In this passage, we reach a watershed moment in Mark’s gospel. The story of the blind man illustrated a more essential point: the disciples were blind to the identity of Jesus. They would need divine revelation from God to fully understand who Christ really was.
We live in a culture that displays an increasing contempt for authority of all kinds. Contemporary ideas and attitudes are light years away from what the bible has to say. In these stories we learn that God’s plan for leadership in the church is not that one individual should dominate the next -- autocracy. Nor is it one man, one vote -- democracy. It is certainly not ‘every man for himself’ -- anarchy. Instead the biblical pattern is ‘servant leadership’ -- a plurality of godly men responsible ‘for’ not ‘to’ the congregation. This is not a matter of marginal importance. ...
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