Anyone who is going to come to Christ has to recognize Him. A poor beggar who saw nothing all of his life clearly recognized the Son of God. In contrast, a whole lot of religious leaders who thought they saw everything could not recognize their own promised Messiah.

This blind man says ‘no one has ever done this; He must be from God! He opened my eyes, He created new eyes, so He must be from heaven, because God alone is The Creator. Satan can destroy, and falsify, but only God can create. He has opened my eyes, and you don’t know where He’s from?’ When unbelief investigates a miracle, it will come up with the conclusion that it starts with, typically completely unaltered, even if it has to function in an irrational way.

We must teach our children when they do wrong. It not only displeases Mom and Dad, or causes disorder in the family, it displeases God and will bring consequences.

Sovereign grace confronts a blind and helpless, begging sinner. Sovereign grace comes to him, places His glorious, merciful hand on his sightless soul, and asks only a response of simple faith.

We need to give people the truth and say, you’re going to be judged in response to the truth about Jesus. But, if you believe the message of Jesus Christ, you will never be judged.

You can always tell the children of God. They hear the truth, they believe the truth, they love the Son, and embrace Him

When we let ourselves do wrong, whether in attitude or in action, we become a slave of that wrong. Gradually, we slip under its control. Later, when we want to break it, we find we are unable. That inability to free ourselves from the sin proves that we are "slaves to sin."

Parents must involve themselves in their children’s lives enough to insure that no other influence takes precedence. Parents often blame others for their wayward children, but they are the ones who allowed peers/others to have more input into their kids’ lives than they have themselves.

The contrast between the revelation He mediates from the Father and the stance of His hearers is so great that what He is saying is about them, but inevitably in judgment of them.

If we desire to understand this crazy, turbulent, and mixed-up world, where so many different explanations of life are hurled at us, we need to listen to the words of the Lord Jesus. His light will guide us through it all.