by Edwin Crozier<\/p>\n
In Luke 6:39, Jesus told them a parable. “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?<\/em>” (ESV).<\/p>\n Then He made two applications.<\/p>\n First, a disciple will never be above his or her teacher. When I am fully trained, I will only see as well as my teacher. If I choose a blind teacher, I will be blind myself and will follow my teacher into the pit. Certainly, this explains why we need to choose good teachers and mentors in our present life. But even more than that, it explains why our main teacher needs to be Jesus Himself. We need to be in His Word and let Him guide us. Then we will escape the pit.<\/p>\n Second, and this one we often miss as an application of the initial parable: as long as I have logs in my own eye, I will only ever lead people into the pit. When I have a log in my own eye, I am blind. I can try to take specks (or logs) out of others’ eyes. However, I will only damage them further. If I wish to help people find life, I must begin by removing the logs from my own eyes.<\/p>\n To be clear, when Jesus spoke about logs and specks, He wasn’t merely talking about hypocrisy. Though of course, that would be an example of a log protruding from my eye. The point was not that the log bearer is doing the same thing as the speck bearer, but bigger. The point is, when I have something blinding my vision, whether hypocrisy, pride, ignorance, sin, and so on, I will not be able to help my brothers and sisters with even the smallest of issues.<\/p>\n Don’t follow the blind. Don’t linger in blindness. The blind will only lead the blind into the pit. But Jesus will lead us to life.<\/p>\n Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Edwin Crozier In Luke 6:39, Jesus told them a parable. “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (ESV). Then He made two applications. First, a disciple will never be above his or her teacher. When I am fully trained, I will only see as well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[353,689],"class_list":["post-97969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-influence","tag-parables"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93899,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/slaves-of-corruption\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":0},"title":"Slaves of Corruption","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Edwin Crozier Jesus told a parable: \"Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher\" (Luke 6:39-40 ESV). Peter's warnings about false teachers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7919,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/since-sin-comes-from-our-thoughts-does-this-mean-there-is-no-satan\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":1},"title":"Since sin comes from our thoughts, does this mean there is no Satan?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does the following passage mean that there is no Satan or demons that cause men to do evil?: \"He summoned the multitude, and said to them, \"Hear, and understand. That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61048,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-so-many-afraid-to-call-a-dog-a-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":2},"title":"Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog – \u201cA DOG\u201d?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Brian A. Yeager When one reads of false brethren and those teaching errors (false teachers\/prophets) throughout the word of God you find that they were labeled, at times, in colorful ways. Of the watchman in Israel, Isaiah penned the following: \"His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26508,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-want-bible-knowledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":3},"title":"Do You Want Bible Knowledge?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Gary Smalley I once heard an aged gospel preacher refer to a comment he received from a person who appreciated his sermons: \u201cI wish I knew as much about the Bible as you.\u201d His reply was, \u201cLady, if you study the Bible for as many years as I have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bible-Reading-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55241,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/education-is-not-the-enemy\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":4},"title":"Education Is Not the Enemy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 20, 0020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Knowledge is not the enemy of God's people, and this means that education is not the enemy either, for one must participate in some form of education in order to receive knowledge. While knowledge without love puffs up (I Corinthians 8:1), knowledge itself is not the root\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65640,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-we-evaluate-our-true-condition\/","url_meta":{"origin":97969,"position":5},"title":"Can We Evaluate Our True Condition?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton To the Laodicean church, the Spirit said: \"Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' - and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked\" (Revelation 3:17). To think we \"have need of nothing\" and that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}