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The Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens
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Blindness of the Heart

John 9:1-41

4th Sunday in Lent - Year A

April 03, 2011

The Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens (UMC)

Imagine with me for a moment that you are watching a movie and the scene is at a beach on a beautiful sunny day.  There is a large crowd on the beach, some picnicking, others sunbathing, others tossing a ball or a Frisbee, but no one is in the water.  You notice a large sign, just at the edge of the water that says, "No Swimming." You notice that there is a lifeguard on duty.  Just as the opening credits fade away, there is a scream from the water.  Someone is trying to swim despite the sign, and they are in trouble.  The lifeguard doesn't move.  He looks towards the drowning man and yells, "You should have read the sign!  Who told you to go in?"  Then someone jumps up from the beach, jumps in, and saves the person about to drown.  Do you think he is treated as a hero?  No, not at all.  In the next scene, the lifeguard and a group of his buddies are yelling at the swimmer, "You didn't read the sign either! How dare you go to the water?"  One turns to another and says, "How are we ever going to have any order around this place?"

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