Is It Easier To Forgive Sin Or To Open Up My Blind Eyes

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Luke 24: 31, 32, 45
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

Do you see? Or are you blind? Has Jesus opened your eyes? Has He opened the scriptures to you? Has Jesus opened your mind to understand the scriptures? The word "open" in the verses above mean "To open fully, to open wide".

What is easier to say: your sins are forgiven or take up your bed and walk? (Luke 5:23) Jesus healed the man to demonstrate that He did have the power to say, "Your sins are forgiven!" On the Emmaus Road something very significant happened when they stopped of for something to eat. Jesus blessed and broke the bread just as He had done 4 days earlier in the Upper Room at the first Communion. This was the first time since then that Jesus came to a table. When He did a miracle happened. Those He walked with could not see Him (for who He was) or recognize Him. But when He gave them the bread their eyes were opened   w  i  d  e   . He opened their eyes to recognize Him. Then He disappeared. Why? Because He was there to do that one thing, to open the eyes of Cleopas and Mary to demonstrate that there was a new reality on the earth. 

When we share Communion and eat the Blessed Bread our eyes are opened by the Holy Spirit to recognize Jesus and His presence. It is as real as the meal. He wants to spend time with us and to share all that He has for us with us. He died so that He could. He does. 

Our prayer for you today is that as you sit down with a small piece of bread and a sip of wine that you ask Him to bless both to become His Body and Blood. Then as you eat the bread close your eyes to this world and look for him in the Spirit. He will open your eyes. He will reveal Himself and share with you. Then as you drink the wine listen for His sweet, gentle voice. He will speak to you. He wants to share His Good News with you so you can feast on it throughout day and night. As you "chew on the bread" (think about what the Lord showed you or shared with you) and meditate on the message He had for you as it surges into your bloodstream to every inch of your body it will quench your thirst and fill you with new life.

This song by the Second Chapter of Acts really caught my attention today as it speaks so beautifully to our need and desire to see the Lord. Hopefully you can change the last phrase from "or I'll die" to "and I'll live!" 

OPEN UP MY BLIND EYES by Annie & Buck Herring
Recorded by The 2nd Chapter of Acts

I walked with you so many years still I seem to lack so much
My heart is cold my eyes are dim seems I need a new touch

Chorus
Is it easier to forgive sin 
or to open up my blind eyes 
I want to see you right now
I need to see you somehow
Is it easier to forgive sin 
or to open up up my blind eyes
I want to see you right now
I need to see you somehow or I'll die

My eyes have shed a thousand tears still I need to cry some more
so I can feel the loneliness of the weak and the poor

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
O I have heard it told what pleases God is hearts of gold
And I want mine to shine so sing us all your heart inside of mine 

No man has seen your face and lived and that's what I'm asking you
Lord just one look upon your face and I'll be made band new

Is it easier to forgive sin 
or to open up my blind eyes 
I want to see you right now
I need to see you somehow
Is it easier to forgive sin 
or to open up up my blind eyes
I want to see you right now
I need to see you somehow or I'll die

Is it easier to forgive sin 
or to open up up my blind eyes
I want to see you right now
I need to see you somehow or I'll die

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