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NASB | Mark 8:25 Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 8:25 Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and [his sight] was [completely] restored, and he began to see everything clearly. |
Bible Question: Why didn't Jesus heal him the first time (vv 22-24)? |
Bible Answer: Dear Steve, I would say that the reason that the man was not healed the first time was that he lacked sufficient faith. Jesus often tied His miraculous healings to the faith of the person being healed (Luke 8:48, 17:19, and 18:42). I imagine that this man had the beginnings of faith that Christ could heal him, but was not "full of faith". Thus the first time he was only healed partially. However, this boosted his faith to the point that he was able to be fully healed the second time. I think that there are two important lessons here. The first is that God is willing and wanting to meet us where we are at. We do not have to have perfect faith for God to begin to work with us. He will take our mustard seed and help us to water it and make it grow into a strong plant (Matthew 13:31-32). The second lesson that I see is that we should not be satisfied with incomplete faith. Imagine how much the man would have missed out on if he had just settled for the first healing and went the rest of his life seeing people look like trees. In the same way, we must be careful to not be complacent with our own level of healing, but strive to be made perfect even as God is perfect (Matthew 5:48). |
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