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A Time to be Blind and Deaf, November 24
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not.
Isaiah 42:19, 20
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What kind of blindness is this? It is a blindness that will not allow our
eyes to contemplate evil. It will not allow our eyes to rest upon iniquity. It
will not grasp the things of sight and lose eternity out of its reckoning....
We want to see aright, we want to see as God sees; for Satan is constantly
trying to convert the things our eyes rest upon in order that we may see
through his medium....
The servant of the living God sees to some purpose. The eyes are
sanctified and the ears are sanctified, and those who will close their eyes
and ears to evil will become changed. But if they will listen to those who
will address them and try to lead their thoughts away from God and their
eternal interests, then their whole senses are perverted by that which their
eyes rest upon. Jesus says, “If ... thine eye be single, thy whole body shall
be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness.”
Matthew 6:22, 23
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It makes every difference what we give our minds and souls to feed
upon. We can let our minds dwell upon romance and castle-building,
and what will it do for us? It will ruin us, soul and body.... We want to
have that power that will enable us to close our eyes to scenes that are not
elevating, that are not ennobling, that will not purify and refine us; and to
keep our ears closed to everything that is forbidden in God’s Word. He
forbids us to imagine evil, to speak evil, and even to think evil....
I see in Jesus everything that is lovely, everything that is holy, every-
thing that is uplifting and pure. Then why should I want to open my eyes
wide to see everything that is disagreeable? By beholding we become
changed. Let us look to Jesus and consider the loveliness of His character,
and by beholding we shall become changed into the same likeness.
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