God Loves YOU! - July 26, 2020

Pastor Chuck Ryan

God Loves YOU!

 

Text: Mark 8:22-26

Thesis: Jesus restores sight to a blind man in stages because of this man’s individual needs!

 

1. Jesus was considerate to this blind man by healing him in two stages.
2. “Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village.” (23a)
3. The “people begged Jesus to touch the blind man.” (vs1)
4. There is something powerful in the act of touching.
5. Practice the art of affection where it is deemed appropriate.
6. Your family members should know your touch.
7. In an appropriate manner be affectionate with your Church family.

• “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (2 cor. 13:12)
• “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.” (1 Timothy 5:1-2)

1. Jesus possibly recognized a weakness in the man that required him to be healed in two stages.

“That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor.12:10)
   1. If in our weaknesses we turn to Jesus, then we will be strong.

       “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives me strength.”

         (Philippians 4:13)

 

1. Jesus did not heal everyone in the same manner because he sees us as unique individuals.
2. God loves YOU!

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.” (Psalms 139:14)

1. God tells Jeremiah “"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)
2. The hymn writer writes, “While you were on the cross, I was on your mind.
3. God may bless us according to our uniqueness.
4. God may discipline us according to our uniqueness.

 

III. Jesus demonstrates that “God’s Grace is sufficient in the time of need!

1. God taught this principle to the Apostle Paul.

“But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.” (2 Cor.12:9)

1. The greater the need, the greater the grace.
2. So, do not fear the present day or the future.
3. This is a Biblical principle that God wants us to apply to our lives.

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:33-34)

1. God has the power to heal both physical and Spiritual blindness.