"He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not" (1 John 1:10). He wrought many miracles far beyond the power of any earthly sovereign, yet He was unknown in the world He had made!

"I am the Light of the world" said the Saviour, and before Him and His disciples at that time was a blind beggar sitting—blind from his birth (see John 9). The Lord gave him sight in such a way that questions as to who it was that did so would inevitably be raised! The answers showed Him not only to be unknown in all the activities of His grace and love, but as Isaiah had foretold seven centuries before, "Despised and rejected of men." The religious leaders said to the once blind man, "Give God the praise, we know that this Man is a sinner." Jesus was the unknown One! Yea, and the rejected One! They even cast out the subject of His gracious power. Such is the religious heart of man when in ignorance of God revealed in His Son.

The natural man understands not the things of the Spirit of God. In his unconverted state, man cannot know them (1 Corinthians 2:9-14). He must be born again before it is possible (John 3:5-7). Then the Spirit, given to those who believe in Christ, leads him on, not only to know the blessings, but the Blesser Himself.

—H.J. Vine