{"id":6764,"date":"2015-07-29T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2015-07-28T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:08:23","slug":"what-do-you-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/07\/29\/what-do-you-see\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You See?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The disciples had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And [Jesus] cautioned them, saying, \u201cWatch out\u2014beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.\u201d They said to one another, \u201cIt is because we have no bread.\u201d And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, \u201cWhy are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?\u201d They said to him, \u201cTwelve.\u201d \u201cAnd the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?\u201d And they said to him, \u201cSeven.\u201d Then he said to them, \u201cDo you not yet understand?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThey came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, \u201cCan you see anything?\u201d And the man looked up and said, \u201cI can see people, but they look like trees, walking.\u201d Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Then he sent him away to his home, saying, \u201cDo not even go into the village.\u201d (Mark 8:14-26)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tAfter warning his disciples about the Pharisees\u2019 yeast, we\u2019re told a story about how Jesus healed a blind man. Why? Jesus asked his disciples if they were blind. Then he reminded them about how he had twice fed large crowds. The healing of the blind man illustrated Jesus\u2019 point. <\/p>\n

\tOf all the healings that are recorded in the Bible, this is the only one where the healing occurred in stages. Jesus put spit on the blind man\u2019s eyes, asked him how he was doing, then touched his eyes a second time before he was completely healed.<\/p>\n

\tTwice Jesus fed thousands. Twice Jesus worked to heal the blind man. Jesus\u2019 disciples, like that blind man, were slow to perceive. They understood his words like the blind man first saw people as trees. Only later did he see clearly. Only later did the disciples understand.<\/p>\n

\tIf God needs us to understand something, he\u2019ll do whatever is necessary to enlighten us. He\u2019ll never give up, either. He\u2019s a patient teacher.<\/p>\n

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The disciples had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And [Jesus] cautioned them, saying, \u201cWatch out\u2014beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.\u201d They said to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18,17,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6766,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions\/6766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}