In this week's sermon on Jesus' Last 100 Days, Jesus will make his most dangerous journey from the Way of Blood to the Way of Suffering that leads to the Cross. However, as he heads towards the Jericho Road, he encounters Bartimaeus, a blind man with great persistence, faith and courage. For all these qualities, Jesus chooses to heal him and Bartimaeus changes the road that he was on.

1. Jesus’ Last
100 Days

2. Blind
Bartimaeus

3. Mark 10
46 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.

4. 47 And when he heard that it
was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to
cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of
David, have mercy on me!” 48 And
many rebuked him, telling him to be
silent. But he cried out all the more,
“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

5. 49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call
him.” And they called the blind man,
saying to him, “Take heart. Get up;
he is calling you.” 50 And throwing
off his cloak, he sprang up and came
to Jesus.

6. 51 And Jesus said to him, “What do
you want me to do for you?” And
the blind man said to him, “Rabbi,
let me recover my sight.”

7. 52 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.
Mark 10

8. First Point
The Power of
Persistence

9. And they came
to Jericho…
• Settled as early
as 8000 B.C.
(6500 years
before Joshua)

10. Jericho
in the
New
Test.
Era

11. Mark 10
46 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.

12. Blindness in Biblical Times
•Many became blind due to a
common infection, Trachoma.

13. Blindness in Biblical Times
•Many became blind due to a
common infection, Trachoma.
•In biblical times there was no
effective treatment.
•There was also no safety net.

14. Blindness in Biblical Times
•Many became blind due to a
common infection, Trachoma.
•In biblical times there was no
effective treatment.
•There was also no safety net.

15. 47 And when he heard that it
was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to
cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 10

16. Jesus, Son of David…
•This is an affirmation of faith.
•Bartimaeus believes that
Jesus is the Messiah.
•The term Son of David was a
messianic term.

17. 48 And many rebuked him, telling
him to be silent. But he cried out all
the more, “Son of David, have
mercy on me!”
Mark 10

18. The
Persistent
Friend
Luke 11

19. Luke 11
9And I tell you, ask, and it will be
given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you.
10For everyone who asks receives,
and the one who seeks finds, and to
the one who knocks it will be
opened.

20. The
Persistent
Widow
Luke 18

21. Luke 18
5 yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will give her justice,
so that she will not beat me down
by her continual coming.’” 6 And the
Lord said, “Hear what the
unrighteous judge says.

22. 7 And will not God give justice to his
elect, who cry to him day and
night? Will he delay long over
them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice
to them speedily. Nevertheless,
when the Son of Man comes, will he
find faith on earth?” (Luke 18)

23. Second Point
The Power of Faith

24. 49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call
him.” And they called the blind man,
saying to him, “Take heart. Get up;
he is calling you.” 50 And throwing
off his cloak, he sprang up and came
to Jesus.
Mark 10

25. 51 And Jesus said to him, “What do
you want me to do for you?” And
the blind man said to him, “Rabbi,
let me recover my sight.”
ῥαββουνί/ Rabbouni
“My Master”

26. 52 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.
Mark 10

27. Mark 8
22And they came to Bethsaida. And
some people brought to him a blind
man and begged him to touch him.
23And he took the blind man by the
hand and led him out of the village,
and when he had spit on his eyes and
laid his hands on him, he asked him,
“Do you see anything?”

28. Mark 8
24And he looked up and said, “I see
people, but they look like trees,
walking.” 25Then Jesus laid his hands
on his eyes again; and he opened his
eyes, his sight was restored, and he
saw everything clearly. 26And he sent
him to his home, saying, “Do not even
enter the village.”

29. Third Point
The Power of Courage

30. Mark 10
52 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.

31. The
Way
of
Blood

32. John 12
10 So the chief priests made plans to
put Lazarus to death as well,
11 because on account of him many
of the Jews were going away and
believing in Jesus.

33. Jesus’ Last
100 Days