Are We Blind?
Have you ever seen a blind person passing by? They likely had a cane or guide dog with them for assistance. Perhaps the really fortunate ones had a friend to guide them and provide company as well.
Now, imagine if the WHOLE WORLD was blind (except for you)! What would that LOOK like? J
-It’s not just a pun… You would be the only one that could honestly SAY what the world looks like.
-Reading with your eyes would not work. Braille would be used by the serious folk, but everyone else would probably use sound.
-No streetlights, signs, billboards, etc...
-Packages would not be wrapped in bright colors, but just bumpy paper.
-Grooming would be very different…
-NO ONE would wear glasses!
Now, imagine interviewing one of these blind folk.
-Ask them what they thought about being blind.
-Ask them if they would like to be able to see.
They would say; “What are you talking about? I’m not blind! I can see as well as anyone! You don’t make sense. I have all my fingers and they are very sensitive… My hearing is excellent; I know exactly what you’re saying.
You SEE the problem? J The people wouldn’t realize what they are missing because they NEVER had it before.
This is a serious problem that Jesus has with us. Before we are born again, we are blinded by the sin around us. It has ALWAYS been this way! Isaiah was SHOCKED when God opened his eyes to see sin:
Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
We are blind to the Spirit of God. We are blind to the Kingdom of God. Outside of the Bible, we can only guess about angels and demons and heaven and hell. Truth, justice and love are concepts that we recognize, but we feel that they are IDEALS rather than nouns. They seem to be GOALS rather than standards.
Our blindness is not caused by faulty eyes, but rather by a darkness in our hearts and minds. Our hearts are full of fear, depression, selfishness, anger and more…
Jesus came to do many things for us:
Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (Jesus), because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Every one of us comes to Jesus needing EACH of these things.
-We all need the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
-We all have been broken-hearted by sin and loneliness.
-We all need deliverance from sin.
-We all are born BLIND to the sin around us (we blame each other).
-We have all been bruised by sin.
-None of us knew when God was coming to save us from sin and death.
Worse than being simply TRAPPED by sin, it also darkens our minds so that the things of God seem unreal and foolish:
Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
If we want to see, WHAT CAN WE DO?
The people around us cannot help us; they are blind, too.
Jesus warns us:
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
The first step to receiving your sight is to LISTEN to what the Bible says about Jesus Christ! He is the ONLY ONE that can save us:
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
We generally call the news about Jesus the Gospel.
-In the Greek, it means “announce God’s good news”.
-Evangelize means the same thing.
-“Angel” actually means “one who announces God’s good news”.
Many of those around you (the government, your town, your schools, your neighbors) are against the Gospel and want to keep it from you. If you really want to find it, you must search for it.
2 Corinthians 4:3-6 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
As you hear and learn about who Jesus is, you will begin to see…
Jesus tells us that He is the Light of the world! (John 9:5)
The second step is to ADMIT that we are blind.
John 9:39-41 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
If we deny that we are sinners, we will continue in sin and darkness.
Mark 8:22-25 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
-V.22 the blind man was LOOKING for Jesus.
-V.23 he met with Jesus PERSONALLY.
-V.23 Jesus ASKS him if he can see.
-V.24 he admits to Jesus that to him, men look like trees that can walk.
-V.25 Jesus heals him so that he SEES men as they truly are!
If you want to be saved, you must seek Jesus out in honest prayer between you and Him.
You must admit to Jesus that you have sinned. That you have rejected Him, but now you want to accept Jesus as your King and live for Him.
You must surrender to Him, asking for Him to pardon your sins and accept you as His servant. Give your life to Him as your Savior.
Your eyes will be opened!
You will see clearly that He has ALWAYS loved you!!
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Have you ever seen a blind person passing by? They likely had a cane or guide dog with them for assistance. Perhaps the really fortunate ones had a friend to guide them and provide company as well.
Now, imagine if the WHOLE WORLD was blind (except for you)! What would that LOOK like? J
-It’s not just a pun… You would be the only one that could honestly SAY what the world looks like.
-Reading with your eyes would not work. Braille would be used by the serious folk, but everyone else would probably use sound.
-No streetlights, signs, billboards, etc...
-Packages would not be wrapped in bright colors, but just bumpy paper.
-Grooming would be very different…
-NO ONE would wear glasses!
Now, imagine interviewing one of these blind folk.
-Ask them what they thought about being blind.
-Ask them if they would like to be able to see.
They would say; “What are you talking about? I’m not blind! I can see as well as anyone! You don’t make sense. I have all my fingers and they are very sensitive… My hearing is excellent; I know exactly what you’re saying.
You SEE the problem? J The people wouldn’t realize what they are missing because they NEVER had it before.
This is a serious problem that Jesus has with us. Before we are born again, we are blinded by the sin around us. It has ALWAYS been this way! Isaiah was SHOCKED when God opened his eyes to see sin:
Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
We are blind to the Spirit of God. We are blind to the Kingdom of God. Outside of the Bible, we can only guess about angels and demons and heaven and hell. Truth, justice and love are concepts that we recognize, but we feel that they are IDEALS rather than nouns. They seem to be GOALS rather than standards.
Our blindness is not caused by faulty eyes, but rather by a darkness in our hearts and minds. Our hearts are full of fear, depression, selfishness, anger and more…
Jesus came to do many things for us:
Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (Jesus), because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Every one of us comes to Jesus needing EACH of these things.
-We all need the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
-We all have been broken-hearted by sin and loneliness.
-We all need deliverance from sin.
-We all are born BLIND to the sin around us (we blame each other).
-We have all been bruised by sin.
-None of us knew when God was coming to save us from sin and death.
Worse than being simply TRAPPED by sin, it also darkens our minds so that the things of God seem unreal and foolish:
Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
If we want to see, WHAT CAN WE DO?
The people around us cannot help us; they are blind, too.
Jesus warns us:
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
The first step to receiving your sight is to LISTEN to what the Bible says about Jesus Christ! He is the ONLY ONE that can save us:
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
We generally call the news about Jesus the Gospel.
-In the Greek, it means “announce God’s good news”.
-Evangelize means the same thing.
-“Angel” actually means “one who announces God’s good news”.
Many of those around you (the government, your town, your schools, your neighbors) are against the Gospel and want to keep it from you. If you really want to find it, you must search for it.
2 Corinthians 4:3-6 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
As you hear and learn about who Jesus is, you will begin to see…
Jesus tells us that He is the Light of the world! (John 9:5)
The second step is to ADMIT that we are blind.
John 9:39-41 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
If we deny that we are sinners, we will continue in sin and darkness.
Mark 8:22-25 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
-V.22 the blind man was LOOKING for Jesus.
-V.23 he met with Jesus PERSONALLY.
-V.23 Jesus ASKS him if he can see.
-V.24 he admits to Jesus that to him, men look like trees that can walk.
-V.25 Jesus heals him so that he SEES men as they truly are!
If you want to be saved, you must seek Jesus out in honest prayer between you and Him.
You must admit to Jesus that you have sinned. That you have rejected Him, but now you want to accept Jesus as your King and live for Him.
You must surrender to Him, asking for Him to pardon your sins and accept you as His servant. Give your life to Him as your Savior.
Your eyes will be opened!
You will see clearly that He has ALWAYS loved you!!
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
