MY FRIENDS, WE ARE BLIND BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE?

Aug. 13, 2016

MY FRIENDS, WE ARE BLIND BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE?

“As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Mark 10:46-47 (NKJV) “It is only when the sinner feels the need of a Saviour, that his heart goes after the One who can help him. When Jesus walked among men, it was the sick that wanted a physician.

The poor, the afflicted and distressed, followed after Him, to receive the help and comfort which they could not find elsewhere. Blind Bartimeus is waiting by the wayside; he has waited long to meet Christ.” (E.G. White, Sons And Daughters Of God pp 126) My friends, Blind Bartimaeus was desperate and “miracles are reserved for the desperate,” that is what makes it personal because God’s blessings are reserved for you and I, because “they that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.” Luke 5:31 (ASV)

We are blind and sick, But we must realize the consequence of our sickness no matter how small it has on our Salvation, that is why we must cry out daily “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us!” for we are sick. “But Satan also never sleeps nor slumbers,” and he will be right there given us his remedy for our sickness and that is to “be quiet” I have all you will ever need if you will “bow down and worship me.”

And at that point we must “cry out louder, and all the more, “Son of David, [please] have mercy on me!” Luke 10:48 (NKJV) My friends, we are desperate and we need a miracle performed in our life, the type of miracle that only the Great Physician can perform and then and only then will we realize it was self all along when the Light of Christ tried to enter our life through our hearts, and it would keep our minds focused on earthly things and not on the things above.

And my friends without that image of things above and the saving grace of Christ on the cross, we begin to call evil good, and good evil; [and we begin to] substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;”……Is. 5:20 (AMP) Mark 10:50-52 (NKJV) tells us the disciples “called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, [The physician] is calling you.” Bartimaeus throws aside his garment, rises and comes to Jesus.

Jesus then says “What do you want Me to do for you?” Bartimaeus responds, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.” My friends, we are blind men and women who are sinking deep in sin who must also throw off the things of this world “and come to Jesus.” And without hesitation and with a sincere and contrite heart cry out for Jesus to heal us and make us whole again.

But my friends, understands there is no doctors fee to be healed by Christ for the price for our sickness was paid on Calvary. But we need to understand, like blind Bartimaeus when Christ said “Go your way; your faith has made you well. But, when he realized he was no longer blind, but could now see, “he followed Jesus on the road.” And so we must do the same as we follow Christ on this journey He has placed us on, we must tell the world we “once were blind but now we can see”