Jesus Gives Sight to the Blind

Ballard Campus 6-05-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll

Tags: Healing,

Luke 18:35-43

Jesus Gives Sight to the Blind

Jesus is the son of David

There were many people coming to Jerusalem for Passover passing through Jerico a waystation for people en route, this blind beggar lined up to ask for food to survive and just avoid death

He is likely smelly and looks dishevelled because he can't see to groom

Passover

This is the story of God delivering his people who are suffering horribly under Egyptian tyranny

God demanded his kids back but the Pharoah's heart was hardened against God.

God showed through Moses that Pharoah is not god.

God finally said you hurt my kids and won't let them go, so I'll kill your sons

The people of God in faith killed a lamb and painted their door ways with its blood, and Death passed over their homes

The Beggar

He says Son of David and again louder Lord

Son of David references the prophesy in 2 Samuel 7 - a descendant of David will have a kingdom and house that will last forever

The people of God wanted freedom from Rome and they remembered the prophesy that made up the Davidic Covenant where they will be ruled by a King of Kings

The blind beggar heralds the truth

Jesus is proclaimed twice by one blind homeless beggar

The power is in the truth not in the person who says it

Jesus has bestowed particular dignity on the marginalized: women, little kids, the poor, the Samaritans, and the blind

Two places where Luke has connected David to Jesus

Luke 2 - City of David is where Jesus was born connected to the prophesy in ??????????????

God providentially uses the greed of the Roman Emperor showed in his census to compell Joseph to go to Bethlehem just in time for Jesus to be born in the prophesied location

Where's the Kingdom?

There is suffering, injustice, evil...

Jesus' rule is must like the rule of David, there was a long time between their annointing and their kingdoms assuming

We are in that place where we are waiting between the annointing and assuming

Jesus Gives sight to the blind

God has done miracles, He does do miracles, He will do miracles

They don't happen all the time, but one of the many handicapped men on the road to Jerico was healed

Luke the medical doctor is confirming an actual medical healing

Isaiah says the kingdom has arrived in the Messiah when the blinds' eyes are openned and those who are oppressed are freed

Faith is the (1) truth about Jesus (2) believed personally leading to (3) action (obedience)

internal belief comformed by external action

For the blind man faith came first then sight

All relationships are like THIS relationships, you say I know a little about you and I'm gonna trust you as we get married and wallk together despite not knowing everything about that person

Life doesn't make a lot of sense looking forward, but looking backward it starts to make sense and can start to see His plan

In fact it's not what you know it's who you know

We Are the Blind Man

The pattern by which the Blind man became a Christian is the same on we we follow to become a Christian

The Three steps flowing from becoming a Christian

Worship - Praising God

Wittness - Sharing the story with others

Walk - following Jesus

The goal of our lives is not to look good but to be honest and show how awesome Jesus is despite how ugly I am without him

The First thing the man saw was the face of Jesus - When we finally see clearly in the kingdom the first face I will see if Jesus

Mark tells us the name of this man: Bart the Blind Beggar

Church history tells about him, we became a legend because he followed Jesus so well, the stinky homeless guy rides into Jerusalem with the rockstar Jesus

Non-Believers

The Bible uses Physical truth to teach Spiritual truth

Satan has blinded the eyes of the World, Our sin is incurable, we can't fix it

Only a miracle can heal us

The non-believers in my world are not dumb, they are blind

Being cruel to non-believers is like yelling at a bilnd guy who can't see something you are trying to show them

Talking about Jesus to the blind gives us the opportunity to see the miracle where jesus heals the eyes of the

The blind leading the blind whith millions with theit hand on anothers shoulders in a line all following Buddah, Krishna, Mohammed, or some guy in a big hat and dress.

Telling them that they are in the wrong line is not cruel it is kind to they don't fall into the ditch of hell