{"id":1186,"date":"2020-03-04T23:31:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/observetheword.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:34:39","slug":"john-9-the-light-of-the-world-and-the-blindness-of-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observetheword.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/04\/john-9-the-light-of-the-world-and-the-blindness-of-men\/","title":{"rendered":"John 9 The Light of the World and the Blindness of Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cqcee-d57749?skin=1&amp;download=1&amp;share=1&amp;auto=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;btn-skin=107\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cqcee-d57749?skin=1&amp;download=1&amp;share=1&amp;auto=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;btn-skin=107\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In John 9 Jesus again declares, &#8220;I am the light of the world!&#8221; Paired to this declaration, he gives us a sign and concludes with these words, &#8220;If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, &#8216;We see,&#8217; your sin remains.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In John 9 Jesus again declares, &#8220;I am the light of the world!&#8221; Paired to this declaration, he gives us a sign and concludes with these words, &#8220;If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, &#8216;We see,&#8217; your sin remains.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In John 9 Jesus again declares, &quot;I am the light of the world!&quot; Paired to this declaration, he gives us a sign and concludes with these words, &quot;If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, &#039;We see,&#039; your sin remains.&quot;\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/observetheword.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/04\/john-9-the-light-of-the-world-and-the-blindness-of-men\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Observe the Word - The audio lessons on this site provide interpretative teaching on the text of Scripture.  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