Jesus Heals the Blind

 Advent Meditations

December 4, 2020

Jesus Heals the Blind

They went right into the house where he was staying, and Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I can make you see?” “Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.” Then he touched their eyes and said, “Because of your faith, it will happen.”

Matthew 9:28-29

Read Matthew 9: 27-31

Jesus said it was because of their faith that he could make the men see. These men revealed their faith in two ways. The first was in the way they addressed Jesus: Son of David and Lord. These titles indicated that Jesus was the Messiah and that they were acknowledging his authority. Secondly, “They went right into the house where he was staying” (Matthew 9:28a). Their faith was active, and I suspect the Apostle James could have used them as an example of “be doers of the word, and not hearers only” (James 1:22a).

These men had processed all they had heard about Jesus and reached the conclusion that he was Son of David and Lord. Their faith contrasts with the lack of faith of the Pharisees who said, “He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons” (Matthew 9:34). The Pharisees not only heard about Jesus, with their own eyes they actually witnessed the blind receiving sight. However, they reached a different conclusion about Jesus.

The blind men were driven by desperation. Jesus was their only option, and they were compelled to believe that Jesus was in fact who he said he was. The Pharisees weren’t so limited in their options for life.

My Takeaway: I believe the blind men were who Jesus had in mind when he said, “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs” (Matthew 5:3.) I count myself in their company, how about you?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

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