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TEXT: Mark 10:46-52
TOPIC: Blind Bartimaeus
Bobby Earls, Eastside Baptist Church, Blacksburg, SC
November 12, 1978
April 25, 1982 at Hibbit Baptist Church, Whitesboro, Texas
May 15, 1983 at Little Memorial Baptist Church, Gaffney, SC
(Hibbit Baptist Church was my very first church.
Penny and I were married July 25, 1981, quickly moved to Texas a couple of weeks later for me to return to Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth.
On our drive to Texas, I shared with Penny that I believed the Lord wanted me to begin my pastorate ministry now that we were married.
We were invited to Hibbit within two weeks to preach in view of a call on August 25, 1981.
They already had another young man coming to preach the following week but called us to be their pastor on October 25, 1981.
I have always said it was because Penny could play their piano and sing that they called me as pastor!)
(Just a couple of additional thoughts about this very old sermon.
First, I am surprised at how long it was.
And second, I recall receiving these points from a wonderful mentor, The Reverend C.W. Farrar from the First Baptist Church of Landrum, S.C.
Dr. Farrar was instrumental in directing me while at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. to go to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dr. Farrar who was a Trustee at Southwestern shared the five points that make up this sermon about Blind Bartimaeus following a chapel service at Southwestern.)
I. Introduction – We always hear about what is wrong.
A. Politically, in Washington, D.C. or in Texas
B. Economically, Value of the dollar, inflation
C. Educational System, America graduated more illiterates than ever before.
SC ranked 48 or 49thin graduates.
D. Churches, 37% of Americans claim to be born-again.
Then why can’t we get more church workers?
E. Dallas Cowboys, we won’t even talk about the Cowboys!
Why do we always talk about what’s wrong?
We are a pessimistic society.
I remember a chemistry rule I learned in college.
It says, “If anything possibly can go wrong in the laboratory, it will.”
Well, this morning, I want to talk about what’s right!
In order to do that, let us look at another one of Christ’s miracles found in Mark 10.
This is the second miracle that I have preached on.
Some have problems understanding a miracle.
Several Greek words for miracle: One is dynamis which means mighty power.
Also, to understand a miracle we must see it through the eyes of faith.
The interpretation of a miracle does not lie in the question, “how do you explain it?”
If we ask the wrong questions, we will get the wrong answers.
The better question is “what does it mean?”
Even better, we should ask, “what does it mean for me?”
Miracles were performed for a reason.
They were done so we might believe.
And, to fulfill prophecy.
If we look at miracles from this perspective, then they have more meaning to us.
II.
Read the Scriptures
Mark 10:46–52 (AV) 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.
And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
III.
The story of Blind Bartimaeus tells us some things that are right.
It shows FIVE things that are still right to do.
IV.
Characteristics of Bartimaeus
A. He was Blind
B. He was a Beggar
C.
He was Born-again
First, Bartimaeus was a blind man.
His name in Greek literally meant, “son of Timaeus.
Bartimaeus didn’t even have his own name.
And “Timaeus” resembles the Greek word “tuphlos” which is translated as “a blind man.”
So it is possible that Bartimaeus was the son of a blind man which would make his blindness hereditary.
He was born blind with no hope of ever seeing.
Because he was blind, Bartimaeus was also a Beggar.
Begging was his only means of support.
He was a man with a physical handicap, without a name.
He was a man without riches, neglected and rejected.
But through this man we can learn a great deal.
Some of God’s dearest children suffer with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities!
But thirdly, notice he was also born-again, or at least he would be when he met Jesus!
Born blind, but when he met Jesus, he was born-again, but this time with perfect sight!
NO GLASSES!!
V.
The Symbolism of Blind Bartimaeus
A. He was blind spiritually as well as physically.
God often uses the word “blind” to symbolize those who are spiritually lost.
In Matthew 15:14 (AV) Jesus said, “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
If you are lost then you are spiritually blind.
You cannot understand God’s word, God’s ways or God’s children.
You are also a Beggar.
You live off the world.
I want to tell you how you can receive your eyesight.
Follow the example of Blind Bartimaeus.
Do what is right by crying out to Jesus today.
VI.
Things Blind Bartimaeus did that are also right for us to do:
A. He Listened.
Mark 10:47 (AV) And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Notice his perception.
He listened.
Perhaps as a blind man his other senses such as his hearing might have been enhanced?
People rarely listen as they should if they are too busy talking.
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