Section 5
disciples, Peter, had not thoroughly been de livered from the religious concepts, for in Acts 10:9-16 we see that Peter was still religious, still influenced by the knowledge of good and evil. Perhaps we consider ourselves as free from the tree of knowledge, but even now we may still be mainly under its influence.
When we were sinners, we lost our sight and could not see anything. Our blindness was due to our sinful nature. In chapter nine of John the man was born blind, signifying that blindness is in the nature of a person when he is born. We sinners were blind by nature because we were born that way. Have you ever realized that every sinner was born blind? Therefore, if we confess that we are sinful, we must also admit that we are blind.
THE LIGHT OF LIFE
When the Lord Jesus saw this blind man, He said, "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world" (9:5). The Lord is the light of life (8:12). Blindness comes from the shortage of the light of life. Every dead person is a blind man. Undoubtedly, the dead cannot see any thing. Therefore, blindness indicates the lack of life. If you have life, then you have sight, for light