Luke 18:31-43

Jon Bryars preaches through Luke 18:31-43 contrasting the spiritual blindness of the disciples with the saving faith of a blind beggar near Jericho. He explains how the disciples failed to understand Jesus's explicit prediction of his impending suffering and death because it conflicted with their expectations of a triumphant earthly king. The passage challenges listeners to acknowledge their own spiritual poverty and, much like the desperate beggar, persistently cry out to Jesus for mercy and true spiritual sight.