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A blind
man once stood on a corner at a busy intersection reading aloud Acts 4 from a
portion of a Braille Bible. A gentleman on his way home stopped at the edge
of the crowd that had gathered to listen. At that very moment, the sightless
man lost his place. While trying to find it, he kept repeating the last three
words he had just read: "No other name... No other name... No other
name..." Many smiled, but the inquisitive bystander went away impressed.
He had been searching for inner peace and therefore was ready to be
influenced by a few words spoken "in season." He had heard the
verse before, but that one phrase haunted him. Before morning he surrendered
to the Holy Spirit's wooing and accepted the Savior. "I see it all
now," he cried. "I've been trying to be saved by my own works and
prayers. But Jesus alone can help me. He is my mediator. There is no other
name whereby I must be saved." Thus a blind man's witness, given in a
stumbling manner, was used to lead a seeking soul to Christ. |
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From:
2700-PLUS SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS By Duane V. Maxey |