When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay- John 9:6.

Mixing clay with saliva was a common practice used for eye infections. Jesus may have used the clay to give the man an opportunity to exercise his faith by allowing Jesus to place the saliva on his eyes.

Jesus healed a man who was blind from birth. Jesus’ disciples assumed the man, or his parents, had sinned (Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him – John 9:3).

The man whom Jesus healed was born blind, indicating that the man had never seen naturally, just as we were born into sin at our birth, we were spiritually blinded and didn’t see spiritually. We needed Jesus to open our eyes and hearts to see that we needed a Saviour. We were born in sin and separated from God. Because of our sinful nature, we didn’t realize we were sinners.

Jesus sent His Son to reconcile His people back to Him. Jesus didn’t come for us to have a religion, but a relationship with the Father. Religion will have one quoting Scriptures, but not living according to Scripture they quote. Religion will have people doing acts rather than placing their faith in the Son of God. Religion will have one thinking he or she can live according to his or her desires rather than the consecrated Word of God.

We were bought at a price; Jesus was brutally beaten prior to His death for our sins. He had no sins, but He died so that we could have life. If we were not in sin, there would have been no need for Him to die. If we could continue to live in envy, strife, contention, hatred, fornication, adultery, drunkenness, and drugging, and all the other sins some professing Christians are committing.

God has a standard and His standard is holiness, He is calling His people to be as He is (Sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God – Leviticus 20:7). This instruction wasn’t just for the children of Israel but for all those who profess to be Christians no matter what nationality they may be. God is the Creator of the human race! There isn’t a god for every nationality; His written instructions apply to every nationality.

Christians are an example to the world, and many of us are displaying hypocrisy. We’re not seeing the Word of God on display in our lives. We do the same thing as the world is practicing and doing, and we say we’re Christians. Sanctification is a standard for the Christian in every nationality. Sanctification is to be separated from the world’s way of living and submitted to the Word of God, spirit, soul, mind, and body. Sinners are blinded by sins; they don’t think or see that they are sinning against God.

They will call on God one minute, and the next minute, they are cursing someone out. Some say they will lay down their religion to check someone. Christianity can’t be laid down, but religion can. Something people do faithfully, but will not submit themselves to the instructions of God’s written Word.

As Christians, our duty is to pray that God will anoint their eyes to see their sins and give them the heart to repent and submit to God’s written instructions. Time is winding down, and we need to pray consistently for the non-believer. As their eyes of understanding are open, they will have the opportunity to choose whether to be saved. When one is bound by sin, they are in bondage and are not aware they are in bondage.

Only Jesus can free them. The Word of God is airborne; it will go to every country, every city, and state and begin to destroy the works of Satan in their heart and minds. Pray for God to set the captive free from their captors, whether it’s man, Satan, or themselves.