Just One Touch

JUST ONE TOUCH (LUKE 18: 35-42)

ILLUS: BLIND MAN

As I sit beside the road my nostrils are filled with the dust of countless ages past. I sit in the solitude of self-pity as I contemplate this prison.My prison is not one that locks me in but it’s one that locks me out; I don’t have bars that contain me but my dungeon is a world of darkness. I have often wondered what kind of face a beast that sings the song of the mourning dove would look like? I have often longed to see the petals of a flower in bloom, or to let my eyes caress the beauty of a newborn child.

Blind Man 33 A.D.

TEXT: Luke 18:35-42

35 When Jesus was coming close to Jericho, a blind man sat begging beside the road. 36 The man heard the crowd walking by and asked what was happening. 37 Some people told him that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by. 38 So the blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David,[g] have pity on me!” 39 The people who were going along with Jesus told the man to be quiet. But he shouted even louder, “Son of David, have pity on me!”

40 Jesus stopped and told some people to bring the blind man over to him. When the blind man was getting near, Jesus asked, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”

“Lord, I want to see!” he answered.

42 Jesus replied, “Look and you will see! Your eyes are healed because of your faith.” 43 Right away the man could see, and he went with Jesus and started thanking God. When the crowds saw what happened, they praised God.

WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE BLIND!

YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE, IF YOU ARE TOUCHED BY THE MASTER’S HAND

1. BLIND MAN

2. MAN, AT POOL

3. BENT OVER WOMAN

4. LEPER

5. WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY

6. NICODEMUS

7. DEMON POSSESSED MAN AT TOMBS

8. ME/YOU