Blindness
- Jul 22
- 3 min read
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
Blindness is one of Satan’s greatest assets to keep people from seeing the truth. He is described as an angel of light, one who knows the truth, was created to worship the truth, but now has used what he formerly knew to deceive. Blindness is the best method to bring evil through the front door without being noticed. Blindness makes something appear differently than what it is … making evil good, when it is not. The Bible teaches us to hate evil, however, if you don’t know what evil is, nor recognize it, how can you hate something that is not clearly understood. This is why blindness is so effective, so perfect to keep people from knowing the truth.
What is the Blindness the Bible Speaks About?
Blindness is a metaphor for the spiritual life that is found in God … and God alone. This blindness is not only in the world around us, but also is found within the faith community, at large. In the world, they turn things around making evil good, and good evil, but in the Church, we add things, making deception common among the faithful. We are continually assaulted by messages that tickle the ears of the hearers.
The Apostle Paul says that they chase after myths (2 Timothy 4:3). The Apostle Paul writes in his first letter to Timothy, that the Last Days will see people turn from faith to believe in doctrines of Demons. Let me just say that doctrines of Demons is a practice of blindness. A person can identify with Christianity, but be blind in what they believe. Anything that adds to or takes away from Jesus is darkness masquerading as light. This is why what is preached from the pulpit or taught as Biblical principles must be screened through the Word of God.
I often refer to the Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation, as examples of how Churches can move away from Jesus while doing ministry. One Church failed to keep Jesus first, another had a reputation of being alive but were pronounced dead by Jesus, and a Church that said we have no need of anything, we’re good. Jesus said they were wretched. Blindness can happen to the Church completely by accident when someone introduces speculation into the Church and treat it as if it was truth. I hear a lot of speculation being taught as Biblical truth and it goes unnoticed.
I Once was Blind, but Now I See
One other blind spot for most Christians is the Golden Calf of the pulpit. The deception doesn’t come from what is preached, but from the deception that comes from the attitude that the pastor makes of the Church. This has caused us to have celebrity pastors today, but the Church is far more important than the preacher, especially if they practice what is preached and not become hearers only. Today, we hear people identifying a Church by the name of the preacher, “Oh, I go to Pastor Smith’s Church,” as if he has a franchise.
Blindness also comes from this idea that the Church has the answer to a broken world. The Church is an agent of the answer, but it is not the answer … Jesus, and He alone, is our answer. Going to Church is great, but we are never to become a clone of the Church and its personalized doctrine. We are followers of Christ, and the job of the Church is to remind us to see Him clearly as the author and finisher of our faith.
Challenging the Culture with Truth … Larry Kutzler