Upwards Faith | January 2024

From Mark 10

📖 Mark 10:46 ESV And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

1. He up: Faith comes by . (Romans 10:17)

📖 Mark 10:47 ESV  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,

2. He up:  Let your be made known to God. (Philippians 4:8)

📖 Mark 10:47b ESV he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 

📖 Mark 10:48 ESV And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 

3. He up: God gives justice to His , who to Him. (Luke 18:7)

📖 Mark 10:48b ESV But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 

📖 Psalm 47:1 ESV “Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!”

📖 Isaiah 12:6 ESV “Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

📖 Psalm 34:17 ESV “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.”

📖 Isaiah 58:9 ESV “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.'”

📖 Mark 10:49 ESV And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” 

4. He up: “from one of glory to another.” (1 Corinthians 3:18)

📖 Mark 10:50 ESV And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.

5. He up: Follow me, and I will you. (Matthew 4:19)

📖 Mark 10:52 ESV And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.