Signs: The Healing of the Blind Man

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Pastor Paul Piraino

Message Notes

This encounter starts with: JESUS PAYING ATTENTION to somebody that EVERYBODY else IGNORES.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" ³¹Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 5:30,31 NIV

Key Principle taught in this passage:

WE MUST WORK THE WORKS OF GOD.

¹⁰For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10 NIV

 

3 Questions:

1. When do we do the work of God? AS WE GO ALONG

 

2. What is the work of God about? PEOPLE

 

3. What is the essence of His work? LOVE ONE ANOTHER

 

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34 NIV

 

DO GOOD TO OTHERS.

“Remind the people… to do whatever is good.”

Titus 3:11 NIV

 

2 Questions to reflect on:

1. Are you paying attention to God?

2. Are you paying attention to people?

Credit: “Love Beyond Reason” by John Ortberg, “Encountering Jesus” by John Ortberg

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