The Blind See

The Life of Christ • Sermon • Submitted 12 hours ago • Presented 4 days ago

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Big Idea: Real spiritual insight often begins with the awareness of our limitations and misconceptions about Jesus, urging us to embrace His true identity through ongoing revelation and growth. Summary: In these passages, we witness a transformative journey where physical healing leads to spiritual insight. The healing of the blind man signifies the gradual unveiling of understanding, while Peter's confession and subsequent misunderstanding of Jesus’ mission highlight the struggle between divine revelation and human expectation. Application: This sermon guides the audience in recognizing their own spiritual blindness and encourages them to seek a clearer vision of Christ and His plans for their lives. It emphasizes the importance of being open to God’s revelations and correcting our misconceptions about who Jesus is and what it means to follow Him.

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The Journey from Blindness to Understanding

1. Step Away to See

Mark 8:22 ESV

And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

Mark 8:23 ESV

And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

2. Sight Restored Gradually

Mark 8:24 ESV

And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

Mark 8:25 ESV

Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Mark 8:26 ESV

And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

3. Confession of the Christ

Matthew 16:13 ESV

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Matthew 16:14 ESV

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 16:15 ESV

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Matthew 16:16 ESV

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

4. Divine Revelation's Gift

Matthew 16:17 ESV

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 16:18 ESV

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 16:19 ESV

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 16:20 ESV

Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

5. Correcting Misconceptions

Matthew 16:21 ESV

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Matthew 16:22 ESV

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”

Matthew 16:23 ESV

But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

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