Matthew 9:27-31 - Homilies By J.a. Macdonald

Companionship.

Here we meet two men in company, between whom there are notable points of agreement.

I. THEY ARE COMPANIONS IN BLINDNESS .

1 . In community there is sympathy.

2 . In sympathy there is power.

II. THEY ARE TOGETHER IN SEEKING SIGHT .

1 . They seek it from the same Source.

(a) It was the received opinion of that time in Judaea that Messiah should be a Son of David (cf. Matthew 22:42 ; John 7:42 ).

(b) Jesus was confessedly of that royal lineage (cf. Matthew 1:1 ; Matthew 12:23 ).

2 . They seek it by the same means.

3 . They seek it with the same encouragement.

III. THEY ARE COMPANIONS IN THE BLESSINGS OF VISION . 1, They see the natural light.

2 . They see the spiritual Light.

IV. THEY ARE COMPANIONS IN DISOBEDIENCE .

1 . " Jesus strictly charged them , saying , See that no man know it. "

2 . " But they went forth and spread his fame in all that land. "