The Dilemma of Sin

"We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will" John 9:31

After receiving his sight from God through Jesus alongside the pool of Siloam, the man, who was blind from birth, is questoned by the Pharisees. The religious men insult him and claim that Jesus is unknown to them. The man replies, "Now that is remarkable! You (dont know who he is), yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will......If this man (Jesus) were not from God, he could do nothing."

In hindsight we know that Jesus is who he said he was and that he was from God. But if we put this verse in the context of our own lives it is pretty scary. We all agree that we are sinners and as Paul tells us "fall short of the glory of God," so what hope do we have when we pray to God? How could he possibly be listening to us?

The Bible tells us that Jesus came so that we may have abundant life. He came to free us from our sinful nature. He came to help us get over this wall that separates us from our Father in heaven that was erected when Adam and Eve first sinned in the garden of Eden. It is only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ that we can be washed clean of our sinfulness and begin to have a relationship with our Father.

When he breathed his last word, "It is finished," Jesus knew his death paid our debt in full. He knew God now could listen to his people when they prayed. God will listen to us when we ask him to be cleansed in the blood of his Son Jesus. God removed forever the veil of separation that existed before his Son died and rose again from the dead. The veil is torn and we have direct access to the Father in prayer!

Ask, my friend, for the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ, ask the Lord and Saviour to come into your heart and live there forever. God will listen, because now, through His gift of grace, you have become a godly man.