Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000195A
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00:38 the n ofae, sat by the wadegiAnenherdt asus s,u ofid, vemercy on me. Jesus stood still, reancr a s 00:56 d d him be called. d thale d ntm,ofd mf r helehee. And he, cngayis gntsed Ansusw a santm, 01:07 What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said him, rd, that I might receive my sight. 01:16 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith"--thy what, everybody? Aud: Faith. 01:27 d foowed Jesus in the way." Our message today isntitd ryinAbove the owd. Faer, 01:47 Now as we preach Your word we And we'll be careful to give You ay f Your divi Spit in the praise, the honor and the orr You're g th place. Mo--mo in is place. 01:50 in the appeal time. I pray that Your Spirit speak in such a way that individuals would respond to Your voice, 02:03 It's in the name of Jesus we pr. Amen. Crying Above the Crowd. 02:12 The New Testament records more than one sry wre Jus healed people who were blind. 02:22 In fact, if you read the New Testament narrative you will discover that there are five instances 02:27 recorded where Jesus healed the blind. The first is in Matthew chapter 9, where Jesus 02:35 healed two blind men; the second is in Mark chapter 8, when Jesus put saliva on a blind 02:42 man's eyes and then the man was able to see. Jesus finished healing the man, Jesus told the brother, 02:50 Now go home. Don't even go to the village, but just go home." The third instance is one of 02:58 my favorite Bible narratives, and I ieflshar it Wednesy nit. Is fod in Jo chaer 9 03:04 where Jesund He reads mud on a blind man's eyes who was blindfrom his bth. 03:13 The man is miraculously able then to e. Wn Jes heed thisan t peoe di't undetandow 03:21 the man was healed or who healed the man. So they began to ask "How can you see? Who healed you? Who was it? 03:31 Y've been ind nce ur birth; howre y nowble see?" steaof bng hpy for thman-nd tt's 03:41 just like some people, they can't rejoice in your healing; they can't rejoice in your deliverance; 03:46 they can't rejoice in your miracle--they hated on the man and questioned the authenticity of his miracle. 03:54 But then the man said--I like this part--he said, "Look, I don't know who healed me. I don't know whether 04:01 itas ainneor not. I n't knowhe m's name, I don't know where he cam from, I don't know his mama 04:09 or daddy, but one thing I do know: that I was blind, but now I see." The fourth New Testame story isound 04:18 inatth 12 and Lukepter 11, who wablind, but not only was thman ind, 04:28 got through wi himthe n uld talk. llelujah! The man could see, thank You Jesus. And the demons 04:35 hagoneomewhere ee. Iith I haa halleluj in is plac [Aud. reaction] 04:39 The fifth New Testament story, blind story, which is where we are day,ecord inhree ples. 04:47 Markhapt 10,atth chapter 20, Lu chaer 18. Jesus and His disciples, 04:53 the Bible says they're going to Jericho. They go on the Jericho Road and find a blind beggar on the side of the road, 04:59 theame Barmaeus. Bli Baimae, anhe cries o to Jesus. And the story says that 05:08 Jesus miraculous cur him of his e we d't have mu tim 05:13 Understand that the xt ss Bartimus mnt, s na meant soof TaeusNow, 05:21 y ist nessarfor the Bible to add that Bartimaeus was the son of Timaeus? 05:27 Couldn't the Bible have just said, blind Bartimus? ll, thBible mentns Taeus 05:33 it must have speal mning of why it mentioned it. Timaeus meant "highly prized." 05:39 And though Bartimaeus was the son of a highly prized man, Bartimae wastilllind 05:54 Though hcamerom e rit Though he gave him good stock, familythou he me fm the though he gave him good li w rit anstryhe w still ind. 06:03 Dot thk that jusbecae u mit be a Kendy, Trum a ckefeller, Busor a Clton 06:18 Sometimes our heritage, our pedigree a the valuereceed from o parents and our ancestryay bnd u 06:25 from the truth that we're spiritually still blind, and we still need Jesus. Bartimaeus was not bld because of his daddy, 06:34 but the fact that he was the son of a highly prized man still didn't allow him to have vision, he was still blind. 06:40 How ny tes have I ard peop say"Well, my rent arthisnd that." wasorn intohis." 06:56 I'm ad y're proud you hetagend your anstrybut I dot care whoour rent ar 07:02 I don't care where you were born, where you live, how big your house is, or wheryou me om, 07:06 're l bld wiout Jesus. Yo orin, yr lineage,our pediee a your histy wi not sa you. 07:14 ly Jesus can. I sh Iad a witness thiplace. [Aud. reaction] 07:17 PB: Now, quickly. We know that whenomeo los oneense, whher 's yr sit, whetherit'sour ste, 07:25 ur touch, ur hringr yo speakingyou ve trely on another sense to compensate for the loss of one sense. 07:44 my level ohearg is hehtened andas t abity to compense fothe ss of my sight. 07:51 Are you hearg wh I'maying? Thtextays at Btimaeus was blind, but the text also says that he hea 07:59 it was Jesus of Nazareth. He didn't see Jesus of Nazareth, but he heard it was Jesus of Nazareth coming down 08:08 e Jericho ad. en tugh Bartimaeus was blind, he was able to e things tt otrs around himwho had vision, 08:16 could not see. The great Helen Keller was asked, "What could be worse than being blind?" She said, "Having sight with no vision." 08:23 As Iook er t church today, I'm rendedhat not evyone upn he, who camen he day,an see. 08:32 Yes, your eyes work fine; no, you don't have to rely oa walking cane, a seeing-eye dog, 08:41 visio to assisyou th your cong in a goi out. But ere 08:46 are simply some folk who cannot see. Though you can see the world around you, you cannot see the truth 08:52 God's love and plan r yo life. y? Y're ind.ou're bld spituay. Alts who ve sht b no sion. 09:04 Studts w have sighbut sionThere are o kis of bldness: physical indns d spirituabliness. 09:12 Bartimaeus was physicay bld, t prse God, head eugh spirual visiono regniz whJesus was. 09:20 Bartaeus had heard aut t racles perrmedy Jes. H had hearabouthe pershe had ard out e la; 09:46 th tt Jesu and knew at sus had do forther And he says, 09:51 ifesusan dit for himthenJesucan it for me Fo yes, Btimaeus, bnd, t onthe ghway beggg. 10:28 be h greest portunity. Wh he ard at Jesus w lksays hbegins to cry out, 10:49 the pele ithe owd gan to te Barmaeuto hh up. Theysaid"Shuup, rtimaeus, iet! 10:58 You're too lou Youe to noy. You're kingoo mh ss. Jesus es n havtime for you. 11:12 And at'sust like crch folkWe t to keep people ay Yore pying too ld. Y're singg too loudYou' om Jus who neeJesuthe most rshing too lou youe appi too much. 11:21 How abouthisne: don do thatere.ut sethi within rtimus phed rtimaeus overheirords 11:32 Something pushed him over their criticism. Something pushed him over their cynical stares, pious pessimism 11:40 and ughtheckng. Bartimaeus id, "Talk about me all you want, but I need Jesus. Criticize me a you want, 11:49 t I ed Jus. y to shut me upll y wan but I nee Jes. Lk ate funny alyou want he id, 12:01 "but I need Jesus." Jesus, sweet rose of Sharon. Jesus, lily of the valley. Jesu my oble soer. 12:13 sus, my heart fir. Ieed Jesus. Barmaeuis n worried about e pele ithe owd, 12:22 t thBiblsayse gets uderHe gs loer! He get loer! getmore vocifous. 12:32 He gs more boisterous. He gets more passionate. He cries above the crowd, "Jesus! Jesus, 12:40 Son of David, haveercy on me." Regardless of what people said, regardless of what people did, 12:46 regalessf wh people thout, Btimas kept callg. Hkeptraying, he pt cing. 12:53 I he peoe althe me, "I'm t gog tohat urch, the's thinbut bunch of 12:57 hycrit down in tt chch. I'm t going beuse those ople, who ey a, anwhat those pele s." 13:11 [Aud. reaction] PB: You're sick. Forget people!l s!'rokor lell on Jesus! 13:40 The's livence His name.Keepalli Hisame, Jesus! Yosee, 13:47 I've lrned something about cryi in the crowd. Mfamily ves sketll. 13:54 No It a fa weaer f lik my daughrs. en Lron ft, theyeft. 14:03 BuI'a Heat fannd swe loveasketball.alk out cryi in the crd, wcan ve houseful o 14:18 anwe c be eeri. Shouti. Scamin Jus talking.ut ithataby rl of os stts cing, 14:29 if she wants something, we can still keep cheering, and screaming, but she starts cryingloud andoude 14:42 Wehen t loer a louder d th sheets uder and loud. Itan blate at nit, in t morng, 14:56 d shcan start cryingAnd cabe sound aeep,ut s canstart cryi andhe gs loer and loer. 15:19 ud. acti] PB: , I' maeredhe art of ke sep. [Audreaction] 15:27 PB you d'tnoat it is, talk to me, I'll help you out after church. 15:35 [Aud. reaction] PB: I start fake snore. My snore gets louder. (snore noises) Carissa starts getting louder. Why? 15:51 Hecry is above the crowd. You can be in a room full of people, you can be in an oice ll o people, 16:04 you can be in yourlassroom full of people, you can be ia urch full of people. But I'm so glad at 16:13 somebody knows Jes can hear yo cry abovehe cwd. [Aud. reaction] 16:21 PB: I was sinking deep in sin far from the peaceful shore, very deeply stained with, seeking to rise no more. 16:30 But the master of the seheard my despairing cry, and from the waters lifted meow se am. sus, Jesus, 16:41 Son of David have mercy on me. ind Bartimaeus kept calling Jesus' name because he knew there was something 16:46 about thname of Jes. Y see,ack theay pple believedhat e name of a person carried botthe 16:53 power and the authority of that person, which is w if a king sent a messenger in his name, 17:03 was spoken or when someone spoke the name Jes, the same power and the same authority of 17:09 Jesus was now in that person. So that person had the power to forgive, the pow to liver, 17:14 the power to heal, which is wh the apostles could heal in Jesus' name. All hail the power of Jesus' name, 17:20 let angels pstrate fall. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess, that Jesus is Lord. 17:27 There is no other name under heaven whereby men can be saved but the name of Jesus. 17:32 Aud: Amen. PB: Taing abouHis name, about 500 years before Jesus a man named Siddhartha was born. 17:43 We know him better as Buddha. Centuries before Buddha was born, however, nobody talked about his name. 17:51 Nobody ever said that Buddha was coming. Nobody prophesied that a man named Buddha would live and teach, as he did. 18:02 Nobody ever said that these are going to be Buddha's pentsr s grdparents o grt-grdparts. 18:07 Buddha just popped up in history and taug the things he taught, became the founder of one of the world's religions. 18:14 About 500 years after Jesus a man named Mohammed was born. Centuries, howeverbefore he was born, 18:21 nobody knew Mohammed's name. Nobody even knew that Mohaed was coming. Nobody ever prophesied that 18:28 a man nad Mohammed would live and ach d dias hdid, and nobodyver said these are goi to be Mohammed's parents, 18:35 these are going to be his great-grandparents. Mohammed just popped up in history, taughthe tngs 18:40 he taught and became founder of one of the world's rigio. t, when Jesus was born there had already 18:49 been centuries of prophecy about how Jesus would live, how He would teach, how He would die and rise from the dead. 18:57 There had already been pronouncements about the name of Jesus. For unto us a child is born is born, unto us a Son is given. 19:07 The governnt shall be upon His shoulders. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mity God, Evlastg Faer, 19:17 Prince of Pee, a she shall bring forth a n. Tu shalt call His name Jesus, fore shall ve 19:28 His people from their sins. There is no other name under heaven whereby we can be saved, but Jesus. Jesus, 19:34 Son of David, have mercy on me. Jesus, that name. Healing, that name. Deliverance, that name. 19:50 Power is defineds th stngth, the fluee anthe means to a. Por means the presence 20:02 poweis dfere fro authority. Autrityeans that you may not have the influence, reng, mes, 20:10 pabity or abily to do what nes to be do. Auoritis when you he be authorizeto use the powe 20:16 ouide of yourself,he power of ather source. It's not ur wer t thauthorizedower ofnother 20:23 agent thats grter an yr own. T autrizeuse power gis yotheicapaty and eir pabity 20:29 to do whater nds tbe de. When abelier'saith then is in God, en G's per becomesthe 20:35 por ofhat believ. Intherword we are astronas tt which we ust.f yotrus in yoursf, 20:47 you are as song as you are. But when you trust in God, you are as strong as He is. 21:14 a b that the law of gravity ist myself in an airplane and yield to its power, 21:33 car d yield tohe c's por, I suddey ha the ility to aievepeedI couldn't aieven mywn. 21:38 iis in Go t s ngec mstth 21:47 God's power becomes my power. That's why the Bible says, Now until Him that is able to do exceediny, 21:56 n ev ask or think according to the power that worketh in us and in the name of Jesus. 22:04 In the power and the authority of Jesus. In fact,hen u ca thname of Jes, tt's the igger 22:21 In order to get power from one place to another place you have to have an activation device. 22:34 The iggeis t activatio initiates thpower. The name Jesus ishe tgger that chanm th precipitas a retionIt sets up cha iniatethe wer God in reacon that the rectn ofis name. 22:48 Jesus, when you call His name, activates the loosed guns of heaven. Power moves at the sound of His name. 22:59 Heen comes tatteion when His name ispok and diatches pow. Anls bin to move athe ne ofesus 23:22 because the's wer en y preachn thnamef Jes. Thers por wh youing in e na of sus. 23:29 There's power when you pray in the name of Jesus. There's power when you worship in the name of Jesus. 23:44 If Bartieus d sastiland Jesus, Jus, n of Davidhavemercon m Now thk abt saidothi thaday,hen the xt d wou havbeen just likell t oths. . 24:04 dependent upon him getting to Jesus. He had to know Jesus r msel Lisn, if you ow someing out blind ople 24:13 blind people don't like to be helped unless it's their last sort. Bartimaeus took matters in his own hands, 24:23 stted cryoude louder, loud. Baim not ps th y agn. 24:35 He knew that if he was going to receive help from Jesus, that he had to call on Jesus while Jesus was near. 24:43 ek ythe rd wle He may fod. Cl up Him while He isnear 24:56 Not only that, theast int wa to make. Bartimus cled Jesus fromheree wa He s blind, 25:05 but called Him. He was sick, but he calleHim.nd so it i wi us, wherever you are, wheverou nd, 25:34 Sobodynowse can heal ysic, Hean heal th. Soci. Hean heal it. onom, Hean heal it otiol, 25:47 He can heait. ntalHe c heal it. SpiritualHe c heal itYou me i He n heal it.One nutee's podiatrist 26:13 One minute He's audiologist, the deaf are made to hear. The next minute He's hematologist, 26:28 ThnextinutHe's cardiologist, He'sixinbroken hets. e mite Hs a dermologt, 26:35 lers are being head. The next minute He's a gynecologist, He's givg new lifeOne nute He's psychiatrist, 26:44 He's fixing derang minds. Th ne minute He an anesesiogist, He'sasin the painof life. 26:55 PB: From your sick bed. Jesus. In your depression. Jesus. Iyoack house. 27:08 Jesus from your adction. Jesus. Jesus didn'tellou t geright and en cl Hi sus told you to 27:19 PB: The sry itoldas Iet ready sitown,f a Christian d a mmunt. 27:26 And they we siing a pk bench watchi peoe. Y know hosomemes people-watch. 27:33 And ashey t onhat bench th wated aoor, drunk beggar dressed in rags 27:53 The Chstiathenookeat the counisand id, ell, maybeso. t Jes caput a new n thasuit 28:11 We'd le yoto partnerith ase ofr the Brea of fe to aying world 28:17 All of o sern ties a DVDs can bpurchased www.BreathLife.tv. |
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