John 9:13-17: in context

The man born blind, now healed, is brought before the Pharisees, and a division arises among them. Some say, this man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Others say, how can a man who is a sinner do such signs? Faced with the undeniable healing of a man born blind, some of the Pharisees will not accept that Jesus could be from God, because he had healed on the Sabbath, breaking their rule. Their preconception about the Sabbath overrode the plain evidence of the miracle before them.

The failure of some of the Pharisees here is a failure to let evidence correct preconception. The evidence was undeniable: a man born blind now saw, a sign that could only come from God. But some of the Pharisees had a fixed preconception, that anyone who broke their Sabbath rules could not be from God; and rather than letting the plain evidence of the miracle correct this preconception, they let the preconception dismiss the evidence. This man is not from God, they concluded, because he does not keep the Sabbath, refusing to see what was plainly before them because it did not fit their assumptions. This searches a danger we all face: letting our prejudices and preconceptions blind us to the truth before us. We come to things with fixed assumptions, preconceptions about what can and cannot be true, prejudices that dispose us to accept some things and reject others. And there is a danger that we let these override the evidence, rejecting what is plainly true because it does not fit our assumptions, refusing to see what is before us because our preconceptions have already decided. The Pharisees could not deny the healing, yet rejected its obvious implication, because their preconception would not allow it. Do not judge by appearances, Jesus says, but judge with right judgment; and right judgment lets the truth correct our preconceptions rather than letting our preconceptions dismiss the truth. This calls us to hold our preconceptions humbly and let the evidence of truth correct them. We all have assumptions and preconceptions, but they can be wrong; and when the evidence of truth confronts them, we are called to let the truth correct our preconceptions rather than letting our preconceptions reject the truth. If one answers a matter before he hears it, the proverb says, it is folly; and to let our fixed assumptions decide before we have honestly weighed the evidence is such folly. The Pharisees let their preconception about the Sabbath blind them to the plain evidence of the miracle; and we too can let our prejudices and assumptions blind us to truth that does not fit them. This calls us to a humility that lets truth correct our preconceptions. Some of the Pharisees rejected the plain evidence of the healing because it did not fit their assumptions about the Sabbath; and we are warned against the same, called to hold our preconceptions humbly, to weigh the evidence of truth honestly, and to let the truth correct our assumptions rather than letting our prejudices and preconceptions blind us to what is plainly before us and dismiss the truth that does not fit them.

Do I let my prejudices and fixed preconceptions blind me to truth that does not fit my assumptions, rejecting what is plainly evident because I have already decided what can and cannot be true, and can the Pharisees, who rejected the undeniable healing of a blind man because it did not fit their preconception about the Sabbath, warn me to hold my assumptions humbly and let the evidence of truth correct my preconceptions, weighing what is before me honestly rather than letting my prejudices dismiss the truth that does not fit them?