20/20 Vision
Jeff Strite
John 12:17-26
OPEN: Three ladies were in a restaurant and as they picked up their menus each one put on a pair of glasses. A little embarrassed, the first woman said ''I really only need mine for close reading,''
The second shyly remarked, ''I only use mine when the light is bad.'' The third smiled and confessed, ''I rarely wear mine - except when I want to see.''
The real reason those ladies needed glasses was because they didn't have 20/20 eyesight.
ILLUS: I got a little curious about why its called ''20/20 eyesight thing'' so I looked it up. And I found that if you go into an optometrist's office you'll see a chart like this one (we showed an eye chart on the overhead that a red line under the 8th line of the chart). On this chart, down at line ''8'' you'll see a red line. That's the ''20/20'' line. An optometrist will have you seated 20 feet from the chart, and if you have good vision, that's the last line you can read clearly without glasses. 20/20 is the baseline for good vision.
Now, if you had better than average vision - say 20/10 vision - you might see a line further down the chart at 20 feet that an average person could see standing 10 feet away from the chart. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kYnnIjugQ)
Now 20/20 vision is very important to a lot of people. A lot of us don't have 20/20 vision, so we have to use corrective lenses (glasses/contacts) because we want to be able to see things that are important to us. We want to have a perfect vision!!!
And what I found interesting is that - this year - January 1st will be on Wednesday. And the year will be (wait for it) 20... 20. That makes this a great time to talk about vision.
The question for us this morning is this: What is the vision we should have as church and as Christians? What should be the measure of a perfect 20/20 eyesight in 2020?
You know what the answer is?
The answer is ... JESUS!!!! He's the measure of perfect vision.
Hebrews 12 ...
Jeff Strite
John 12:17-26
OPEN: Three ladies were in a restaurant and as they picked up their menus each one put on a pair of glasses. A little embarrassed, the first woman said ''I really only need mine for close reading,''
The second shyly remarked, ''I only use mine when the light is bad.'' The third smiled and confessed, ''I rarely wear mine - except when I want to see.''
The real reason those ladies needed glasses was because they didn't have 20/20 eyesight.
ILLUS: I got a little curious about why its called ''20/20 eyesight thing'' so I looked it up. And I found that if you go into an optometrist's office you'll see a chart like this one (we showed an eye chart on the overhead that a red line under the 8th line of the chart). On this chart, down at line ''8'' you'll see a red line. That's the ''20/20'' line. An optometrist will have you seated 20 feet from the chart, and if you have good vision, that's the last line you can read clearly without glasses. 20/20 is the baseline for good vision.
Now, if you had better than average vision - say 20/10 vision - you might see a line further down the chart at 20 feet that an average person could see standing 10 feet away from the chart. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kYnnIjugQ)
Now 20/20 vision is very important to a lot of people. A lot of us don't have 20/20 vision, so we have to use corrective lenses (glasses/contacts) because we want to be able to see things that are important to us. We want to have a perfect vision!!!
And what I found interesting is that - this year - January 1st will be on Wednesday. And the year will be (wait for it) 20... 20. That makes this a great time to talk about vision.
The question for us this morning is this: What is the vision we should have as church and as Christians? What should be the measure of a perfect 20/20 eyesight in 2020?
You know what the answer is?
The answer is ... JESUS!!!! He's the measure of perfect vision.
Hebrews 12 ...
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