.”
When someone has believed something as true their whole lives, which in fact is not true, it becomes very difficult for them to change their minds and admit that what they held as true for so long is, in fact, not true, because it could have devastating consequences.
It is much easier to accuse the person who is speaking the truth as the one who is lying, than to accept a truth that could totally disrupt your life.
This was the situation with the Jewish believers during Jesus’s day, and it is the same situation we find ourselves in today when it comes to the modern-day medical system, with their priests (called doctors) and the medical authorities.






























































