Mark 8:22-26
The New Testament records at least seven
healings of the blind, by Jesus. It is
interesting to watch the various actions of Jesus healing these blind men. In our text today, this man is touched three
times by Jesus to bring about a gradual rather than instantaneous healing. There are lessons to be learned from the
crowd, the Lord and the blind man.
The Expectations of People
·
People Love to Be Entertained
Beware religion when it speaks more
to your emotions than your spirit.
·
People Want to Repeat
Religious Experiences.
Religious traditions are often
the result of attempts to replicate a previous encounter with God.
Encountering and experiencing God is
not tied to any specific methodology.
What we expect God to do is not
always what He does. But we can be assured that what He does will be precisely
what we need.
I. A Touch of Encouragement – v.22
- A Personal Touch
People don’t care how much you
know until they know how much you care.
- A Patient Touch
It takes time to heal people
or help people.
II. A Touch of Enlightenment – v.23-24
Trusting Jesus more means getting to know
Him better.
The symbols of grace are not
the substance of grace.
God's focus is on faith.
Symbols do serve to stimulate
faith.
God is far more interested in
developing faith in us than He is in our physical healing.
III. A Touch of Enablement – v.25
Jesus' touch will free us from the
constant dependence on people or things.
The truth is that not everything becomes
clear when we meet Christ. We
need the Master’s touch again and again.
