Are you spiritually blind?

Eyesalve

What do we need eyesalve for?

Most of us have had eye infections before, right? Possibly from a virus, or from a foreign object getting in our eyes. An infection that needed more than time or water to heal it, an infection that needed medication of sorts. Also, we may have just needed eye drops to soothe aching eyes, but there again we needed something for our eyes.  While aching, tired eyes may not need medication, there are some pretty serious eye conditions that warrant that medication or you risk losing the vision in those eyes.

The eye salve we need to BUY of CHRIST is eye salve that is necessary for us keeping our spiritual eye sight. We become spiritually blind when do not have this eye salve and EVERYONE of us NEEDS this eye salve!

There isn't a single one of us that can escape losing our spiritual sight unless we BUY OF CHRIST the Spiritual EYESALVE. 

Again, let's read from this book-- KNOWING just how vital to our spiritual sight this eyesalve is.

Excerpt from Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith

'The Eyesalve.--

On the eyesalve there is as little room for a diversity of opinion as upon the white raiment.

The anointing of the eyes is certainly not to be taken in a literal sense, for reference is being made to spiritual things. The eyesalve must denote that by which our spiritual discernment is quickened. There is but one agent revealed to us in the word of God by which this is accomplished, and that is the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 10: 38 we read that "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost."

The same writer through whom came this Revelation from Jesus Christ which we are studying, wrote to the church in his first epistle, as follows: "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. . . . But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him." 1 John 2: 20, 27.

By referring to his Gospel, it is found that the work which John here sets forth as accomplished by the anointing is exactly the same that he there attributes to the Holy Spirit.

"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14: 26 (See also John 16: 13.)

Thus in a formal and solemn manner are we counseled by the faithful and true Witness, under the figures of gold, white raiment, and eyesalve, to seek from Him an increase of the heavenly graces of faith, hope, charity, that righteousness which He alone can furnish, and an unction from the Holy Spirit.

But how is it possible that a people lacking these things should think themselves rich and increased with goods?

A plausible inference may here be drawn, which is perhaps also a necessary one, as there is room for no other. It will be observed that no fault is found with the Laodiceans on account of the doctrines they hold. They are not accused of harboring a Jezebel in their midst, or countenancing the doctrines of Balaam, or the Nicolaitanes. So far as we can learn, their belief is correct, and their doctrine sound. The inference therefore is that having a correct doctrine, they are content.

They are satisfied with a correct form of religion without its power.

Having received light concerning the closing events of the gospel era, and having a correct theoretical knowledge of the truths that pertain to the last generation of men, they are inclined to rest in this to the neglect of spiritual power which changes the life and builds strong character.

 It is by their actions, doubtless, not by their words, that they say they are rich and increased with good.

Having so much light and so much truth, what can they want besides? If they defend the theory, and as far as their outward life is concerned, conform to the increasing light upon the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, is not their righteousness complete? Are they not rich, and increased with goods, and in need of nothing? Here is their FAILURE. Their whole being should cry out for the spirit, the zeal, the fervency, the life, the power of a living Christianity.

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Eye salve-   The Holy Spirit alone opens our eyes, our spiritual eyes, our spiritual hearts to the truth! The Holy Spirit, the Comforter sent to us, given to us, allowed to us as we HOPE in our SAVIOR.

We have been given TRUTH. We KNOW the TRUTH. Yet the truth no longer seems as important as it once did. We are SLEEPING, we are LUKEWARM! We are worth being spewed out of our Savior's mouth! We are worth being denied entry into the wedding! We MUST be prepared! We MUST have EXTRA OIL for our LAMPS! We MUST have EYESALVE for our EYES! We have to LISTEN, we have to HEED, we have to HEAR, we have to DO all that our Savior asks of us!  PLEASE LORD, WAKE  US UP! PLEASE GIVE US THE EXTRA OIL WE NEED! PLEASE LORD PUT THE EYESALVE UPON OUR EYES!

Help us!

All in the name of our SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, help us! SAVE US!