5. As John recounted the events in the life of a man born blind, what two qualities enabled him to ‘see’ that Jesus was divine, the Son of God? John 9:31.
NOTE: ‘No doubt you have in your mind the words of the young man who was born blind, to whom Jesus gave his sight. When the Pharisees were worrying him with questions, they said of Jesus, “We know that this man is a sinner;” to which the young man replied: “Whether He be a sinner or no, I know not; one thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see;” and then he said, in defence of Jesus, whom he knew only as a stranger who had healed him, “Now we know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth His will, him He heareth.” John 9:25, 31. We might dismiss this statement by saying that it is simply what the untaught young man said, and need not be taken as expressing the mind of the Lord. Still we do have inspired words, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” Psalm 66:18. But this is no more than what we read in James 1:5-7, where, after being told that if any man asks the Lord for wisdom he will receive it, we read: “But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.”’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, July 24, 1902.
6. Saul for a brief period was also blind and he was praying. What was Ananias sent to reveal to him? Acts 22:14.
NOTE: ‘God is coming so close to His people that He will live with us and talk with us and we shall live with Him and talk with Him, and know His will day by day. Is that the condition in which you are? Is He living that way with you? Are you living that way with Him? Is that so? If not, then what do these words mean to you? They mean for you to get into that condition where He does live with you, and walk with you, and talk with you and tell you what He wants you to do in this time of need, and in all the way along. That is what it means.’ A. T. Jones: The Home Missionary, September 1893.