Let us be careful to redeem the
time. Let us be careful to be solemn
and serious in every effort which we put forth for the Lord our
God. Let us beware of a carelessness
and indifference when we look into His Word. Let everything
be done in the light of death, judgment, and eternity. I approach every message and
every service with a deep sense of my own inability
and a deep desire for God's presence, because someday we're going to
seeing our last hymn. Someday we're going to hear our
last special number. Someday we're going to read our
last passage of scripture. We're going to preach and listen
to our last sermon, and this may be the day. And this may
be that solemn hour. So we need to be sure that we're
not playing at spiritual things. Somebody asked me tonight, after having read my text, verse
17 of 2 Kings chapter 6, what it was all about, what was the
setting. Why did Elisha pray this prayer? Elisha prayed. He said, Lord,
I pray Thee, open his eyes that he may see. Well, briefly, this is the setting. The king of Syria had made war
against God's people, against Israel. The king of Syria was
powerful. He had a great army. And he would
counsel with his leaders about his plan of attack, about a certain
ambush in a certain place when he would catch the king of Israel
off guard. and slaves men, but everything
he did, every ambush, every plan of attack which he worked out
in the secret chambers of his own office and study and war
room, everything he did, Elisha the prophet knew. And Elisha
would tell the king of Israel what was going to happen tomorrow,
the next day. He warned the king of Israel
about every plan of attack And the king of Israel and Israel's
army was able to avoid the place where the attack had been planned
and was to take place. Finally, the king of Syria, suspecting
that one of his leaders was a spy, he called in his servants and
he said to them, I want to know who is for the king of Israel.
I want to know who the spy is. Somebody is telling the king
of Israel everything I plan and everything I do. One of his servants
spoke up and said, It's not any of us. We're not the problem.
There's a prophet of God called Elisha down in Israel, and he's
the man that knows everything about you, and he's the man that
tells the king of Israel everything you plan and every word you say,
even those spoken in the most secret place. The king of Syria
said, find out where this man Elisha is. I want him." So they
sent some spies down there in Israel, and they found out that
Elisha was in a little town, a little city, called Dothan.
The king of Syria sent a company of men, a large company of men,
a heavy host, the Scripture said, and went down by night and surrounded
that little city of Dothan, had it completely surrounded, waiting
for the morning, waiting to attack. Early the next morning, Elisha's
servant arose, probably before dawn, going out to draw water
or something, and when he did, he saw this army surrounding
the city. And he ran to Elisha and he cried,
Master, O my Master, alas, what shall we do? And that's when
Elisha calmly said, Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. They that be with us are more
than they that be with them." And then he prayed this prayer,
"'Lord, I pray Thee, open the eyes of my servant, that he may
see.'" And the Scripture said that God opened the eyes of the
young man, and the young man was able to see what he couldn't
see before. He saw beyond the enemy. He saw
that the mountains were full of the army of the Lord, and
he wasn't afraid anymore. Faith enables a man to see what
others cannot see, or at least what they will not see. The people
of God are able to see what the unbeliever cannot see. They see
beyond a trial. They see beyond tomorrow. They see beyond an enemy. They
see beyond a problem. I read an illustration this week.
I never heard of this man, but they claim he was a great painter.
His name was Turner. And this man was noted for putting
the most extravagant colors in his pictures. He painted scenes
of nature, the woods, the forest, the fields. But he would put
the most extravagant colors in those pictures, and one day a
lady looking at one of his pictures and talking to him made this
comment. She said, Mr. Turner, why do
you put such bright, unusual colors in your pictures? I never
see colors like that in nature." And do you know what he replied? She said, I never see colors
like that in nature, and his reply was this, don't you wish
you did. Don't you wish you did. He saw
them, she didn't. And I see there are things in
this book that the believer sees that others do not see. Elisha
saw some things that this trembling, frightened young man didn't see.
Elisha was perfectly calm, surrounded by a storm. The young man was
dashing about, crying, O Master, what are we going to do? What
are we going to do? And Elisha wasn't afraid at all. And that's when he prayed, Lord
open this young man's eyes that he may see. Now my friends, I
want you to follow me in a few passages of scripture. First
of all to Isaiah 64. And the first comment, the first
point in my message is this. The eyes of natural men are blind
to heavenly things. They can see mathematics, They
can see the things in nature. They can see the stars, the moon,
the heavens. They can see and have the ability to work
out natural problems. They can see that which is physical,
that which is fleshly. But they are blind to the things
of God. Natural men are blind. Now listen
to this, Isaiah 64, 6. For since the beginning of the
world, men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, neither
hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for
him that waited for God." Man doesn't hear, he doesn't see. And Paul said in verse 1 Corinthians
2, 9, I hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered
the heart of man the things that God has prepared for them that
love him." And Christ wrote in Matthew 13, our Lord spoke, Matthew
recorded it, in Matthew 13, verse 15, listen to this. In Matthew
13, verse 15, our Lord said, This people's heart is wax gloss,
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes Now watch this. I'm coming back to this in a
little while. Their eyes have they closed. There's nobody blind
as the man who will not see. Their eyes they have closed,
lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should
be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes,
they see, and your ears they hear. My friends, what I'm saying
is this. One of the saddest conditions of the natural man is to read God's Word with a
veil over his mind, and with a veil over his eyes, and with
a veil over his heart. And that's what's there by the
fall. There's a veil on the heart, and there's a veil over the eyes.
Men pass blindfolded through all the wonderful testimonies
of redeeming love. They pass blindfolded through
all the testimonies of saving grace. They pass blindfolded
through all the testimonies of God's precious mercy, and they
do not see them. They do not see them. Now that's revealed in eight
things. I want to give them to you, and
I'll just hit each one of them briefly. The natural eye is blind
to spiritual things. The natural eye is blind to the
things of God. The natural eye is blind to heavenly
truth. He does not see them. They're
there, but he does not see them. First of all, God is everywhere. The scripture says the heavens
declare the glory of God, the firmament showeth his handiwork.
The believer sees God in a thousand things and a thousand ways, but
the natural man, he doesn't see God. He doesn't attribute these
things to God. He doesn't find God in all that
he does. He doesn't see God in all that
he beholds. God is everywhere, but the natural
eye, blinded by sin, does not see Him. Does not see Him. I see God in the birth of a child. I see God in the blooming of
a rose, don't you? I see God in a rippling brook. I see God in the rising sun. I see God in the setting sun.
I see God in the full moon and the twinkling stars. I see God
in the thunder, in the rain. I see God in the lightning and
God in the snow and the hail, don't you? But the natural man
doesn't see God. God is everywhere, but he talks
about chance. He talks about fate. He talks
about luck. He attributes all these things
to Mother Nature. He doesn't see God. God is everywhere,
but he doesn't see Him. And then God's great law, which
touches the thoughts. God's great law, which reaches
to the intents of the heart. Men are blind to the spiritual
meaning and the glory of God's law. They connect God's law only with
that in which they're caught, or that in which they are exposed. They do not see God's law in
the thoughts and the imagination, in the motive, in the intents
of the heart. They don't see the spirituality
of God's law. They see the requirements of
God's law, and they see the punishment of God's law, but they cannot
see the spiritual perfection of God's law. Men themselves
are evil, guilty, they're fallen, and yet they don't see their
wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. They're not embarrassed
by their spiritual inability. They're not embarrassed, they're
not ashamed before God. They can't cry with David, my
sins, oh my sins are ever before me. They're not humbled by their
sins because they think if man can't see them, God can't see
them. We do not see our wounds, and
we do not pray for them. We do not see our putrefying
sores. We do not see our desperately
wicked, deceitful hearts, and therefore we're not prostrate
in the dust before God, but we're proud, arrogant, haughty sinners
who rush to and fro with our feet trampling on the blood of
Christ shed for our sins. They're blind. Death is right
at the door, but natural man doesn't see it. Judgment awaits. We shall all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ, but men aren't preparing for the
judgment. They're preparing for tomorrow, another day on this
earth, another day in rebellion, another day in sin. Hell awaits
them, moving up to meet them at their coming, but they dance
wildly and blindly even at the very mouth of hell. They don't
see it. It's there. but their blind eyes
will not permit them to see it. The great Savior, our Lord Jesus
Christ, has come down to this earth. He has consented to take
upon himself the likeness of human flesh. He hath been born
under the law to redeem them born under the law. He hath obeyed
perfectly every jot and tittle of God's every command. He hath
worked out for us in His obedience a perfect righteousness. In love
and grace He hath gone to the cross and died for our sins,
been buried and risen again. He is even at the right hand
of God as our great High Priest. He hath mercy and compassion
upon the lost. He calls sinners to come to Him
for rest, and yet they haven't the slightest idea who He is.
He hath visited our earth and walked through our world. He's
the son of the soul, but the blind see in none. He's the bright
and morning star, but the blind see in none. He's the lily of
the valley, the rose of Sharon, the fairest of ten thousand,
but there's no beauty in him that we should desire him. In the sixth place, their blindness
keeps them content with their poverty. A man who can see the
filth about him wants out of it. A man who is blind will sit
in a hogpen and not know the difference. A man who can see will see that
the false refuge in which he is hiding from the hurricane
won't protect him, but a blind man will hide under a fig tree.
He doesn't know the difference. A man who can see wants out of
the prison cell. He wants out in the sunshine
of God's communion, God's affection. But the blind man will sit in
his cell, in his dark, damp prison cell, and he'll think he's in
the sunshine. Their blindness keeps them content
in their rebellion. Their blindness keeps them content
in their poverty. Their blindness keeps them content
in their false refuge. We've made an agreement with
hell. We're not afraid. When the overflowing scourge
of God's wrath shall come through, it won't touch us. You're a blind
man. You're a blind man. And then
their blindness makes them proud. They think they've got the answers.
And the reason they think they've got the answers is because they're
asking the wrong questions. They think they know all things
because they see so little of what can be known. The only reason that a man will
think he's arrived spiritually is because he didn't have any
place to go to start with. It wasn't a long journey. He
got there quick because it wasn't a very long journey. Canst thou by searching find
out God by ascending to heaven? It is broader than the sea, it
is broader than the universe, it is higher than the heavens.
What canst thou know? When we think we know The only
reason we think we know is because we see so little of what can
be known. And blindness brings that about.
Men who are spiritually blind think they've arrived. They think
they've got the answers. They've got nothing further to
learn. And their blindness in the eighth
place puts them in great danger. Turn to Matthew 15, 14. Listen
to what our Lord says. And blind people usually find
company. They find other blind people
who hold their hands. And Christ said in Matthew 15,
14, leave them alone. They're blind leaders of the
blind. And if the blind lead the blind, they'll both fall
in the ditch. Their blindness puts them in
great danger. A man who can see looks up to
the divine guide. The man who can see wants the
man to direct him who can see more. But the blind, not being
able to see, is content with any hand. He's content with any
guide. He's content with any teacher.
He's content with any leader, because he doesn't see that the
other can't see either. You see what I'm saying? Natural men are blind. If our
gospel be hid, it is hid to them who are what? Blind. They can
walk through the pages of this book and see no guilt. They can
walk through the pages of this book and see no need of Christ.
They can walk through the pages of this book and call it an historical
account instead of a revealing gospel. All right, the second
comment. The prophet of God lifted his
eyes to heaven and he prayed, Lord, I pray Thee, I pray Thee,
open his eyes. Now brethren, this is what I'm
saying. Only God can open a sinner's eyes. Only God. The prophet of
God knew who could open this young man's eyes and he knew
who was the only one who could open this man's eyes. It was
the Lord God. Turn to Isaiah 42. Look at this
scripture. Isaiah chapter 42, it's verse
6 and 7. Isaiah 42, verse 6 and 7. I, the Lord, have called thee.
This is speaking of Christ. In verse 1 of Isaiah 42, it says,
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him.
He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not
cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break." That's Christ he's talking about.
Verse 4, He shall not fail. He shall not fail. And he says
in verse 6, I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness,
I will hold thine hand, I will keep thee, I will give thee for
a covenant of the people, for a light to the Gentiles, to open
the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. That's
your work, Lord Jesus. And that's what our Lord said
in Luke 4 when he preached at Nazareth. He said, The Lord hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach the gospel to the poor,
and to recover sight to the blind. Only God can make a man see. Now, my friends, I can and I
must and I will put truth before men. But only God can open their eyes
to see it. We can lay out the gospel. We
can lay out what God revealed to us. We can lay out before
you what God had taught us. We can lay out before you the
way of God, but only the Spirit of God can open your eyes to
see His truth, His gospel, His way, His plan. I can play the music, but only
God can make you hear it. I can lift up Christ as the bleeding
surety, but only God can give you eyes to behold him. We can
leave the blind, but we can't make them see. That's God's work. And that giving of sight to natural
men is the same miracle of creation. Turn to 2 Corinthians and let
me show you that. It takes 2 Corinthians 4, it
takes the same power to give eyes to a blind man as it took
to give light to a dark world. Same power. It's the power of
creation. It's the new creation. Paul in
2 Corinthians 4 verse 3 has been talking about the hidden gospel,
the mysteries of the gospel. It's hid to them that are lost.
It's right in front of them, but they can't see it. No matter
how far away you are from anything or how close you are to it, if
you don't see it, it's hidden from you. And he says in verse
4, "...the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them
that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them." We don't preach
ourselves, we preach Christ the Lord. Verse 6, For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, that's back yonder when God said,
Let there be light, has shined in our hearts. Now you see, I'm
not talking about being blinded naturally, I'm talking about
being blinded in the heart. Not in the head, in the heart.
Not with the natural eyes, with eyes of faith. Natural men are
blind. And God has shined in our hearts. to give the life of the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus. That's a divine
operation. My father had cataracts, and
he was totally blind in one eye. We took him to the hospital.
The doctor performed an operation, and when they took the bandages
off, that blind eye could see. And I'm saying that natural men,
because of the fall, because of sin, because of transgression,
are blind. And the truth may be before them,
but they can't see it. And the Son of God presented
to them, but they can't see it. And the grace of God preached
to them, but they can't see it. And the mysteries of the gospel
presented to them, but they can't appreciate it. until a divine
operation by the power of the Holy Spirit has been performed
upon their hearts, and God enables them to see, and God shines the
light into their darkened hearts, and they're able to see the beauty
and the glory of Christ Jesus the Lord. If you never have seen
that, you're still blind. Turn to Isaiah 43, verse 8. Now
here's the tragedy, and brethren, There's no man as blind as the
man who won't see, who won't see. Men are born blind, but
also because of rebellion and because of self, many men refuse
to see. Isaiah 43, verse 8 says, Bring
forth those blind people that have eyes, and bring forth those
deaf people that have ears. I won't see. Christ said, You
will not come to me that you might have life. You will not. You will not. O Jerusalem, how
oft would I gather you unto myself, as a hen doth gather her brood!
But you would not." Now Satan has the power over
these people, and he performs a counterfeit work. I want you
to turn to Genesis 3. Now this is interesting. Somebody
else is in the sight-giving business. In Genesis 3, verse 5, Satan came to Adam and Eve and
he said, in Genesis 3 verse 5, God doth know that in the day
you eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened. Somebody else is in
the sight-giving business, aren't they? Huh? You think God's the
only one who is warring for your soul? You think God's the only
one who's presenting to you a message? Do you think God's voice is the
only voice that's heard in this universe? Do you think God's
message is the only message being preached? There's another adversary. There's
an adversary. There's another power. Paul said,
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities
and powers and rulers of the darkness, spiritual wickedness. Spiritual what? Spiritual wickedness
in mighty high places. And he's in the sight-giving
business, but he doesn't give the same kind of sight God gives.
Let's see what kind of sight he gives. He says to Adam and
Eve, your eyes will be opened. Well, that happened, didn't it?
But they didn't see the glory of God. They didn't see the beauty
of Christ. They didn't see the mercy of
God. What did they see? Verse 7 says, And the eyes of
them both were opened, and they knew they were naked. And they
knew they were naked. Satan performed an operation.
He did a little spiritual work. But when he got through with
Adam and Eve, they didn't see God's glory, they saw human shame. Now you can put yourself in the
hands of the divine physician, and you can receive the sight
which enables you to see the glory of God, which enables you
to see the beauty of Christ, which enables you to seek that
sweet communion with the Father, which enables you to see God's
glory and God's purpose. or you can book and refuse and
put yourself in the hands of him who also opens people's eyes. For when he opens your eyes,
you live to regret it. Adam and Eve did, and the eyes
of them both were open, and they knew they were naked. And they
began feverishly to go about sowing fig leaves together to
make themselves some kind of self righteous garment to clothe
themselves and hide from God. Religious people have a sight.
I'm not saying that they haven't had their experiences. I'm not
saying they haven't received some kind of sight. But as I
see them go about establishing their own righteousness, as I
see them refusing to bow and submit to God's righteousness
in Christ, I say that the same operation has been performed
on them that Satan performed on Adam and Eve. They see a trouble,
they see a problem, but they're going to solve it themselves.
They don't see Christ. They don't see the hand of God.
They don't see their inability. But thank God. Turn to Psalm
146. God does open men's eyes. In Psalm 146, listen to this,
verses 7 and 8. Psalm 146, verses 7 and 8. Listen to it. Which executeth judgment, talking
about God which made the heavens, which executeth judgment for
the oppressed, which giveth food to the hungry, the Lord luceth
the prisoners And the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind. I hath not seen, ear hath not
heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things God
hath prepared for them that love him, but God hath revealed them
unto us by his Spirit." You know, there's a lot in this
Bible I don't understand. I'm going to get some help someday,
because I'm going to the author. And I'm going to know as I have
been known. There are a lot of things I don't understand. When
Hagar gave birth to Ishmael by Abraham, and Ishmael grew up
to be a pretty good-sized boy, and then God sent Isaac along,
who was the promised son, the promised seed. God came to Abraham
one day, and He said, Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael can't grow
up together. even as the law and grace cannot
live on the same roof. Grace and works can't exist together,
one's got to go. And the bondwoman with her son's
got to be put out, because this bondwoman and her son can't live
with a son of promise. And Abraham gave to Hagar a jug
of water and a loaf of bread and turned her out in the wilderness.
That's pretty hard, isn't it? But he did. He did what God told
him to do. And Hagar and her son Ishmael
walked a long ways and finally the water gave out and the bread
was gone and they were thirsty and hungry. She put her boy over
under a shade of a tree and then she went off about a bow shot
from him because she didn't want to watch him die. And she cried
to God, Thou God seest me. In her desperation, she cried
to God. And the Lord answered her, and
you know what scripture says? God opened her eyes. And she saw she was sitting right
beside a well of water. It was there, evidently, but
she hadn't seen it. And God opened her eyes. And
I'll tell you this, when you come to the end of yourself,
When you quit trying to satisfy a holy God by your own righteousness,
when you quit trying to solve your problems by your own strength,
when you come there in the wilderness without any water, thirsty, without
any food, hungry, at the end of yourself, at your wit's end,
at the end of your rope, in grave trouble with no hope, and you
cry unto God for help, He'll open your eyes and you'll see
that right by your side has been a well of water all the time.
But you didn't see it. That's Christ the Lord. He's
not very far from any of you. He's the very word in your mouth.
When you're out there on the job and mash your finger and
use the name of my Lord in vain, you're using the gospel in your
blasphemy. He is the gospel. He's the very
word in your mouth. He's the very message you're
hearing now. But you don't need Him. You don't need him. Hagar didn't cry until she needed
God. Hagar didn't cry until she needed
help. Hagar didn't cry until she'd
come to the end of her pride and the end of herself, and that's
when she cried, Oh, God! Oh, God! I hope God leads you to cry before
you cry to hell like the rich man and beg for mercy, because
he says, You'll cry and I won't hear you. you'll seek me, but
you won't find me. Everybody's going to cry. Some
are led to cry in time, and some are led to cry at the judgment.
Oh, rocks and mountains, fall on me and hide me from his face." Then the last thing, and I want
to talk to the believer. Those who see need more sight. Do you have spiritual eyes? I
think I do. And yet there's more to see,
much more. And let me show you four things
that there is to see. Turn to Psalms 119. Now this
is to you to whom God had given some spiritual sight, some understanding
of the way of life. But you know, I think David,
he had that spiritual sight, and yet he prayed in Psalm 119,
verse 18, Father, open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous
things out of thy law. I've seen some things in God's
Word, but there's much more to see. See what I'm saying? I think God's taught me some
things from His Word, but We haven't touched the hem of the
garment. There's a vast, vast, infinite mine of the richest
treasures of the universe still out there we hadn't seen yet.
And that's the reason David prays here, O God, open my eyes that
I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Unfold the mysteries
of this word. And then turn to Psalm 107, back
just two or three pages. There's some things not only
to be seen in God's Word. Lord, open my eyes that I may
see. But there's some things to be seen in God's providence.
What is providence? Providence is the things that
happen to us through this journey of life. Providence. All things are in
the providence of God. trials and tribulations, successes
and failures, wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes and tragedies,
anything connected with our lives, our day-by-day walk, our relationship
with others, our homes, our families, our jobs, our vacations, the
house of God, prophets. In Psalm 107 verse 23, they that
go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
they see the work of the Lord, they see his wonders in the deep. What's he saying here? He's saying
the fellow that stays about 40 feet offshore, in the stagnate
pools of the world. He doesn't see the great waves
and the white-capped waves and the deep sea and the bottom there
where the starfish live and the great whales swim through the
foam and the crackling of the thunder and the roll of the thunder
and the flash of the lightning and the voice of God. That fellow
that sees that's the man that goes out yonder way from the
shore. He sails around in deep water
and he sees the wonders of God. And that man that dives into
the Word of God and that man who dives into trial and trouble
And that man who goes through conflicts and that man who dares
to be a soldier of Christ out there where the battles are hottest,
he sees some great things. He sees the work of God. Seek this place of safety and
remain there and protect your little self and you don't see
the wonders of God, but ask God to let you sail in some deep
waters and you'll see his mighty hand. The providence of God. And then there's more to see.
Turn to Hebrews 12 quickly. There's more to see in Christ
Jesus. More to see. Sirs, we would see Jesus. Somebody
accused me of preaching nothing but substitution. Boy, what a
compliment. I hadn't commenced to begin to
get started to see the glories of substitution. I hope someday
I can see a little more of them, don't you? We haven't seen all
of Christ. He says here, talking about that
great cloud of witnesses that surrounds us, verse 2, he said,
you run the patience, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher
of our faith. Keep looking, keep looking. And
as you look to him, he'll reveal himself to you more and more,
more and more. But look at verse 15. Verse 14 says, "...follow peace
with all men, and holiness, without which no man will see the Lord,
looking diligently." Oh, we look to Christ, but we've got to look
somewhere else, too. And that's taking a good look
at myself. "...looking diligently, lest
any man fail of the grace of God," watch it, "...lest any
root of bitterness bringing up troubled you, and thereby many
be defiled. Lest there be any fornicator
or profane person as Esau, who for one marsal of meat sold his
soul." He sold his soul. So you see folks that have got
eyes, folks that's got eyes, Folks that have spiritual sight
got to pray for four things. Got to pray with David that God
would reveal some more out of the word to him. Open my eyes
and I might see the wonders of thy law. You got to pray that
God will open his eyes to see that in providence the wonders
of God, in trial the hand of God, in deep waters the power
of God. Take me out farther away from
the shore so I can see these things. And then that we might
see in Christ Jesus more beauty and more grace. But also, and
don't ever forget this, look indeligently. Where? Right here. Lest any man fail of the grace
of God, lest any root And that's where it starts. It starts as
a root of bitterness, springing up, just a little root, and thereby
many be defiled. God open my eyes, open my eyes that I might see. Our Father, we commit the message
into the hands of the Holy Spirit. We can lay the truth before men,
but only the Spirit can give them eyes to see. We can present
Christ, but there's no beauty about him to blind men, and no
glory, and no preciousness. Open their eyes that they might
see, and open our eyes. Deliver us from the evil one.
As our Master said to Peter, Satan hath desired thee that
he might sift thee, but I prayed for thee that thy faith fail
not. Let us see ourselves, let us
not cover our