Meeting Jesus - Encounters that Transform: Seeing in the Dark

SERMON SERIES: Meeting Jesus - Encounters that
Transform
SERMON TITLE: Seeing in the Dark
SPEAKER: John Huh

SYNOPSIS: In today's passage, a blind beggar encounters Jesus
and receives healing. Let us see, along with Bartimaeus, how
Jesus teaches us to see in the darkness.

SCRIPTURE: Mark 10:46-52

Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight

46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples,
together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man,
Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the
roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
me!”


48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he
shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”


49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”


So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s
calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to
his feet and came to Jesus.


51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.


The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”


52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.”
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the
road.