<TITLE>14. Par -</TITLE>L-22-4 The blind man that Jesus gave his sight to up there, they made such a fuss about. You remember when he passed by, and the disciples said, "Who sinned, him or his mother or his father?"
Jesus said, "Neither, but that the works of God could be--made manifest." And He gave him his sight.
Here come all of the Scribes and Pharisees up. And his father and mother was scared to death. Because they'd already said, "If anybody listens to that Jesus of Nazareth, that Prophet, you just give your letter from the church. You're excommunicated."
They haven't changed it a bit. See? Still the same thing. "Anybody that listens to him or goes to his meeting, you're just right off the church right to begin with." They rub your name right off the book.

L-23-1 So they went and got his father and mother and said, "Is this your son?"
Said, "Yes, it is." Said, "We know this is our son, and we know he was born blind."
"Well," said, "how did he get his sight?"
Said, "You ask him; he's of age."
Said, "Give glory to God; this man's a sinner."
Why, he couldn't argue theology with them. Certainly not. But there's one thing he did know. He was convinced that he could see. Said, "Whether He's a sinner or not, I don't know. I don't know what school He come from or nothing about it; but this is one good arguing point I got: wherein I was once blind, I'm convinced that I can see, 'cause He told me I could, and I listened to Him." Hallelujah.
Same thing with me: I once was blind, but now I see. I once couldn't see this. I was a sinner. He opened my eyes. Where I was once blind I now see.
He had a good arguing point. Sure did. So much till they couldn't argue him down. Why? He was convinced he could see. And he was convinced that... He said, "It's a strange thing now. You people... You fellows here are the religious leaders of the nation, and you say you don't know from whence this Man comes; and here He performs a miracle on me that's never been done in the world. That's a strange thing."
Brother, I believe he's a pretty good theologian at that. Why? He was convinced. He had something that convinced him. He was blind and could see.

L-23-6 David, when he come up to Saul's army, Goliath on the other side... David was the smallest man in the bunch; Goliath was the biggest. Saul would've been more of a match. Saul was about seven foot, I guess, or better, maybe eight, head and shoulders above every man in his army. And David was the smallest man there, and he was the only untrained man there. But, brother, he was convinced. Glory. Say, "You act like you're drunk." I am.
Notice, he wasn't trained. He had no spear; he knowed nothing about it, and he was just a little, ruddy guy; but he was convinced, and he was concerned about an army that called themselves the army of the living God. And he was convinced that God, Who had helped him with that slingshot to kill a lion and a bear, could certainly take that uncircumcised Philistine out of the way. He was convinced. Then he gets concerned about the army.
No matter how much he's got... If you're convinced, then you're concerned, but you got to be convinced first. So he was convinced.


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