Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

 ¹⁵  Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight.  And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

 ¹⁶  Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath ”  But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?”  And there was a division among them.

 ¹⁷  So they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”  And he said, “He is a prophet.”  John 9:13-17.

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Indeed, Jesus is a prophet.

“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.”  Deuteronomy 18:15.

“And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”  Matthew 21:11.

One of the purposes of the miracles of Jesus, such as this miracle of healing the blind man, was to attest to Jesus, His authority, power, and standing as a prophet of God.

“Men of Israel, listen to these words:  Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know– ”  Acts 2:22.

But, we should not be dependent on receiving signs.  Jesus reprimanded the people. 

John 4:48
“So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.”

Even, to His disciple Thomas, “Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed?  Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”  John 20:29

Although we will not witness the Jesus and His miracles as the people did of that day, we will encounter Jesus through God’s Word, and we will witness both spiritual and earthly blessings of Jesus that should cause us too to attest to Jesus (“He is a prophet.”) and that should cause us to listen to Him.

For example, this Sunday, when we hear the sermon and other parts of the worship service, will we joyfully glean what we can from the sermon, or will we just complain about anything that we think is a deficiency in the sermon and other parts of the worship service?

Will we reserve our faith and our testimony until we see something more?

In conclusion, in response to what we receive this Sunday, even what “manna” we receive each day, let us be joyful with what we get and exclaim:  “Jesus is a prophet!  Listen to Him!”