He Can Do Everything

“If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.” (Joh 9:33 AV)

Profound words from an unlearned man! The man born blind received his sight from the Son of God.  He was relentlessly interrogated by those who hated Jesus.  When one looks at his sound theological reasoning, we understand how upset this made the men of letters.  The even expressed as such.  How dare an unlearned man of no means instruct the established scholars of the day?  They were insulted.  So what?  The man born blind spoke the truth in a way that anyone could understand.  The man who had opened his eyes did something never done before in all of human history.  The man born blind went so far as to site the scriptures as proof that Jesus is the Messiah.  The scriptures foretold that the One who would come would open the blind eyes and deaf ears and mute tongues of those inflicted therewith.  His statement above is his mic drop.  If Jesus is not from God, he wouldn’t be able to do a thing.  In math, there is a formula that is expressed by the axiom: if A equals B, and B equals C, then C equals A.   Putting it another way, if Jesus is from God, then He can do everything!

As a saint, it occurs to some that intimate knowledge of who and what Jesus is becomes our chief passion.  After all, He is the groom of the Church.  The Church is His bride.  We are instructed to pray to the Father.  That does not mean we are forbidden to pray to the Son.  It is the Father’s will that we are concerned with.  He is the administrator of the Godhead.  It is the Father who determines the will.  The Son is tasked with carrying out that will.  Therefore, it makes sense to build a relationship with the Father.  Yet, the Son will be that person of the Godhead with whom we interact for the duration of eternity future.  It will be the Son who sits on the throne and rules with a rod of iron.  It will be the Son who returns to the earth and defeats all His enemies.  It will be the Son who casts Satan into the pit of hell forever and ever.  It will be the Son, with the Father, whose glory outshines the sun.  Jesus tells us that to know Him is to know the Father.  Therefore, it is important that we know the person of Jesus Christ.

The deep truth that is revealed above is the eternal godhead of Jesus Christ.  He is equal in nature to the Father.  He is eternal in scope and being.  His attributes are eternal and infinite.  When the man born blind states that Jesus must be from God because if He wasn’t, there would be no miracles, is also stating the other side of the coin.  With Jesus, nothing is impossible.  Why?  Because He is from God.  Because He is God.  Jesus may have come to earth as a man.  He may have limited His omnipresence to a body.  He may have limited His omnipotent nature to the need of water and nourishment.  But in no way does that suggest He ceased to be our eternal creator.  Not in the least!  I know how important it is for a wife to believe that her husband can care for her every need.  I was reminded of this recently.  Watching an aging couple as the husband cares for a fragile wife is a beautiful picture of how God cares for us.  She still sees her husband as larger than life.  He can do anything.  Her heart safely trusts in him.  My Jesus knows my every need.  He knows them better than I do.  To be quiet and trusting is the goal of this saint.  To see Jesus as larger than life is the need of the hour.  To understand that Jesus can do anything and nothing is out of His ability to control is the comfort and security of the saint.  If He were not of God, he could to nothing.  But because He is from God, He can do everything!