From Old Testament times, the Jewish people knew that only God and his Messiah could open the eyes of the blind. However, over their long history, it had never happened. Therefore, when Jesus healed the eyes of a man born blind in John 9:1-41, he caused quite a stir. Some rejected the miracle as spurious, but the healed man held firm to what he knew to be true: "I was blind, and now I see." This is the same testimony of the simplest Christian whose spiritual eyes Jesus has opened to the truth. (sermon notes)
The personal letter Paul wrote to Philemon contains a beautiful picture of redemption through the work of Christ.
The Proverbs offer us wisdom on relationships with friends, enemies, neighbors, and the poor.
In Daniel 1, four teenagers show us how to be faithful when we are pressured to conform to the world around us.