True faith has never become extinct in the world. There is an unbroken line of faithful ones whose relationship with the LORD has constituted the remnant of His servants. From age to age, the will of God has been revealed and preserved.

. . . and now the seeing man is publicly castigated. This is a pattern, and if we are to be prepared for history’s close, we must not be surprised by criticism from those who profess to represent God.

His straightforward obedience opened his spiritual eyes as well as his physical ones. But this miracle resulted in his being cast out of the religious assembly.

He sees in each of us a marvelous potential! This potential is realistic, but only through a committed relationship with Him.

The authority that Jesus exercised over unclean spirits is authority that He wishes to delegate to His followers. But not in the sense of simply wielding power; or even with the relief of suffering as the ultimate goal… but that we may confidently know of the ultimate and final authority of the Lord.

We are to apply what we know of Him to the situations we encounter as we walk through life in this fallen world. That is the real test of faith: faith that moves directly into faithfulness. It is not enough just to believe…