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Why Miracles Happen?
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Lesson Fifteen: by turtle
Mark 8:22-38 KJV
(22) 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.
(26) And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor
tell it to any in the town.
(27) 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?
(28) And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One
of the prophets.
(29) And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth
and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
(30) And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
(31) And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and after three days rise again.
(32) And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him.
(33) But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked
Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that
be of God, but the things that be of men.
(34) And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said
unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me.
(35) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
(36) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?
(37) Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(38) Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
This story is interesting. One because healing did not take place all at once. It
was gradually. First the man gain sight a little, but he was still in the fog and then
he gained full sight. Much it is in the life a person coming to know Jesus. We
might not see the whole truth about Jesus. We might not know much about God.
But as the word of God begins to penetrate the heart and soul of man, so does
the sight of how man perceives God. If you take someone that has no knowledge
of who God is and begin to share the truth with them, then something begins to
happen. It is a slow process and a slow journey. Many Christians understand the
journey from darkness to light. It is a slow process. One that takes time. It does
not happen over night. We need to pray as Christians for those that know not
God. Know not the power of God. That they may see truth. As the healing begins
the eyes slowly open to truth. The power of Satan will try and pull you in to
submission. Will try and pull you down to a point of death. Guess what you
already got a part of God in you by just claiming the truth of His word. Reading
the word of God will destroy the enemies power. Quoting the word of God will
defeat the enemy. Praying in the Name of Jesus will defeat the enemy.
Christ is. Who the Messiah is. Then when we choose to take whole of belief in
Jesus we then can take hold of who the Holy Spirit is. If you are raised in the
church world you are taught early on who the Father, The Son and the Holy
Spirit is. But if you know not these thing you must be taught on a slow gradual
plane. Many of the world believe in God but many do not know Christ. Many
religions recognize a creator but not the Messiah. If you look at the Holy Spirit
not knowing God it does not make sense. Yet all three are one. The man that was
regaining is sight was seeing for the first time in a long time. Then complete
healing took place.
Jesus asked Peter and the disciples who he was, and they said the Messiah, and
Christ said not to tell anyone, because they would not understand. That is so
true. People not knowing who God is can not know the Son. Each part of the
Trinity speaks of each other.
The way to start taking blinders off is Jesus way. Not always all at once. Just like
healing is not always all at once. God was teaching the disciples about there own
spiritual growth. Showing they did not always understand who he was and
neither did the people. It was a slow process. Be blind is not the sin. It is where
each of us start in the knowledge of who God is.
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