Our vision
Introduction
- There is story about Buddha, the founder of Buddhism। One day he was meditating sitting under a tree. A soldier happened to go by that way. He did not like the physical make up of Buddha. He said, “You look like a pig”. Buddha looked at him with a smile and responded,” You look like God”. The soldier was amazed to hear that. “Why did you say that?” the soldier asked Buddha. Buddha said, “The whole morning I was meditating on God in my heart. When I see you in that spirit, I could see the image of God in you”.
Content
- Is our vision clear? Yes.
- In the gospel there are two kinds of blindness, physical blindness and blindness of the mind.
o Physical blindness – blind man
o Spiritual blindness – the Pharisees
- Sometimes our vision is distorted by distractions
o Eg: Samuel went to visit Jesse’s house to select a ruler for Jews. He looked and saw the 7 children handsome. But God selected David.
o Man sees the appearance and God sees the heart
o Eg: man saw peter as ‘fisherman’. Jesus saw peter as ‘Fisher’s of man’.
o Blind man did not know who healed him. We receive the blessings but do not recognize God.
o Parents of the blind man said, “we do not know”, out of fear.
o Pharisees “this man is not from God because he breaks the Sabbath” – over conscious of law that blocked them seeing good in others.
- Reasons for blindness
o Afraid of Jews, ignorance, over attraction to the worldly things and money, anger, lust, greedy, etc.
Conclusion
- 2 things to do for receiving a clear vision, the gift of Christ.
o The need to stand before Christ. Our prayer. Christ is the supreme light – reconciliation and repentance.
Do as Christ say – Christ would reveal the blocks in us (reasons for blindness). Remove them
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