- He wants us to see his beautiful creation.
- We can appreciate beauty because He does.
Remember the laws of the following mentions:
- First
- Full
- Final
First Mention:
- Gen. 3:5 ... the serpent. Open the eyes
- More than physical sight = spiritual
- Gen. 6:8 ... in God's Eyes.
- Grace in God's eyes.
- God has eyes of grace.
- Gen. 13:10 ... Lot's Choice
- Eyeballs - Man looks up, it is a humbled position.
- What you see may not be the best.
Final Mention
- Revelation 21:4
- Wipe tears from the eyes
- Revelation 22:4 = Restoration
The Lord Jesus Christ's Eyes
- Luke 6:20
- Eyes were on His disciples
- Always has time for His own
- John 6:5 - Concern for the crowd
- John 11:41 & 17:1
- Looking to others
- Lifted up eyes - Humbled
- Rev. 1:14 - Perfect knowledge, insight and scrutiny.
- He sees the things we'd rather keep hidden.
The Eye & Sin
- In general - The curse
- Aging of the eyes
- Specifically as follows:
- Red eyes - Alcohol abuse
- Optic Nerve - Poor nutrition
- Attack
- Trauma
- Drugs
- STDs
- Old Testament Law
- Eye for an eye
- Eye can be an instrument of sin
- Looking at people with lust
- How much would you sell an eye for?
- Here is what you would lose
- Depth perception
- Side vision
- A spare
- You would only gain financial freedom
- What would you do to get victory over sin?
Laodocia - Revelation 3:18-19
Blindness is the diagnosis / Eye salve is the treatment
- The cure may hurt a little, but He wants to help you in the end.
"I am saved by my good looks. I got a good look at myself. Then got a good look at my savior."