ONE MORE TOUCH MARK 8:22-26
HAVING CHRIST TOUCH YOU • Sermon • Submitted
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
In his book “The Servant Who Rules”, Ray Steadman shares the following illustration. Jazz pianist George Shearing was blind from birth. The composer of more than three hundred pieces, including the jazz standard “Lullaby of Birdland,” Shearing toured continually throughout his long career. He could often be found in busy downtown areas, navigating crowded sidewalks with his dark glasses and white cane. On one occasion, he was at a busy intersection at rush hour, waiting for help in crossing the street. Finally someone tapped him on the shoulder. What Shearing heard next was not an offer for help but a request. “Excuse me, sir,” a stranger said to Shearing, “would you mind helping a blind man cross the street?” Shearing was about to tell the other man that he too was blind. Then he thought, Why not give it a go? So Shearing said, “Certainly, my friend. Here, take my arm.” The two men set off across the street together, the blind leading the blind. Shearing heard many unnerving sounds as they crossed the street—tires squealing, horns blaring, the angry voices of cab drivers—but they made it safely to the far curb. Later Shearing recalled the incident and said, “I'll never do it again, but I'm glad I did it once. It was the biggest thrill of my life!”
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WE ARE DEALING WITH THINGS THAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH BEFORE
ALL SENSE OF MORALITY WAS GONE
YOU CAN BECOME WHATEVER YOU WANT AND BASICALLY DO WHAT YOU WANT
THE WORLD IS CHANGING BEFORE OUR EYES AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A BLIND WORLD
THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY OR LEADERSHIP
WE WANT TO BE INDEPENDENT BUT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS INTERDEPENDENT
AND WHERE THERE IS BLINDNESS, THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF TRAGEDIES AND ADVERSITIES
WHEN JESUS CHRIST WALKED UPON THIS EARTH, HE MOSTLY HEALED BLIND PEOPLE
I WOULD PREACH THIS TEXT, I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
BUT AS I BEGAN EXAMINING IT A BIT DEEPER, I COULD SEE THAT THE CITY IS BLIND, THE BACKGROUND IS BLIND, AND EVEN JESUS’ DISCVIPLES WERE BLIND
SOME OF THE MOST VIVID PICTURES OF THE BIBLE CENTER BLINDNESS, INCLUDING THE SODOMITES LOOKED FOR LOT’S HOUSE, THE ALMOST BLIND ISAAC WHO WAS TRICKED BY HIS OWN SON, SAMSON’S EYES TAKEN OUT, AN ARMY OF SYRYAN WARRIORS BEING STRUCK BLIND, THE MAN HEALED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE BLIND BEGGERS WHO WOULD CALL OUT FOR CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF THEIR DILEMA, TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND EVEN HIS DISCIPLES
IN BOTH THE SPIRITUAL AND THE NATURAL, BLINDNESS IS A TERROR
THE BIBLE SAYS
Where there is no vision, the people perish:
But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
THE WORD PERISH IS THE HEBREW WORD IS PR (PAWRAW) AND MEANS-TO BE FREE FROM RESTRAINT, TO GO OUT OF CONTROL, OR TO RUN WILD
WHICH TELLS ME THAT WHERE THERE IS A VISION, PEOPLE ARE DISCIPLINED, SELF CONTROLLED, AND ADHERENCE TO GOD’S WORD
THUS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHAOS GOING ON IN THE WORLD, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A BLIND WORLD WITH BLIND PEOPLE LIVING IN IT
TO COMBAT THE BLINDNESS IN THE WORLD, GOD IS GIVING MORE LIGHT TO HIS WORD
THE BIBLE SAYS,
The entrance of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
WHILE THE WORLD IS BECOMING BLINDER, WE NEED TO STUDY OUR SCRIPTURES MORE
HOW CAN WE STAY AHEAD WHEN PEOPLE DON’T REALLY STUDY THEIR BIBLES ANYMORE?
BUT GOD IS GOING TO OPEN UP THINGS THAT WERE CLOSED BEFORE, THT WERE SHUT DOWN
HE IS GOING TO OPEN REVELATION, GRACE, STRENGTH, AND POWER
IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM OPEN SOMETHING UP FOR YOU, GIVE HIM A PRAISE
BODY
BODY
CHRIST HAS JUST ENTERED INTO A CITY NAMED BETHSAIDA, AND SOME CARING FRIENDS HAVE BROUGHT UNTO HIM A BLIND MAN
BUT THE BLIND MAN WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE BLIND, THE TOWN IS BLIND, JESUS IS SURROUNDED BY APOSTLES THAT WERE BLIND
THERE WAS SO MUCH BLINDNESS
THEN, COMES THE FIRST TOUCH
JESUS TOOK THE MAN BY THE HAND AND LED HIM OUT OF THE TOWN
CHRIST HAS TAKEN HIM BY THE HAND, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE FIRST TOUCH
NOTHING HAS CHANGED BUT THE TWO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP NOW
FIRST, HE LONGS FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU
THE STORMS ARE STILL RAGING, BUT WE STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
THE WIND IS STILL BLOWING BUT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
YOUR BODY IS STILL FILLED WITH PAIN, BUT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THE FIRST TOUCH WAS NOT TO CHANGE HIM BUT TO BRING HIM OUT OF AN ENVIRONMENT OF DOUBT, FEAR, DESTRUCTION
HE TOOK HIM BY THE HAND AND LED HIM OUT
LEADING YOU OUT IS A PROCESS
HERE IS THE PROCESS, CAN YOU FOLLOW ME IN THE DARK
CAN FEEL YOUR WAY THROUGH IT
CAN YOU GO THROUGH A TIME WHEN NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN YOUR LIFE
CHRIST WANTS TO KNOW, CAN YOU FOLLOW HIM IN THE SHADOWS
WILL YOU STAY WITH HIM WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE ANYTHING
THE MAN DIDN’T TAKE JESUS BY THE HAND, JESUS TOOK THE MAN BY THE HAND
IF THE MAN WOULD HAVE TAKEN JESUS BY THE HAND
BUT, JESUS HAS A HOLD ON ME AND IT CAN’T BE BROKEN
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
IT IS NOT THAT I HAVE A HOLD ON CHRIST BUT THAT HE HAS A HOLD ON ME
MY HAND MAY SLIP BUT GOD HAS A HOLD ON ME
I MAY MAKE SOME MISTAKES BUT CHRIST HAS A HOLD ON ME
I MAY FAIL AND FALL SHORT BUT CHRIST HAS A HOLD ON ME
I MAY HAVE LOST MY JOB BUT CHRIST HAS A HOLD ON TO ME
I MAY HAVE LOST MY MARRIAGE BUT CHRIST HAS A HOLD ON ME
TELL SOMEONE, HE HAS A HOLD ON ME
I CAN’T SEE RIGHT NOW BUT CHRIST HAS A HOLD ON ME
EVERYTHING IN THE KINGDOM IS ABOUT 3’S
LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE-FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT
MAN IS BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT
THE OUTER COURT, THE INNER COURT, THE HOLIES OF HOLIES
INSIDE THE ARK-THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, AARON’S ROD THAT BUDDED, AND THE MANNA
DAVID WAS ANOINTED 3 TIMES
FAITH, HOPE, LOVE
JESUS TOOK PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN
ITS ALWAYS ABOUT 3’S
THE 1ST TOUCH PULLS YOU OUT OF THE INFLUENCE
PULLED HIM OUT AND HE IS STILL BLIND
WE HAVE A WORLD THAT GOD KEEPS PULLING OUT
WE HAVE A GOD TAKING CARE OF US IN DARKNESS
THEN JESUS TOUCHED HIM THE SECOND TIME WHEN HE SPAT ON HIM
WHEN HE TOUCHED HIM THE SECOND TIME, HE SAID WHAT DO YOU SEE
EVERY TOUCH HAS A TEST
YOU CANNOT ENJOY THE TOUCH IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE TEST
YOU CAN’T RECEIVE THIS WORD AND NOT BE TESTED
EVERY TOUCH HAS A TEST
HE TOUCHED HIM, THEN HE TESTED HIM AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU SEE
HE SAID, I SEE MEN WALKING AS TREES
HE RECEIVES A LITTLE SIGHT, YET THINGS ARE STILL OUT OF FOCUS
HE SAW MEN WALKING AS TREES
LATER, THE DISCIPLES WOULKD KNOW THAT CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH BUT DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS GOING TO THE CROSS
JESUS WAS SURROUNDED BY MEN WHO COULD SEE MEN, BUT THEY COULD NOT SEE THE TREE
CAN YOU WALK WITH A GOD WHEN LIFE IS OUT OF FOCUS
CAN YOU BE FAITHFUL OUT OF FOCUS
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE STOP HELPING YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE BUT YOU CAN’T HELP YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL OUT OF FOCUS
THE WHOLE CHAPTER IS ABOUT DARKNESS, BLINDNESS
PETER COULD SEE THE CHRIST BUT COULDN’T SEE THE CROSS
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS AND BLIND ABOUT THAT
PETER KNEW CLEARLY THAT JESUS WAS THE CHRIST BUT HE WAS BLIND TO THE CROSS
REMEMBER WHEN PETER CONFESSES CHRIST AND JESUS CALLS HIM THE ROCK
A FEW VERSES LATER, THE ROCK AND THE DEVIL ARE SITTING IN THE SAME MAN
WHILE YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING BUT WRONG ABOUT ANOTHER
WHEN YOU ARE SO SPIRITUAL IN CHURCH AND SO CARNAL AT HOME
HOW COULD YOU BE SO STRONG AT WORK BUT SO WEAK AT WORSHIP
HOW COULD I BE SO BRIGHT WHEN I RIGHT BUT SO BLIND WHEN I TALK
LIVING OUT OF FOCUS
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH COURAGE THAT IT TOOK TO SAY IN FRONT OF JESUS’ DISCIPLES, YOUR TOUCH DIDN’T FIX ME
IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN SCRIPTURE WHERE THINGS DIDN’T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY
WHY IN THIS ONE CASE THAT JESUS ALLOWS US TO BE OUT OF FOCUS OF AN IMMEDIATE HEALING
AND CAUSE OUR EYES TO WONDER INTO THIS PLACE BEING OUT OF FOCUIS IT BECAUSE WE WOULD LIVE MOST OF OUR LIVES STUCK IN BETWEEN THESE TWO STAGES
LIVING OUT OF FOCUS
I’M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE BUT I’M NOT WHAT I;M GOING TO BE
I’M I AM OUT OF FOCUS
PEOPLE KILL THEIR FUTURE BEING OUT OF FOCUS
DON’T MAKE DECISIONS OUT OF FOCUS
SOME PEOPLE GET MARRIED WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF FOCUS
SOME PEOPLE GOT JOBS OUT OF FOCUS
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN PREACHED SERMONS OUT OF FOCUS
IF THIS MAN WOULD HAVE LIED ABOUT HE COULD SEE NOW, HE WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BEEN HEALED
WHAT GOT HIM HEALED WAS NOT FAITH, IT WAS HONESTY
THE DEVIL DOESN’T WANT YOU TO BE HONEST
HE WANTS YOU TO GUARD YOUR REPUTATION
MAKING PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN THEY ARE
BUT IF YOU WILL HUMBLE YOURSELF, GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP
IF YOU WOULD ADNIT, I CAN’T SEE AS GOOD AS I WANT TO, I’LL GIVE ANOTHER TOUCH BUT I’LL GIVE IT TO AN HONEST MAN
HE SAYS, BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T TRY TO IMPRESS PEOPLE AND YOU WERE HONEST
BECAUSE YOU HUMBLED YOURSELF
I’M GOING TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED IN YOUR LIFE
I WILL OPEN UP THE WINDOWS......
YOUR LATTER DAYS WILL BE GREATER.....
I KNOW THAT THE DEVIL TRIED TO LIE TO YOU
I AM NOT THROUGH WITH YOU YET
IF YOU WOULD HUMBLE YOURSELF, HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER TOUCH
LORD, I’M TIRED OF WALKING AROUND OUT OF FOCUS
I DON’T CARE ABOUT POPULARITY
I DON’T CARE ABOUT REPUTATION
I NEED ANOTHER TOUCH
I NEED ANOTHER TOUCH: AND MY HOUSE WOULD HEAL
MY SOUL WOULD FIND PEACE
I WOULD COME OUT OF MY GRAVECLOTHES
THE DEMONS WOULD BE AFRAID
IF YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF GOD WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER TOUCH
I WANT 1 MORE TOUCH
I’M GETTING MY TOUCH
1 MORE TOUCH WILL DESTROY THE YOLK
ALL THAT YOU NEED MORE TOUCH
EVERYONE OUT OF FOCUS, NEEDS A TOUCH
I NEED THE EVERY HOUR MOST GRACIOUS LORD...........