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Mark 8:22-26 You Can Be Healed

1. Trust the ones who know• The beginning of this story is that some people came and brought this blind man to Jesus because they knew that Jesus was the one that could heal him• 22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.• At this point in the story- the blind man hasn’t really spoken hes just going along with these people that are pulling him towards Jesus- there’s two great components to this story• One- The people must have cared about this man enough to bring him to Jesus

• This is New Testament living! Philippians 2:4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. THIS IS WHAT MOST CHRISTIANS ARE DOING IN YOUR LIFE• They knew where the healing was and they wanted to bring him to Jesus!• Two- the guy must have trusted these people enough to know that they knew more than he did about his healing• A blind man cant see- he must trust other people to take him to where they know he must go• Sure, you got canes and such today to help you- the spiritual aspect of this cant be overstated• The man was blind and had to trust other people to bring him to where he needed to go because he couldn’t see how to get his healing!What does it mean to you?• First- do you care enough about people to bring them to where they can get healed?

• Two- if you are blind, are you willing to allow other people to lead you to the one that can heal?• Matthew 15:14b And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”• Too many people are spiritually blind, but they are spiritually resistant to the ones who are trying to help them get some sight!• The blind leading the blind will lead someone into a ditch.• Why are the spiritually blind so resistant?• IF you are around people that can see, and want to help you see, why would you be resistant to it? LET THOSE WHO SEE LEAD YOU TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE• It’s the equivalent of you going to a eye doctor who wants to give you glasses and you refuse to wear them because you don’t believe that what he says is true.

2. You have to let Jesus take you by the hand• 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village• Jesus is leading this man at this point- he is doing something in his life and it is dependent on this guy going where Jesus is leading him• What if this guy was like, “Get off me Jesus, I’ve been blind my whole life I can lead myself”• Ps 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.• Jesus is savior! Of course he is going to lead this guy to a good place-• Heres whats interesting about Bethsaida- Jesus cursed this town in Matt 11. It was a city that lacked faith and was unrepentant

• Jesus knew this! He was about to do a mighty work in this mans life, and he couldn’t do it in that city- When he was healed, he didn’t want him to gain sight in a faithless unrepentant city- he wanted him to be healed and delievered into faithfulness and repentance• Jesus knew that the environment that you are in affects your healing in such a way that often times he has to remove you from a place before you can be healed• What does it mean to you?• Trust where Jesus is leading you! Don’t be resistant to it! Embrace it! He isn’t leading you to death, he’s leading you to LIFE• The promise of the new life is that when you start to live for Jesus- the HS lives inside of you and will LEAD YOU to where you are supposed to go- TRUST HIM AND FOLLOW HIM• Isaiah 30:21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,”Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.