Mark 8:22-38
"Sight But No Vision"

V.21 The ministry of intercession

Bringing people to Jesus is the best thing we can do for others and for ourselves.
Phil 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

V.22-26

“Couldn’t Jesus heal him on the first try?”

V.14-21 "Do you still not see or understand... Do you have eyes but fail to see...?".

V.27-30 Christ and Messiah = Anointed One

To a Jew; A political and national redeemer

Matt 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" "The son of David," they replied. 43 He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, 44 "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet." 45 If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

V.31 “Son of Man”

Dan 7:13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

The true nature of the Messiah (See Isaiah 53:1-11)

V.32-33 A rebuke for Jesus? And His response.

Any view that would deny that Jesus suffered, died and rose from the grave is Satanic in nature

V.34-38
Howard Hendricks- “Millions of Christians live in a sentimental haze of vague piety, with soft organ music trembling in the lovely light from stained-glass windows. Their religion is a pleasant thing of emotional quiver, divorced from the intellect, divorced from the will, and demanding little except lip service to a few harmless platitudes. I suspect that Satan has called off his attempt to convert people to agnosticism. After all, if a person travels far enough away from Christianity, he or she is always in danger of seeing it in perspective and deciding that it is true. It is much safer, from Satan’s point of view, to vaccinate a person with a mild case of Christianity so as to protect him from the real disease.”

I can see clearly now that the sin is gone.