spiritual Blindness
Ilus.In a little town a factory worker , lazy man never satisfied in his job, always seeks lame excuses to
get holiday so many times he put the drops of liquid from a tree,that makes his eyes blood red
telling his manager that he was suffering of eye sickness to get a days leave.He got success in getting leave
many times but soon his eyes lost sight because of the tree liquid .His ignorance made him blind.
Intro;;
Blindness is indeed a great tragedy.Satan has blinded peoples inner eyes, to unable to see the Living God!
ii corinthians 4;4"’In whom the god of this worldhas blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light
of the glorious gospel of Christ.’"
[i] Blindness by satan
people who are unable to believe christ , will be blinded by the satan, by his cunningness.
To be unable to see the beauties of this world is
bad enough, but to be unable to see the true beauties which God has prepared for
those who love Him is far worse.If the grace of God has removed
such blindness from us, let us be eternally grateful to God.
[ii]Tragedy of Blindness
To King David the idea that the blind and the lame could prevent him entering the
city, might have sounded very far-fetched. Was not David the thrice-anointed king ?
He was anointed once by the prophet samuel, once by the people of Judah and again
by the people of Israel. Was not king David called the man after God’s own heart’?
(I Sam.13:14). Did he not hold the honour of having slian Goliath, the gigantic leader of
the philistines, with merely one smooth pebble from the brook ? Had not king David
faught in numerous wars and emerged conqueror in every one of them ? surely this
warning about the blind and the lame was a jeering taunt !
King David then set out to take the stronghold of zion which was an earthly city,
calling it ’the city of David’ (II Sam.5:9; 1 Kgs. 8;1). It remained zion, the city David,
and finally David was buried in it (1 Kgs. 2:10).
The Bible speaks mainly of the eternal zion. "But ye are come unto Mount Sion and
unto the city of the living God, the heavently Jerusalem" (Heb. 12:22). This city is in the
process of being built. Its foundation stone is christ (I Pet. 2:6). After the lord has
finished building zion, He will appear in glory (psa , 102:16). Just as David faced a
blockade from the blind and the lame, we too can be hindered by the blind and the lame.
We shall now consider who the blind are.
"And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites the inhabitants of
the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the
lame,thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.Nevertheless,
David took the stronghold of zion : the same is the city of David"(II sam. 5:6,7).
King David went to Jerusalem and there the Jebusites offered him a challenge that
was as ridiculous as it was despicable, The Jebusites became inhabitants of Jerusalem
because the children of benjamin had previously failed to drive them out (Judg. 1:21).
The children of Judah also tried unsuccessfully to drive them out (Josh. 15:63).
Blindness is indeed a great tragedy. To be unable to see the beauties of this world
is bad enough but to be unable to see the true beauties which God has prepared for
those who love Him is far worse ! There are millions in this world who have been
blinded by the prince of this world, satan. Their spiritual eyes have been blinded so
that they are nable to see the light of the gospel and believe the lord Jesus Christ. They
may have perfect physical eyesight, but as far as eternity is concerned, they are blind.
"But if our gospel be bid, it is hid to them that are lost : In whom the God of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not Jest the light of the glorious gospel of
christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them"(II cor. 4:3,4). such are lost
and are outside christ.
[iii]Blinds in the churches
Strangly, there are some blind within the church also. they are considered blind
beacause their spiritual vision is not sharp. Their vision is blurred and they are
partially blind. They have somehow found their way to Jerusalem but because of their
handicap,they are unable to press on and as such neither will they go forward norallow
others to do so. they are an obstacle and a source of distraction to those who are on the
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Those who do not give all diligence’ to build up their christian virtues are blind
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forward move.
[iv]3 classes of Blind people in churches
We can identify atleast three classes of blind people within the church:
(1st class Blinds) St. Paul prays that the eyes of understanding of the Ephesians may be
enlightened (Eph. 1:18,19). This can then enable them to know the hope of their calling,
the glory of His inheritance inthe saints, and the exceeding gret power in them that
belive on Him. Christians who are not able o know and experience these three things
are still spiritually blind and need to have the eyes of their understanding enlightened.
Christians whose eyes can only see the fading and temporal beauties of this life and
this present wicked world are blind, inasmuch as they are unable to see the true
beauties of the glorious world to come. Only those who have caught a glimpse of the
fair and beautiful things which Jesus has prepared for those who really love Him will be
able to frown upon these trivialities the wicked world is offering us.
(2nd class Blinds) Those who lack certain virtues listed by peter, are considered blind. "But he
that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath for gotten that he
was purged from his old sins" (II Pet. 1:9). Christians who do not give ’all diligence’ to
build up their Christian life are blind. We must note well that such Christians ’cannot
see afar off’ because they do not build up such virtues in life . They become spiritually
short -sighted ! They suffer from spiritually myopia because they cannot see the things
that are beyond this life and this world. This happens because they have been careless
about cultivating certain qualities in their Christain life like faith, virtue, knowledge,
self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and love. As long as we are not
diligent in acquiring these qualities, we are blind and short-sighted. How many of us
have diligently sought to makes these qualities our own ?
(3rd class of Blinds) "But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
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knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes"
(I Jn. 2:11). Christians who have no love for their brethren are blind. Such will not enter
the holy city and they will be a hindrance to those who would want to enter therein. Let
this be a checkpoint in our life. If we cannot love our fellow brethren, we cheat
ourselves by thinking we love God ! We think we are all right---but God says that we
walk in darkness and that we ourselves do not know where we are going.
[*]Physical Blindness
In India sometime ago, there was a notorious gangwhich kidnapps children, from houses &
they make innocent children Blind.Finally they use Blind children for begging money.
Piercing red hot iron rod in to the eyes and making innocent children Blind,is a trrible thing
but stone hearted men were doing so thats why we can see hundreds of blinds in India.
Now as our church , Church of Jesus conduct worship service for Blind people, hundreds of people
testify how they are miraculously delivered by christ.
Oh, how we need to thank and praise God day and night if His grace has removed
such blindness from us and "delivered us from the power of darkness ... " (Col. 1:13).
Truly such can say by the pure mercies of God: "Once I was blind, but now I see".
Hallelujah !
