Desperate Times-Desperate Measures

Matthew 20:29–34 ESV

And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

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Jesus & the Multitudes

Matthew 20:29–30 ESV

And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Matthew 20:29-30

Need

Matthew 20:30 ESV

And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Matthew 20:30

Mercy

Matthew 20:

Matthew 20:30 ESV

And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Ephesians 2:4–5 ESV

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

Persistence

Matthew 20:31–32 ESV

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”

Matthew 20:

Prayer

Matthew 20:33 ESV

They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

Matthew 20:

Decision

Matthew 20:34 ESV

And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

Matthew 20:34

Discipleship

Matthew 20:34 ESV

And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

Matthew 20:34

1 John 2:6 ESV

whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Romans 15:6 ESV

that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans

1 John 2:6 ESV

whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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Hebrews 13:15 ESV

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Hebrews 13:15

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