Heralds Digest

“Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”...Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:39, 42‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.18.39,42.nkjv The desperate outburst of the blind man indicates that he was not fully satisfied by the business of begging for alms, even if those alms appears to supply the basic needs of life. Therefore, he took the risk to offend the sensitivity of those who felt their mercies should provide a sufficient sustenance. Most times, the looking up unto fellow men for help prevents the lifting up of holy hands to the hill of God. Whereas, real and satisfying help comes from God, who often positions fellow men as helping tools to deliver His errands in the affairs of those who truly seek His face. When Jesus finally said “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well”, it implies that the faith to perpetually receive alms ...

“But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.18.34.nkjv How many good-intentioned relationships in life have been sacrificed on the altar of complete misunderstanding or the understanding of a relative truth? If a clear expression of an absolute truth from the Lord Jesus Christ was completely misunderstood by the disciples, anyone can be excused for failure to comply with the basic rules of man. Obviously, the lack of human understanding of the true things prevents the expected coordination of actions along the perfect will of God. But while the grace of God enables His patience with man, man often grope under the darkness of his own misunderstanding. Unfortunately, man is often impatient with his fellow men, based on a relative understanding of the assumed true things in life. Whereas, patience with God towards a perfect understanding of true th...