Month: May 2020
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Blindness XII
The blind man in Mark 8 was healed twice by Jesus. It was a double dose, industrial strength kind of miracle. On re-reading the story, I discovered something that I hadn’t seen before, which I thought might shed some light on our conversation. And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to…
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Blindness XI
God said: I am the Lord, and there is no other,The One forming light and creating darkness,Causing well-being and creating calamity;I am the Lord who does all these. (Isaiah 45:6-7) John the Apostle wrote: God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him…
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Blindness X
We’re still in John chapter 9 for more lessons on blindness from a man who was born blind at birth. Today we will discuss the creation and recreation story played out and illustrated in a dramatic way. In Genesis 1, we read that: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the…
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Blindness IX
The sense of sight is used throughout scripture as a metaphor for spiritual discernment. The Old Testament, the gospels, as well as the messages of Jesus and the apostles illustrate and give meaning to the concept of spiritual discernment and blindness. We’ve seen that there are two types of blindness: One is dark and deep…
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Blindness VIII
We’ve been studying the subject of blindness, based on the fourth woe of the Pharisees which Jesus had pronounced on them in the 23rd chapter of the book of Matthew. He calls them blind guides, blind men, and blind fools. Last week we began looking at the story of blindness from the context of the…