So we're reading about Blind-Bartimaeus
He was a beggar that sat on the side of the road and begged.
At that time people with disabilities used to do that and they had garments that they wore to show that they were beggars.
We are reading Mark chapter 10, verse 46.and we're gonna read down to verse 52, Which is the end of the chapter.
And they came to Jericho and he went out of Jericho. So they (Jesus and his disciples)they came to Jericho and as he went out of Jericho, he (meaning Jesus) with his disciples.
So we know that it was more than just his 12 apostles and a great number of people.
The son of Tim Timus was sitting on the side of the highway begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth…
So what does this mean? This means that blind Bartimaeus, (this is what they called him). They didn't just call him Bartimaeus. They called him Blind Bartimaeus.
That was his 100% identity Blind Bartimaeus. So, he obviously heard of Jesus because it says when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazarus. So you know, that he heard of the miracles that Jesus had done, you know, that he had to have been thinking if only he can come by me if only I could get by him!
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, that son of David have mercy on me!
So it says he began to cry out. Doesn't say that he just started saying,”Jesus have mercy on me!” “He cried out, have mercy on me!” and when he heard that it was Jesus. He so said, “Jesus son of David mercy on me!”
Verse 48, and many charged him that he should hold his peace.
In other words, they said, shut up Blind Bartimaeus, Jesus doesn’t wanna bother with you. They were telling him to shut up! Shut up! Many, not just a few told him this, but many.
Now, what would you do if you were in a situation where you needed something, you were calling out for it, you know, there's all lots of things that come to our mind.
Lots of unworthy, lots of who do I think I am, lots of, what do you think you're doing? And then you have other people saying “Shut up!” right?
They charged him that he should hold his piece, but he cried the more, what did he do? He cried the more!
It didn’t slow him down. It made him even go get louder.
“And he cried the more, a great deal. Thou son of David have mercy on me!”
So now he's saying, I know who you are. I know who you are. You are the son of David. You are the one that we've been waiting for. You have been prophesied as to coming! And then what happened?
“Jesus stood still. Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.”
Get that guy.
“And they called the blind man saying unto, unto him. (Now, all of a sudden, the people that were saying shut up, Bartimaeus shut up!. Now they're saying, “Be of good comfort. He's calling for you.”
You know, they changed their tune quickly, and he Blind Bartimaeus casting away his garments.
What does that show that showed that he was walking away in faith.
He believed he had his answer already. Was he still blind? Yes. What did he do? He took off the garments.
The garments were his begging clothes. The garments were the items of clothing that people wore to identify themselves as a beggar.
He cast them off. He took them off. Jesus, God says that. We need to believe before we receive. So here we go. Call things that be not as though they are, that's in somewhere. I forget where it is. Hebrews maybe.
“And Jesus was still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man saying unto him, be of good comfort. He calls for thee, and he, he cast away his garments rose, and came to Jesus. Jesus answered and said to him, what will thou that I should do unto the?”
Now don't you think that's kind of funny because here it is, Jesus seeing this blind, man, what do you think you want to be done? Well, there are lots of principles here asking you'll receive, right? That's one of them.
Plus you need to stand out and step up in the faith. He needed to say it.
There's another verse, I think right after this, where we could see that Jesus said in verse 23 of 11, “for verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be there removed to be thou cast of the sea and not down in nine heart, but shall believe that those things that you say will come to pass, you will have whatsoever you say. He was requiringBlind Bartimaeus to say, what he wanted.
“What that I should do unto thee, the blind man said unto, unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.”
“And Jesus said, unto him go thy way. Thy faith has made the whole, and immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
Now there was another time when Jesus, healed a blind man. He didn't get the deliverance immediately.
For that man, Jesus spits on mud and made clay and put that on the man’s eyes. So every time it's not the same.
On one occasion in the Old Testament, a man was told to dunk himself in the Jordan river.
I was a dirty river, healings are not one size fits all. (Still working on adding to this)