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 Well, we're going to read together from the Scriptures of the New Testament.

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 We're reading in Luke chapter 17, and we're reading from verse 11 to verse 19.

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! Let's hear and read together in God's Word.

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 On the way to Jerusalem, he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

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 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,

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 who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying,

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 Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

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 When he saw them, he said to them,

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 Go and show yourselves to the priests.

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 And as they went, they were cleansed.

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 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,

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 praising God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks.

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 Now he was a Samaritan.

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 Then Jesus answered,

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 Were not ten cleansed?

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 Where are the nine?

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 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?

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 And he said to him,

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 Rise and go your way.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 This is the Word of God, and to His name be the praise and the glory.

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 All right.

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 We are in a summer series called Questions That Jesus Asked.

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 And I'm sure that when we announced that we were going to do this series,

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 nobody thought of the question,

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 Where are the other nine?

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 It's not the most common question you think of when you ask,

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 What are the questions Jesus asked?

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 But this is a moving story, actually.

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 Not a well-known story, but a moving moment in the Gospels

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 when Jesus encounters these ten lepers.

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 And it's not well-known, but it's so important.

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 And there's a literary frame that Luke gives us in the passage,

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 and it starts in verse 12, and it helps us understand it.

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 Verse 11, I should say,

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 He came to Jerusalem.

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 And then in verse 12,

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 He was met by ten lepers,

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 but they were at a distance.

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 And there's the word distance.

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 Ten lepers are at a distance physically from Him

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 at the beginning of the story.

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 But when you get down to verse 18 at the end of the story,

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 though they've been cleansed,

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 nine lepers are still at a distance from Him.

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 Only one has come any closer at all.

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 And so there's a physical distance at the beginning

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 because of leprosy,

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 because of the disease and the separation that was required by law.

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 But even after the leprosy is cleansed,

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 nine out of ten are still very far away from Jesus at the end.

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 And that means that Luke is trying to do what the Bible does,

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 and that's show us that something like physical leprosy

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 has always been meant to be a sign of a spiritual reality as well,

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 of something going on on the inside,

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 of a relational distance that is still there at the end of the story.

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 I think every one of us today will know of that colleague at some point

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 where we've worked with them for years,

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 but we still don't really know them.

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 And in the same way, you can sit across from the table,

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 even from family for years,

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 and never really have relational depth connection.

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 So there can be physical distance,

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 but there can be physical closeness, yet relational distance.

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 And you have that distinction from the beginning to the end

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 in this literary frame that we're given.

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 Why?

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 What's the difference?

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 How can it be that He cleanses them from leprosy,

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 yet they're still far from Him at the end?

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 And Luke is trying to get us to see that that physical distance

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 is representative of a different type of leprosy,

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 not just physical outward leprosy,

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 but I think He wants us to see that there's such a thing as spiritual leprosy.

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 And when we realize that, we have to say,

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 do I have it?

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 Is that my disease?

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 Is that my problem?

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 So let's think about that,

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 and we'll find out through looking at three things.

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 Number one, the one that they're distant from,

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 the person they're distant from.

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 And then secondly, the heart of leprosy.

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 And then finally, the leper priest.

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 So first, who's the one that they're distant from here?

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 In verse 11, Jesus is traveling.

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 He's on His way to Jerusalem,

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 and He passes between Samaria and Galilee.

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 Now Jesus is going somewhere,

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 and He's going somewhere on purpose.

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 He's going to Jerusalem.

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 And to get there takes not the normal route at all.

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 So if you were to follow Jesus' travels towards Jerusalem at the end of His life,

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 He doesn't make a straight line.

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 He's kind of all over the place.

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 It's more of a zigzag.

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 And here, He passes between the liminal space,

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 between the territory of the Jews and the territory of the Samaritans,

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 the borderland, the no man's land, really.

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 A place that nobody normally would go to as a Jew on their way to Jerusalem.

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 And that's because there's deep ethnic animosity,

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 the ethnic partiality.

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 That's quite a minor way to say it, how thick and deep it is,

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 the hatred, really, between Jews and Samaritans.

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 Different temple, different priests,

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 and pretty much utter separation and normal life segregation.

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 But here, Luke says He's traveling towards Jerusalem.

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 And that is a significant little moment

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 because it's the third time we've been told

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 He has owned His way to Jerusalem in Luke's gospel

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 since this moment in chapter 9, verse 51,

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 where we're told He set His face towards Jerusalem.

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 So that's a moment of fulfillment from the Old Testament,

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 Isaiah chapter 50, verse 7,

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 where it said the suffering servant,

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 talking about a suffering servant,

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 will one day come and set His face like flint towards Jerusalem.

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 A weird metaphor for modern people,

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 to set your face like flint towards something.

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 But for an ancient person, flint is this quartz-like material

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 that basically is unbreakable.

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 And so He's locked in to Jerusalem.

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 In other words, the reason this is the third mention,

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 He's on His way to Jerusalem,

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 is because Luke wants you to read this story,

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 understanding that it's in the shadow of the cross.

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 He is set on going to die for the sins of humanity.

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 This happens in the shadow of the cross.

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 It's the story of the cross, really, that this is leading to.

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 And along that way, Luke has this travel motif.

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 We saw it in the road to Emmaus.

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 But part of his journey to Jerusalem and to the cross

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 is this continual stopping along the way

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 to make people who you expect to be outsiders into insiders.

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 And the people that you think are supposed to be insiders,

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 you find out are actually outsiders.

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 So as soon as He says in chapter 9, verse 51,

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 I've got my face set to Jerusalem,

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 the next chapter is the parable of the Good Samaritan.

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 You know, who's a good neighbor?

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 And nobody expects Him to say,

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 it's the Samaritan that's the good neighbor,

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 that shows people how to love.

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 He's constantly showing how outsiders are insiders.

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 And that means that on His way to the cross,

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 in the shadow of the cross,

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 He wants you to see that the kingdom of God

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 is different than the world expected.

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 And the kingdom of God is upside down.

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 It's not normal to human expectation.

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 And He wants to bring outsiders in.

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 There's nobody more outside than a leper.

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 They are the outsiders of all the outsiders.

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 The king is on his way to be thrown out of the city gate.

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 And on his way, he wants to bring to himself

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 people who are the most thrown out in all of the culture.

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 And that is the Samaritan leper,

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 the most thrown out person,

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 the most excommunicated person in the whole culture.

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 So in verse 12, there's a leper colony

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 on this borderland between Samaria

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 and the territory of Jews in Galilee.

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 And there's 10 lepers.

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 And they're Jews and Samaritans

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 because even though Jews and Samaritans

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 are separated in normal life,

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 when you are a leper,

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 all ethnic animosity goes away.

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 You're cast out from society.

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 You band together.

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 And so these Jews and Samaritans are here together,

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 not thinking any more about racism

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 or ethnic partiality or anything like that.

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 And it's because they're excommunicated.

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 So Leviticus 13 and 14 is the background

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 to their excommunication.

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 It's Levitical law in the Old Testament

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 that requires them to be cast out of the city.

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 There's a hundred verses on leprosy

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 in those two chapters, nearly a hundred verses.

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 And it's important to know that leprosy

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 is a category more than a disease in the Bible.

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 So we think of leprosy as a disease.

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 Leprosy is more of a category.

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 The first house I ever lived in, in Edinburgh,

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 had biblical leprosy.

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 You would wipe mold off the walls in the morning.

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 You would go to work, you would come home

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 and the mold would be right back streaked across the walls.

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 And in Leviticus 13, that's a house of leprosy

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 because it's got mold.

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 And it was to be, Leviticus 14, 45,

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 it is to be knocked down within the camp of God

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 in the Old Testament because of its leprosy.

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 And the bag that I purchased

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 because I was moving to Scotland to study

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 and you move internationally, you buy a bag, right?

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 A new backpack and it got leprosy.

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 And I had to throw it away

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 because of the first house I lived in in Scotland.

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 So leprosy is a skin disease,

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 different types of skin diseases,

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 but it's also moldy houses

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 and all sorts of things in the Bible.

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 And that's because leprosy in the Levitical code,

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 the God's law is like everything else

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 in the ritual laws of Leviticus,

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 an outward sign of an invisible reality.

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 So leprosy is cast out of the city of God's camp.

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 Why?

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 Because it was symbolic,

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 somebody literally wearing it,

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 a house having it that says this mold,

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 this death, this problem cannot be a part of Edenic life,

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 the life you were made for.

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 So in the Old Testament,

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 the people living in the promised land

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 were a sign of the land that was one day to come,

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 life in the new Eden.

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 And that meant that dead bodies

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 couldn't be inside God's city

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 and mold couldn't be in God's city

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 and decay couldn't be in God's city.

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 And that means that these lepers,

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 it's not that they did some sin

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 in order to get leprosy.

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 Never.

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 We don't believe in karma.

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 There's no karma here.

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 It's that leprosy is one of the chosen signs

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 in the Old Testament

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 of what it means as representative humanity

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 to be in Adam,

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 as David was talking about early.

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 In other words,

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 lepers stand for all of us.

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 So spiritual leprosy,

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 physical leprosy is a sign of the truth

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 that all of humanity has spiritual leprosy.

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 And so spiritual leprosy represented

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 in physical leprosy

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 has to be sent outside of the camp,

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 outside of the city,

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 outside of the village.

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 And so these guys are excommunicated

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 and it is a triple excommunication.

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 As one scholar put it,

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 it is living death.

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 So religious excommunication,

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 there's no temple worship.

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 You cannot go to church.

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 It is relational excommunication.

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 Imagine being outside the city

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 and seeing your family travel by,

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 but you can never get near to them.

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 Never a hug.

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 They could leave food for you,

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 but you could never cross the street

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 to see them.

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 And it's civic excommunication.

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 You know, you can never go home.

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 You can't be a part of the people

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 that you would come from.

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 And so in the first century rabbinic culture,

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 leprosy had become something

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 even more than Levitical law.

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 It becomes such an excommunication

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 in every way.

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 And rabbis were famous

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 for echoing 2 Kings 5, verse 7,

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 where Naaman, the Syrian,

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 comes to Israel

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 to get healed of his leprosy.

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 And the king, he says,

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 oh, king of Israel,

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 tell me how to be healed from my leprosy.

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 And the king says,

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 who do you think I am?

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 God?

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 Only God can heal people from leprosy.

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 In other words,

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 there's nothing we can do about this.

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 And once you go to a leper colony,

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 the skin diseases

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 are obviously going to spread.

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 And so it's typically

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 a lifetime sentence.

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 And it was a horrific life.

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 What do they ask for to Jesus,

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 of Jesus?

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 Verse 13,

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 they say,

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 they see him,

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 they say,

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 Jesus,

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 master,

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 give us mercy.

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 Send us your mercy.

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 What are they asking for

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 when they say this word mercy?

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 They say master.

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 Clearly they know

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 this guy is something different.

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 He's a prophet.

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 He's a master.

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 That's kind of like saying a rabbi,

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 a great teacher.

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 And when they say mercy,

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 normally a leper had to go around

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 in the first century saying,

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 leper,

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 leper,

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 unclean,

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 unclean.

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 So if you were to get near them,

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 they would say unclean.

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 And that was the signal.

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 Get away.

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 I can't be,

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 I can't be talked to

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 or communicated with

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 or got near to.

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 But here,

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 when they see the master,

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 they say,

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 mercy,

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 mercy.

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 And what are they asking for?

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 And it's clear,

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 I think,

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 from the context

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 and the commentators

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 all agree on this,

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 that they're not saying,

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 have mercy on me,

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 Jesus,

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 because I need forgiveness of sins

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 because I'm a sinner.

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 They're saying,

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 give me my life back.

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 I want to go back

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 to my family.

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 I want to go back

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 to the people that I love.

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 And that means that

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 alienation is the wound

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 they're crying out for.

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 Alienation is the wound

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 from which they say,

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 mercy,

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 mercy.

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 Now,

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 that might not be

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 the most important thing

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 to ask Jesus for.

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 But,

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 who is this one

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 that they cry out to

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 in mercy?

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 I want to point out to you

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 before we move

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 to the main idea here.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the kind of redeemer

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 who does want to give them

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 that kind of mercy.

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 He is the kind of redeemer

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 who does want to give

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 them relief

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 from their skin disease.

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 He is.

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 He does.

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 He does want to give them

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 their family back.

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 He does want to put them

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 back into the city.

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 He does not despise

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 that prayer,

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 that request.

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 No,

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 not at all.

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 Jesus offers

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 cleansing deeper than skin.

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 Absolutely.

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 And that's very important.

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 But,

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 he is

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 on his way to the cross

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 announcing

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 that he is indeed

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 bringing a kingdom

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 where there will be

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 no skin diseases

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 and where people

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 will not be separated

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 from their families

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 because of leprosy

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 and people will not

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 starve anymore.

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 And,

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 that means that

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 Christianity

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 is not

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 just concerned

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 with your soul

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 and it is

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 very importantly so.

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 But,

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 the Christianity

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 your redeemer

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 is as Sinclair Ferguson

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 put it,

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 the kind of redeemer

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 that wants to give

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 this kind of mercy

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 to people.

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 And so,

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 in verse 14,

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 he says,

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 go show yourself

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 to the priests

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 and while they were

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 going to see the priest,

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 they were healed

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 along the way.

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 Now,

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 the story should end there.

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 It was a very,

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 it's a very nice story.

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 It's a,

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 it's a great ending.

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 He sent them

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 even before they were

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 ever healed,

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 which means they had

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 some measure of faith.

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 This,

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 this prophet

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 can heal me

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 and I'm going to go

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 see the priest

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 and have my,

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 my cleanliness announced.

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 This man is powerful

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 over diseases.

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 He can heal skin disease

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 and that would have been

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 a perfect ending.

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 And yet,

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 it's not the end

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 because that's not the end

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 of what actually happened

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 in history

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 and Luke doesn't want you

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 to think that that's the end

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 because there's something

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 more here,

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 something deeper

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 to deal with here.

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 And so,

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 he leads us then,

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 this leads us

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 to the meat

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 of the story

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 and that's the heart

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 of leprosy secondly

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 in verses 15 to 18.

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 Now,

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 you'll see this

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 in the passage.

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 The word in the Bible

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 most often used

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 for healing leprosy

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 is not the word healing.

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 It's not that they were healed.

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 It does use that word sometimes,

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 but most often,

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 it takes up

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 the Old Testament language

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 of cleansing.

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 And so,

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 in this passage,

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 we're told

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 they were cleansed.

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 Why?

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 Because this is ritual language

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 from Leviticus

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 that a priest

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 had to cleanse his hands

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 to enter God's presence.

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 the word cleansing

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 for healing of skin disease

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 is connecting us

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 to the religious realities

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 that are present in it.

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 There's a sort of idea

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 of there's a baptism

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 that needs to take place.

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 And that's because

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 the text,

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 like all of the Bible,

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 is pointing us to see

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 that the leprosy

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 on the outside

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 is not just about

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.519
 the leprosy on the outside.

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 It's about something

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.220
 deeper than that,

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.879
 about the healing,

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.460
 the cleansing,

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 the baptism

00:16:59.179 --> 00:17:00.860
 that humanity needs

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.659
 deeper on the inside.

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.899
 External problems

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.960
 are a revelation

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.960
 of internal problems

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.879
 all throughout the Bible.

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 And so,

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 cleansing is the word

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.720
 that we really need.

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 And so,

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.639
 in verse 15 and 16,

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 you'll see that

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 one of the nine,

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.980
 when he was cleansed,

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.339
 healed,

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.139
 he praises God

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:20.740
 with a loud voice,

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.799
 he turns back.

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 The word,

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 the language gets used,

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.960
 he turns back.

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 It's almost

00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:28.079
 a physical word

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 for an inner

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 type of repentance even.

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 You can see how much

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.519
 the physical

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.639
 was pointing to the spiritual.

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 It says,

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 when he saw

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.079
 his outward skin

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.599
 was healed,

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.000
 he turned around.

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.940
 And he goes back

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.519
 to Jesus,

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.599
 praising God.

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:43.980
 And he,

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:45.099
 we learn at the end

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.579
 of the story,

00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.740
 Jesus points out,

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.519
 he's a foreigner,

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.559
 he's a Samaritan.

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 He is the very one

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.460
 of the ten

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 you do not expect

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 to do this.

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 He's not Jewish.

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 He's an outsider

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 in the community,

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 yet the outsider

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.779
 is so far away

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.580
 from being distant

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.580
 to Jesus Christ

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 that now he's laying

00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:07.480
 on his face

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.200
 at his feet.

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 The outsider

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.120
 has become the insider

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.259
 and you see Jesus

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 under the shadow

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.640
 of the cross saying,

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.460
 I'm here

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.900
 to make lepers clean

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:16.759
 and to bring outsiders,

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:18.420
 those with a deeper problem,

00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.620
 spiritual leprosy,

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.740
 all the way in,

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.279
 all the way to me.

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 And it's this one,

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 this Samaritan

00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:25.019
 that sees it

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.920
 and pronounces it.

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 it's him

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.840
 that repents

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 in his physical action

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.519
 and turns around

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.380
 and goes back to Jesus

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 and the exegetical key

00:18:33.560 --> 00:18:34.440
 in all of it

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:36.140
 is in verses 15 and 16

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.980
 and then down

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 in verse 18.

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 What does he say

00:18:38.560 --> 00:18:40.240
 when he turns around?

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.820
 It says he turns back

00:18:41.820 --> 00:18:46.000
 and he praised God

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.180
 with a loud voice

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 and then when he falls

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.180
 on his face

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.500
 before Jesus' feet,

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.400
 he gives him thanks

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 and Jesus answered,

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 where are the nine?

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 There's the question.

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 Was no one found

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.220
 to return,

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.019
 was no one found

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.460
 to return

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.220
 and give praise

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.240
 to God

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.940
 except this one Samaritan,

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.540
 this foreigner?

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.560
 Now you might pass by this

00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:11.580
 but it's so important

00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.600
 because if you were

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 to go across the street

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 to New College,

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 to any of the academic

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.300
 divinity departments

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 across the UK,

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 the places where many

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.460
 of our church members

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.980
 have studied,

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:24.940
 in the biblical studies

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.519
 department,

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.860
 in the New Testament

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.420
 department,

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.759
 you would be told

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:31.039
 that Jesus never identifies

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.039
 himself as God

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.860
 in the Gospels

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 and instead,

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:37.299
 Paul identifies Jesus

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.960
 as God.

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.480
 Decades later,

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 he creates that

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 and then we read

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 that back into the Gospels

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 because we've read Paul

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 and that's the normal thesis

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.779
 of the New Testament

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:50.559
 departments across the land,

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 across the academy.

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 But did you catch it?

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.899
 What's the exegetical key?

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.440
 What's the key

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.179
 in this man's life

00:19:57.179 --> 00:19:58.119
 in turning around

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.480
 the one of the ten?

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 It's that he turned back,

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.639
 he went toward Jesus

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:04.200
 praising God

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.839
 and then you say,

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.019
 well,

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.079
 who is this God?

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.639
 And then as he laid

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.559
 on his face

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.159
 at Jesus' feet,

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.099
 Jesus said,

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.980
 where are the rest?

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.859
 Did no one else

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.440
 come back

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.899
 to praise God?

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 And that means

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.800
 that Jesus is saying,

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.519
 he's God

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.160
 in this moment.

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 Did nobody else

00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:21.840
 come back

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.759
 to get on their knees

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.640
 and praise God?

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 And who is that?

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.560
 Well,

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:26.420
 it's whoever the person is

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.160
 that you're laying

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 on your face in front of.

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 That's who the one

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.960
 you're worshiping is.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.660
 You see,

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:32.300
 Jesus self-consciously

00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:33.060
 in this moment

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 on his way to Jerusalem

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.220
 identifies himself

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 as God.

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 And that's the real key

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.540
 to understand

00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:40.300
 the issue

00:20:40.300 --> 00:20:40.880
 in the heart

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.519
 that's going on

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.240
 in the other nine.

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 And you see,

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:46.120
 10 men received

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:47.579
 physical healing

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.279
 from Jesus,

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.120
 healing from their lepers.

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.660
 They received

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.819
 a wonderful benefit

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.980
 from a great master,

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.900
 a great rabbi.

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 One man,

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.400
 one man among the 10

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:59.460
 had an encounter

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.180
 of worship

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.720
 with his God.

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.059
 You see,

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.220
 10 men got

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.940
 a great benefit

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.519
 from him,

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.259
 a great master.

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.279
 Boy,

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.980
 was he powerful.

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 But only one person

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.799
 had an encounter

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 not only with a great master

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.359
 but his God.

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.940
 And so,

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.759
 when he realized

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.799
 that he turned back,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.639
 he came back

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.899
 and he fell on his face

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.799
 praising God,

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.519
 praising God

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.679
 and giving thanks

00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.119
 before him.

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.319
 And so,

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.079
 Jesus said,

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.539
 where are the other nine?

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 In other words,

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.059
 they came for the benefits.

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 Luke is trying

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.819
 to get us to see

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.700
 that leprosy

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.720
 on the outside

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.359
 points us to

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.200
 spiritual leprosy

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.859
 on the inside.

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 And spiritual leprosy

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.680
 in this story

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:42.420
 has two aspects to it.

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 The first is this.

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 It's when

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.819
 we have

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.819
 one of the most common

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.700
 and respectable

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.140
 forms of unbelief.

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.600
 And that's

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:52.160
 to believe God exists,

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.120
 to be a religious insider,

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.579
 to be interested

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:57.039
 chiefly

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.539
 in the benefits

00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:00.140
 of belief

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:01.220
 rather than

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.900
 any sense

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.120
 of a living relationship

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:04.600
 with my God,

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.220
 our God.

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.259
 God.

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.559
 And that's

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.299
 the beginning

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.460
 of the revelation

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.640
 of spiritual leprosy

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.279
 deep in the heart.

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.579
 The difference

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:12.920
 in the nine

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.279
 and the one

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.220
 is the nine

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.360
 got a benefit,

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.200
 the ten did,

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.120
 but only one

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.960
 realized that

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.140
 this is my God

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.579
 and I want

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.519
 a living relationship

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.019
 with him.

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.180
 And Jesus,

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.039
 he said something

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.579
 really similar

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.500
 in John's gospel

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.380
 after feeding

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.279
 the 5,000

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.620
 in John 6.

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.740
 He turned

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.120
 to a group

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.400
 of people

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.140
 that came to him

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.660
 and he said,

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.080
 you seek me

00:22:34.080 --> 00:22:35.240
 because you ate

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.560
 the loaves of bread

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.460
 and were filled.

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.340
 So you're chasing

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:40.900
 after me

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.600
 because I filled

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.100
 your belly

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.820
 last week.

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:46.060
 And it's important

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.900
 to say Jesus

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.380
 wants to fill bellies.

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.140
 And Jesus

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.980
 wants to heal

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.259
 skin diseases.

00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:52.860
 And Jesus

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.720
 wants to restore

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.980
 people to their family.

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.360
 And Jesus

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.120
 wants to put

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.240
 us back

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.800
 into the city

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.640
 we were made for.

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.740
 And he also

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.200
 saying,

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.880
 but the real

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.779
 heart of living

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.700
 faith is to

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.460
 want him

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.940
 and to come

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.779
 back because

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.359
 you want him

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.000
 more than any

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.339
 benefit.

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.740
 And so that

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.660
 leads to the

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.220
 second and

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.940
 deeper aspect

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.400
 of spiritual

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.099
 leprosy here.

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.259
 And that's

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.480
 this,

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.200
 the one,

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.720
 the Samaritan,

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.359
 he came back

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.759
 and it says

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.279
 he got on

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.640
 his knees,

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:17.980
 he got on

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.400
 his face

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.079
 and he gave

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.620
 thanks.

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.380
 And Jesus

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.940
 asked where

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.640
 the rest to

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.299
 come and give

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.039
 thanks to me.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.279
 Spiritual

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.819
 leprosy

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.660
 is a problem

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:29.240
 humanity has

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.180
 and it is

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.940
 in this passage

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.539
 I think being

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.379
 implicitly taught

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.299
 to us that

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.099
 it is a heart

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.000
 of ingratitude

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.480
 to God.

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.899
 It's living

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.359
 a life of

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.019
 ingratitude.

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.240
 Where does

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.859
 unbelief start?

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.180
 You know,

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.099
 unbelief does

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.639
 not begin

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.559
 with atheism.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.099
 It's striking

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.659
 that in

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.619
 Paul's

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:48.139
 most important

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.159
 definition of

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.139
 unbelief in

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.599
 the book of

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:50.920
 Romans,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.619
 Romans chapter

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:51.980
 one,

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.440
 the way he

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.899
 begins it

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.139
 all,

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.539
 Romans 1

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.839
 21,

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.460
 he says,

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.099
 although

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.960
 humanity

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.859
 knew God,

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.299
 they didn't

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.700
 honor him

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.200
 as a God.

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.779
 nor did

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.080
 they give

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.480
 thanks.

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.600
 So when

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.140
 you asked

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.360
 Paul,

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.720
 what is

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.340
 unbelief?

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.759
 And he

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.059
 said,

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.299
 to not

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.779
 come and

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.580
 honor God

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.160
 or give

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.660
 thanks to

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:09.920
 him.

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.360
 And so

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.700
 when we

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.220
 think about

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.620
 ingratitude

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:13.940
 in our

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.299
 lives,

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:14.920
 you know,

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.220
 I think

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.740
 when I

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.039
 think about

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.220
 it at

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.400
 first,

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.740
 I think

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.440
 I chalk

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.840
 this up

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.080
 to an

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.460
 issue of

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.860
 manners.

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.420
 You know,

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.980
 that's not

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.240
 a very,

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.059
 my kids

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.380
 aren't being

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.720
 grateful

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.120
 enough.

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.080
 And I

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.400
 think you

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.640
 need to

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.940
 learn your

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.360
 manners.

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.459
 But the

00:24:26.459 --> 00:24:26.740
 Bible

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.659
 takes in

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.000
 gratitude

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.439
 and says

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.659
 it's not

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.219
 just manners,

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.659
 it's

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.099
 spiritual

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.779
 leprosy.

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.339
 A lack

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.279
 of gratitude

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.899
 to God

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.179
 and to

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.819
 other people

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.879
 and all

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.240
 the things

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.859
 we've been

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.199
 given.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.139
 You know,

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.399
 you think

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.699
 about it,

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.439
 no one

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:40.979
 tonight

00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:42.219
 would ever

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:42.659
 say,

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.779
 you know,

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.259
 I want

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.639
 to live

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.279
 with ungrateful

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.759
 people.

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.679
 We know

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:48.279
 how important

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.519
 gratitude

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.240
 of the heart

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.779
 is to

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.159
 being a

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.419
 healthy

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:51.899
 human.

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:56.480
 And how

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.640
 do you

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:56.920
 diagnose

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.280
 spiritual

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:57.720
 leprosy?

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.000
 How do

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.820
 you know?

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.680
 Well,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.160
 spiritual

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.660
 leprosy

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.740
 manifests in

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.040
 the modern

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.400
 world in

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.340
 a newer

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.740
 phrase we

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:04.880
 have,

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.160
 and that's

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.560
 just a

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:05.840
 sense of

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.320
 entitlement,

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.720
 of being

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.019
 owed

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.480
 things.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.200
 How do

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.480
 you know?

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.700
 How do

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:08.860
 you know

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.240
 the places

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.540
 in your

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.080
 life where

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.480
 you've

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.759
 got that

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.280
 disease,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.800
 where you've

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.540
 got entitlement,

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.259
 where I've

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.820
 got entitlement?

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.880
 I was thinking

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.380
 about this,

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.300
 and it's

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.160
 not by making

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.840
 a list of

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.160
 the things

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.660
 you're thankful

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.820
 for and

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.620
 then asking

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.359
 what's not

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.699
 here.

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.099
 These are

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.419
 the things

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:23.719
 I'm not

00:25:23.719 --> 00:25:24.239
 very grateful

00:25:24.239 --> 00:25:24.559
 for.

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.159
 I think

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.539
 it's far

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.539
 more can

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.039
 be diagnosed

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.119
 by addressing

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:29.279
 your irritations

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.979
 and asking

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:30.719
 what irritates

00:25:30.719 --> 00:25:31.279
 me the most.

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.259
 So when

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.719
 you're at

00:25:33.719 --> 00:25:33.919
 work,

00:25:33.979 --> 00:25:34.219
 when I'm

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.559
 at work,

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.839
 when I'm

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.519
 here downstairs

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.039
 and the

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.399
 Wi-Fi

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.019
 goes out,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.859
 I get this

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.039
 lump down

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.399
 in my

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:40.759
 stomach,

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.479
 my chest

00:25:41.479 --> 00:25:42.119
 that says

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.719
 I cannot

00:25:43.719 --> 00:25:44.619
 believe that

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.079
 I'm going

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.919
 to lose

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.639
 hours here.

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.139
 I can't.

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.159
 The Wi-Fi

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.839
 went out.

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.359
 Or when

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.479
 you're

00:25:50.479 --> 00:25:51.059
 Amazon

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.779
 Prime

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.379
 delivery

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.019
 does not

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.200
 come because

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.940
 it said

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.960
 Amazon Prime

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.619
 is next

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.240
 day delivery

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.059
 and you

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.639
 think,

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.799
 can you

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.419
 believe this?

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.019
 The Amazon

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.639
 Prime delivery

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.220
 package did not

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.740
 come the next

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.079
 day.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:04.879
 Well,

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:06.279
 it's silly,

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.259
 but what's

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.919
 actually happening

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:09.440
 is what's being

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.240
 expressed is that

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.099
 our irritations

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.919
 show us far

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:13.079
 more our sense

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.700
 of entitlement

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.859
 than making a list

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.240
 of things we're

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.839
 grateful for and

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.059
 looking,

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.819
 what have I not

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.379
 listed here?

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.320
 You've got to

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.640
 look at your

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.200
 irritations.

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.420
 And friends,

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.300
 modern people,

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.960
 people of

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.480
 2026,

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.260
 with me,

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.400
 we are far

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.960
 more prone

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.340
 to this

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.640
 spiritual

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.140
 leprosy

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.660
 than any

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.180
 other era

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.540
 of human

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:27.840
 history

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.960
 because we

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.820
 are customers.

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.120
 We are

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.500
 perpetual

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.020
 customers.

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.440
 We live

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.840
 in an age

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.400
 of being

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.880
 a customer

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.260
 at all

00:26:34.260 --> 00:26:34.540
 times,

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.140
 and customers

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.020
 paid,

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.680
 and therefore

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.340
 they're entitled.

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.480
 And,

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.740
 you know,

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.400
 the customer's

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.020
 never grateful.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.160
 The customer

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.120
 is always,

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.960
 always owed.

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.299
 I was thinking

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.799
 about this

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.340
 through the lens

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.120
 of imagining,

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.720
 and I have to

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.220
 hustle here.

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.480
 In 18th century,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.360
 Edinburgh,

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.340
 I've heard that

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.759
 word a couple

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.079
 times,

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.380
 so I'm going

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.740
 to use it,

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.100
 Edinburgh,

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.480
 an Edinburgh

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.480


00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.920
 a citizen

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.019
 in the 18th

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.340
 century,

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.559
 living out here

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.160
 on Victoria

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.620
 Street,

00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:00.460
 where the

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.019
 poorest of the

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.579
 poor lived

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.200
 in the 18th

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.600
 and 19th

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:02.920
 century.

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.620
 And there

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.100
 were 50

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.819
 people to a

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.740
 flat at times

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.200
 when Thomas

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.880
 Guthrie planted

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.400
 this church

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.880
 and visited

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.400
 those poor.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.579
 And the

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.200
 disease was

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.819
 rampant,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.980
 and once

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.779
 Thomas Guthrie

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.380
 found a

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.600
 whole pig

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.060
 living,

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.580
 a couple

00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:16.240
 pigs living

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.760
 inside one

00:27:16.760 --> 00:27:17.220
 of the flats

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.460
 that he

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.800
 visited.

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.160
 That's where

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.400
 you kept

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.840
 your animals

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.140
 too.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.000
 And imagine

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.720
 showing them

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.900
 a tap

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:26.000
 of water

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.960
 that never

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.940
 stops right

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.280
 here in our

00:27:28.280 --> 00:27:28.760
 little kitchen

00:27:28.760 --> 00:27:29.100
 hut.

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.360
 And then

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.820
 imagine

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.680
 turning and

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.300
 taking them

00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:32.780
 a step

00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:32.980
 further,

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.480
 taking them

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.160
 to Waitrose.

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:34.960
 Boy.

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.040
 And then

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.840
 imagine taking

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.460
 that 18th

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.040
 century Edinburgh

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:40.080
 poor living

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:41.140
 in 50 in a

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.840
 room across

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.320
 the street

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.579
 and pulling

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.899
 out your

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.279
 phone and

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.559
 saying,

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.159
 I have

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.059
 every song

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.599
 that's ever

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.379
 been recorded

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:48.059
 in this

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.799
 device right

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.099
 here.

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.259
 And you

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.359
 know,

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.220
 if my

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.039
 phone doesn't

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.659
 play my

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.539
 podcast on

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.899
 the way to

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.359
 work on

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.659
 Monday,

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:57.179
 I want to

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.720
 throw it.

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.119
 I'm so,

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.500
 you know,

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.379
 why?

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.899
 Because what

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.519
 happens in a

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.379
 customer culture

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:03.619
 is that what

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.299
 was once a

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:06.139
 gift becomes a

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.399
 norm.

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.679
 And what was

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.259
 once a norm

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.740
 becomes an

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.279
 expectation.

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.680
 And what was

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.000
 once an

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.500
 expectation

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.559
 becomes something

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.019
 that we're

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.639
 entitled to.

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.119
 And because we

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.399
 live in a

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:14.039
 customer culture,

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.500
 boy, we live

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.859
 in a world

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.799
 where people

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:17.220
 publish Google

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.899
 reviews for

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.799
 worship services.

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.700
 We live in a

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.440
 customer world,

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.899
 and that means

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.700
 that we struggle

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.539
 with entitlement,

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.039
 rights,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:26.920
 more than any

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.500
 other in human

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.920
 history.

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.759
 And the Bible

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.299
 says,

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.920
 ingratitude and

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.599
 not seeing

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.619
 everything as a

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:35.059
 gift of God,

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.740
 we don't deserve

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.359
 anything,

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.539
 is spiritual

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.960
 leprosy.

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.299
 There's two

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.779
 ways to come

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.160
 before the

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.380
 Lord.

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.380
 One is to

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.900
 say, I love

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.440
 your benefits

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.100
 and I'll take

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.759
 your goods.

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.579
 And the

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.880
 other is to

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.700
 say, this is

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.240
 my Lord and

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.700
 my Savior,

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.200
 and I want to

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.600
 get on my

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.220
 knees and say,

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.600
 Lord, thank

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.180
 you, I don't

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.019
 deserve anything.

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.720
 Now, how do we

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.500
 fix it as we

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.900
 finish?

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.400
 Very briefly,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.200
 thirdly, the

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.940
 leper priest.

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.620
 This requires

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.720
 self-examination

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.400
 in our lives.

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.860
 Of course, the

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:06.259
 question as we

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.140
 close has to be,

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.280
 do I struggle

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:09.300
 with ingratitude?

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.900
 Do I have

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.880
 spiritual leprosy

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.940
 in my life?

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.800
 Am I an

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.820
 ungrateful person?

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.280
 And am I

00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:16.640
 entitled?

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.380
 And the answer

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.740
 is yes.

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.180
 Yes.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.500
 And that is

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.700
 why Jesus'

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:25.120
 face is set

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.880
 like Flint

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.720
 towards Jerusalem.

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.140
 And here in

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.860
 verse 14,

00:29:30.520 --> 00:29:31.500
 as we close,

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.320
 we can ask,

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.420
 why did Jesus

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.300
 send them to

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:35.020
 the priest in

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:35.620
 the first place?

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.519
 He said,

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:36.959
 go to the

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.339
 priest,

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.379
 because the

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.039
 priest in the

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.679
 first century

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.719
 in the ancient

00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:42.279
 Near East is

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.259
 the public health

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.579
 official,

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.219
 the public health

00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.599
 officer.

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.039
 And so you

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.339
 got to go to

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.719
 the priest,

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.519
 and once you're

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.859
 healed,

00:29:47.979 --> 00:29:48.839
 you have to

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.779
 show that to

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.119
 the priest,

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.500
 and then the

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.500
 priest pronounces

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.000
 that you can

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.519
 come back,

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.839
 you're not

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.599
 excommunicated

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.359
 anymore.

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.799
 Where is Jesus

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.559
 sending them to?

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.379
 He's sending

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.799
 them to the

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.739
 priest,

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.419
 and who is

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.819
 the priest?

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.379
 The priest

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.700
 is the most

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.540
 important official

00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:05.280
 in the culture

00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:06.940
 that reads

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.700
 the law,

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.620
 and then declares

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.760
 the law over

00:30:10.760 --> 00:30:11.100
 someone.

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.400
 He takes

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.000
 Leviticus,

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.780
 he says,

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.380
 have the rules

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.920
 of Leviticus

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.440
 been followed

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.240
 in this person's

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.040
 situation?

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.580
 And if it

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:18.980
 has,

00:30:19.040 --> 00:30:19.400
 he says,

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.120
 now you can

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.840
 come back.

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.680
 But it's very

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.280
 important to know

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:23.360
 the priest could

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.180
 never make

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.100
 anybody clean.

00:30:25.520 --> 00:30:26.180
 The priest could

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.100
 only declare

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:28.000
 somebody clean.

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.280
 All they could

00:30:29.280 --> 00:30:29.820
 do was look at

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.460
 the law and

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.760
 ask,

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.660
 is this enough?

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.980
 And I think

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.360
 in the same

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.720
 way,

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.440
 as it's been

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.840
 pointed out

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.240
 by others,

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.779
 when Jesus

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.320
 sends them

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.960
 to the priest,

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.740
 he's sending

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.320
 them to the

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:41.160
 law of the

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.640
 old covenant.

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.240
 And when you

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.120
 diagnose in

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.460
 yourself,

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.100
 I do have

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.779
 spiritual leprosy,

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.420
 I am a person

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.820
 who struggles

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.360
 with ingratitude,

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.920
 I do have a

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.140
 sense of

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.580
 entitlement,

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.100
 I'm not

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.540
 grateful to

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.480
 God for so

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.860
 much.

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.259
 If you say,

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.680
 how am I

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.060
 going to deal

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.460
 with it,

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.240
 and you go

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.980
 to the law,

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:58.740
 you go to

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.180
 the priest,

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.640
 and you read

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.140
 the Bible,

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.580
 and you

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:02.980
 will find

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.240
 this,

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.779
 that the

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.519
 law is a

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.440
 perfect mirror,

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.300
 but a

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:07.120
 useless medicine.

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.840
 It can show

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.360
 you what you

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.820
 should be,

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.380
 but it will

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.400
 not make

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.920
 you clean,

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.460
 it will not

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.880
 help you,

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.620
 and if you

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.860
 say,

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.720
 today I'm

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.279
 going to

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.620
 practice

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.080
 gratitude,

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.560
 and I'm

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:17.740
 going to

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.040
 keep a

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.360
 gratitude

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.820
 journal,

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.540
 and I'm

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.680
 going to

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.940
 talk to

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.160
 the Lord

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.540
 every day

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:20.820
 about all

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.040
 the things

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.200
 I'm

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.360
 thankful

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.620
 for,

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.279
 do that,

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.820
 absolutely,

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.180
 but the

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.800
 problem already,

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.440
 it's too

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.759
 late.

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.500
 The spiritual

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.940
 leprosy is

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.380
 already there.

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.200
 The ingratitude

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.580
 has already

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.180
 been established,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.740
 the rebellion

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.279
 has already

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.059
 been,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.900
 and so you

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.500
 can try,

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.900
 we can try

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.400
 our hardest,

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.759
 but even if we

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.340
 do it so well

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.640
 tonight,

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.360
 by tomorrow,

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.900
 well,

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.340
 we have been

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:42.080
 grateful enough,

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.279
 and when he

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.799
 sends them to

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.359
 the priest,

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.779
 what is he

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.059
 doing?

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.799
 There's a

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.139
 moment,

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.119
 I think it's

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.839
 in verse 15

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.439
 and 16,

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.399
 when the

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.039
 one of the

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.639
 ten sees

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.759
 his arms

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.379
 cleansed,

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.939
 his body

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.579
 cleansed,

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.559
 and then as

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.059
 soon as the

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.740
 cleansing comes,

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.359
 he turns

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.939
 back,

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.079
 and he goes

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.460
 the other

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.720
 way.

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.039
 Why?

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:02.220
 It's like he

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.939
 realized,

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.720
 guys,

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.460
 he told us

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.859
 to go to

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.419
 the priest,

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.039
 and we've

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.879
 been cleansed,

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.560
 the priest

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:13.460
 is behind

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.860
 us,

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.420
 the priest

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.880
 is the one

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.260
 that sent

00:32:16.260 --> 00:32:16.600
 us.

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:18.520
 He turned

00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:18.740
 around,

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:18.920
 why?

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.340
 Because he

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.800
 knew that

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.580
 the priest

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.220
 of the old

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.580
 covenant

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.100
 could not

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.560
 do anything

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.020
 for him.

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.320
 This is the

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.000
 declaration of

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.560
 the end

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.500
 of the law,

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.500
 and now in

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.020
 this moment,

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.060
 the one of

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.300
 the ten,

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.900
 the Samaritan,

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.480
 the outsider

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.960
 realizes Jesus

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.960
 Christ is the

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.660
 true and better

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.160
 priest.

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.000
 I need a

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.740
 priest that's

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.400
 not just going

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.920
 to declare me

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.400
 clean,

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.940
 maybe,

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.640
 according to

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.100
 Leviticus,

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.640
 I need a

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.000
 priest who

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.420
 can make

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.900
 me clean.

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.020
 And he

00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:44.600
 comes back

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:44.960
 because he

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.740
 realizes that

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.540
 this is not

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:46.920
 only my

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.280
 master,

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.800
 not only my

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.180
 rabbi,

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.820
 not only my

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.600
 God,

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.100
 but he is

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.620
 also my

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.020
 priest.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.860
 And Jesus

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.400
 just so

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.000
 happens to

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.680
 be set

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.100
 with his

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.540
 face like

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.180
 Flint towards

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.740
 Jerusalem,

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.060
 where the

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.900
 true priest

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.480
 will become

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.020
 the supreme

00:33:01.020 --> 00:33:01.520
 leper in

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:01.780
 all of

00:33:01.780 --> 00:33:02.120
 history.

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.560
 The true

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.020
 priest who

00:33:06.020 --> 00:33:06.600
 is God

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.540
 also became

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:09.000
 leprous for

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.299
 you.

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.980
 And the

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.339
 way to

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.640
 deal with

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.019
 the problem

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.380
 of our

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.940
 ingratitude

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.759
 is to

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.039
 come and

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.140
 say,

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.500
 the law

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.859
 can't

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.319
 cleanse me

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.660
 and my

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.279
 gratitude

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.740
 can't

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.140
 cleanse me

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.359
 and I

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.579
 can be

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.000
 as grateful

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.480
 as possible

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.880
 for the rest

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.079
 of my

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.799
 days and

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.099
 that will

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.519
 not help

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.660
 me.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.000
 Instead,

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.619
 we've got

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.000
 to say

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.640
 that he

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.460
 was stricken

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.920
 at the

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.599
 cross for

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.859
 my

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.380
 entitlement.

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.400
 He was

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.000
 crushed

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.539
 because of

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.920
 my life

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.539
 of ingratitude.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.440
 He was

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.420
 excommunicated

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.039
 ultimately

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.559
 because of

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.180
 my spiritual

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.779
 leprosy.

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.980
 And only

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.539
 on that

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.400
 basis then

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.319
 can he turn

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.680
 to you

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.340
 in faith,

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.680
 in your

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.019
 faith,

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.560
 because that's

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:37.799
 what you're

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.100
 saying.

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.560
 And he

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:38.740
 says,

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.299
 rise up

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.560
 and go

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:39.759
 on your

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.060
 way.

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.519
 And so

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.880
 in verse

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.200
 18,

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.220
 the last

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.620
 word here

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:44.920
 in verse

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.360
 18,

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.080
 rise and

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.360
 go your

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.600
 way.

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.220
 Your faith

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.680
 has made

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.240
 you well.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.940
 And I have

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.320
 to point

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.700
 out the

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.220
 footnote

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.560
 in the

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.080
 ESV,

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.380
 if you

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.660
 have a

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:52.900
 Bible

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.279
 in front

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.660
 of you,

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.860
 which says

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.759
 that it

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.220
 could also

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.100
 be translated,

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.140
 your faith

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.759
 has saved

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.120
 you.

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.620
 And I

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.759
 think it

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.680
 should read,

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.820
 rise,

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.019
 your faith

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.099
 has saved

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.460
 you.

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.119
 He was

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.940
 one amongst

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.559
 the ten

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.759
 who said,

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.519
 this is

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.280
 my priest,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.980
 he will

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.599
 be stricken

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.759
 for my

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.380
 ingratitude.

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.139
 If you

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.400
 say that

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.699
 tonight on

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.199
 that basis,

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.139
 now go,

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.960
 now go

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.559
 and practice

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.159
 gratitude.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.099
 Gratitude

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.519
 has to be

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.000
 shown to

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.280
 God.

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.519
 And to

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.800
 protect

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.039
 ourselves

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.219
 from

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.739
 ingratitude,

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.019
 it's got

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.219
 to be

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.159
 shown every

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.880
 day,

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.619
 that's the

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.019
 practice of

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 gratitude

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.519
 we're

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.820
 called to.

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 So in

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.699
 verse 15,

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 gratitude,

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 what does

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.440
 it look

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.579
 like?

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 It looks

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 like a

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.820
 man,

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 a woman

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 who

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.860
 daily

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.900
 gets on

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.440
 their face,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.760
 on their

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.340
 knees before

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 the Lord

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.320
 Jesus and

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 says,

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.500
 thank you,

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.539
 thank you,

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.039
 morning and

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.260
 evening,

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.860
 thank you,

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 Lord,

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.580
 I don't

00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:45.120
 deserve it.

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.500
 That's the

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.940
 practice of

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.240
 gratitude.

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.120
 Let's pray.

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.420
 Father,

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:50.440
 we ask that

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.700
 you would

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.160
 teach us to

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.600
 be grateful.

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.780
 We know

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.019
 that we're

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.240
 not,

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.980
 so we

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.400
 come before

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.760
 you,

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.360
 declaring our

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.660
 spiritual

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.200
 leprosy and

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.880
 our need and

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.780
 needing your

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.140
 forgiveness.

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 And we

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.780
 look to the

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.640
 true leper,

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.180
 the Christ

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:02.700
 who was

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:05.019
 made supremely

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.799
 leprous for

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:07.039
 us in the

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.339
 middle of

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.699
 history.

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 And now

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:09.719
 we ask,

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.039
 Lord,

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:10.899
 that on the

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.559
 basis of

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.859
 being cleansed

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.359
 by him,

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.799
 you would

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.319
 give us

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:15.519
 fresh gratitude.

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:16.460
 Gratitude brings

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.319
 joy to us,

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 and so we want

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.899
 it this week

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.199
 even.

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.279
 So forgive us,

00:35:20.399 --> 00:35:20.539
 Lord,

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.599
 change us,

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.239
 send us in a

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.699
 new direction,

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.579
 help us to be

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.879
 like the

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.480
 Samaritan who

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.299
 turned back

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.259
 and got on

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:27.339
 his face and

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.859
 worshipped you.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.159
 And so,

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.359
 Lord,

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:28.859
 we say thank

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.239
 you as we

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.019
 sing the

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.559
 final hymn.

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.340
 In Christ's

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.599
 name we

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.779
 pray.

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.480
 Amen.