<TITLE>18. Par 60-62</TITLE>L-60 The blind man that was born blind, he's a good example for us all. Now, he was born blind. Jesus come by and made him--give him his sight. And here comes all the doctors of philosophy up, and--and all the doctors, and the priests of the temple come up, and the Pharisees. And they were trying to argue theology with him.
Now, he--he couldn't argue theology. He didn't know nothing about it. But, brother, he had one thing. He had an experience. Try to argue him out of that. Try to tell him he couldn't see. He would show you right quick he can see. That's right. He might not understand all the--the argument they had to put up, but he sure did cook them when he said, "It's a strange thing that this Man can open the eyes of a blind man, and yet you claim to be what you are, and don't know nothing about Him." I believe he had some good common sense, if he didn't have a lot of theology baked into him, or something like that. He sure did.
He said... He said, "Well, this man's a sinner."
He said, "Whether He's sinner or not, I don't know. But this one thing I do know. Where I was once blind, I can now see."

L-61 Well, you can say I'm crazy if you want to. You can say I'm out of the will of the Lord if you want to. But just one thing: where I once was a sinner, I've been saved. Where I was once gloomy and glum, I'm happy in the Lord Jesus. I know there's something happened to me.
Like a colored sister said one time in a meeting. She said, "I want you all to know one thing." Said, "I'm not what I want to be, and I'm not what I ought to be. But there's one thing sure; I'm not what I used to be."
I tell you. That's a good thing. You know when you're passed from death unto Life, when God takes a hold of you and shakes you till your life changes; and changes everything there is in you, and makes you a new creature. Amen. That's what we need, some lighted candles. Yes, sir.

L-62 Yeah, he could see. That's one thing. You couldn't argue him out of that. You--you might've told him one thing or another. He might not have understood all the doctrine of the temple, and so forth, but he had a--a good testimony, a good experience, more than they could produce.
With all their theology yet they could not produce one case at any time, a man born blind would ever see. So they couldn't argue that down. So they had to let him go on. So they just picked him up, and throwed him out of the building. That was their attitude then. It's the same thing today they're...?... to this.
But there's still, "I once was blind, and now I see." Amen.
 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
 That saved a wretch like me!
 I once was lost, and now I'm found,
 I was blind, but now I see.
 It was grace that taught my heart to fear,
 And grace my fears relieved;
 How happy did that grace appear
 The hour I first believed! (Oh, my. Let that be my story.)


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