Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 9:25

"He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." — John 9:25 (ASV)

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

There was no driving him out of that stronghold. That which is a matter of our own personal experience is a thing about which we may well feel positively certain.

I wish we had more Christian people firmly established in their faith because it is a matter of deep, heartfelt, personal experience with them.

I like to meet a man who can say, "I am willing to yield to opponents on certain points about which I am not quite sure; but the fact of the efficacy of the gospel of God's grace, the power of the precious blood of Jesus to cleanse the heart and conscience, the divine operation of the Holy Spirit within the soul—all these are truths which I cannot and will not yield. Like this man, I can say, 'One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.'"

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Our shrewd friend of the opened eyes.

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

He could not be beaten out of that. You cannot argue a man out of an experience of this kind; and if the Lord Jesus Christ has ever opened your eyes, dear friend, nobody can make you doubt that blessed fact.

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

About that point, I am perfectly certain, whatever question there may be concerning anything else.