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Mark 8:20-25
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many
baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said,
Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not
understand?
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.
I. INTRODUCTION
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a. His eyesight, however, quickly deteriorated to
the point that he could distinguish only
between light and dark.
(1) Doctors concluded that he had
retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and
incurable eye disease.
(2) As he got older, doctors considered
removing the cataracts from Jennings’
eyes, but feared the surgery would
further damage his retinas.
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II. BODY
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4. In our text we read the story of a blind man who
was brought to Jesus by his friends who
“begged” Jesus to heal him.
a. These people had enough faith and action to
know that if they could get him to Jesus, he
could be healed.
(1) I wonder this morning, do we believe
Jesus can still heal and change the
lives of people?
(2) If you do, are you willing to bring those
in need of a touch into the presence of
Jesus?
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a. The issue, however, was in the mind of the
one being touched.
(1) The reality is that oftentimes when
Jesus touches a person’s body, out of
habit or because their brain is simply
unable to compute what has just
happened, the body feels as if the
healing is incomplete.
(a) He’s already healed your body,
now He has to heal your mind!
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what has actually happened in
our lives!
(c) You’ve been touched once in
your life, but you will be
transformed if you will let the
touch of Jesus reinvigorate,
refresh, and revive your mind,
your intellect, your
understanding, and your
perception!
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2) God’s promise is for a
FRESH, NEW spirit and
heart!
a) The bottom line,
however, is that God
can change you either
through repairing or
rebuilding the old, or
by giving you the
new!
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(a) In other words, anyone saved
by the touch of Jesus – if he or
she is united with Christ – gets
a fresh start.
(b) They are created NEW!
(c) The old life is gone; and the
new life burgeons!
(d) And how is this done?
(e) Titus tells us…
1) Titus 3:5 – Not by
works of righteousness
which we have done,
but according to his
mercy he saved us, by
the washing of
regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy
Ghost;
2. She was only 18 years old when she and her 11-
year-old sister were abducted by a pair of
hoodlums near a store in Casper, Wyoming.
a. They drove the girls forty miles southwest to
Freemont Canyon Bridge, a one-lane, steel-
beamed structure rising 112 feet above the
North Platte River.
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a. Somehow, Rebecca managed to convince the
two men not to abuse her sister the way they
had abused her.
b. Both girls were thrown over the bridge into a
narrow gorge.
(1) Amy died when she landed on the
rocks below, near the river.
(2) Rebecca slammed into a higher ledge
and ricocheted into deeper water.
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(2) The boyfriend did not want the child to
see her cry, so he carried the toddler
to the car.
(3) That’s when he heard Rebecca’s body
hit the water.
(a) That is when Rebecca
Thompson died her second
death.
(b) The sun never dawned on
Rebecca’s dark night.
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(2) The stigma was tattooed deeper and
deeper with the newspaper ink of
every headline.
(a) She had been violated, and try
as she might, she could never
outlive nor outrun the memory.
(b) So, 19 years later, she went
back to the bridge.
III. CLOSE
A. BEETHOVEN’S HARPSICHORD
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1. In his later years, Beethoven would spend hours
playing a broken harpsichord.
a. The instrument was worthless.
(1) Keys were missing.
(2) Strings were stretched.
(3) It was out of tune and harsh on the
ears.
B. ALTAR CALL
2. No…none of that.
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a. He just calls for a second touch!
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