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blindness far worse than not being able to see.
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were many who were blind 2,000 years ago: many who were crippled; many
whose sons and daughters and fathers and brothers were demon-possessed
or dead or languishing neck-deep in pits of the worst kind of poverty
yet would choose that rather than bend a single knee or shed a single
tear in His presence.
You see, there is a blindness far worse
than not being able to see. There is a paralysis far worse than
legs that are bent and twisted. There is a death far beyond
the tomb, a demon-possession far beyond fits of lunacy, a poverty
far more devastating than starvation. It is a disease that Jesus
longed to heal and liberate His children from more than any other
2,000 years ago, more than any other today. It is the filth of
filths, the hell of hells. It is pride, self-righteousness,
self-justification, self-pursuit, self-reliance.
And so, one priest calls Him a devil;
another calls Him a bastard. A lawyer meets His offer of love
with riddles. A wealthy man walks away. And the religious
esteemed drag a helpless girl through the temple courts with rocks in
their hands and murder in their hearts.
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Text and photo taken from
Jesus...Yesterday, Today, Forever, by Bruce
Marchiano (p. 64). In Jesus...YTF, you'll taste what only a
handful of people tasted 2,000 years ago as Jesus walked among His
most treasured, beloved creation: people. Filled with
breathtaking color photos from The Visual Bible™'s "Matthew."
Jesus...Yesterday,
Today, Forever. Copyright © 1999 by Bruce Marchiano. Published by Harvest House
Publishers, Eugene, Oregon 97402 and Visual
Entertainment, Dallas, Texas 75248. Used on www.LoveLavished.org
by permission.
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