Good morning,
Next week I will be having cataract surgery.
This week we look at what the Bible says about our eyes.
Topics to be discussed are eyes in general, eyes are good, eyes are evil, eyes healed by Jesus.
EYES
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. (Psalms 119:18)
Introduction: My cataract surgery
Eyes in general
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22)
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.” (Proverbs 20:12)
“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evl and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3)
Eyes for good
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.” (Psalms 101:3)
“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:16-17)
“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” (Psalms 119:18)
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)
Eyes for evil
“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matthew 5:28)
“If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7If my step hath turned out of the way,and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;” (Job 31:5-7)
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” (Genesis 3:5-6)
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” (1 John 2:16)
“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.” (Luke 16:23)
Eyes healed by Jesus
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.” (Mark 8:22-25)
“When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.” (John 9:6-7)
Conclusion
God made our eyes
Eyes may be used to bless or curse God
God heals the eyes of men
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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