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The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing the Blind Man from Bethsaida

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

Only Mark contains the healing of the blind man from Bethsaida, highlighting several important spiritual truths. The miracle's location is part of its unique teaching.


The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing Blind Bartimaeus

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

One of the last of Jesus' miracles was the healing of blind Bartimaeus. Jesus' compassion for the man's blindness points to His compassion for all the spiritually blind.


The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing a Man Born Blind (Part Two)

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

The episode of the healing of the man born blind speaks of the relevance of the Sabbath and the ubiquity of opposition to true Christians.


Spiritual Blindness (Part One): The God of This World

'Prophecy Watch' by David C. Grabbe

The true God is consistently and exclusively shown to blind while working out His purposes, so who is the '[G]od of this world' (II Corinthians 4:4)?


The Healing of a Man Born Blind (Part Three)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

We must accept that there are some things for which we do not know the answer, and not all the things we 'know' are necessarily true.


The Blind See

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The man born blind from birth depicts the hopeless spiritual blindness of most of the earth. Only Jesus can release the world from spiritual blindness.


The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing Two Blind Men (Part One)

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

Two blind men doggedly follow Jesus into a house so that He will restore their sight to them. Here are the lessons we can learn from these two supplicants.


The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing Two Blind Men (Part Two)

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

Two blind have faith that Jesus can heal, but disobey His command not to tell anyone. Even so, they did not let their handicap keep them from seeking Christ.


Spiritual Blindness (Part Two): The God of This Age

'Prophecy Watch' by David C. Grabbe

Scripture reveals God's ability to open people's eyes to the truth or to blind them to it, but Satan is never shown doing so, only deceiving.


Spiritual Blindness: Choosing a Curse

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

God proclaims a cause-effect relationship between sin and madness, blindness, and confusion of heart. Sin causes blindness, and blindness begets more sin.


The Healing of a Man Born Blind (Part One)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Ironically, the blind man who could not see physically eventually sees spiritually, but the Pharisees, who could see physically, could not see spiritually.


Sight to the Blind

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Jesus' mission was to recover both physical and spiritual sight to the blind, liberating them from those false beliefs that had previously imprisoned them.


Are You Blind? (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by Dan Elmore

We need to cast our most discerning gazes on ourselves and, in all humility, refrain from 'fixing' others, especially when we have similar problems.


Are You Blind? (Part One)

CGG Weekly by Dan Elmore

To one extent or another, we are all blind—perhaps we are not physically without sight, but we often fail to see in some way or another.


Who Is the 'God of This World'? (Part One)

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

Translators use a lowercase "g" in "god of this age [or, world]" in II Corinthians 4:4, yet it is the true God who blinds; He alone opens and closes eyes.


John (Part Sixteen)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The closer we get to God, the more likely we will have persecution, but also the greater and more real He becomes and the more likely we will serve Him correctly.


Facing Times of Stress: Lack of Clarity

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Many people called by God realize the world is wrong, but also cannot see the way of God clearly, having an inability of seeing or comprehending the truth.


You Have Not So Learned Christ

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

While the truth of Christ has the power to elevate, our worldly orientation blinds us, dulls our minds, and pulls us downward to abject slavery to sin.