Throw Off Your Cloak

Willard Church of The Nazarene

Throw Off Your Cloak

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Bartimaeus was blind, broken, and sitting on the sidelines while everyone else followed Jesus. When he cried out for mercy, the crowd tried to silence him. But Jesus stopped, called him forward, and Bartimaeus did something unexpected: he threw off his cloak before he ever received his sight.
In this message, we explore the powerful truth that you have to throw off before you can take hold. The cloak represented security, identity, survival, and the past he had always known. Before the miracle came, Bartimaeus surrendered what was holding him back.