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*/Text/**/: /**Proverbs 29:18*
Title: *C atch A Fresh Vision For Your Life *
ETS: Spiritual Vision is vital to the Believer
ESS: The Christian must be guided by vision from above.
OSS: Christians will seek God for spiritual vision.
PQ: What is spiritual vision and how can I receive it?
UW: Points
Introduction:
*/I.
THE DEFINITION OF VISION /*
/A.
The Hebrew word “khaw-zone”: /
1. /Refers to vision that comes from God. /
/a)Isaiah's vision /*(Isa.
6)*
/b) Ezekiel's vision /*(Ezek.
37)*
/c) Peter's vision /*(Acts 10:9-16)*
/d)Polycarp's vision (Foxes Book of Martyrs, p.20) /
/B.
The hallmarks of this type of vision: /
/1.
You will see through the eyes of faith.
/
/a) Like those in /*/Hebrews 11/*/ /
/2.
/You will see others through the eyes of Christ.
a) *“**/O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,
and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often
would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen
doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not!” (/**Luke 13:34**/)/*/ /
/b) /*“/And when he was come near, he beheld the city,
and wept over it” (/Luke 19:41)*
/c) /*/“/**/But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and
were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”
(/**Matt.
9:36**/) /*
/3.
/You will see self and sin for what they are.
/a) /*/“...sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by
that which is good; that sin by the commandment might
become exceeding sinful... O wretched man that I am!
who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
(/**Rom.
7:13b, 24)*
/4.
/You will see the Christian warfare for what it is.
/a) /*(Eph.
6:10-18)**-* READ
*/II.
/**THE DANGERS OF NO VISION *
A. Steps become ordered by what we see through the eyes of
the flesh.
/1.
We see only in part; not the whole picture.
/
/a) /*/“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know
even as also I am known.”
(/**1 Cor.
13:12**/) /*
/2.
We fret over what God has already taken care of.
/
/a) Like Elisha's servant /*(2 Kings 6:17)**/“And Elisha
prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see.
And the LORD opened the eyes of
the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha.”
/*
/3.
We focus on the problem rather than the problem
solver.
/
/a) /*/(/**Phil.
4:13, 19**/) “ I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me...
But my God shall
supply all your need according to his riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.”/*/
/
B. Stripped of defences, sin and Satan have a field day.
/1.
We see only the false image of sin Satan paints for us.
/
/a/*/) (/**2 Cor.
11:14**/) “And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
/*
/2.
We fail to see the enemy we are fighting; leaving us
open for attack.
/
/a) /*/(/**Eph.
6:12)**/“For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
/*
/C.
/Soul-winning ceases to be a focus because we don't see others the way Jesus does.
/1.
We fail to see the peril of the lost.
/
/a) /*/(/**John 4:35**/) “Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say
unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.”/*
/2.
We fail to understand the heart of the savior.”
/
/a/*/) (/**Luke 19:10**/) “For the Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was lost.”/*/
/
/3.
We develop a bitter, critical spirit; turning on other
believers.
/
/a) /*/(/**Hebrews 12:15)**/“Looking diligently lest any
man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby
many be defiled” /*
/b) /*/(/**Galatians 5:15**/) “But if ye bite and devour
one another, take heed that ye be not consumed
one of another.”/*/
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