Spiritual Blindness

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Rev 3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

In the natural, people know all too well when they are blind. You simply cannot see. Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that when it comes to the spiritual sight, many do not even know that they are blind. And that is scary. They think they have sight when really they don’t. That was the issue with the Pharisees. Note how many times in this one passage Jesus called them blind! They were blind guides, blind fools, blind men, blind pharisee!

Mat_23:16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Mat_23:17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Mat_23:19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Mat_23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Mat_23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

That was the issue in the Church of Laodicea, which represents a large part of the last days Church, who didn’t even know that they are blind.