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)
Ringing in our ears from the book of Judges is the cry for a king, so we are not surprised to find that the...
As Paul demonstrated in his trial before Governor Felix, Christians must testify about Christ with our words and with our lives.
In a boat journey across the lake, Jesus showed himself to be an exhausted human and almighty God.