Mark 8:22-26 Touched Twice

So here we see that Jesus touches another Blind man

A) Blindness – Spiritual condition of being lost

1) Blind in Sin – Samson

2) Blind in Religion – Veiled

3) Blinded by Satan – Pray lifted

B) Blindness is lifted when exposed to the truth

1) Floods in like a ray of Light – Love to see the light go on –

C) Those in the Church a while – Know the Stories – but they don’t KNOW Jesus { Light comes on

1) Blindness is lifted and we see Jesus

But even after we are saved – we need to continue to be enlightened – Grow Deeper / mature / Develop

A) Paul prayed for Ephesus – Eyes of their hearts would be enlightened

B) MY STORY: Saved talking to my Dad – Crass remark – { Kill me –

1) For yrs Jesus was my Savior

2) Life was a Pie – Jesus was a Piece

C) Discovered – He is the Pie – the Pie is Him –

1) Began to see more Clearly – Jesus is more than Savior – He is King – He is Sufficient

D) I needed to see more Clearly –

This Story represents that Need: Rare Scene – Only time that Jesus touched someone who was not healed

IMMEDIATELY

His complete Healing required a second touch – For this man to see clearly – He needed Jesus to touch him again ! –

Lesson for Us in this

Note 4 things about this Story !

#1 Friends brought this man to Jesus – Blind people need friends to bring them to Jesus

A) How ? Share with them – talk to them about Jesus

Share your faith – share your love

B) Bring them to I-55 – Bring them to Bible study

1) 95% of the people who get saved – have eyes opened at Church / Harvest / Billy G Crusade

2) 95% - who come to Christ were brought by a friend who is saved

C) Share / Bring physically / Bring in Prayer

1) Pray for them

D) So #1 – Friends brought him to Jesus

#2 Ready for this: Jesus Spit on his eyes – what ?

A) Spit why ? Spit was thought to be Medicinal

B) So it is possible – Jesus was using something that the man was familiar with-

1) coming down to the man’s level – Possible

C) Another idea – This was gross – God will use that which we think is gross to open our eyes

1) What do I mean ?

Well it happened to me in 1984 – She was the Love of my life back them – her name was Sue

A) My Problem was Mark – Best friend – Mark was gross to me – Didn’t like this guy – Jealousy

B) Serenade – Mark shows up – Store

C) Adam says ……

1) Lord I can’t

D) God used this guy Mark – gross to me – like spit

1) Open my eyes to Matt 5:3 – Poor in Spirit

E) Daily Prayer – Lord I can’t but you can – help

#1 Friends brought - #2 Jesus spit – gross thing

#3 Partial healing: Saw men like trees walking – Sure Spit in his eyes

A) Now listen the same thing happens to us – See men like trees – Look at people & They stump us

B) Look at people - We wish that they would leave –

1) We want to cut them down

C) They are like trees walking – Weird – Distorted

D) That is how I see people when I am not seeing clearly

John says – If I say I love Him and hate my brother – I am missing the Mark – 1 Jn 4:20

A) The two commandments are put together: Love God with all your heart, soul , mind & strength AND

LOVE PEOPLE

B) All the commandments – fulfilled – in those two

1) But How Lord – They stump me – they seem weird to me – how Lord

C) Answer is revealed in what happens next – Jesus put his hands on him again-

1) He touched him and 2^nd time & made him look up

D) Then he saw every man clearly !

Jesus touched him – Look up – Position of Prayer

Praying for People – See them differently

4 Sweet P’s for Prayer

1) See them Positionally – In Christ – robed Righteous – His Bride

Outside of Christ – Sheep without a Shepherd

2) Potentially – What they can be in Jesus –

A) Simon – Peter – Rock

B) Hobab – Come with us

C) Not saved – Made in image of Christ –

1) New Creation

3) Progressively: Remember how they have changed

A) Tell your story

B) All in the Process of Changing folks – Rock Quarry – training ground –

4) Purposefully: They have a purpose in your life –

A) Lord show me –

You will begin to see them clearly –