When You Cannot See: Breaking Free of Spiritual Blindness

About this course

When You Cannot See: Breaking Free of Spiritual Blindness by Apostle Mary Banks is a comprehensive guide covering six key topics on spiritual blindness, the condition that, as she teaches, is a self-concealing condition, which is precisely what makes it so treacherous. This course walks the believer through what spiritual blindness is, where it comes from, how it develops, what it looks like from the outside, how it counterfeits repentance, and how God mercifully restores sight.

What this course covers

The teaching moves from diagnosis to deliverance. It shows why those who have spiritual blindness are the last to know it, how a darkened heart produces darkened understanding, how the spiral begins with people who genuinely knew God, how the symptoms appear to others long before they appear to the blinded person, how acknowledging sin can become a shield instead of an open door, and what it practically takes to see again. Apostle Banks is clear that recovery is not a matter of willpower: it requires divine intervention, genuine humility, and a willingness to be shown what we cannot see on our own.

The chapters

• Chapter 1: The Silent Epidemic: Why Spiritual Blindness Is So Dangerous. Why the condition hides itself, how religious history can accelerate it, and how it fractures the body of Christ.
• Chapter 2: A Darkened Heart: The Three Root Causes of Spiritual Blindness. An unthankful and vain heart, obsession with a vision or desire that overrides truth, and self-righteousness dressed in religious language.
• Chapter 3: The Downward Spiral: How Spiritual Blindness Develops Step by Step. The progression that begins with those who knew God, moving from rejected lordship to unthankfulness, vain imaginations and a darkened heart.
• Chapter 4: Recognizing the Symptoms: What Spiritual Blindness Looks Like From the Outside. Fierce resistance to truth, denial, self-constructed imaginations, chronic blame, and the inability to receive ministry.
• Chapter 5: The Trap of False Repentance: When Acknowledging Sin Becomes a Shield. True repentance as a change of mind that changes direction, and the companion sin of judging others.
• Chapter 6: Breaking Free: Practical Steps Toward Restored Spiritual Vision. Chastening as rescue, keeping the eye single, casting down imaginations, refusing to regard iniquity, uncompromising self-examination, and the appeal to the blood of Jesus.

Who this course is for

• Believers who want honest self-examination rather than self-congratulation.
• Leaders, intercessors and ministers who are trying to reach someone who cannot receive correction.
• Long-time church members who sense they may be trusting their history with God more than their present relationship with Him.
• Anyone walking through the Lord's chastening and needing to understand it as love rather than punishment.

How you are assessed

Each chapter ends with a quiz drawn directly from the teaching of that chapter. Chapter quizzes count for 60% of your grade and the final exam counts for 40%. The final exam draws on all six chapters. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass.