Mark 8: 22-26 New Living Translation 22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him. 23 Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?” 24 The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.” 25 Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly. 26 Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.” An argument breaks out and one brother is saying, "no just by saying you're healed" while another brother says "no, first He spits on his fingers then touches the eyes then he's healed" still another brother argues that it's not instant or in spitting on his fingers but directly in his eyes then touching the eyes!
These are three are three different ways that Jesus healed blind people. Some of us can get caught up in the how and loose the marvel that He was willing and that He did! Part of the big idea for this past Sunday's Bible study was that if God chooses to grant mercy, it will come, but it may be odd. This kind of reminds me of how each Christian grows at different rates but regardless they all will grow. The problem, like the guys who argue how Jesus heals, is we think it should look one way when the truth is we all learn in different ways and in different times. One thing that stands out to me in the book of Mark is how many times it was someone bringing a person to Jesus or asking for healing on their behalf. In today's reading it says, "some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him." It's something we need to keep in mind, there are those who will not come to Jesus on their own they need someone to bring them to Him. I firmly believe that Jesus will draw people to Himself but how and when can look so many different ways, which is why I love hearing people's testimonies. They are as different as the people telling them and they all have one thing in common, Jesus saved them.
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