Cleansing Ten Lepers from Samaria
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 17:11 And as He was going to Jerusalem, He passed between
Samaria and Galilee. (12) And as He entered into a certain
village, ten leprous men, who stood at a distance, met Him.
(13) And they raised their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us! (14) And when He saw them, He said to them, Go and
show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were
cleansed. (15) And one of them, when he saw that he was healed,
returned, glorifying God with a loud voice; (16) And he fell on
his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.
(17) And Jesus answered and said, Were not the ten cleansed?
But the nine, where are they? (18) Were none found who returned
to give glory to God except this foreigner? (19) And He said to
him, Rise up and go; your faith has healed you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 17:11-19 we have the record of the Man-Savior's cleansing
ten lepers in Samaria. Instead of making any selection, the
Lord immediately healed them all. Actually, He did not say to
them, "Be healed!" He said, "Go and show yourselves to the
priests. And it came about as they were going away, they were
cleansed." Only one of the ten--a Samaritan--remembered the One
who had healed him and came back to say something to Him (vv.
15-16). The important point is that this record reveals the
highest standard of morality in the Lord's saving grace.
We know from chapter ten of the Gospel of Luke that while the
Lord was on the way through Samaria, He was rejected in
Samaria. The Lord must have realized that the majority of the
ten lepers in 17:11-19 were Samaritans. If I had been the Lord,
I might have said, "You Samaritans rejected Me and now you come
to Me for cleansing. You must regret the wrong that you did to
Me and apologize, and then I will heal you." The Man-Savior,
however, did not calculate matters in this way. On the
contrary, He acted in the highest standard of morality to
exercise His saving grace. As soon as the ten appealed to Him
for mercy, He healed them all without preference. This displays
His high standard of morality in His salvation.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp.
329-330. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim,
CA. (Repeat 2/26/02)
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