Eyes to See the Truth
Robert Dawson
John 9
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an actor who played a variety of comedic and dramatic roles throughout his carry. One of his best known roles, characters, was the eccentric, rumpled but always triumphant detective Colombo, which you can still watch on Sunday nights on MeTv.
In real life Falk had a glass eye. He lost his eye due to an operation when he was just 3 years old to remove a cancerous tumor. In spite of his missing eye, he was a high school athlete. He had one baseball story he loved to tell. In one game, after being called out at third base, he removed his glass eye and handed it to the umpire and said, ''Here. You'll do better with this.''Bruce Weber, ''Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor in Television's 'Columbo,' Dies at 83,'' The New York Times (6-24-11)
There have been some umpires through the years I wish I could have done that to. ''Hey Blue! Here's a new set of eyes. You need them more than I do!'' I'm not sure how long I'd have stayed in the game after that but it would have been fun.
There are people I have met throughout my life and ministry that I wish I could've pulled a fresh set of eyes from my pocket and given to them because they did not see life clearly. They needed new eyes. Their distorted vision of life led to a distorted life. (There have been times in my own life when I needed a fresh set of eyes).
In our passage today we find people who needed a new set of eyes concerning one of life's emotionally charged issues, suffering. This passage opens the door for a number of different conversations but I want us to have a brief conversation on suffering, the Gospel and the glory of God. We will not be able to answer every question or respond to every objection that comes to mind regarding those issues but I hope we can shed some light on them so that we can better understand the suffering of others and ourselves.
I want to start by reading the first 16 verses of this chapter. ...
Robert Dawson
John 9
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an actor who played a variety of comedic and dramatic roles throughout his carry. One of his best known roles, characters, was the eccentric, rumpled but always triumphant detective Colombo, which you can still watch on Sunday nights on MeTv.
In real life Falk had a glass eye. He lost his eye due to an operation when he was just 3 years old to remove a cancerous tumor. In spite of his missing eye, he was a high school athlete. He had one baseball story he loved to tell. In one game, after being called out at third base, he removed his glass eye and handed it to the umpire and said, ''Here. You'll do better with this.''Bruce Weber, ''Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor in Television's 'Columbo,' Dies at 83,'' The New York Times (6-24-11)
There have been some umpires through the years I wish I could have done that to. ''Hey Blue! Here's a new set of eyes. You need them more than I do!'' I'm not sure how long I'd have stayed in the game after that but it would have been fun.
There are people I have met throughout my life and ministry that I wish I could've pulled a fresh set of eyes from my pocket and given to them because they did not see life clearly. They needed new eyes. Their distorted vision of life led to a distorted life. (There have been times in my own life when I needed a fresh set of eyes).
In our passage today we find people who needed a new set of eyes concerning one of life's emotionally charged issues, suffering. This passage opens the door for a number of different conversations but I want us to have a brief conversation on suffering, the Gospel and the glory of God. We will not be able to answer every question or respond to every objection that comes to mind regarding those issues but I hope we can shed some light on them so that we can better understand the suffering of others and ourselves.
I want to start by reading the first 16 verses of this chapter. ...
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