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)
When we fulfill the roles assigned to us by God, both children and parents end up happier.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.
These two psalms together provide a biblical view of the family.
