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Needlessly
Blind
Rose
Crawford was blind for fifty years.
Then she underwent delicate surgery in an
Ontario hospital.
"I just can't believe it,"
she gasped, as the doctor lifted the bandages from her
eyes. For
the first time in her life she saw a beautiful world
of form and color.
Now
here's
is the stunning part of the story! Twenty years of
her blindness
had been completely unnecessary.
The surgical techniques used could have given
her vision when she was thirty; the operation had
already been perfected then. The doctor said, "She
just figured there was NOTHING that could be done
about her condition."
Why
did Rose Crawford live 20 years assuming her situation
was hopeless?
Possibly she was not looking for a remedy, had
given up hope, or perhaps those who knew of the
operation just never told her about it.
Millions
of people walk in spiritual blindness TODAY
unaware of the terrible consequences (see Matthew
22:13; 25:30). Yet,
they are needlessly blind, for there IS a remedy.
Why do they continue groping in darkness?
Two reasons: *
Some
have QUIT
searching, assuming their condition is hopeless.
Such could not be further from the truth.
God has gone to extraordinary lengths to
provide a cure for spiritual blindness.
The Cure is found through His Son Jesus, the "Light
of the World."
Those who will turn to the LIGHT (Jesus) in faith
(Acts 16:31), turning from the sins of darkness in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confessing
Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and being baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of
sins (Acts 2:38) are delivered by God "from the
power of darkness and conveyed into the kingdom of the
Son of His love" (Col 1:13).
Then "-IF-
we walk in the
LIGHT as He is in the LIGHT,
we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1
John 1:7).
Others
stumble in spiritual darkness because no one has
shared the LIGHT
with them. If
you are following Jesus, will you not encourage others
to
do the same?
Of Christians Peter said, "But you are a
chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light" (1 Pet 2:9).
Jesus
said, "I am the LIGHT
of the world... He who follows Me shall not walk
in darkness, but have the LIGHT of LIFE" (John
8:12).
Needlessly
blind?
What a terrible thought - especially when there
is a Cure!
Will
YOU
not come to Jesus to receive your sight and allow His
LIGHT to guide you through this DARK world?
Will YOU
not also encourage others to do the same?
God bless you!
David
A. Sargent /
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Adapted from Joe R. Barnett
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