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BLAMING BLINDLESSLY

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: John 9:1-7


Blaming Blindlessly
Donald Cantrell
John 9:1-7


I - The Blind Person (1)
II - The Blameful Proposal (2)
III - The Beautiful Portrayal (3)
IV - The Bigger Picture (4 - 5)
V - The Binding Process (6 - 7)

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Theme: ''Laying blame for suffering may show how blind we truly are''

''The Soldier and the Sergeant''

A young soldier and his sergeant were on the train together, and the only seats available were in the midst of a beautiful young lady who was traveling with her grandmother. The train went through a tunnel, and suddenly there was the sound of a kiss, and the sound of a slap.

When they came out of the tunnel, each was thinking as follows:

GRANDMOTHER: I cannot believe he dared to kiss my granddaughter. I'm glad she slapped him; he deserved it!

THE SERGEANT: I don't blame the kid for kissing her, but she made a mistake and slapped me instead of him!

THE GIRL: The kiss was great, but too bad my grandmother slapped him!

The soldier just sat there smiling, having made the most of an opportunity. He had figured out a way to both kiss a pretty girl and get revenge on his sergeant with a slap in the face!
Dr. Samuel Sanchez

Already, get ready to play the ''Blame Game'':

You are driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone; you lose control, flip your car on a sharp curve, and critically injure yourself, who is at fault? No, not you, the Dept. of Transportation for not making the degree of banking on the curve great enough to keep you on the road at 100 mph.

You are going 75 mph in a 55 mph, and you are pulled over, given a ticket that gives you enough points to have your license suspended. Who is to blame, not you. The officer should have been a little more sympathetic to your situation.

You are wearing a shirt that needs to be ironed. Instead of taking it off, you try to iron with it on and guess what? That's right, you get burned. Shame on you right, no, it is the c ...

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