Healthy Eyes:

Context:

• Jesus cast out a demon.
• The authority and power of Jesus were on display.
• The authority and power of the Pharisees didn’t compare.
• The Pharisees accused Jesus of operating demonically.
• Not everyone has eyes that see.

Luke 11:33-37 “...No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.” While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table...”

What are the advantages of having a healthy eye?

• You can see the world around you.
• You can navigate the world around you.
• You can minister to the world around you.
• You can avoid dangers in the world around you.

What are the disadvantages of having an unhealthy eye?

• You can’t see things correctly.
• You can’t navigate the world around you correctly.
• You can’t minister to the world around you well.
• Darkness brings great danger.

Deuteronomy 4:19 “...And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven...”

Do the eyes in this passage see?

• They see the world around them.
• They don’t have the proper context for what they see.
• They are unhealthy.

2 Kings 6:17 “...Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha...”

Did the young man in this passage have eyes to see?

• He initially saw the world without kingdom eyes.
• His eyes were then opened to see things as they really were.

How can a person see things the way they really are?

• Psalm 119:104-105 “...Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path...”
• John 3:3 “...Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God...”
• The reference book is the word of God, which shows us where we stand and where we should go.
• The kingdom can’t be seen without a born again experience.

What difference does seeing things correctly make in a person’s life?

• People respond to what they see.
• If people don’t see correctly, they don’t respond correctly. 
• Without a healthy eye, people will walk in darkness.