Maintaining Good Vision Through Various Means
Discover the importance of maintaining good vision through different perspectives - from physical eyesight to spiritual blindness. Explore the significance of friends, divine intervention, and the hope of restoration. Dive into biblical narratives and reflections on sight and perception to gain insights and inspiration for optimal vision care.
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When it comes to your sight, what is or has been most helpful to you in maintaining good vision?
Being deprived of one of your senses can often increase your other senses.
Mark 8 22They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.23He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, Do you see anything? 24He looked up and said, I see people; they look like trees walking around. 25Once more Jesus put his hands on the man s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.26Jesus sent him home, saying, Don t even go into the village.
Matthew 11 & Luke 10 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
THE CONDITION Blindness then & now.
SPIRITUAL BLINDNESSISAIAH 59 9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
MESSIANIC ANTICIPATIONISAIAH 35:4-6 4Say to those with fearful hearts, Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you. 5Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
THE PEOPLE: FRIENDS The blind man saw the love of genuine friends. Mark 8:22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
WHO are the spiritually blind around us? HOW are we going to take them by the hand and bring them to Jesus?
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW OF JESUS 1. The blind man saw the personal & individual touch of Jesus. Mark 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW OF JESUS 2. The blind man saw Jesus remove him from the crowd. Mark 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
THE BLIND MAN SAW JESUS 3. The blind man saw how unique & surprising Jesus methods can be. Mark 8:23 When he had spit on the man s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, Do you see anything?
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW 4. The blind man saw Jesus use questions to help him. Mark 8:23 Jesus asked, Do you see anything?
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW OF JESUS 5. The blind man saw the importance of being honest with God. Mark 8:24 He looked up and said, I see people; they look like trees walking around.
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW IN JESUS 6. He saw that he needed continued divine touch and healing. Mark 8:25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW IN JESUS 7. He saw that life would not return to what it had been. Mark 8:26 Jesus sent him home, saying, Don t even go into the village.
