Salvation in Sight

                                            By: Fred Reid

Dang sorry I’ve been gone for a while again smh but the Lord has been speaking! The craziest thing about this revelation is there was a man that did a sermon on this same revelation all the way back in 1866. It was definitely nice to have some confirmation. Anyways let’s get to it. 

     Mark 8:22-26. I hope this isn’t long but I’m excited! Just to give you a quick synopsis, there was a blind man that was brought to Jesus to be healed. This is the famous healing that entailed Jesus spitting on dude’s eyes and having to touch Him twice. But let’s take a closer look friends because there are some huge similarities to salvation in this story. 

      The blind man is seeking Jesus and someone brings him to Him (notice the capitalization if you almost get confused lol) which points to the importance of friends and family that will bring you to Jesus. Verse 23 Jesus TAKES THE MAN AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS AND FAMILY EVEN OUT OF THE CITY TO BE HEALED! When you are in the process of giving your life to Christ He will take you by the hand and lead you away, not only from sin but also some people that you know/are close with. If I get into the spitting on the eyes part this would REALLY be long so sorry I’ma keep it moving. 

    It begins to get even better when Jesus touches this man and asks Him how he sees (as if the Christ didn’t already know) why is it that this man couldn’t see properly? Why did Jesus have to touch Him twice?! How does this relate to salvation? I ask you to think back to when you first got saved. No doubt you had been touched by God and began to see things differently, BUT honestly you probably didn’t see’em quite right. As for me, I went through both an extreme phase and a justification phase. I was extreme in that everything was bad at first! By definition the little things of life I saw as trees: I was not going to go the movies because they were full of sin, I wouldn’t talk to anybody that was a sinner, I would have to pray several times a day and read my bible at least one or two hours a day OR God wouldn’t love me as much. I was focusing too much on the letter of the law than the love and knowledge of God. Then I went the complete opposite way, because I was saved and God would forgive me I could do ANYTHING! I would engage in sin PURPOSEFULLY banking on the fact that God will forgive, knowing that I’d be right back at it first chance I got. NOT true repentance. This is why I need to be touched by God again. Hopefully you can relate. 

       I am NOT saying that we need to be “re-saved” instead that we need to mature in Christ. Jesus didn’t re-open this man’s eyes…He simply purified his vision. The fact that He touched this man again when he was not seeing correctly is yet another testament of His grace and mercy. Jesus could have left buddy walking around getting trees and men mixed up which clearly would have cause confusion and thus not an effective life. The same way He could have left us mixed up in our convoluted understanding of what it is to be saved. But because He loves us so much He’ll touch you again. He’ll send somebody your way to give you a chance to learn and understand instead of criticizing you. Hopefully ya’ll are still reading this despite its length I even left some stuff out to try to keep it short. I might have to come back and deal with it later. But another major point that I want to leave ya’ll with is Jesus told this man NOT TO GO BACK to that town or tell anyone there. Not because the savior was ashamed or secretive but rather because this man was starting a completely new life and needed not to return to his former things. Also sometimes it is hard to explain what God has done in your life to others. This may cause you to doubt what has taken place or be frustrated that others won’t believe with you. I encourage you to allow your life to be transformed by Christ and enjoy its newness! When it’s time to go back He will lead you there.

 Over and Out :)