Cheryl Schatz

I got the graphic added to my last comment. Peter, You said: Of course, all concepts are universal and originate simply as truth statements – but, as far as our grasping of concepts are concerned, concepts are derived by first looking at specific situations in order to determine first what it meant to them – and then what it means for us. The meaning is the same to them as it is to us. Looking on the Son = believing in Him. Jesus defined His words as spirit and life. You wrote: But it is not good practice – when there are specific situations that Jesus is speaking into, to ignore the specifics of the situations. If we do ignore the situation at hand, we have Jesus walking around preaching concepts that are not tied to situations – or at the very least, preaching concepts that don’t relate to their situation. The concept is not physical eyes. The blind were able to believe in Jesus. To limit this to physical eyes that physically can see and are not physically blind takes this out of the realm of Jesus words of life. Physical eyes are not need to see. You wrote: Authority only happens when we stick with the author’s intended meaning. Jesus did not mean physical eyes any more than He meant to stick a fork into His flesh and eat it. Jesus’ intended meaning was spirit and life, not cutting Him and drinking His blood or the need for physical eyes that could see Him. Jesus was talking about faith and placing trust in Him.