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Introduction

As a boy Robert Louis Stevenson was intrigued by the work of the old lamplighter who went about with a ladder and a torch, setting the street lights ablaze for the night.

One evening in Edinburgh, Scotland, as young Robert stood watching with childish fascination, his parents heard him exclaim, "Look, look!

There is a man out there punching holes in the darkness!"

With one statement of childish wonder, Robert Louis Stevenson summed up the life of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus came into this world and accomplished many great and miraculous wonders, yet His primary purpose was to punch great gaping holes in the spiritual darkness that shrouded this world.

He came to be The Light Of The World, v. 5.

Today I want you know that if you are suffering and have problems you can turn to the light of the World to help you.

To many people today, the light of the World is the sun and they actually worship the sun but to those of us who are Christians, we know that the light of the World is indeed the Son, but the

Son of God who took aways the sins of the World and we Worship him.

Our story today unfolds as Jesus and his disciples are walking through Jerusalem on their way out of the Temple area.

They see a man who is blind, in fact, they learn that he has been blind from birth.

No matter what you have been born with you can be born again!!!

Today Jesus can transform your life in the same way he did for the blind man.

We see Characteristics of Jesus when we look at this scripture

Jesus Shines on his life

The first step to his transformation was being touched by Jesus

JESUS SHINED ON HIS LIFE

Jesus "saw" him, which indicated interest, care, concern, compassion.

Jesus did not pass this blind man straight.

I must confess that many times I may see a blind person and pass them straight or someone with a disability and pass them straight.

However Jesus did not do this

One thing I like about Jesus is he does not pass the ‘small man’ straight

The one who society may look down upon he sees them as valuable

Jesus choose to shine on this man’s life

This man had an encounter with Jesus

It started off with having a condition that plagued him since he was born

Jesus healed many blind men but he was the only one blind since he was born.

People began to question why he was blind or who was the

sinner behind this

The Jewish people knew God was a moral Person.

But “morality” was translated into a simple formula: Those who do right will be rewarded; those who do wrong will be punished.

It followed, from this formula, that any personal disasters were evidence of sin.

Conversely, prosperity was a sign of God’s approval.

The rabbis taught that no one died unless there had been sin, and no one suffered unless there had been sin.

Even a child could sin in the womb, they suggested, or even in the preexistent state prior to conception.

Jesus said this was for the Glory of God....

Many times when we have a situation in our life - instead of people trying to help us - they are gossiping about us trying to see if they could somehow put the blame on us

A lot of negative voices are spoken over our lives when disaster comes or when we encounter a situation in our life

e.g if we lose our jobs - people might say it is because we did something under handed

Someone gets cancer and people say well that person oh he lived such an bad lifestyle it was just a matter of time before it happened

Pastor Ailah recently died and a man told me that someone who is a Christian told him the reason why he got sick was because he was sinning and a true Child of God would never get sick when they are living a righteous lifestyle....

Now when I read the Bible I don’t see that theology anywhere in Scripture

No matter how righteous you live - you can get sick and you can die.

That theology is a lie straight from the pit of hell that was developed to divide people.

Sad to say but many people today like to see you suffering.

They actually are happy when they hear you are struggling.

A lot of negative things happened in your life and people are going to talk but here is the thing - the disciples did not know why but God knew why and God proved them wrong

It had nothing to do with the man or his parents being sinned but Jesus said God had a purpose in his blindness and that was that people would see the work of God in his life.......

Many times we dont know why we are going through what we are going through but it is for the Glory of God at times.

PRAY LORD BE GLORIFIED IN THIS SITUATION!!!

You see when you have a problem you make way for a miracle to take place through God

Doctors cannot cure blindness but God can.

Doctors cannot cure cancer but God can.....

It is said in verse 6 that Jesus spit on the ground made some mud with saliva and put it on the man’s eyes and said go and wash in the pool of Siloam and the man did it and he saw

Imagine that Jesus did some seriously weird stuff there won’t you agree

If I go by a doctor and they spit on the ground and put mud with their saliva and give it to me I am going to run as fast as I can and put up on facebook what kind of a quack doctor is this

The healing of the blind being the miracle most often recorded in the Gospel accounts, we see it happen in various ways: In one case, Jesus spoke to a man (Mark 10:46–52).

In another, He touched the man’s eyes with His hands (Matthew 20:30–34).

In a third, He touched the man’s eyes twice (Mark 8:22–25).

Here, He uses mud.

Jesus works creatively, individually, uniquely.

Yet we have a tendency to want to box Him in according to how He works in our own lives.

Why did He vary His techniques?

So people would not focus on the healing but on the healer.

This is something to keep in mind.

We can make a whole methodology out of a certain way that God works and people will build entire denominations around certain things.

People could have built a church out of this.

Jesus varied the way He touched people so people wouldn’t get hung up on the technique.

He is the one that heals.

If we only focus on this way of healing Mud In Your Eye Ministries.

That’s the key.

That’s where the blessing lies.”

We err greatly whenever we think that because the Lord worked one way in our lives, He must work the same way in everyone’s life.

You can’t box the Lord in.

The last people who tried put Him in a tomb—and He refused to stay there.

Sunday, Diandra was speaking a bit about how sometimes people may compare how a church is to another church....

Some churches are overly obsessed with miracles happening and would look down on other churches or even other Pastors....

Don’t get hung up on miracles and think they should happen at every single service.

That is up to God to do what He will when He wants to do it where He wants to do it.

Signs and wonders should follow believers.

Believers should not follow signs and wonders.

I think it was Pastor Mario who some years ago was telling us of a certain Pastor whose Ministry had a lot of miracles and when he died - the entire church died with him...

That whole church was dependent on miracles......

In this case Jesus did it and if Jesus tells you to do something no matter how weird it may seem - you do it.

Your breakthrough comes when you believe in him and does

what he says

Has the Lord been telling you to do something recently??

Man's eyes can be opened; and he can be delivered from the darkness of sin and shame, death and corruption, hell and destruction by coming to Jesus Christ and by obeying Him.

Jesus touched his life and you see what happened

A miracle took place in his life

Whatever situation you might be facing right now - bring it to Jesus and let him touch your life

Let him touch your situation, there can be a breakthrough in

your life with just a touch from the master Jesus

Stop putting faith in all those doctors and obeah people etc for your healing

Jesus is the answer and he Is the one you need to cry out to for your healing or for help in your situation

He could turn around your situation in an instant

Right now the entire church is praying and agreeing with the Pastors for the healing of Brother Bruce.....

I dont know what your situation is tonight but allow Jesus to shine on your life like he did for the blind man