Jesus dealt with James, John and Bartimaeus Mark 10:35-52: No sooner had the Lord spoken of His death, burial and resurrection before James and John came to Him with a request. It seems that Zebedee's sons had been assuming that they were really something in the eyes of Jesus and in the other apostles' eyes as well. Therefore, they really felt that they maybe deserved a place of honor over anybody else. So they said, "Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory." (Mark 10:37) In order to benefit the understanding of all the disciples Jesus said, "Whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all." (Mark 10:43-44)

Bartimaeus, a blind beggar cried, "Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me." The crowd commanded Bartimaeus to "Shut up!" However, Jesus stopped to hear his request. Look back on blind Bartimaeus and see exactly how his faith was shown. His faith was shown in six ways: (1) He went to Jesus, (2) He believed in Jesus as the Messiah, (3) He refused to give up, even when others around him wanted him to, (4) He took off his garment when he saw that it was going to hinder his going to Jesus, (5) When Jesus called him, he immediately went to Him, and (6) After he was healed, he praised and followed Jesus. Do you and I have this same kind of faith in Jesus?

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