Be open!

Introduction

Beesech — people care for other people

He signed — the man could not hear the Word—the truth

Be opened

Tell no man — they couldn’t keep quiet; God tells us to tell others and we can keep quiet

The Gospel of Mark Doing All Things Well (Mark 7:31–7)

The whole story shows us most vividly that Jesus did not consider the man merely a case; he considered him as an individual. The man had a special need and a special problem, and with the most tender considerateness Jesus dealt with him in a way that spared his feelings and in a way that he could understand.

REstored his hearing and seeing, but also restored his relationship with God.

Not only was he blind and deaf to the natural world, but he was also blind and deaf to God or ??? the spiritual world.