The blind beggar
“And as he went out of Jericho…. blind Bartimaeus…. sat by the highway side begging.”
Mark 10:46
Suggested Further Reading:
John 9:39-41
To be both blind and poor, these were a combination of the sternest evils. One thinks it is scarcely possible to resist the cry of a beggar whom we meet in the street if he is blind.
We pity the blind man when he is surrounded with luxury, but when we see a blind man in want, and following the beggar’s trade in the busy streets, we can hardly forbear stopping to assist him.
This case of Bartimaeus, however, is but a picture of our own. We are all by nature blind and poor. It is true we account ourselves able enough to see; but this is just one phase of our blindness.
Our blindness is of such a kind that it makes us think our vision perfect; whereas, when we are enlightened by the Holy Spirit, we discover our previous sight to have been blindness indeed.
Spiritually, we are blind; we are unable to discern our lost estate; unable to conceive the blackness of sin, or the terrors of the wrath to come.
The unrenewed mind is so blind, that it perceives not the all-attractive beauty of Christ; the Sun of righteousness may arise with healing beneath his wings, but this is all in vain for those who cannot see his shining.
Christ may do many mighty works in their presence, but they do not recognise his glory; we are blind until he has opened our eyes. But besides being blind we are also by nature poor.
Our father Adam spent our birthright, lost our estates.
Paradise, the homestead of our race, has become dilapidated, and we are left in the depths of beggary without anything with which we may buy bread for our hungry souls, or clothing for our naked spirits; blindness and beggary are the lot of all men after a spiritual fashion, till Jesus visits them in love.
We pity the blind man when he is surrounded with luxury, but when we see a blind man in want, and following the beggar’s trade in the busy streets, we can hardly forbear stopping to assist him.
This case of Bartimaeus, however, is but a picture of our own. We are all by nature blind and poor. It is true we account ourselves able enough to see; but this is just one phase of our blindness.
Our blindness is of such a kind that it makes us think our vision perfect; whereas, when we are enlightened by the Holy Spirit, we discover our previous sight to have been blindness indeed.
Spiritually, we are blind; we are unable to discern our lost estate; unable to conceive the blackness of sin, or the terrors of the wrath to come.
The unrenewed mind is so blind, that it perceives not the all-attractive beauty of Christ; the Sun of righteousness may arise with healing beneath his wings, but this is all in vain for those who cannot see his shining.
Christ may do many mighty works in their presence, but they do not recognise his glory; we are blind until he has opened our eyes. But besides being blind we are also by nature poor.
Our father Adam spent our birthright, lost our estates.
Paradise, the homestead of our race, has become dilapidated, and we are left in the depths of beggary without anything with which we may buy bread for our hungry souls, or clothing for our naked spirits; blindness and beggary are the lot of all men after a spiritual fashion, till Jesus visits them in love.
For meditation:
Spiritually the unconverted are very often exactly the opposite of what they think they are. It can also be true of Christians, for better or worse (Revelation 2:9; 3:1,8,17,18).
Sermon no. 266
7 August (1859)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
If you are not a believer in Jesus Christ,
you can be accepted into his kingdom.
I invite you to let him to make of you what He always wanted.
"PRAYER"
Marvelous God Almighty,
I come to you in the precious name of Jesus,
who died for me to make me free of sin,
I want Jesus to enter in to my heart and make me free,
I confess that He is the son of God.
I ask to change my heart and to give me wisdom to understand your Holy Word full of promises of eternal value,
not only to live on this earth,
but to be expectant of my life in heaven.
In the precious name of Jesus I ask.
Amen..
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
♥ <(((>< † ♥ † ><)))> ♥
“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie,
not in its fashion and manner,
but in the truth which it contains.”
~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God,
without acquiring any monetary reward.
God gave me the salvation for free,
so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ...
Blessings to all of You,
rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God
♥♥♥♥♥♥
PRAYER
Father,
I ask You to bless my friends,
relatives and those that I care deeply for,
who are reading this right now.
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit,
I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy..
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace.
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings.
Amen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can see two post at the time,
please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive",
there is many more,
sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits....
DO YOU ENJOY THIS BLOG ? ..
If you like to visit my other blogs,
please click at the link and If not clickable,
please copy and paste the address to your browser,
Thanks...
ENGLISH:
http://mightywarrior-mightywarrior.blogspot.com/
http://jesusmightywarrior.blogspot.com/
http://elshaddaitheallsufficientone.blogspot.com/
http://theinfalliblewordofgod.blogspot.com/
http://powerofthehighest.blogspot.com/
SPANISH:
http://poderosoguerrerodejesus.blogspot.com/
TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE FOR ALL LANGUAGES...
TRADUCTOR AL ESPAÑOL Y OTROS LENGUAJES....
Don't forget to spread The Word of GOD by sharing today's passage with friends...
Please share with your family and friends using small envelope (E-mail) next to a pencil,
under my name at the bottom of post,
or using the share link..
"HAVE A BLESSED DAY FULL OF PEACE,
LOVE AND HAPPINESS"
"COPYRIGHT STATEMENT"
Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers,"
Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
This resource was produced before 1923
and therefore is considered in the "Public Domain".
"COPYRIGHT POLICY"
We respect copyright laws and are committed to remove any copyright infringing material from our website.
If you find any content on our website which infringes your copyrighted work,
please contact us, we'll be happy to verify and remove such content.
Please do provide us the following details:
1) Your name, E-mail Address.
2) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on your website.
3) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on our website.
Some of the pictures from Flickr under Creative Commons License and also the bank of free Creative images for non commercial usage...
Everything we do is for God Almighty's glory,
our creator and we pray for all the people that are making images available
to continue spreading the Gospel.
Thank You and God Bless.
Feb 10/2011 started this page
MIGHTY WARRIOR