"And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 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. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him."
This lesson further demonstrates the Power of Jesus over all manner of human problems, including blindness. In essence, it demonstrates Jesus' power over sin.
We must remember that every bad or unpleasant thing we encounter in this life is the fault of the sin that was brought upon us by the disobedience of Adam.
We must remember that every bad or unpleasant thing we encounter in this life is the fault of the sin that was brought upon us by the disobedience of Adam.
Therefore when Jesus, as in today's lesson, returned the blind man's sight, or upon another occasion cleansed a leper of his/her disease, or caused a lame person to walk. He was doing nothing more than removing, from that person, the penalty of sin.
Those of us whom have believed in Jesus Christ were given that same healing power if we could only muster as much faith in the outcome as Jesus had, sadly there are few, if any, who are able to muster that much faith.
We can, however, lean on the healing power of the Holy Spirit of God simply by calling on Him in humble prayer.
Therefore, there is never a need for a saved person to suffer because we were given the following promise, "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." (John 16:23-24) ~
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