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    Ten Lepers
    Luke 17:11-19
     
    v11 Jesus was going through Samaria, the usual route most Jews followed was to go east of Samaria through Perea, but Jesus was passing through Samaria
    v12 These lepers (outcasts because of a contagious skin disease) met Jesus as He was going into a "certain" village.

    "They met" / "Now it came to pass that..." / "...and it happened that..."
    Remember that God leaves nothing to chance, His timing is perfect
    v13 Master is an interesting term
  • Christ - anointed one.
  • Lord - denotes one having all authority.
  • Master is somewhat less personal, the title acknowledges authority but lacks closeness, the personal.
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    v14 We see that Jesus expects faith
      Leviticus 13:49 - is a reference to what leprosy is
      Leviticus 14 - laws and rituals for cleansing

      There are laws regarding being clean and unclean

        Leaven is used as a symbol of uncleanness, touching a corpse made on unclean, etc.


      The lesson of leprosy is the lesson of being separated and isolated from God.

    The Lord says, "Go and show yourselves to the priest"
    Leviticus 14:2 - the priest goes out, the lepers do not go in to see him
    The command from Jesus superseded the Law.
    And it came about that as they were going, they were cleansed.
    Another way to read this, a better translation:
    in the act of their going, they were cleansed
    Now, notice, there is no sense of haste, the wording suggests they even took their time.
    v15-18 The one out of ten
    It takes courage to do what is right
    Ephesians 1:3 (through 14 is the complete thought) is the reason we are to be thankful
    • the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing
    v19 Being made whole, in the case of this leper, is the same as being saved by faith.

    Who is the priest to whom this leper showed himself?
    Who is the priest who exclaimed this leper clean and whole?

    To whom was Jesus telling these lepers was the priest to whom to turn?
    To whom was Jesus telling us is the priest to whom to turn?

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