Whenever I read in Scripture about the week leading up to Christ's sacrificial death on the cross, the Holy Spirit always reveals to me new truth. Today's lesson for me was the danger of spiritual blindness.
The Pharisees hated Jesus because He could see the darkness of their hearts as they meticulously maintained their adherence to the law. They repeatedly challenged him throughout his earthly ministry and Jesus always responded with the truth of God's Word, coupled with a revelation of their hearts. In their zealousness to rid themselves of Jesus, they did the unthinkable. They aligned themselves with the oppressive Roman Empire--whom they also hated--to accomplish their purpose. After they arrested and took Jesus to Pontius Pilate to be crucified and Pilate questioned them why they wanted him to crucify their king, the chief priests declared "We have no King but Caesar" (John 19:15). Instead of turning people to God, they claimed allegiance to Rome in order to kill their long-awaited Messiah.
Spiritual blindness can cause us to also do the unthinkable. If we drift away from the truth of God's Word or hang on to meaningless traditions, we run the risk of dulling our vision for the things of God--putting us in a place of darkness that our Heavenly Father never intended for us.
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