Seeking Vision

Seeking Vision

• Date preached: 22-Oct-06, Sebewaing


• RCL Proper 25 B


• Text: Mark 10:46-52


• Subject: What gives people the ability to see the truth about Jesus?


• Complement: Faith gives people the vision to see and follow Jesus.


• Exegetical Idea: The disciples didn't see what Jesus was about but blind Bartimaeus did. Even though Mark's community could not see Jesus with their eyes, they could with their faith.


• Homiletic Idea: Putting our faith in Jesus means receiving vision to follow him down the road of discipleship.


• Purpose: Hearers will be presented ministry vision and challenged to follow.


• Type: Deductive, Expository

I. See Jesus For Who He Is

1. Blind Bartimaeus saw Jesus for who he is

• Son of David –

• Messiah


• King of kings and Lord of lords


• Savior who could have mercy on him


• Power in his hands


• Divine power

2. Are we blind like the Disciples?

• Hush—don’t upset what’s going on


• Jesus is to busy with the members


• Don’t stick out


• Seem flaky


• Seem annoying


• Don’t disrupt our decorum with your neediness


• Continually getting it wrong


• He surely won’t die!


• We will sit at his right and left hands


• We will be rewarded but no longer suffer

II. Get Up! He Is Calling You.

1. Bartimaeus threw everything aside to come to Jesus

• Throws aside his cloak and alms


• All that was important to him, his lively hood, his whole life


• Jesus was more important


• Trusting that he would no longer need those tools to beg


• Comes to Jesus seeking vision


• My rabbi!


• His deepest longing


• I would see


• Can you imagine how long he had wished for that?


• Could no longer resist, I would see you!


• Are we ready to jump up and beg Jesus for vision?


• Vision means seeing what the road will bring


• The suffering way - sacrifice


• The disciplined way - Work


• Vision means seeing thins as they truly are


• Seeing ourselves in our need


• Seeing others in their need


• Seeing Jesus as he is!

III. Receive Your Sight And Follow Him On The Way

• Your faith has saved you


• Recovered his sight


• Physical need was met


• healing


• And followed him on the road – restored wholly


• Spiritual healing - salvation


• Decided to follow him


• Are we whole and wholly following him?


• Restored sight and transformed life


• See glimpses of what is truly important, the supernatural?


• Life completely turned around for a bigger vision?


• Casting aside everything for a new vision


• Throw away your beggars coat


• Your fears


• Your resisting


• See through the eyes of Jesus


• Dream his dreams


• See people as he sees them


• See yourself as he sees you


• Follow him!