{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbroward-church.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-ministry-of-jesus-wk-61-z81Ynp45","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Spiritual Blindness | Wk 61","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/dfef3200-0eda-4242-ae21-1121ba92d869/f661842a-6e68-453e-840e-42f82735abf1/download-3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/abcd6df4-b7bd-40b3-99ff-eb1537caf762\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Spiritual Blindness | Wk 61\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What is spiritual blindness?\n\nIn the Bible, the spiritually blind are those who willfully reject God’s revelation, purposes, and plans, and have an inability to see the truth of the gospels.\n\nBut in John 9, we’re introduced to a story where the person who is physically blind is not the one who is truly blind. Instead, it is those who can physically see who are truly blinded to spiritual truth.\n\nAnd while the disciples and the Pharisees look at the blind man and only see his disability, Jesus sees an opportunity for God to use the man’s life. Because, most of all, our brokenness is an opportunity for God to work.\n\nWe know that, in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him, and even in the midst of our suffering and pain, His purposes and plans are always good. No matter the mess in our lives, God’s glory can be displayed through it all.\n\nWhile we each have a unique testimony, many of our stories simply begin with this, the faithful words of the blind man granted sight by Jesus: “I was blind but now I see!”\n\nDo you see now? Have your eyes truly been opened to God’s Truth? You have been set free from sin by Christ; what a powerful story that is to tell the world."}