How Do You See Jesus?
Dr. Darrow Perkins
John 9:8-17
There are many ways we can look at people and each other as it pertains to who they are and what they can do. When you look around, you can actually see people from several different perspectives. For example, when you see me, you may see me as the Pastor, but my wife sees me as her husband, and my children see me as their father, but the common denominator is that I'm still only one person. Naturally so, I'm able to fulfill all those expectations based upon who I'm dealing with at the time because my abilities are limited and I can only do so much. You see...
Your employer sees you as an employee;
The store retailer sees you as a consumer;
The doctor sees you as a patient;
The lawyer sees you as a client;
Uncle Sam sees you as a taxpayer.
All of these see you in that one capacity because we have limits. But such is not the case when it comes to Jesus; He has the power to be all things to us at the same time and fulfill any and every expectation we may have of Him.
We find ourselves in the 9th chapter of the Gospel of John. This particular section deals with the blind man that has had an encounter with Jesus. He was blind from birth and many people knew him from his ''BC'' days (before Christ) and knew that he had been born blind. Now they see him and he can see them too and they want to know how or who it was that did this for him. As they go through their dialogue with him, it is revealed that although they are talking about the same person, they refer to him in several different ways, which brings us to our text.
Concerning Jesus...
Do You See Him As A Man? (verses 8-12). In verse 11, the blind man answers their question by saying, ''A man that is called Jesus...'' In this instance, he refers to Christ as a man because that was his understanding of Jesus. He knew that a human being had approached him and gave him his sight. Notice I didn't say restored his sight, but rather gave ...
Dr. Darrow Perkins
John 9:8-17
There are many ways we can look at people and each other as it pertains to who they are and what they can do. When you look around, you can actually see people from several different perspectives. For example, when you see me, you may see me as the Pastor, but my wife sees me as her husband, and my children see me as their father, but the common denominator is that I'm still only one person. Naturally so, I'm able to fulfill all those expectations based upon who I'm dealing with at the time because my abilities are limited and I can only do so much. You see...
Your employer sees you as an employee;
The store retailer sees you as a consumer;
The doctor sees you as a patient;
The lawyer sees you as a client;
Uncle Sam sees you as a taxpayer.
All of these see you in that one capacity because we have limits. But such is not the case when it comes to Jesus; He has the power to be all things to us at the same time and fulfill any and every expectation we may have of Him.
We find ourselves in the 9th chapter of the Gospel of John. This particular section deals with the blind man that has had an encounter with Jesus. He was blind from birth and many people knew him from his ''BC'' days (before Christ) and knew that he had been born blind. Now they see him and he can see them too and they want to know how or who it was that did this for him. As they go through their dialogue with him, it is revealed that although they are talking about the same person, they refer to him in several different ways, which brings us to our text.
Concerning Jesus...
Do You See Him As A Man? (verses 8-12). In verse 11, the blind man answers their question by saying, ''A man that is called Jesus...'' In this instance, he refers to Christ as a man because that was his understanding of Jesus. He knew that a human being had approached him and gave him his sight. Notice I didn't say restored his sight, but rather gave ...
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