Who Knows That You’re In The Area?
Luke 18: 35-43
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And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: |
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And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. |
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And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. |
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And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. |
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And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. |
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And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, |
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Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. |
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And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. |
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And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. |
You know I had to very good friends of mine and we ended up having bible study about this very subject. I tell you it was awesome. I was really explaining to them as they explained back to me that I am not trying to be forlorn but also I am not trying to be holier than thou. In reading this scripture you get the feeling that Jesus is talking directly to today’s christian. When the blind man heard the commotion going on around him it was amazing that he knew it was something different. He could not see who it was. Let me show you what I mean. Their are people who are really blind and lost on the way side looking for something or someone to save them. So the people who are lost in your life represent the blind man. We are supposed to be like Jesus, but here is the kicker that the folks around Jesus were the church folks, disciples. So the folks around him we are going to call them the Flesh. Our flesh gets in the way of the blind men/women getting to Jesus. See you must realize and understand that it is not you doing great work it is the God in you doing the great work. See I understand now what the bible means with this here scripture as far as my revelation. We have become unavailable to the people because we are trying to get to Jesus . The Jesus in us should resonate in everything we do. We are more worried about us then we are about God’s children. Look at this. How many times has church folks got in the way of you doing what God wants you to do? Think about it. God gave a whole lot of people on this email list a revelation of something to do but how many of you are really doing it? How many of us has God told to sing, preach, say hi to the neighbor you don’t like, pay someone else’s bill, love someone without any harmful words, not to gossip about an issue? We turn away from that though seeking to be around Jesus. The blind man also represents the growing epidemic of violence, rape, murder, lying, gossip, child molestation, divorce, households divided, children carrying guns, amongst other things. In this scripture text it was the crowd around Jesus that told the blind man to shut up cause Jesus was there. How many of you live a prisoner in your own home. How many of the saints live scared and in fear that someone will find out their secret. How many saints of God really are trying to heal the blind man. In the scripture we see that the blind mans faith saved him so why is altar call so difficult for the church? We put more emphasis on the sermons than the souls. Everyone always says to me I need a word from the Lord but be truthful some of us wouldn’t honestly know a word from the Lord because Next Top Model, A Chance At Real Love, I Love New York, Lift Every Voice And Sing, The Potter’s Touch, Heroes, House, Tru To The Game {Book}, Or The Steelers, The Sims, solitaire, the internet say more to us and so now all of these things replace God’s voice. I know I am on to something because I am in one of the ones who do it to. I mess up in these things. I was talking to my friend who asked me to interview somebody because of how she treated her I refused. Jesus said to me that wasn’t me but your flesh talking. I am honest with you about this here. One blind man today can make all of us see better. We were learning a song last night in rehearsal last night and I truly hate the song as it stands. The song to me is horrible. Jesus said to me these words on this morning my word doesn’t always fit your emotions. My flesh was getting ready to raise but God brought me back to reality. The old folks used to say this ‘So heavenly minded no earthly good at all.’ We are so stuck on Jesus that we are missing Jesus. We are so stuck on looking good because we are standing next to Jesus we forget that Jesus could be standing in the blind man’s shoes. We are unaware of what we are doing. Last thing what is up with this selfish nature of the saints? We don’t care about no one but ourselves. God will not bless you fully only thinking of yourselves. Watch Jesus he takes care of the ants, birds, and dogs etc. Why wouldn’t God take care of you? We are living beyond God and have made ourselves God. I have a good job, I am in a stable career, I am in a relationship, I have my health. Then hows come when we are seeming to be losing these things we panic? God has a solution but most of us went to ourselves for the answer. We never went to God. Well I pray. So does the devil. He preys everyday. Prayer needs to be intimate. You can’t be intimate with Jesus and you have no relationship. Wow that makes so much sense to me now that it is on paper. Well anyway I am no
t the answer all but find out for yourself when you study this that I got from God. For I could be wrong so if I am help me to do better in my understanding of the scripture. Study it for yourself don’t take my word for it. I left the scripture up top for you to read and study yourself. Be a blessing.
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