RTW October 20

The One Made Whole

As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
Luke 17:12-13

 

 

My Takeaways

Something Old

  • They were cleansed as they obeyed. WOW!
  • It’s the one who returned to thank God that was made whole.
  • You can be clean and not whole.

Cleanse: to make ceremonially clean; cleanse by curing

Whole: to save suffering one from perishing; spiritual healing; rescuing believers from the penalty and power of sin – and into His provisions (safety).

  • They all prayed, only one praised.
    “External religious exercises are easy enough, and common enough; but the internal matter, the drawing out of the heart in thankful love, how scarce a thing it is! Nine obey ritual, where only one praises the Lord.” (Spurgeon)

We’ve all been the one, and we’ve all been the nine.

  • We’ve begged to be cleansed, but rejected spiritual healing.
  • We’ve been cleansed, but neglected to say, “Thank you.”

What if our blessings for today were based on our thankfulness of yesterday?

Something New

I wonder if the 10th man ever went before the priest.

Something to Do

Be the one. I was once a begging leper.

 

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