Thematic Bible: Spiritual Blindness
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spiritual Blindness » Saints are delivered from
Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the Light of the world," He said; "the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life."
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There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
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It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
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But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that daylight should surprise you like a thief; for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.
But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
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spiritual Blindness » Christ appointed to remove
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
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"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
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Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the Light of the world," He said; "the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life."
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For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.
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spiritual Blindness » Judicially inflicted
I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand. And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'You will hear and hear and by no means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see.
spiritual Blindness » The effect of sin
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
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And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked. For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.
spiritual Blindness » Unbelief, the effect of
If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition, in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.
And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."
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spiritual Blindness » Exemplified
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
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Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts.
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spiritual Blindness » Removal of, illustrated
"Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
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"He whose name is Jesus," he answered, "made clay and smeared my eyes with it, and then told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and obtained sight."
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"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."
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spiritual Blindness » Exemplified » Scribes and pharisees
You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!
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"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "'Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'
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spiritual Blindness » The wicked wilfully guilty of
because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them. For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
spiritual Blindness » The self-righteous are in
"You are blind! Why, which is greater? --the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
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Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.
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spiritual Blindness » Explained
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
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The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.
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spiritual Blindness » The wicked are in
spiritual Blindness » Christ's ministers are lights to remove
*You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built on a hill-top.
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that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
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spiritual Blindness » Pray for the removal of
spiritual Blindness » Uncharitableness, a proof of
But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
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spiritual Blindness » A work of the devil
in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.
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spiritual Blindness » Leads to all evil
Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live, with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives. Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.
spiritual Blindness » Exemplified » Churches of laodicea
You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.
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spiritual Blindness » Of ministers, fatal to themselves and to the people
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
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spiritual Blindness » Is consistent with communion with God
If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth. But if we live in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
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