The Miracle Cry Series

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS

If you are a good reader of the Bible, you will find out that the Bible uses blindness a lot as a figure of ignorance and darkness. So, when it talks about the Messiah as the light of the world to open the blind eyes, it is talking about the darkness that the enemy has constructed in the lives of people. This darkness is being taken away by Jesus Christ who is the light of the world and the Son of God. When the Bible says, "In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those that believe not;" it is talking about another kind of blindness. Those with blind hearts find it very hard to understand the gospel no matter how much you preach. Jesus called the Pharisees, "Thou blind Pharisees," not because their eyes were blind, but because they were spiritually blind. It is only the light of Christ that can remove ignorance and spiritual darkness. He says, "I am the light of the world, he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life."

When you see a Bible story or parable, don’t just look at it like that on the surface. God uses them to teach deep lessons. Blindness and darkness are serious problems. The effect of blindness is very bad. A spiritually blindman will not see where he is going in the spirit. He will be stumbling over unseen objects in the spirit. Such a person can go to the enemy’s camp to receive help, because he cannot see beyond his nose. He will be warming himself in the fire of the enemy and he will be getting in the ways of others and obstructing them. When you are spiritually blind, you will be confused and even spoil things for other people around you. For example, a blind father will bring charms home and distribute them to his children who are ignorant. A blindman will miss all the beauty of light and beautiful things that God has made around him. So, spiritual blindness is worse than physical blindness. I want you to pray the prayer of the Psalmist which says, "Open thou my eyes that I might behold wondrous things." Was the Psalmist blind? No. He was talking about the eyes of the spirit man. I like you to lay your hands on your chest and pray this one aggressively: "Every spiritual darkness, fly away from my heart, in the name of Jesus.

What are the other lessons we can pick from the miracle cry of Blind Bartimaeus?

1. Do not waste time: Ask for the touch of the Lord while He is still around. That popular song says, "...While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by." Jesus never passed that way again. He was on His way to die. Bartimaeus had his last opportunity and made very good use of it. Many people hear the gospel not knowing that they could be hearing it for the last time. Perhaps, if they had listened, they could have been saved.

WIGGLESWORTH’S EXAMPLE

Brother Wigglesworth who was an aggressive evangelist said that one day, God said to him, "Stand up son, and go into the market place. I have eleven souls to save through you today." He went to the market place and stayed there. As people were passing by, he kept asking the Lord, "Is it this one Lord?" If the Lord said no, he would let the person go. But when the Lord said, "Yes that is the one," Wigglesworth in his known crude manner, would rush to the person and say, "Are you born again?" If his answer is no, he would say to him, "You must get born again now." And right there in the market place, he would open the Bible and begin to teach the person.Generally, all the people he approached that way gave their lives to Christ.