So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught?
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… some people, we're going to come back to that, brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked him, do you see anything? And the man looked up and said, I see people and they look like trees walking around. Once more, everybody say once more. Once more, Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. If you are a student of the Bible, you may say, I thought that Jesus put mud on a guy's eyes and then had him wash and he was healed with one touch. If you think that, you're actually right. There's another story in John's gospel, John chapter nine, about a guy that was blind and Jesus spit on the ground and put some mud on him. Jesus touched him one time. …
… in this little story. He took, verse 23, the blind man by the hand, led him outside the village. When he'd spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, do you see anything? I told you this is not a very appetizing miracle. I need to read that again because you didn't even react to it, and it's so weird. When he had spit on the man's eyes, we just glossed over that. Like that's just something people do. Like he did a Hail Mary over him or something. He spit on the man's eyes and then put his hands on him, and Jesus asked, do you see anything? He looked up and said, oh, you did pretty good. I see people, they look like trees walking around. Now I'm going to point out to you real quick, the fact that he knew what trees looked like means that he had been able to see it sometime in the past. So he's restoring his sight, some things God wants to bring you back to. …
… brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. And when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, Can you see anything? And the man looked up and said, I can see people, but they look like trees walking. Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again, and he looked intently, and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Then he sent him away to his home, saying, do not even go into the village. Sometimes you need a second touch. Would you pray with me? Lord. I pray in these minutes, these ancient words might come off this page and be living words to this needy preacher and to these gathered here and beyond here. Lord, I pray for the present power of this past event that by your spirit, through your word, it might be operative in our lives that ere we leave here today, we'll know the power of a second touch. …