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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON LUKE - LUKE 18:35-43
  by J.C. Ryle
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THE BLIND BEGGAR

The miracle described in these verses is rich in instruction. It was one
of the great works which witnessed that Christ was sent of the Father.
(John 5:36.) But this is not all. It contains also some lively patterns
of spiritual things which deserve attentive study.

We see, for one thing, in this passage, the importance of diligence in
the use of means. We are told of "a certain blind man who sat by the
wayside begging." He sought the place where his pitiful condition was
most likely to attract notice. He did not sit lazily at home, and wait
for relief to come to him. He placed himself by the road-side, in order
that travelers might see him and give him help. The story before us
shows the wisdom of his conduct. Sitting by the wayside, he heard that
"Jesus was passing by." Hearing of Jesus he cried for mercy, and was
restored to sight. Let us mark this well! If the blind man had not sat
by the wayside that day, he might have remained blind to the hour of his
death.

He that desires salvation should remember the example of this blind man.
He must attend diligently on every means of grace. He must be found
regularly in those places where the Lord Jesus is specially present. He
must sit by the wayside, wherever the word is read and the Gospel
preached, and God\

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