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Sorry, you must have Windows Media Player 9 or higher. This is a large file which may take a few seconds to start Windows Media Real Audio MP3 Click here, or scroll down to view today's diagram (Mat 20:29-34) And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. (Mat 20:29-34) And as they departed from Jericho [this was Jesus’ last visitation to Jericho: “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” 2 Cor 6:2], a great multitude [a great unsaved multitude of professing Christians, versus, a great multitude of disciples] followed him [for the miracles and for the bread, seeing Jesus only in the flesh]. And, behold [look at this], two blind men [1] sitting by the way side [2], when they heard [3] that Jesus passed by [as when He “would have passed by them” Mark 6:48], cried out, saying, Have mercy [Gk: compassion] [4,5] on us, O Lord [Gk: supreme in authority], thou son of David [esteemed in the prophesied lineage of the Messiah]. And the multitude rebuked them [Gk: censured or admonished; by impl. forbid], because they should hold their peace [Gk: muteness] [i.e., the unsaved professing Christians, directed by Satan, attempt to mute those who are already blinded]: but they cried the more [6], saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David [7]. And Jesus stood still, and called them [to Himself], and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our [physical] eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them [understanding their need], and touched [Gk: to attach oneself to] their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight [i.e., both the physical sight that they asked, and the spiritual sight that they needed, and they could now SEE (Gk: perceive, understand) Jesus in the flesh and in the spirit], and they followed him [as true believers] [8]. 1. (Luke 4:18-19) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor [the spiritually poor: all men are spiritually poor, only some men are physically poor]; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. [five descriptions of a single unsaved man] a. (Luke 6:39) And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? b. blind = Dict: 1. lacking the sense of sight. 2. unwilling, or unable to try, to understand: blind to all arguments. 3. not controlled by reason: blind tenacity. 4. not possessing or proceeding from intelligence. 5. lacking all awareness: a blind stupor. 6. drunk. 14. to make blind, as by injuring, dazzling, or bandaging the eyes. 15. to make obscure or dark. 16. to deprive of discernment or judgment. 2. (Mat 13:19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one [Satan, the devil], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 3. (Rom 10:17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word [rhema] of God. 4. compassion = Gk: to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (fig.) feel sympathy, to pity:--have (be moved with) compassion. 5. compassion = Dict: a feeling of sorrow or pity for the sufferings or misfortune of another; sympathy. 6. (Luke 18:1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; a. (Gen 32:24-28) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man [an angel: Hos 12:4] with him until the breaking of the day. And when he [the angel] saw that he prevailed not against him [Jacob], he [the angel] touched the hollow of his [Jacob’s] thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he [the angel] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he [Jacob] said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he [the angel] said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob [Heb: heel-catcher (supplanter)], but Israel [Heb: he will rule as God, prince with God]: for as a prince hast thou power with God [1x] and with men, and hast prevailed. b. (Hosea 12:3,4) He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God [2x]: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication [Heb: moved to favor by petition] unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; c. (Mat 7:7,8) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 7. Matthew Henry’s Commentary: It is the will of God that we should in every thing make our request known to him by prayer and supplication [petition]; not to inform or move him, but to qualify ourselves for the mercy. The waterman in the boat, who with his hook takes hold of the shore, does not thereby pull the shore to the boat, but the boat to the shore. So in prayer we do not draw the mercy to ourselves, but ourselves to the mercy. 8. (John 3:3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see [Gk: perceive, understand] the kingdom of God [the kingdom of heaven]. Amen Click here, or on the diagram for a printable (pdf) version Previous Chapter Table Of Contents Next Chapter Click here to download a printable version of this message Click here to download a DOC version of this message
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(Mat 20:29-34) And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
(Mat 20:29-34) And as they departed from Jericho [this was Jesus’ last visitation to Jericho: “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” 2 Cor 6:2], a great multitude [a great unsaved multitude of professing Christians, versus, a great multitude of disciples] followed him [for the miracles and for the bread, seeing Jesus only in the flesh]. And, behold [look at this], two blind men [1] sitting by the way side [2], when they heard [3] that Jesus passed by [as when He “would have passed by them” Mark 6:48], cried out, saying, Have mercy [Gk: compassion] [4,5] on us, O Lord [Gk: supreme in authority], thou son of David [esteemed in the prophesied lineage of the Messiah]. And the multitude rebuked them [Gk: censured or admonished; by impl. forbid], because they should hold their peace [Gk: muteness] [i.e., the unsaved professing Christians, directed by Satan, attempt to mute those who are already blinded]: but they cried the more [6], saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David [7]. And Jesus stood still, and called them [to Himself], and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our [physical] eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them [understanding their need], and touched [Gk: to attach oneself to] their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight [i.e., both the physical sight that they asked, and the spiritual sight that they needed, and they could now SEE (Gk: perceive, understand) Jesus in the flesh and in the spirit], and they followed him [as true believers] [8].
1. (Luke 4:18-19) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor [the spiritually poor: all men are spiritually poor, only some men are physically poor]; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. [five descriptions of a single unsaved man]
a. (Luke 6:39) And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
b. blind = Dict: 1. lacking the sense of sight. 2. unwilling, or unable to try, to understand: blind to all arguments. 3. not controlled by reason: blind tenacity. 4. not possessing or proceeding from intelligence. 5. lacking all awareness: a blind stupor. 6. drunk. 14. to make blind, as by injuring, dazzling, or bandaging the eyes. 15. to make obscure or dark. 16. to deprive of discernment or judgment.
2. (Mat 13:19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one [Satan, the devil], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
3. (Rom 10:17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word [rhema] of God.
4. compassion = Gk: to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (fig.) feel sympathy, to pity:--have (be moved with) compassion.
5. compassion = Dict: a feeling of sorrow or pity for the sufferings or misfortune of another; sympathy.
6. (Luke 18:1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
a. (Gen 32:24-28) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man [an angel: Hos 12:4] with him until the breaking of the day. And when he [the angel] saw that he prevailed not against him [Jacob], he [the angel] touched the hollow of his [Jacob’s] thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he [the angel] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he [Jacob] said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he [the angel] said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob [Heb: heel-catcher (supplanter)], but Israel [Heb: he will rule as God, prince with God]: for as a prince hast thou power with God [1x] and with men, and hast prevailed.
b. (Hosea 12:3,4) He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God [2x]: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication [Heb: moved to favor by petition] unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
c. (Mat 7:7,8) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7. Matthew Henry’s Commentary: It is the will of God that we should in every thing make our request known to him by prayer and supplication [petition]; not to inform or move him, but to qualify ourselves for the mercy. The waterman in the boat, who with his hook takes hold of the shore, does not thereby pull the shore to the boat, but the boat to the shore. So in prayer we do not draw the mercy to ourselves, but ourselves to the mercy.
8. (John 3:3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see [Gk: perceive, understand] the kingdom of God [the kingdom of heaven].
Amen
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