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I. MAN BY NATURE IS SPIRITUALLY BLIND. "Open thou mine eyes."

1. This spiritual blindness is the effect of sin.

2. It is universal.

3. It deprives man of his prerogatives.

4. It exposes man to danger. The refuge is before him, but he travels the path that leads to ruin. Who so blind as the sinner?

II. THE REMOVAL OF THIS SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS WILL ENABLE MAN TO PERCEIVE THE TRUTH OF GOD'S LAW. He is brought into a new sphere and new world.

1. The Bible is replete with realities.

2. The realities of the Bible are wonderful.

3. They are inexhaustible.

4. Mankind stands in need of perceiving these wonderful realities.

III. THE REMOVAL OF THIS SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS IS GOD'S WORK.

1. By the agency of His Word.

2. By the agency of His Holy Spirit, who applies the Word to the conscience.

IV. APPLICATION.

1. The necessity of applying to God for the removal of this spiritual darkness.

2. The impossibility of being happy without Divine light and life.

3. The obligation of the Christian to God for being possessed with light to perceive the truths of the Bible.

(J. O. Griffiths.)

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KJV: Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

WEB: Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.