Our paragraph topic is: (The blind men at Jericho) Part 1.
Humility was the example that Christ wanted his disciples to learn. He gave them his example. He showed them that he came to serve. He told them that he came to give of his life. He wanted them to know, even though he was the Messiah, even though he was the Son of God, even though he was a king, he relinquished all, that he might come and serve man. This was not the example of their time. This was not the way of the present rulers and leaders. They would not have made such a sacrifice. But this was the way to being great.
So they left that place and continued on their journey. They followed him that he might continue to teach them, that he might continue to prepare them for the path that they would follow after he was gone. For his journey was coming to an end soon. His path was leading to Jerusalem where he would face death. They followed and their eyes were slowly opened. And as they were leaving Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
He was the leader and they were the followers. He was the teacher and they were the students. He was the Messiah and they were to become the Apostles of the new faith. This was the path they were on. This was their journey. This would become their understanding after he had returned to the Father. They walked with him. They talked with him. They eat and slept and breathed the same air with him. They believed in him and knew not of what was to happen. He told them of the journey. He made reference to it often. But the knowledge of the outcome was not with them.
What made him special? What caused the crowds to follow? What was it that caused the crowds to believe and yet did not allow the elders, the rulers, the leaders of the day to believe? Was it the miracles? Was it the food that he gave? Was it the hope that he brought to them that made a difference? Was it the change that they felt that gave them the courage to believe that something was different? The people followed him. The people cried out to him. The people wanted to be near him, to touch him, to see him with their own eyes. So they came from near and far. They came to him.
And so, the crowds followed him. The crowds believed in him. The crowds had faith in him that something would change because of him. And they came. They came because they heard it in their ears. They came that they could see it with their eyes. They came that they could feel it in their hearts and know that he was real. They came because the Father called them and they heard. Can you hear? Can you see that which is the truth within you? Can you know the truth of who you are in him? Can you believe that you are different? Or have you been deceived? Have you been blinded? Has your heart been closed to the love that awaits you from the Father? He calls all his children. Come! Hear his call!
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Humility was the example that Christ wanted his disciples to learn. He gave them his example. He showed them that he came to serve. He told them that he came to give of his life. He wanted them to know, even though he was the Messiah, even though he was the Son of God, even though he was a king, he relinquished all, that he might come and serve man. This was not the example of their time. This was not the way of the present rulers and leaders. They would not have made such a sacrifice. But this was the way to being great.
So they left that place and continued on their journey. They followed him that he might continue to teach them, that he might continue to prepare them for the path that they would follow after he was gone. For his journey was coming to an end soon. His path was leading to Jerusalem where he would face death. They followed and their eyes were slowly opened. And as they were leaving Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
He was the leader and they were the followers. He was the teacher and they were the students. He was the Messiah and they were to become the Apostles of the new faith. This was the path they were on. This was their journey. This would become their understanding after he had returned to the Father. They walked with him. They talked with him. They eat and slept and breathed the same air with him. They believed in him and knew not of what was to happen. He told them of the journey. He made reference to it often. But the knowledge of the outcome was not with them.
What made him special? What caused the crowds to follow? What was it that caused the crowds to believe and yet did not allow the elders, the rulers, the leaders of the day to believe? Was it the miracles? Was it the food that he gave? Was it the hope that he brought to them that made a difference? Was it the change that they felt that gave them the courage to believe that something was different? The people followed him. The people cried out to him. The people wanted to be near him, to touch him, to see him with their own eyes. So they came from near and far. They came to him.
And so, the crowds followed him. The crowds believed in him. The crowds had faith in him that something would change because of him. And they came. They came because they heard it in their ears. They came that they could see it with their eyes. They came that they could feel it in their hearts and know that he was real. They came because the Father called them and they heard. Can you hear? Can you see that which is the truth within you? Can you know the truth of who you are in him? Can you believe that you are different? Or have you been deceived? Have you been blinded? Has your heart been closed to the love that awaits you from the Father? He calls all his children. Come! Hear his call!
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
