Like many of you, on January 6th, I turned on my television and saw scenes of what was unfolding in

Washington, D.C., mobs of people storming the Capitol, beating police, carrying signs that

said Jesus saves and holding up Bibles and praying in Jesus' name and shouting, hang

Mike Pence and erecting a cross, erecting gallows.

But watching the whole thing unfold, it just seemed surreal.

And when I looked on the faces of the people and all the people who were sending out

their videos of themselves there, they were certain. They were right. They were sure of themselves.

They showed no hesitancy. They had no doubts. And in fact, many of them looked euphoric. They'd never done

anything like this before because nothing like this had ever been done before. And in their

lives, I bet if they could remember that day, they would remember it as one of the happiest days of their life

when they felt certain and sure.

Now maybe a couple days later when they get a call from the FBI,

or when they're worried about getting a call from the FBI,

what seemed like the best day may have become one of the worst days.

But it just struck me as I observed that happening,

that what those people were involved with is something all of us have experienced. We thought

we were right. We were certain we were right. We believed people who told us we were right. And then we wondered, how could I have been

so wrong? It's so interesting what we can see in hindsight compared to what we see when things

are actually unfolding. That metaphor of sight is so central to Jesus' teaching. He constantly taught about sight

and used seeing and blindness as metaphors for deep spiritual realities. And he also did many

healings of people relating to their sight.

There's one story in Matthew 15, and it goes like this.

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