“We are told that as Jesus passed by He saw a man blind from birth (John 9:1). You’ll notice that the disciples did not see a man they saw a question (John 9:2). One of the key distinctives we see in this text is that the disciples saw a question whereas Jesus saw a man. There are no little people…
You’ll notice that the disciples saw a question whereas Jesus saw a man and that was when the man was blind, but now when the man is no longer blind and he sees, his the neighbors now see him as a question and they will not be alone (John 9:8-11). It is not that they had totally failed to notice him, they noticed him as a blind man, and by definition in the New Testament times a blind man was a beggar. And they saw him and they understood, they thought they understood exactly what this meant. They had him pegged, they had him identified, they knew who he was, they ignored him, they felt themselves superior to him, they may have felt at some point pity upon him. But notice what does not happen in this text – no one ever celebrates the fact that this blind man sees. His neighbors do not, his parents do not, the Pharisees surely do not, and it appears that he notices it…
May we see that there are no little people… There must be no little sermons… There are no little texts, all Scripture is inspired by God. Paul makes it clear that there are no little texts, and because there are no little texts, because every single word of God is fully inspired, it is God speaking to us, it is God’s word…
If we get this, if we understand this, if we believe this, if stake our lives on this, if we establish our ministry on this, then we will never see a little person, we will never declare a little God, will never proclaim a little gospel, will never know a little truth, will never work up a little message, will never be driven by just a little conviction, will never be fueled by just a little passion, will never preach just a little sermon…”
— Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., No Little People, No Little Sermons – John 9
http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/04/no-little-people-no-little-sermons-john-9-2/
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