Shaped by Clear Vision

Warren Brosi

March 8, 2026

Dominant Thought: Seeing Jesus clearly is a journey.

Objectives:

I want my listeners to understanding seeing Jesus clearly takes time.

I want my listeners to feel encouraged to draw closer to Jesus, our King.

I want my listeners to take steps with Jesus this week.

Seeing Jesus clearly is a dangerous journey.

A Warning: Watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod (Mark 8.15).

Take up your cross (Mark 8.31-38).

Seeing Jesus clearly is a confusing journey.

Do you not understand? (Mark 8.17-21).

You are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man (Mark 8.32-33).

Seeing Jesus clearly is a restoring journey.

Sight is restored (Mark 8.25).

You are the Christ (Mark 8.29).

“The blind man sees stick men; the disciples only recognize their cultural stick-figure Messiah” (John York, “Only the Blind Can See,” in Preaching Mark’s Unsettling Messiah, edited by David Fleer and Dave Bland, p. 148).

Hymns: He touched me, and Amazing Grace—was blind, but now I see.

spit as unclean: Numbers 12.14; Deuteronomy 25.9; Job 30.16; Isaiah 50.6

seeing and not understanding: See commentary