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Bartimaeus - Son of Honor


Mark 10:46-52


He was changed from his past to future, from beggar to believer, from poverty to prosperity, from pain to power, from darkness to light and from blindness to receiving his sight, from uncertainty to expectancy, from no hope to hope against hope. 

Bartimaeus knew he was not a blind beggar.  He believed he was living beneath his means and destiny.  Even though he was a blind beggar, his name meant son of honor.  He lived with the expectation of receiving his sight.  When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was coming, he called Jesus Son of David.  Bartimaeus knew he was the Messiah that would come.  And this was the opportunity for him to go from a beggar to a believer.

This is why no matter what situation you are in believe that Jesus Christ can bring you out of your circumstances.  It does not matter whether you are blind physically or spiritually or whatever situation you are dealing with in your life.  Once you meet Jesus, he will transform your life from darkness to light. I'm quite sure Bartimaeus had the expectation that I 'm not going to stay this way. Everyday going to the gate with the mind set that today is the day I get my miracle. So when the crowd that followed Jesus told Bartimaeus to SHUT UP he payed  no attention to them, the more they told him to SHUT UP the louder he got.                 Notice Bartimaeus did not call him Jesus of Nazereth , he called him" Jesus the Son of David". Bartimaeus knew the messianic call on the life of Jesus and that he was the SON OF GOD! What the bible says about the Messiah "And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book , and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity , and out of darkness"( Isaiah 29:18)   " Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped" (Isaiah 35:5) . Bartimaeus somehow knew the word, that's why he called Jesus the son of David, DO YOU KNOW WHO JESUS IS?                                                                                                                                                           DO YOU KNOW THE WORD? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU? THE BIBLE SAYS" AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE, AND THE VIOLET TAKE IT BY FORCE"!! (Matthew 11:12) TAKE WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO YOU!! YOU ARE A SON OF HONOR!!