Spiritual blindness is a very serious condition that a person has when they are unable to “see” Jesus Christ (i.e., understand and believe in his teachings, his deity, his sacrifice, his saving message, etc.).  And people who do not “see” Jesus Christ, do not “see” God (Colossians 1:15-16).  Spiritually blind people do not believe in God, in Jesus Christ, nor His Word (Romans 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).  People who are spiritually blind do not accept, and therefore reject, Jesus Christ and are “lost” (John 6:68-69). In summary, those who do not believe and have not put their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are spiritually blind (John 9:35-41).

Approximately 2,000 years ago, Jesus came to earth and healed the “physically” blind. But even more importantly, he came to heal the “spiritually” blind. In other words, we are all born with spiritual blindness, which is the result of our sin nature and Satan. Satan, who is the father of lies (John 8:44), aims to lead people away from God’s truth in any way he can. Our spiritual blindness continues to be fed from our innate selfishness and our lustful desires, or over importance, on worldly items such as money, power, sex, or material things. Are any sinful desires blinding you from Christ? 

When we: 1) earnestly and prayerfully seek to understand God and His truths, 2) decide to turn away from our sins and turn towards God, and 3) place our faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Bible states God will open the eyes of our hearts and minds… and we will no longer be spiritually blind. Amen!

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Key Bible Verses about Spiritual Blindness:

“He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn – and I would heal them.”  John 12:40

“The god of this age (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”  2 Corinthians 4:4

“I will bring distress on the people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord…”  Zephaniah 1:17

“Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there in nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.”  1 John 2:10-11

“Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”  Matthew 15:14

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they ear.”  Matthew 13:14-16

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What” Are we blind too?” Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”  John 10:39-41

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  John 8:12

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