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The Hands that Open Blind Eyes
The Hands of Jesus
The Hands that Open Blind Eyes
Mark 8:22-26 (NLT) – [22] When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him. [23] Jesus took the blind man by the HAND and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his HANDS on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?” [24] The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.” [25] Then Jesus placed his HANDS on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly. [26] Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”
1. There is physical blindness, and there is spiritual blindness.
Matthew 15:12-13 (NIV) – [12] Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” [13] He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. [14] Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
2. Sometimes our healing requires help from others.
Mark 2:3-5 (NIV) – [3] Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. [4] Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
3. We can’t heal anyone ourselves.
Isaiah 42:6-7, 16 (NIV) – [6] “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, [7] to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness… [16] I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
4. Sometimes the setting is not conducive to our healing.
Matthew 11:20-22 (NIV) – [20] Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. [21] “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. [22] But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
5. If you need a miracle, surround yourself with believers not doubters.
6. Jesus heals His way.
7. Sometimes, healing is a process.
“Why did Jesus touch the man a second time before he could see? This miracle was not too difficult for Jesus, but he chose to do it in stages, possibly to show the disciples that some healing would be gradual rather than instantaneous or to demonstrate that spiritual truth is not always perceived clearly at first. Before Jesus left, however, the man was healed completely.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
8. If we haven’t received a healing, we must persist in prayer.
9. Our handicap will make us appreciate our healing even more.
10. When we are healed, we should never go back.
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The Hands of Jesus
The Hands that Open Blind Eyes
Mark 8:22-26 (NLT) – [22] When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him. [23] Jesus took the blind man by the HAND and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his HANDS on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?” [24] The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.” [25] Then Jesus placed his HANDS on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly. [26] Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”
1. There is physical blindness, and there is spiritual blindness.
Matthew 15:12-13 (NIV) – [12] Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” [13] He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. [14] Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
2. Sometimes our healing requires help from others.
Mark 2:3-5 (NIV) – [3] Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. [4] Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
3. We can’t heal anyone ourselves.
Isaiah 42:6-7, 16 (NIV) – [6] “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, [7] to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness… [16] I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
4. Sometimes the setting is not conducive to our healing.
Matthew 11:20-22 (NIV) – [20] Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. [21] “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. [22] But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
5. If you need a miracle, surround yourself with believers not doubters.
6. Jesus heals His way.
7. Sometimes, healing is a process.
“Why did Jesus touch the man a second time before he could see? This miracle was not too difficult for Jesus, but he chose to do it in stages, possibly to show the disciples that some healing would be gradual rather than instantaneous or to demonstrate that spiritual truth is not always perceived clearly at first. Before Jesus left, however, the man was healed completely.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
8. If we haven’t received a healing, we must persist in prayer.
9. Our handicap will make us appreciate our healing even more.
10. When we are healed, we should never go back.