Sermon preached on March 2, 2025 by Pastor Julius Buelow at Mt Olive Lutheran in Lincoln, NE.
Theme: Love Isn't BlindText: Luke 18:31-43
31He took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. 32Indeed, he will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, mistreat him, spit on him, 33flog him, and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
34They did not understand any of these things. What he said was hidden from them, and they did not understand what was said.
35As he approached Jericho, a blind man sat by the road, begging. 36When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by. 38He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39Those who were at the front of the crowd rebuked him, telling him to be quiet. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, he asked him, 41“What do you want me to do for you?”
He said, “Lord, I want to see again.”
42Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.”
43Immediately he received his sight and began following Jesus, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw this, gave praise to God. "
Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Lk 18:31–43.
