Calvary Grace Assembly of God
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April 3 Sunday Morning Message
This message will challenge people in following God’s direction, through blind obedience no matter how unconventional it may seem as we read concerning the blind man in John 9, to see their God-ordained dreams fulfilled.
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John 9:1-11
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.” “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked. He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
You can learn a lot from a blind man – Lesson 1:
BLIND OBEDIENCE IN GOD ALWAYS REQUIRES YOU TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
You can learn a lot from a blind man – Lesson 2:
THE MORE BLIND OBEDIENCE IN GOD YOU EXERCISE, THE MORE CONFIDENCE YOU GAIN AND THE BIGGER THE MIRACLES YOU EXPERIENCE.
Howard Shultz’s story in 1987:
“This is my moment, I thought. If I don’t seize the opportunity, if I don’t step out of my comfort zone and risk it all, if I let too much time tick on, my moment will pass.”
You can learn a lot from a blind man …
It’s estimated that the blind man walked about 1,000 yards – that’s 10 football fields – from his spot near the temple gates, where he would set up to beg, to the Pool of Siloam.
You can learn a lot from a blind man – Lesson 3:
THE PROCESS OF BLIND OBEDIENCE TO GOD DEVELOPS THE CHARACTER THAT WILL SUSTAIN CONTINUED MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE.