Are You Blind?

Are you blind, or can you see?

In John 9:39-41 we read. “39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.”

Are you blind, or can you see?

When you have godly standards in your life, it is interesting how quickly other professing Christians call you a “legalist.” Now you would think that other Christians would be happy when you have some standards of holiness in your life, but for some reason, it really annoys many of them.

What does this passage mean? 1 Peter 1:14-16 says, “14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

Does that not sound like God is referring to the clothes that we wear? It sounds like it is important to God how Christians dress. 1 Timothy 2:9 says, “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.”

God not only wants us to wear “modest” apparel, but also the “proper” apparel for our gender. Deuteronomy 22:5 says, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

What clothes pertain unto a man, and what clothes pertain unto a woman? One quick way is to look at the symbols on bathroom doors. What symbol is on the men’s bathroom door? A person with pants. What symbol is on the women’s bathroom door? A person with a dress. Why were those symbols chosen? Because it is important that there be no confusion as to who should be in which bathroom.

So isn’t it interesting that if a church teaches that Christian women ought to wear dresses, not pants, that that church is thus labeled as being “legalistic?” What is there about many Christians, that they cannot see what the world seems to clearly see? Luke 16:8b says, “…for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” That sounds like a good application to this issue before us. The “children of light” (Christians), do not seem to see what the “children of this world” (unsaved people) can see, that pants pertain to men, and dresses pertain to women.

We are living in a very perverted and ungodly generation. Suddenly, many people cannot seem to figure out what gender they really are. Finally, some of them “come out” and declare that they are the opposite gender of what they are biologically. Guess what happens when they do that? To reinforce that new image to everyone, they make sure and dress according to what pertains to that gender. A man who comes out and declares that he is a woman, suddenly starts wearing dresses. A woman who comes out and declares that she is really a man, will make sure and wear pants. Why do they feel the need to change the clothes that they wear? Because they are trying to convince others that they really are that gender.

Can you not see what the world clearly sees? The world sees that pants pertain to men, and dresses pertain to women, by the symbols they put on the bathroom doors. Even the world in the depths of darkness and perversion, can still see clearly that men wear pants, and women wear dresses, so they dress accordingly to that standard to convince others of the gender that they are trying to portray.

Are you going to continue to accuse other Christians of being legalists when they are simply following what God teaches us? Deuteronomy 22:5 says, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

It is also interesting that when a man tries to portray that he is a woman, he grows his hair out long. And when a woman decides to portray that she is a man, she cuts her hair short? Do they actually “see” some things that you do not? Luke 16:8b says, “…for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” What does the Bible say? 1 Corinthians 11:14-15 says, “14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.”

In John 9:39-41 we read. “39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.”

Are you blind, or can you see?