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Have you ever felt unseen? Like your prayers go unnoticed and your situation is too far gone? In the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52), we're reminded that no one is invisible to God. A blind beggar sitting on the side of the road, overlooked by everyone else, caught the attention of Jesus with just one thing—his faith. What miracle or impossibility have you given up on? This message is a call to believe again. Because God always has the last word, not your circumstances, not your past, and not what others say. Bartimaeus didn't let the crowd silence him—and neither should you. Faith is the only thing that can move the mountains in your life. In this message, we explore how one man's bold cry to Jesus led to a life-changing miracle—and how your faith can do the same.

Is it wrong to want to lose weight? Instead of wrestling with whether the desire is “bad” or “good,” what if we brought it honestly before the Lord? In this episode, we dive into the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52)—a man who didn't hold back his request from Jesus. Just like him, we can bring our deepest desires to God and trust Him to sift through them, pruning what is worldly and affirming what is good and true. Weight loss is a secondary goal, much like anger is a secondary emotion—it points to something deeper. When we walk with God in our health journey, He leads us to the real desires of our hearts. And whether or not weight loss happens, we will find true satisfaction in Him alone.

Learning about Blindness from Bartimaeus | Mark 10 | Bro. Joe Peet

Friends of the Rosary, The gospel reading for today is the marvelous healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10.46–52) a story included in all three Synoptic gospels. "Son of David, have pity on me," was crying with insistence the blind man. Christ Jesus responded his call: "What do you want me to do for you?"Bartimaeus: "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." "Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way." The Lord is hearing our call and petition to see, like Bartimaeus. He heard the Lord say to him: "Come to me. Let yourself be built into a spiritual house. You are chosen. I have called you out of darkness." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • May 30, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Have you ever considered the deeper meaning behind the miracles of Jesus? This episode brings you a stirring exploration of the encounter between Jesus and Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, as told in Mark 10:46-52. We promise an engaging journey through the transformative power of Christ's teachings and the metaphorical significance of receiving spiritual sight.Join me as we reflect on the profound spiritual insight of Bartimaeus, whose physical blindness belied a remarkable clarity of faith. We dissect the implications of his story for our own lives, discussing the necessity of recognizing our sins and the courage required to openly embrace and proclaim our faith. Delving into the pages of history, we draw inspiration from figures such as Charles Spurgeon, exploring what it means to be fearless in our Christian walk. With every chapter, we reaffirm the immediacy of salvation and the compelling need to spread the Gospel, inspiring you to see beyond the rituals and commercialization of faith to a heartfelt relationship with Jesus.As we conclude this episode, we focus on the enduring power of faith and the Gospel, highlighting the instantaneous nature of salvation for all who believe. Weaving in insights from literary works like "Pilgrim's Progress," we invite you to experience the weightlessness that comes from laying down the burden of sin at Jesus' feet. This is more than just a retelling of a biblical event; it's a call to action, an invitation to let the transformative power of faith in Christ alter the very fabric of your life. Join us on this enlightening voyage towards spiritual awakening and redemption, and discover how the blind beggar's story can illuminate your path to salvation.Support the show

Talk 24   Mark 8:22-26  The Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida Welcome to Talk 24 in our series on Mark's Gospel. Today we're looking at Mark 8:22-26 where Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida. Jesus healed many blind people during the course of his ministry. Luke 7:21 tells us that he gave sight to many that were blind and the healings of Bartimaeus in Mark 10 and of the man born blind in John 9 are well known examples. But this incident, which is found only in Mark's Gospel, is particularly interesting because it's the only occasion where Jesus needed to lay his hands on someone twice before they were completely healed. So let's begin by reading the passage together.   22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spat on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?" 24 He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around."  25 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. 26 Jesus sent him home, saying, "Don't go into the village."   The first thing I'd like you to notice in this story is that some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. Of course, it's understandable that a blind man would need others to bring him to Jesus, but what's most significant here is that it is the people, not the blind man, who beg Jesus to touch him. This is quite different from the healing of Bartimaeus who is discouraged by the people as he seeks healing from Jesus and who calls out, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me, and to whom Jesus says, Your faith has healed you (Mark 10:46-52).   In fact Jesus uses this expression on several different occasions in the Gospels: ·      After giving sight to Bartimaeus (Mark 10:52) ·      When speaking to the woman who touched the hem of his garment (Matthew 9:22, Mark 5:34, Luke 18:42) ·      to the grateful leper he had cleansed (Luke 17:19). ·      and to the woman who poured perfume on his feet and received forgiveness for her sins (Luke 7:50)   It's exactly the same Greek expression on all these occasions, and it shows the important role personal faith plays in receiving forgiveness and cleansing and healing. But there are other occasions in the New Testament where it's the faith of other people that brings about the healing: ·      The faith of the four friends who brought the paralytic  to Jesus (Mark 2:5) ·      of the Centurion for his servant's healing (Matthew 8:10) ·      of the SyroPhoenician woman for the healing of her daughter (Matthew 15:28) ·      and the faith of the elders when anointing the sick with oil (James 5:15). And here in today's passage it's the people who bring the blind man to Jesus who are begging him to heal him. It's by no means clear how much faith the blind man had, but it seems safe to assume that he was in full agreement with his friends' request.   The second thing we notice in this story is that Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village (v23). We're not told why Jesus did this, but it reminds us of the deaf and mute man that Jesus healed in the last chapter. Jesus took him aside away from the crowd (Mark 7:33). We suggested there that he may have done so because he wanted to get the man's full attention, to show him that he was not just one of the crowd, but an individual he cared about personally, or that perhaps Jesus himself felt the need to get away from the crowd, to get a moment of quiet when he could hear what God was saying about how to deal with this man's need.   And on this occasion Jesus may have done so for similar reasons. However, in this case it seems that Jesus might have had a further reason for taking the man out of the village. Notice that, after he has healed him, Jesus says, Don't go into the village.  We have seen on several other occasions in Mark's Gospel how Jesus tells those he has healed to tell no one about it, and it's possible that this is just another such occasion. Jesus was concerned that his miracles should not be the focus of people's attention. They were signs to confirm the truth of his message. He wanted people to hear what he said, not just to see what he did.   But the fact is, we simply don't know why he led the blind man out of the village. What we do know is that Jesus only did what he saw his Father doing (John 5:19) and the reasons for Jesus' specific actions were related to what God was telling him to do, and to the individual needs of the person he was ministering to – a principle we should all be aware of when we are praying for the sick, and which is particularly relevant to the next thing Mark tells us:   When he had spat on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?" We're not surprised that Jesus put his hands on him, but spitting on the man's eyes is not what we might have expected. Of course, we remember how, when he healed the man who was deaf and mute, Mark tells as that Jesus spat and put his fingers in the man's ears. We may also remember how, when he healed the blind man in John 9, Jesus spat on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes (v6).   There were no doubt specific reasons why Jesus used saliva in each of these three cases – one suggestion, for example, is that the man in John 9 was born without eyes and that Jesus was creating eyes for him from the dust of the ground, as God did when he created Adam. But, in the absence of any clear explanation in the Scripture, it would be unwise to jump to conclusions. It's all right to suggest what the reasons might have been but beware of people who are over dogmatic on such matters.   As far as following the example of Jesus is concerned, we can learn from this that the Holy Spirit might lead us on rare occasions to do something out of the ordinary when ministering to the sick, but we need to be very sure that we are hearing God correctly, and we should remember that the New Testament authorises two main ways of ministering healing, the laying on of hands (Mark 16) and anointing with oil (James 5). But even with these, the important thing is to hear what God is saying. The New Testament offers no formula for healing.   Notice next, still in verse 23, that Jesus asks the man, Do you see anything? There is, of course, a simple explanation for this. It's not immediately obvious to anyone except the blind person who has been prayed for (or treated medically for an eye condition) whether or not they can see. We have to ask them. But surely Jesus would have known. He was God, wasn't he? Yes, but he was also man.   This simple question to a blind man reveals one of the great mysteries of the incarnation (cf. 1 Timothy 3:16). Jesus was both God and man. Not half God and half man, but 100% God and 100% man. Our finite minds simply can't grasp it. But a God who can be fully understood by my tiny mind couldn't possibly be God at all, could he? But the Bible is clear that while Jesus was here on earth, as man he did not know everything. He grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52). Even though he never ceased to be God, when he was hungry and saw a fig tree he had to go and find out if it had any fruit (Mark 11:13).   So, here, to find out if the blind man can see anything, he asks him. There's no need to look any further for an explanation.  Neither do we need an explanation for how a blind man knew what people and trees looked like. After all, we're not told that he was blind from birth. But what does require an explanation is why the man is not completely healed immediately. Why did Jesus need to lay hands on him twice?   Answers to this seem to fall into three main categories: ·      Jesus was aware that the man was lacking in faith ·      Jesus was teaching his disciples that some healings would not be instantaneous ·      Jesus was illustrating his attempts to get his disciples to ‘see' the truth about him.   Let's consider each of these ideas in turn.   Jesus was aware that the man was lacking in faith As we saw earlier, Jesus was constantly looking for faith in those who came to him. Sometimes it was the faith of the person who was in need. At others it was the faith of the friends or relatives who asked Jesus to help them. Whichever it was, it seems that it was the person who was bringing the request who was expected to have faith that it would be granted.   Now if this man was lacking in faith, we are certainly not told that he was. What's more, it was the people who brought him to Jesus who made the request. And there is no mention of a sudden increase in faith before Jesus laid his hands on the man the second time, although we can imagine that his faith was encouraged by the improvement he experienced after Jesus laid hands on him the first time. However, we cannot say with any certainty that the reason why the man's healing was not immediate was lack of faith.   Jesus was teaching his disciples that some healings would not be instantaneous I suspect that this idea comes from the fact that healings today are often either partial or gradual. Of course we do see immediate answers to prayer for healing, especially in an evangelistic context when a miracle of healing is granted to help people come to faith in Christ (cf. Mark 16:15ff., John 20:30-31 etc.). But there are many cases where people ‘receive a touch' of healing but are not completely healed. At other times, even when there is a full recovery, this may take some time before it is complete. And in attempting to explain the reason for these incomplete healings, it's easy to refer to this passage as biblical evidence.   However, it's surely clear that, in the case we are looking at, if the blind man's healing was delayed, it was not delayed for very long! And it could hardly be described as gradual. Jesus lays hands on him, and there's an immediate improvement. He lays hands on him again, and the healing is complete. If Jesus really wanted to show his disciples that some healings are not instantaneous, this was hardly the best example give them. Furthermore, there is no evidence of gradual or partial healings in the ministry of his disciples. That is not to say that  healing does not sometimes happen gradually or in stages – there's plenty of evidence that it does. But I think it unlikely that this was the reason that Jesus laid hands on this man twice.   Jesus was illustrating his attempts to get his disciples to ‘see' the truth about him The merit in this suggestion is that it takes into account the context in which the story is set in Mark's Gospel. As we saw in our last talk, Jesus was often disappointed with his disciples for their lack of faith and slowness to understand, and only a few verses before today's passage we hear him saying: Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? The disciples had physical eyes to see, but they were spiritually blind. But Jesus did not give up on them. He persevered with them. And it's possible that Mark included this story at this point in his narrative as an illustration of Jesus' determination to persevere with his disciples until their spiritual eyes were opened to see who he truly was.   And this makes all the more sense when we consider what follows. Jesus takes his disciples to Caesarea Philippi and asks his disciples who they think he is. And Peter replies, You are the Christ. His eyes have been opened, but not to the whole truth, for when Jesus tells them about his coming death and resurrection, Peter refuses to accept it. His eyes has been opened to part of the truth, but he had yet to see clearly the whole truth.   I confess I find this explanation very appealing because of the context in which the passage is set. However, if Mark does include the story here as a kind of living parable illustrating how Jesus will persevere with people until they come to see the truth about him, that need not necessarily mean that this was why Jesus did it in the first place. The simple fact is, we simply do not know why Jesus healed this man in this way. The evidence for all these suggestions is inconclusive. And whatever explanation we prefer, we must be careful not to be dogmatic. What we can say with certainty is that Jesus did not leave this man unhealed.   So what other lessons can we learn from this passage?   We see that:   Nothing is impossible with God He responds to our prayers We may not understand why he answers in the way he does What he does he does perfectly He keeps on working in us until we see everything (including Jesus) clearly.   Once he could see clearly, the first thing this man saw was Jesus. One day we will see clearly. Now we see through a glass darkly, but then (when we get to Heaven) we will see face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). Only a day before making this recording my darling wife Eileen went to be with Jesus. Now she sees him perfectly. Oh hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. And one day we shall too.

This week BibleWorm reads Mark 10:32-52, the last of Jesus's three predictions of his suffering and death that began back in Mark 8. Once again, we see that the disciples have not quite understood, as James and John respond by asking Jesus to sit at his right and left hand when he comes in his glory. We talk about Jesus's invitation to James and John to drink his cup and receive his baptism, indicating that they—and all followers of Jesus—must be willing to share in his suffering, becoming slave and servant of all. We also discuss the story of blind Bartimaeus, who asks for mercy and receives his sight. Unlike the disciples, who have been jostling for first place, Bartimaeus becomes a model for Christians, falling in place behind Jesus on the way. What else could he do—and what else should Christians do— but live his life in gratitude for the mercy Jesus showed him?

Sunday Service (2/11/24) // Mark 10: 46-52 // Visit our website: https://mbchicago.orgFollow us to remain connected: Facebook:   / mbc.chicago   Instagram:   / mbc.chicago   TikTok:   / mbc.chicago   Podcasts: Listen on Apple, Spotify & others To support this ministry, you can donate via: Zelle to: info@mbchicago.org Website: https://mbchicago.org/give Venmo: https://venmo.com/mbchurch PayPal: https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_but...Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago#DanielBatarseh | #mbchicago | #mbcchicago | #Bible | #BibleStudy | #versebyverse | #chicago | #church | #livechurch | #churchlive | #chicagochurch | #chicagochurches | #Mark | #gospelofmark Mark 10: 46-52 (ESV) Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 46 And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” 50 And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

Gary explores the lessons in the healing of Bartimaeus

On Easter Sunday 2020, the famous Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was illuminated in a way that appeared to clothe Jesus in the attire of a physician. The poignant portrayal of Christ as a doctor was in tribute to the many front-line healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. The imagery brings to life the common description of Jesus as our Great Physician (Mark 2:17). Jesus did, in fact, heal many people of their physical afflictions during His earthly ministry: blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46–52), a leper (Luke 5:12–16), and a paralytic (Matthew 9:1–8), to name a few. His care for the health of those following Him was also demonstrated in providing for their hunger by multiplying a simple meal to feed the masses (John 6:1–13). Each of these miracles reveal both Jesus’ mighty power and His genuine love for people. He was also concerned with an even more devastating problem than any of the physical ailments He cured. His greatest act of healing came through His death and resurrection, as foretold by the prophet Isaiah. It is “by [Jesus’] wounds we are healed” of our worst affliction: our separation from God as a result of our sins (Isaiah 53:5). Though Jesus doesn’t heal us of all our health challenges, we can always trust the cure for our deepest need: the healing He brings to our relationship with God.

In today's episode, we dig into the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10.46-52). It's a blind man who hears Jesus is passing by and he fights to get an audience with him. It's a story about persistence and perseverance, but it also reveals the character of both the crowd as well as Jesus. What can we learn from this story for our own lives? We tackle that question! But before we get there, we're going to play a new game called Over/Under. We'll give an erroneous statistic and you need to decide whether you think the actual number is higher or lower than the one we give. #Redemption #ThePost #2023 #podcast #onlinechurch #churchonline #Bible #Mark10 #Bartimaeus #Blind #Jesus #Healing #BibleStudy #Questions #Trivia #Statistics #SpiritualLife To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: https://pushpay.com/g/redemptionchurchmi?src=hpp&r=monthly Connecting people to Jesus for life change... This is the vision of Redemption Church based in Grandville, MI —— Stay Connected Website: https://redemptionmi.org Redemption Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redemptionmi Redemption Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redemptionchurchmi/ Redemption YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXChE1rGFbTaTOm7x75zVDg Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-post-by-redemption/id1590013099 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kpjKzgvKFTAHi3JgTdUvk The Post by Redemption | Episode 42 | The Story of Bartimaeus and Over / Under

Today we are beginning a new series: Out of the Darkness. Our primary desire for you is to experience the transforming power of the gospel for the glory of God and your good. And few things display that power more than Jesus’ power over the darkness.  Today we are looking at the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52).…

WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE When Jesus was ministering in Galilee, he healed three blind men.  One man was blind Bartimaeus  Mark 10:46 And so they reached Jericho. Later, as they left town, a great crowd was following. Now it happened that a blind beggar named Bartimaeus was sitting beside the road as Jesus was going by. When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus from Nazareth was near, he began to shout out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” When Jesus heard him, he stopped there in the road and said, “Tell him to come here.” So they called the blind man. “Be encouraged,” they said, “come on, he's calling you!” Bartimaeus pulled off his old cloak and threw it aside, jumped up and came to Jesus. “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. The blind man said, “I want to see!” And Jesus said to him, “All right, it's done. Your faith has healed you.” And instantly the blind man could see and followed Jesus down the road!  Another man who was healed from blindness was healed by Jesus putting spit in his eyes Mark 8:25. And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Another man healed from blindness by Jesus didn't have Jesus spit in his eye but rather Jesus spat on the ground and made mud. John 9:7 As he was walking along, he saw a man blind from birth. “Master,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?” “Neither,” Jesus answered. “But to demonstrate the power of God. Then he spat on the ground and made mud from the spittle and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes, and told him, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam. So the man went where he was sent and washed and came back seeing!  Now for some speculation - We can imagine how these wonderful faith healings would have been compared and examined closely by Bible teachers (back then and still today) to discover the deeper meanings behind these experiences of faith. This would probably have given rise to earnest truth seekers and perhaps a few opportunists to hold a conference to discuss which was the most effective and appealing teaching method for being healed from blindness. After that conference three new denominations could very well have been formed all in the name of Jesus.   There would have been the Bartamites the Spittites and the Muddites.  The key to the Bartimite doctrine would be his throwing off the cloak before Jesus prayed. The historical context shows that this cloak that Bartimaeus was wearing was most likely an official begging coat for licenced beggars. This could begin a new method of faith that could develop into some kind of practice still seen today about say, treading on your glasses while waiting in a prayer line with the expectation of being healed of sight defects. I watched this happen to two of my colleagues many years ago when I was in ministry training college. My two friends stomped on their spectacles as they received prayer from a visiting evangelist, and they had to go to the optometrist a few days later and each get a new pair of glasses.  The Spittites. This doctrine would not only reveal truth concerning the spittle from Jesus' mouth, which can speak of the living water of the Holy Spirit, but it would also introduce the new method of first praying, and then asking the person if they can see, and then laying on hands a second time to impart more faith for a better result. The Muddites. The Muddite teaching emphasises that it was not only the living water of the spittle but it adds the method of mixing the spittle with the dust of the ground, which could speak of the Holy Spirit being joined to mankind. And furthermore, because the blind man had to wash in the pool of Siloam before he received his sight it could lead to the person being baptized into the local Muddite Assemblies church.  However, what these three men really had in common was that they had been blind and now they could see - and they had all encountered Jesus and the love of God. Christianity challenges each individual to meet with Jesus in his or her own situation. The moment we make an exclusive doctrine out of a method we can bring division to the body of Christ. We place something else above Jesus and God's love to indulge our own self-interest and it is like a market place of ‘get in on the latest and the best doctrine' deal on offer. (only love conquers indulgent self-interest).  Self-interest is a perfectly normal and responsible attitude for a person to have, to survive, stay as healthy as possible and be productive enough to do all this and to care for others. But when self interest becomes a problem of anxiety or wilfulness and me me me, and the dodgy doctrine deals have not worked the answer is to know that you are loved by someone who always acts for your best interest because they love you. That is what the Holy Spirit imparts to our hearts concerning Jesus and the Father. Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus about being loving and wise in the teaching and applying of the truth of God's word in the church. Paul wanted them to become a community of faith and love that expressed God's love and faith and power into their world. Ephesians Chapter 4:11-16. And he appointed some to be apostles and some to be prophets and some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers of his word 12. Who would equip those who live for God to live a life of serving others (equip the saints for the work of the ministry) and be formed together for the expression of Jesus to the world. 13. Until we all come into the unity of the faith in the knowing of the Son of God, to become a complete person who measures up to having the fullness of Christ within us. 14. When this starts to happen, we won't be like children tossed about in all directions and running here and there after every new alluring teaching from cunning teachers who load the dice to prosper their own ends and ambitions.  15. But when truth is proclaimed, and it is empowered by God's love it causes us as a body to grow and develop in oneness and harmony with Christ who is the head of that body.  16. From this placement of the body with its head, which is Christ, comes the perfect collaboration of a completely balanced and effective body, as each part contributes the best it has in the best possible way so that the whole body becomes the expression of God's love and power. The early apostles and prophets and evangelists and pastors and teachers were ministries appointed by God that were trying to transition people from religion with its rituals and regulations into depending upon Jesus in a spiritual relationship with him.  They were talking to people from many different cultures and religions which all had written laws and rituals of some kind. These people had learned to feel more secure when they had ritual sacrifices and a ritual code of truth that specified exactly what method of application would get them some desired outcome or favour with God. That belief system was not faith in a living God, but faith in a methodology. Real faith is our believing in a living loving God who dwells within us working in our hearts to bring about his will in our lives as we surrender our needs and petitions to him. All those ministries I just mentioned spoke God's word and trusted the Holy Spirit to teach each person how to hear from Jesus and how to live their life in partnership with him in a way that pleased the Father. This was something entirely new and scary because of the freedom that it brought.  But Jesus had said ‘I am the way the truth and the life' and ‘no man can come to the Father except through me' and that was the challenge that the apostles and prophets and pastors and teachers gave to every individual, to build up their faith in their walk with God. When Paul was knocked to the ground on his way to Damascus to persecute Christians, Jesus told Paul that he had chosen him to be his apostle to the Gentiles, or non-Jews. Paul had to bring the revelation of ‘Christ in you' to unbelievers who had a multiplicity of views on religion and God and spirituality.  Paul set about laying down what was the first goal of the Church, which was to come into the ‘unity of the faith' – ‘Until we all come into the unity of the faith in the knowing of the Son of God, to become a complete person who measures up to having the fullness of Christ within us' (Vs.13)  The Community of Faith does not judge or criticize another person's genuine experience of Jesus, no matter how different it might be. Our ongoing conversation can be sharing the blessing of the ‘Jesus within us' life. Paul wrote to the church in Rome commending them on their inner knowledge of Jesus and he was confident that they could speak comfort and wisdom into one another's' lives.   Romans 15:14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to put one another in mind of God's Word. It is good for a local church gathering to have proven ministries in their midst that can encourage God's people pastorally and prophetically and teach them in the counsel of God's Word. And it is all about each one of us having a personal knowledge of Jesus being active in our lives.  That kind of local church community is genuinely evangelical because the people live out the Gospel that speaks through their lives. In the next verse (Vs.14) Paul warns us to not go after alluring teachings that promote methodologies for getting your prayers answered the way you want them to. All this does is bring about more division because people start focusing on the crafty methods to get their prayers answered rather than trust in the person of Jesus. The motivation behind these teachings/teachers is often human pride or ambition or financial gain and reputation. Many of these methods, styles and brands of faith have been exposed in the last few years of this century and there is a lot of soul-searching going on now as people are being challenged to live for God and not for themselves. There are many people seeking truth with a genuine heart and conscience that are of other faiths and spiritual practices. There are many who may have a concept of a God who is out there or up there somewhere and they must not be rejected and judged. God will judge each person one day and he alone knows their heart and conscience and their destiny. The Holy Spirit has been sent into the world to actively pursue the hearts of all of these people, as he did to Paul and has done to all of us. But how sad it is that many seekers of truth see Christianity as divided and as worldly and as confused as any other religion. It does not have to be like that.  We can be part of God's drawing of people to himself as the one true God as we live in the ‘unity of the faith' and allow Jesus to live out his life from within us.  Paul writes to Timothy to encourage him about being part of this work of God. 1Timothy 2:1 The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Saviour God wants us to live. He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to come to the knowledge of the truth we've learned: that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered his life in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free, the evidence of this coming at the appointed time. This and this only has been my appointed work (I tell the truth I am not lying). Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.    

Recorded on March 27, 2022

A sermon on the healing of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52).

Today I want to share with you something that I shared with my Sunday school class a few weeks ago. It has been a message that has continued to resonate with me, and I know that many of you will relate to it, as well. There are a lot of times when I'm working my way through a book of the Bible and a story just gets stuck in my heart and I keep coming back to it. And that's what today's episode is all about. It's a story that got stuck in my heart and, as I reflect on it and process it, another layer reveals itself. Or should I say, God reveals Himself in a new way. The story I'm talking about is that of Zacchaeus, found in Luke chapter 19. And what we're going to do is just take it verse by verse and see what God has for us today. Kari   ARE YOU READY TO C.A.R.E. COURAGEOUSLY? Grab the Courageous Care Masterclass at www.lovedoesthat.org/care.   BIBLE REFERENCES: Story of Zacchaeus: Luke 19:1-10 Jericho references: Joshua 2-6; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 2; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 7:36 Bleeding woman: Luke 8:43-48 Bartimaeus: Mark 10:46-52 (note, this story also takes place in Jericho) Four men with paralyzed friend: Mark 2:1-12 David: 2 Samuel 6:12-16 Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11-24 ------ Friend, I'd love to encourage you as you encourage others. Here are two ways to get started: 1. ENCOURAGEMENT + SYMPATHY GIFTS These are prayerfully-crafted gifts you can share with those you love as tangible expressions of care. Let your friend know she is not alone. www.lovedoesthat.org/shop 2. SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Interested in spiritual direction? Fill out an interest form where we can start to talk about what's weighing on your heart and identify next steps you can take to discern God's direction. www.lovedoesthat.org/spiritualdirection/

 October 24, 2021Jesus asks a simple question to the blind beggar, Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52):  What do you want?It turns out, this is a very simple question that is a challenge to answer.  In this spirit, Pastor Rob asks three other questions of us:What makes you cry out for mercy?Whom are you called to stop for?What is your cloak?The sculpture is by artist Gurdon Brewster.  You can find his website here

Bartimaeus was willing to shout out in the street, he made himself vulnerable. He wasn't proud, but he was desperate for Jesus and Jesus healed him. Colin helps us to think about what we can learn from Bartimaeus. Mark 10:46-52

Pastor Dan will use the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) to illustrate how God wants what’s best for us. In the passage, Jesus asks the blind beggar, “What do you want me to do for you?” What would we ask God for if He asked us that same question? Bartimaeus had the faith to ask and received his sight. Sometimes we don’t have what we want simply because we don’t have the faith to ask God for it or believe He can do it.Support the show (http://chandleracreschurch.com/give)

Jesus Heals Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) - Morning Sermon

Stu Plumb on Jesus' healing of Bartimaeus and how we respond to the key question Jesus asks: "What do you want me to do for you?"

The Faith of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) by NCA EM

[Not Just For Sunday School] Bartimaeus | Mark Thornett | 04-08-2019 by The Apex Church

Healing & Salvation - Dr David Petts   In recent talks we saw several occasions where Jesus said Your faith has healed you. The Greek word used here is sozo which can also mean save. Does this mean that that healing is in some sense a part of salvation? The answer to this question is NOT NECESSARILY.   Is healing a part of salvation? The fact that sozo (which in the NT is usually translated 'save') is sometimes used to mean 'heal'[1] has been used by some to argue that healing is included in salvation.     John Nelson Parr (Divine Healing p26), for example, comments:   "If Peter included healing in 'being saved' (Acts 4:9) (…also note the same word in verse 12 twice), are we not justified in teaching that physical healing is included in the salvation purchased for us by the Prince of Life.?".   This conclusion is invalid, however, because it involves an elementary error in semantics. The fact that the same word is used twice in a passage does not necessarily imply that it is being used with the same meaning on both occasions.   Nevertheless it will be helpful briefly to consider the meaning and use of sozo.   The meaning of sozo The Greek verb is related to the adjective saos (safe) and means 'to make safe' and hence 'to deliver from a direct threat' and  'to bring safe and sound out of a difficult situation'.     Foerster lists four major areas of meaning for sozo: saving, keeping, benefiting, and preserving the inner being   Saving includes being snatched from peril especially in the context of war or of a sea-voyage 'deliverance' from judicial condemnation being 'saved' from an illness.   Keeping includes a king keeping a subject alive by granting pardon men being kept from perishing the spark of a fire being kept from going out lost money being ‘got back’, and of wine or goods being ‘kept’.   But sozo and soteria can have a purely positive content.   Benefiting Prayer is offered to Zeus for the soteria of the nation, for peace, wealth, the growth of crops and cattle With regard to healing sozomai can mean not only to be cured but to be in good health the oath ten men soterian which means ‘by my health’.   preserving the inner being of men or things   Plato thought that it was the task of the ruler to sozein the state by maintaining it as a constitutionally ordered state sozo and soteria often refer to the inner ‘health’ of man”.   So, long before the New Testament documents came to be written, sozo was being used in a wide variety of ways.    It is noteworthy, however, that in all the examples mentioned above the root meaning of being made or kept safe is clearly discernible.   This is also true of the use of sozo in the New Testament Each meaning carries with it the underlying suggestion of being made or kept safe.   The use of sozo in the New Testament New Testament writers use sozo and its cognates to mean being made or kept safe whenever such terminology is appropriate.   Three main ways:   Acute danger to physical life Deliverance from disease Salvation   Acute danger to physical life In the stilling of the storm the disciples plead with Jesus to ‘save’ them (Matthew 8:25) Peter walking on the water (Matthew 14:30) In the accounts of the mocking of Jesus on the cross (Matthew 27:40-42, Mark15:30-31, Luke 23:39) he is challenged to ‘save’ himself. Paul's shipwreck in Acts 27:20, 31, 34 Hebrews 11:7 refers to Noah preparing the ark to save his household   Those who see healing as a part of salvation on the grounds that sozo is used to  mean 'heal' must, to be consistent, include deliverance from physical danger on the same grounds!   Such a position is of course clearly untenable in the light of NT teaching with regards to Christians who suffer persecution (e.g. 1 Peter, passim, Romans 8:35-39, 2 Corinthians 11:23-33).     Deliverance from disease sozo is used to mean ‘heal’in:   the healing of the woman with the issue of blood (Matthew 9:21-22, Mark 5:28, 34, Luke 8:48) the raising of Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:23, Luke 8:50) the healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:52, Luke 18:42) Luke's account of the deliverance of Legion from demon-possession (Luke 8:36) the healing of ten lepers (Luke17:19) Cripple at Beautiful Gate Acts 4:9 Cripple at Lystra Acts 14:9 James 5:15   So it’s clear that sozo is used in the New Testament to mean to deliver from both danger and disease.   But sozo and soteria in the New Testament mean far more than this.   Salvation The danger from which man needs to be saved is more than physical and by far the major emphasis of soteria in the New Testament is that of deliverance from sin.     But does deliverance from sin automatically imply deliverance from sickness and danger?   It seems to me that although the use of sozo links deliverance from sickness with deliverance from sin linguistically this need not in itself imply a theological connection.      The New Testament writers did not develop a systematic theology of soteria subdivided into categories of physical and spiritual deliverance. They used sozo wherever it might appropriately be used to mean ‘make safe’ or ‘deliver’.   So to argue from the use of sozo for anything more than a linguistic connection between those uses may possibly indicate a misunderstanding of the nature of language.   Nevertheless it seems likely that writers sometimes took advantage of cases of physical deliverance   e.g. the healing of blind Bartimaeus to illustrate the principles of spiritual deliverance - how those who are spiritually ‘blind’ might, through faith in Jesus ‘see’   But to say this is not to confuse the illustration itself with the truth it illustrates.   Healing may illustrate salvation without being part of it.     Thus Parr's claim, based on the use of sozo in Acts 4:9-12, that ‘physical healing is included in the salvation purchased for us’  is shown to be invalid.     [1] Matthew 9:21-22, Mark 5:23, 28, 34, 10:52, Luke 8:36, 48, 50, 2.17:19, 18:42, John 11:12, Acts 4:9, 14:9, James 5:15.

For the second part of our series, Alexander takes us on the road to Jericho as Jesus comes into contact with a blind beggar named Bartimaeus. How will Jesus respond to this man's plea for mercy? And what was this man willing to lay down to have that mercy? May our love be rekindled all the more for this God who stops, becomes proximate and offers the very mercy we seek in the midst of our darkness. He calls to us.

The Healing of Bartimaeus- Mark 10:46-52

Pastor Chris Emmitt looks to the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) to show us what can happen when we trust that Jesus can give life like no one else can. After the message, you may find yourself better able to answer the question that Jesus asked Bartimaeus: What can I do for you?

Steve Coleman introduces us to David Bashore, pastoral candidate, and his wife Anne. First, Anne shares her heart with us. Then David explores the story of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:35-52). What will be your response each day in 2017?

A lyric lodged itself in my mind a few weeks ago that I couldn't shake. It worked out okay, because it wasn't one of those cheesy advertising jingles, it was directly from Scripture. I used the song, "Son of David" by Ghost Ship to guide me to Mark 10 and a great story with more tucked in it than you would imagine. Come with me to the gates of Jericho and meet Bartimaeus. On this episode I discuss: The story of Bartimaeus - Mark 10:46-52 "Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation" - Lysa TerKeurst from her latest book, Uninvited Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - our Bible Interaction Tool Exercises this week are: Listen to an audio version of Scripture (I use YouVersion) Repetition Read in context Slow down Ask questions My list of questions and observations from this week's story What is the context of the story? What is the significance of the city? How did Mark know Bart's name? What is significance of the name Bart chose to use to call out to Jesus? Even though Bart was was rebuked by others, he still called out Jesus stopped and called him to Himself, then the rebukers encouraged him What is the significance of throwing off his cloak...I heard a sermon once about this once The question we must all answer..."What do you want me to do for you?" (There are two "what do you want me to do for you's" in Mark 10) The answer we should all give..."Restore my sight." What did Jesus say then? What happened? What was Bart's response?   Additional Resources Lyrics and Chords Story Behind the Song "Son of David" - YouTube Video This Week's Challenge Read Mark 10 this week. Perhaps you can begin by listening to an audio version. Read it several times and then slow down and list questions and observations you can use to continue study throughout the week. Use this week's song to consider the theme of this story with fresh perspective.

Pastor Coby preaches on Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52)Support the show (https://victoryfamily.church/give/)

Song of Solomon 1:15 “Behold, you are beautiful, my love! Behold, you are beautiful! You have doves’ eyes.” The Class: 1. You will learn some seeing tips from Elijah 2. You will learn some seeing tips from Daniel 3. You will learn how relationship improves your sight (Matt 16) 4. You will learn some seeing tips from Bartimaeus (Mark 10) 5. And more...

The Healing of Bartimaeus Mark 10:46-52