THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THE ONE THAT REFUSES TO OPEN THEIR EYES...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
TEXT:
Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?
shall they not both fall into the ditch?
There is a very deep verse...it is so simple, we seldom catch the beauty and depth of
what God is speaking...
There are none so blind as those that refuse to see...
I. IF THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND... WE WILL FALL
WE INVEST SO MUCH IN EYE CANDY, CARNAL, FLESH VISION...
WE FAIL TO SEE THE UNSEEN HANDS...
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of
them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
A. In 1995 Jane's International Defense Review reported that the company NORINCO
of China was offering to export a WEAPON that used LASER BEAMS to damage the eyes
of the enemies.
This WEAPON is called the "ZM-87 POTABLE LASER DISTURBER."
B. Jane's report is that this weapon will INJURE or DIZZY the eyes of the enemy combatant
with HIGH POWERED LASER IMPULSES...
This weapon will cause the enemy to LOSE COMBAT ABILITY by hindering the visual field.
C. The ZM-87 PORTABLE LASER DISTURBER has a RANGE of about TWO MILES.
D. OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL .... WANTS TO BLIND THE CAMP AND HAVE PEOPLE
REFUSE TO OPEN THEIR EYES...
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour:
II. REFUSE TO LOOK AT A CALLAUSED HEART?
THINK ABOUT THINKING PATTERNS?
A. God does not force people to SEE or to HEAR...
That is up to your attitudes... your THINKING PATTERNS...
Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest
they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert,
and be healed.
B. IF WE DESIRE CHANGE...
HONEY WE MUST OPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING...
C. WHEN WE SEE AND HEAR HEALING WILL COME...
III. SAMSON SAW MORE BLIND THAN WHEN HE COULD SEE...
BUT HIS VISION LIMITED HIS ABILITY...
FAILURE DEMANDED... ONE MORE TIME...
A. THE WAS A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN...
he had good, godly parents...
B. SEEMS EVERY STRONG PERSON HAS A WEAKNESS...
C. Them strange girls are so pretty...
Dating opposites attract...
Married opposites ATTACK...
Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and
bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
D. STRONG BOY... HOW DOES BLINDNESS AFFECT/// EFFECT YOU?
The life of an animal?
Judges 16:28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and
strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for
my two eyes.
IV. BLESSED ARE THE EYES THAT SEE...
BITTERNESS AND ISOLATION ARE DEADLY....
A. GOD HELP US TO SEE
Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Luke 10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see
the things that ye see:
B. HAVE WE BEEN PUSHED BY LIFE AND HURT EMOTIONS TO A POINT THAT PAIN SWALLOWS
US WHOLE.
We need to CONFRONT OUR BITTERNESS and what is at the ROOT OF OUR PROBLEM...
1. Do we seem to be HOPELESSLY CAUGHT in a TRAP THAT IS DOOMING US...?
2. Does life seem to be endlessly DRAINING our peace and victory?
3. Is something constantly POKING into your victory?
4. Are we carrying INFECTED WOUNDS?
5. Are we LOOSING BLOOD and WEAKNESS is a way of life?
C. SATAN TENDS TO BLIND THE EYES OF GOD'S PEOPLE...
V. LOVE AND RESPECT ALWAYS STARTS AT HOME... ALWAYS...
OFTEN TIMES, MEANNESS, SMART MOUTHS, DISRESPECT STARTS AT HOME
A. BITTERNESS BACK FIRES... OFTEN WE TAKE GENDER WORDS AND EXCUSE
SELF THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO ME...
Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
B. TERMS:
1. GRUDGE: deep seated resentment
to unwillingly admit, to give but with resentfulness,
2. RESENTMENT: The feeling of indignant displeasure...persistent ill will, something
that is regarded as wrong...
3. ANGER: ticked off, rub wrong way, strong displeasure, mad, strong emotion
4. ISOLATION: to set apart from others, TO SEPERATE,
5. RUN AMOK: violent rage, uncontrolled, undisciplined,
VI. WE WILL BE BETTER PEOPLE IF WE OPEN OUR EYES AND SEE...
LET US PUT THESE THINGS AWAY...
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you.
1 Corinthians 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being
persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of
all things unto this day.
VII. THE DOOR OF HEAVEN HINGES ON FORGIVENESS...
THE ENEMY KNOWS ALL THAT REFUSES TO FORGIVE WILL SPLIT HELL WIDE OPEN...
NONE SO BLIND OR WILL BE OPEN OUR EYES?
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Luke 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive,
and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it
shall be measured to you again.
Proverbs 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also
himself.
CONCLUSION: Ignorance of the law is no excuse to do wrong, else everyone would plea
ignorance. We must search our hearts, is there anything not pleasing to our Father.
God help us correct these problems...
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
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