
I came a across an interesting thought as I was reading in Luke 17:11-21 about the healing of the ten lepers. It says that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. Jesus was always on the right road. He knew where He was destined to go. When I read "As he passed between Samaria and Galilee" this thought came to me. Lepers where the outcasts of society. The sickness of the leper is the physical example of what sin does spiritually to man.
Sin is sin and there are no degrees of it. Sin is a condition. Just remember what got Adam and Eve in trouble. It was eating a fruit. Jesus passed through Samaria and Galilee because there were lepers who were gentiles and lepers who were Jews. The Samarian leper is a reminder of the those who are living in the world away from Christ and doing there own thing. The worldly leper does not darken the door of the Church house because his world is the fulfilment of fleshly desires. The Jewish leper is a reminder of those who are living in the world of legalism and religion. The religious leper lives under the bondage of self righteousness and the letter of the law.
Both the worldly leper and the religious leper need healing. Jesus Heals them both but only the worldly leper comes back to say thanks. The truth is most worldly lepers turn into religious lepers if there not careful. Lets remember where Jesus found us. We were lost in our sin and away from God. Lets return to the Lord our healer and once again say thanks and maybe more importantly say Lord touch me again and make me whole.
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