Satan’s strategies: Convincing the blind they can see

John 9:39 | Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”

Revelation 3:15-17 | “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.” 

• What does it mean to think you see while actually being spiritually blind? How is this possible?

• Why is a person who thinks they see (spiritually) more dangerous than someone who knows they are blind? How does this relate to the hot, cold, and lukewarm in Revelation? 

• Have you ever truly understood and admitted that you are “wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” or a sinner in need of a Savior? 

• If so, when? 

• If not, why? 

• Is there any chance that you’re the blind who thinks they see or the lukewarm? Why or why not? [If you’re not sure, ask the Lord!] 

• If someone has been living under the illusion that they are a believer, but they actually aren’t, what should they do?