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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Using only moistened clay as a poultice on the eyes of a man born blind, Jesus made him see. That’s when the trouble began. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, presented highlights of the documentary, “What the Health.” (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – July 2 – July 8
Worship Sunday – Ministry; Monday – Who Is the Greatest? – Tuesday – At the Feast of Tabernacles; Wednesday – Among Snares; Thursday – The Light of Life; Friday – The Divine Shepherd; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Last Journey From Galilee [All topics per Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White.]
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Words of Encouragement
Psalm 50:15 Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Colossians 3:1-2 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“The Pharisees saw that they were giving publicity to the work done by Jesus. They could not deny the miracle. The blind man was filled with joy and gratitude; he beheld the wondrous things of nature, and was filled with delight at the beauty of earth and sky. He freely related his experience, and again they tried to silence him, saying, ‘Give God the praise: we know that this Man is a sinner.’ That is, Do not say again that this Man gave you sight; it is God who has done this. DA 473.2
“The blind man answered, ‘Whether He be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.’ DA 473.3
“Then they questioned again, ‘What did He to thee? how opened He thine eyes?’ With many words they tried to confuse him, so that he might think himself deluded. Satan and his evil angels were on the side of the Pharisees, and united their energies and subtlety with man’s reasoning in order to counteract the influence of Christ. They blunted the convictions that were deepening in many minds. Angels of God were also on the ground to strengthen the man who had had his sight restored. DA 473.4
“The Pharisees did not realize that they had to deal with any other than the uneducated man who had been born blind; they knew not Him with whom they were in controversy. Divine light shone into the chambers of the blind man’s soul. As these hypocrites tried to make him disbelieve, God helped him to show, by the vigor and pointedness of his replies, that he was not to be ensnared. He answered, “I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be His disciples? Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art His disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence He is.’ DA 474.1
“The Lord Jesus knew the ordeal through which the man was passing, and He gave him grace and utterance, so that he became a witness for Christ. He answered the Pharisees in words that were a cutting rebuke to his questioners. They claimed to be the expositors of Scripture, the religious guides of the nation; and yet here was One performing miracles, and they were confessedly ignorant as to the source of His power, and as to His character and claims. ‘Why herein is a marvelous thing,’ said the man, ‘that ye know not from whence He is, and yet He hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and doeth His will, him He heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this Man were not of God, He could do nothing.’ DA 474.2
“The man had met his inquisitors on their own ground. His reasoning was unanswerable. The Pharisees were astonished, and they held their peace,–spellbound before his pointed, determined words. For a few moments there was silence. Then the frowning priests and rabbis gathered about them their robes, as though they feared contamination from contact with him; they shook off the dust from their feet, and hurled denunciations against him,–‘Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?’ And they excommunicated him. DA 474.3
“Jesus heard what had been done; and finding him soon after, He said, ‘Dost thou believe on the Son of God?’ DA 474.4
“For the first time the blind man looked upon the face of his Restorer. Before the council he had seen his parents troubled and perplexed; he had looked upon the frowning faces of the rabbis; now his eyes rested upon the loving, peaceful countenance of Jesus. Already, at great cost to himself, he had acknowledged Him as a delegate of divine power; now a higher revelation was granted him. DA 474.5
“To the Saviour’s question, ‘Dost thou believe on the Son of God?’ the blind man replied by asking, ‘Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him?’ And Jesus said, “Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee.” The man cast himself at the Saviour’s feet in worship. Not only had his natural sight been restored, but the eyes of his understanding had been opened. Christ had been revealed to his soul, and he received Him as the Sent of God.” DA 475.1
(This study is based on John 8:12-59; John 9; and chapter 51, “The Light of Life” in The Desire of Ages (DA), by Ellen G. White.)
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