Amazing Grace Series
Are we Blind?
Grace
Grace is the underserved acceptance, recognition and love that we are supposes to give, to one another. When most of us think of grace, we often think of the song Amazing Grace that a one time slave trader, by the name of John Newton, wrote. Newton wrote this song because one day he came to a realization mentally, that the selling and killing of Africans for a lively hood was wrong. He realizes, for the first time, that he was guilty of destroying lives. He writes this moving song to explain to all of us, exactly what God’s grace had done for him. God’s amazing grace had open up the eyes of his mind to see how terribly wrong it was for one human being to sell other human beings, as one would sell an animal. The realization of his wrong is a good example of God’s amazing grace at work in our lives. He was blind but now he sees.
The Bible has much to say about blindness.
John 9 (Contemporary English Version)
John 9
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 2Jesus' disciples asked, "Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?"
3"No, it wasn't!" Jesus answered. "But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 4As long as it is day; we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."
6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes. 7Then he said, "Go and wash off the mud in Siloam Pool." The man went and washed in Siloam, which means "One Who Is Sent." When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. 9Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, "I am that man."
10"Then how can you see?" they asked.
11He answered, "Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see."
12"Where is he now?" they asked.
"I don't know," he answered.
The Pharisees Try To Find Out What Happened
13-14The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees. 15They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, "Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see."
16Some of the Pharisees said, "This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath."
Others asked, "How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?" Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves, 17they asked the man, "What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?"
"He is a prophet!" the man told them.
18But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents 19and asked them, "Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?"
20The man's parents answered, "We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. 21But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself."
22-23The man's parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
24The leaders called the man back and said, "Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner."
25The man replied, "I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!"
26"What did he do to you?" the Jewish leaders asked. "How did he heal your eyes?"
27The man answered, "I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"
28The leaders insulted the man and said, "You are his follower! We are followers of Moses. 29We are sure that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from."
30"How strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. 31We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. 32And this is the first time in history that anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind. 33Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God."
34The leaders told the man, "You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?" Then they said, "You can never come back into any of our meeting places!"
35When Jesus heard what had happened; he went and found the man. Then Jesus asked, "Do you have faith in the Son of Man?"
36He replied, "Sir, if you will tell me who he is, I will put my faith in him."
37"You have already seen him," Jesus answered, "and right now he is talking with you."
38The man said, "Lord, I put my faith in you!" Then he worshiped Jesus.
39Jesus told him, "I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see."
40When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, "Are we blind?"
41Jesus answered, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty."
We are all like this blind man, when we are born into the world; we are born blind, unable to see the harm that we unintentionally cause others. We are unable to understand the Word of God that shows us God’s plan of salvation. Was the result of our blindness cause by our parents or was it because of our own sins. Was the result of our blindness due to the child abuse, the lack of love that we did not get from our parents? Or was our blindness cause because of some of the choices we made once we were of legal consent. We were born blind to the ability to understand the wrong our sins cause others and our selves. We were blind to the understanding that because of the sins of Adam and Eve, and the choices we have made in life, we are in need of a Savior. Are we blind?
The good news is this; our blindness gives God glory in His Son Jesus Christ. When God’s grace begin to opens up our eyes to the meaning of His word, it is at that moment that we begin to see that we have lived our lives victimizing ourselves, and other.. This realization of were we have went wrong at in life, demonstrates God majestic power and grace in our lives to change the way we think about things and people. This is the reason why the song, “Amazing Grace,” is so popular. The song that John Newton wrote, is a constant reminder to us, that even the most hearten criminal, the most ruthless person eyes can be open, by the power of God Holy Spirit, to realize that they are a sinner in need of a Saviour, and his name is Jesus Christ.
Are you blind? Do you want to know how you can get your eyes open to be able to understand God’s truth?
Then you must realize:
You are a sinner and cannot save yourself
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23
“Not by work of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us,” (Titus3:5)
Acceptance or refusal determines your destiny.
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him: (John 3:36)
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation.”
(Hebrew 2:3)
You must repent of your sins, confess them and forsake them.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)
“Whoso confesseth and forsaketh them {his sin} shall obtain mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13)
Jesus Christ has already provided the way of salvation.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.” (I Peter 3:18).
Father I thank you, that you have given us your son Jesus, that if I believe in him as the Man who was blind believes that you will open my eyes to see and understand your truth that is in your word. I thank you Lord for opening up my eyes, in Jesus Name!
If you would like prayer email me at Thecrowngem@yahoo.com and we will PUSH.
We will Pray Until Something Happens. You need the Prayer and I need the Practices.
Are we Blind?
Grace
Grace is the underserved acceptance, recognition and love that we are supposes to give, to one another. When most of us think of grace, we often think of the song Amazing Grace that a one time slave trader, by the name of John Newton, wrote. Newton wrote this song because one day he came to a realization mentally, that the selling and killing of Africans for a lively hood was wrong. He realizes, for the first time, that he was guilty of destroying lives. He writes this moving song to explain to all of us, exactly what God’s grace had done for him. God’s amazing grace had open up the eyes of his mind to see how terribly wrong it was for one human being to sell other human beings, as one would sell an animal. The realization of his wrong is a good example of God’s amazing grace at work in our lives. He was blind but now he sees.
The Bible has much to say about blindness.
John 9 (Contemporary English Version)
John 9
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 2Jesus' disciples asked, "Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?"
3"No, it wasn't!" Jesus answered. "But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 4As long as it is day; we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."
6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes. 7Then he said, "Go and wash off the mud in Siloam Pool." The man went and washed in Siloam, which means "One Who Is Sent." When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. 9Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, "I am that man."
10"Then how can you see?" they asked.
11He answered, "Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see."
12"Where is he now?" they asked.
"I don't know," he answered.
The Pharisees Try To Find Out What Happened
13-14The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees. 15They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, "Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see."
16Some of the Pharisees said, "This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath."
Others asked, "How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?" Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves, 17they asked the man, "What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?"
"He is a prophet!" the man told them.
18But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents 19and asked them, "Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?"
20The man's parents answered, "We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. 21But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself."
22-23The man's parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
24The leaders called the man back and said, "Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner."
25The man replied, "I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!"
26"What did he do to you?" the Jewish leaders asked. "How did he heal your eyes?"
27The man answered, "I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"
28The leaders insulted the man and said, "You are his follower! We are followers of Moses. 29We are sure that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from."
30"How strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. 31We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. 32And this is the first time in history that anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind. 33Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God."
34The leaders told the man, "You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?" Then they said, "You can never come back into any of our meeting places!"
35When Jesus heard what had happened; he went and found the man. Then Jesus asked, "Do you have faith in the Son of Man?"
36He replied, "Sir, if you will tell me who he is, I will put my faith in him."
37"You have already seen him," Jesus answered, "and right now he is talking with you."
38The man said, "Lord, I put my faith in you!" Then he worshiped Jesus.
39Jesus told him, "I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see."
40When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, "Are we blind?"
41Jesus answered, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty."
We are all like this blind man, when we are born into the world; we are born blind, unable to see the harm that we unintentionally cause others. We are unable to understand the Word of God that shows us God’s plan of salvation. Was the result of our blindness cause by our parents or was it because of our own sins. Was the result of our blindness due to the child abuse, the lack of love that we did not get from our parents? Or was our blindness cause because of some of the choices we made once we were of legal consent. We were born blind to the ability to understand the wrong our sins cause others and our selves. We were blind to the understanding that because of the sins of Adam and Eve, and the choices we have made in life, we are in need of a Savior. Are we blind?
The good news is this; our blindness gives God glory in His Son Jesus Christ. When God’s grace begin to opens up our eyes to the meaning of His word, it is at that moment that we begin to see that we have lived our lives victimizing ourselves, and other.. This realization of were we have went wrong at in life, demonstrates God majestic power and grace in our lives to change the way we think about things and people. This is the reason why the song, “Amazing Grace,” is so popular. The song that John Newton wrote, is a constant reminder to us, that even the most hearten criminal, the most ruthless person eyes can be open, by the power of God Holy Spirit, to realize that they are a sinner in need of a Saviour, and his name is Jesus Christ.
Are you blind? Do you want to know how you can get your eyes open to be able to understand God’s truth?
Then you must realize:
You are a sinner and cannot save yourself
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23
“Not by work of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us,” (Titus3:5)
Acceptance or refusal determines your destiny.
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him: (John 3:36)
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation.”
(Hebrew 2:3)
You must repent of your sins, confess them and forsake them.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)
“Whoso confesseth and forsaketh them {his sin} shall obtain mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13)
Jesus Christ has already provided the way of salvation.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.” (I Peter 3:18).
Father I thank you, that you have given us your son Jesus, that if I believe in him as the Man who was blind believes that you will open my eyes to see and understand your truth that is in your word. I thank you Lord for opening up my eyes, in Jesus Name!
If you would like prayer email me at Thecrowngem@yahoo.com and we will PUSH.
We will Pray Until Something Happens. You need the Prayer and I need the Practices.
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