John 9:24-34

John 9:24-34
English Standard Version (ESV)

  What's fascinating to me is that the Pharisees use the line "You were born in utter sin" as an insult against the man, throwing him out after this, as though his sin condemns him. 
  What I love about Jesus is that he knows that we are surrounded by sin, and he comes to us, arms open wide, embracing us in our sin, dying for us to open a pathway out of sin and into life.  Our sin does not condemn us -- Christ opens a way into new life through his sacrificial death. 
  So if you're like me, you're wondering if you're good enough.  If you've done enough.  If you've managed to be faithful enough to the calling and gifts God has placed in your life.  You hear the voices of doubt around you, like the Pharisees circling this man, accusing him and questioning him, certain that he's not good enough, and you think that you're not good enough.
  Remember that Jesus comes to this man, and he was healed before he could ask anything of Jesus.  Jesus enters into the world to save, to love, and to serve.  We were born in sin, and yet we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.