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 If you found your place there in Luke chapter 17, verse number 11, the Bible says this,

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 As they went, they were cleansed.

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 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back with a loud voice glorified God

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 and fell down on his face at his feet giving thanks, and he was a Samaritan.

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 And Jesus answering said,

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 They're not ten cleansed, but where are the nine?

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 They are not found that return to give glory to God save this stranger.

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 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole.

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 This is the second time in Luke's gospel that Jesus heals some lepers.

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 First time we see that Jesus actually reaches out and touches a leper, which was an absolute no-no in those days.

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 Because usually if you touch the leopard, you were unclean.

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 But the beautiful thing about Jesus is he's clean, he makes us clean.

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 And we saw that in this text.

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 Now this is a different instance that Jesus doesn't touch them.

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 He just sees these ten men, speaks to them, tells them to go do something, and they're healed.

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 But this text here is more than just a miracle.

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 It's more than ten men getting healed.

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 It reminds us that it's possible to receive God's blessings without truly knowing Christ as your Savior.

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 And what Jesus does is he's going to leave us with this question, and he's going to challenge us to ask ourselves,

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 do we merely enjoy his gifts, or do we truly treasure who Jesus is?

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 That's what he wants us to see here this morning.

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 And so before we do that, let's have a word of prayer, and then we're going to jump right in.

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 Father, thank you for this opportunity.

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 Lord, just to gather as a church this morning.

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 Lord, I pray that we can lift our voices to you in song, and we can sing about the cross,

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 and we're reminded of what you did for us on that tree.

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 Lord, it's because of the fact that you died for our sins, you were buried and rose again,

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 that we have the opportunity to have a life that has purpose and has peace and has joy.

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 Not just here, but eternally.

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 Lord, I pray if there's somebody here that doesn't know that today,

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 that maybe they've just experienced some blessings from you,

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 but Lord, I pray that before we leave, that every person who walks out of this door knows you as their Savior.

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 Lord, I pray that you would be with me now, that you would just empty me of self.

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 Lord, cleanse me of sin.

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 Lord, give me the words to say, Lord, I need your strength.

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 Lord, I need physical strength today.

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 I pray that you would help me to be a help to these people, and we ask it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much for standing.

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 You may be seated.

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 You ever been to a restaurant, and you start giving your order to the waiter,

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 and they're not writing it down?

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 Yeah, you know what I mean?

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 And you just think to yourself, are you going to write this down?

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 You know, because, you know, if they're like me, if I don't write things down,

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 I'm probably going to forget about it.

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 Every once in a while, my wife says, hey, I need you to go to the store and get this.

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 And so she starts telling me, and she says, are you going to write that down?

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 I say, no, I'll get that.

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 I can remember that.

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 So I go to the store, and, you know, I'm confident that I'm going to do that.

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 I'm trying to remember what she told me.

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 I'm not going to call her because then that's just going to confirm what she already knows.

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 So I'm just trying to think about it, and I'm thinking, well, obviously I'm here for cereal and cookies and ice cream,

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 the essentials, a well-balanced diet.

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 So I come home with that and forget the one thing that she sent me there to get.

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 So you know what I do.

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 I get back in the car.

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 I drive back to the store, and I get that.

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 But it is kind of amazing how easy it is to forget something that we're supposed to remember,

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 something important, one thing that we're supposed to do.

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 And it doesn't just happen on a grocery store run.

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 I think if you're like me, sometimes it shows up in our spiritual lives.

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 I think that we're quick to ask God for help.

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 You know, when something comes up, when a major life thing happens, when something happens at work,

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 when a family member is sick, when something serious happens, I mean, we're going to call on God real quick.

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 Hey, Lord, I need you right now.

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 We're quick to pray when life falls apart.

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 We're quick to cry out when we need the mercy and grace of God.

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 And so often God answers, and He provides, and He protects, and He blesses, and He moves in a certain way.

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 But I find even in my own life that it's surprisingly easy just to keep moving on.

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 It stopped for a minute, and I slowed down, and I asked God for help.

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 But we can just kind of keep moving on in life without really returning to the one who's the giver of all blessings,

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 the one that answered that prayer, the one that provided that situation,

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 the one that did those things for us.

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 And I think that we often, we need to just kind of ask ourselves,

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 when's the last time we just stopped and said, Lord, thank you?

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 I love that little chorus that we sing, thank you, Lord, for saving my soul.

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 When's the last time, besides maybe just singing that song, that you just stopped and said,

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 Lord, thank you for saving me?

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 Lord, thank you for changing my life.

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 Lord, thank you for answering this prayer.

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 Because we see here in our text this morning that gratitude is a major theme of it.

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 I don't believe gratitude is the overriding principle, but we come to this story,

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 and it seems that ten men should have been thankful, but only one was.

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 And we come here, and we see Jesus healing these ten men suffering for leprosy.

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 But I want us just to understand from the outset that if all we're looking at is ten men getting healed

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 and one man saying thank you, that's not what this passage is about.

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 It's not about healing.

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 It's not even about gratitude primarily.

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 Here's what Jesus wants us to see.

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 He wants us to understand what genuine saving faith really looks like

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 and what genuine faith, how it responds to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Because Jesus shows us in this text, and he's reminding us that there is a world of difference

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 between receiving his blessings and truly knowing him as Savior.

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 And that's what he really pulls out of this text.

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 So as we come to the text here in verse number 11, we see that Jesus is on the way towards Jerusalem.

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 Really since chapter 9 of Luke's gospel, really verse number 51,

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 the Bible says that Jesus had set his face towards Jerusalem.

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 And really from that moment on, really his whole life was about going to the cross,

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 but in his ministries per se, he is making his final journey to Jerusalem.

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 He is on his way.

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 Every miracle, every conversation, every confrontation that he's had in these last few chapters,

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 every parable, in all of those things, it's moving him closer and closer to the cross.

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 His disciples don't understand it.

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 The Pharisees don't understand what's going on.

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 But he knows this, that he's traveling towards suffering.

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 That he's traveling towards his own crucifixion.

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 But what really stands out to me is that yet while he's moving towards Calvary,

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 he never stops showing compassion and mercy to people in need.

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 Let me just remind us before we get into this text,

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 Jesus isn't too busy for you.

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 He knows exactly what's going on.

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 And even in the midst of a difficult thing and knowing what's coming down the road,

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 Jesus is here and he's willing to stop.

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 He's willing, I love the Bible says, and he saw them.

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 You know, we can see people, we look right past them, we look right through them.

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 No, Jesus saw these men.

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 And on the border of Samaria and Galilee,

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 Jesus encounters these men whose lives have been devastated by leprosy.

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 But yes, we are going to see the compassion of Jesus,

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 but we also see once again that as Luke has so eloquently done,

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 we see this unmistakable demonstration of divine authority.

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 Because there were still all these opinions about who Jesus was.

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 Some knew that he was the Messiah, the one they've been looking for.

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 Others thought he was a miracle worker.

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 The Pharisees thought he's just some rogue rabbi.

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 But when Jesus heals these ten lepers,

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 it's very obvious that no physician could have done this.

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 That no physician could have instantly cleansed ten lepers.

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 That no religious leader could restore them.

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 Only God could.

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 And that's the point.

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 Because Jesus Christ is God in the flesh.

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 And as Luke has made it evident from chapter to chapter,

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 Jesus did not come to fill empty bellies,

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 to heal broken bodies, to cure leprosy.

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 He did those things.

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 But here's why he came.

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 To seek and to save that which was lost.

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 That is why he is marching towards the cross of Calvary.

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 Because he's going to lay his life down.

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 Why?

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 Because for God so loved the world.

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 He was willing to die for them.

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 So as we come here, we see that the big idea of this text is this.

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 That saving faith is not just revealed by receiving God's blessings in our life.

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 No, it's really evidenced by returning to worship and treasure Christ himself.

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 That's what we see in this one leper especially.

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 So if you're taking notes, we'll answer this question here this morning.

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 How does genuine saving faith respond to Jesus?

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 What does it look like?

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 How does it act?

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 The first thing that we see is in verse number 11 through verse 14.

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 A genuine faith, it obeys Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Genuine faith obeys Christ.

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 When we get to verse number 12, Luke paints this heartbreaking picture.

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 The Bible says, as Jesus entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off.

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 We see in the other parts of the gospel when Jesus shows up in a town and he's there and people know he's coming.

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 I mean, they're lining out on the roads and they see him and they run to him.

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 And they bring the sick.

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 And there's been times where they cut a hole in the roof and lowered a man down.

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 They were trying everything they could to get their friends to Jesus.

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 But the unfortunate thing for these men is they weren't allowed to.

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 They can't get near him because they're lepers.

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 The law required it.

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 They would have to stand a certain distance.

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 See, leprosy in the ancient world in first century Israel especially was not a good thing.

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 A leper would have to stand outside of the city.

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 Once he was infected with leprosy, we would call it Hansen's disease today.

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 It would affect their skin.

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 They would lose all nerve endings.

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 They would basically just kind of rub their fingers clean off their nose and their ears.

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 Different things like that would happen.

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 And they weren't understanding everything.

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 And they thought, man, this is highly contagious.

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 It's not as contagious as they thought it was.

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 But a lot of it was ceremonially unclean laws and different things like that.

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 And they would have to stand a certain distance.

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 If anybody was coming, they'd have to yell out, unclean, unclean.

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 So if you don't want to talk to anybody at Walmart, just do that.

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 They'd be like, what is going on there?

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 So just yell unclean.

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 But it was just kind of a warning.

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 Hey, don't get near me.

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 I have leprosy.

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 There were certain laws, too.

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 If the wind was blowing a certain direction, they couldn't stand downwind.

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 They'd have to stand at least 150 feet from the person, 150 yards, excuse me.

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 So there's all of these things.

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 And I'm just trying to paint a picture of how miserable these men's life must have been.

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 The only people they could be around was other lepers.

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 Once you were infected, you were kind of kicked out of the city.

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 You'd have lost your job.

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 You couldn't stay with your family.

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 And they would basically live in these little colonies, these little leper colonies.

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 So not only was this disease painful, it was extremely isolated.

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 Separated from family and from society and from worship, from anything that he wanted to do.

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 And on top of that, as we've kind of seen in Luke's gospel, that many viewed leprosy or really any sort of physical ailment or disability as evidence of God's judgment upon their life.

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 That some sin must have caused this.

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 So you can imagine everywhere they went, when people saw him, they'd start whispering.

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 Well, I heard he did this.

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 And I heard this happen.

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 That's probably why he's a leper.

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 So it was just this constant, not only the physical pain and the physical defects of leprosy, but just the societal outcasts that they were.

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 I mean, imagine never hugging your wife or children again or your grandkids.

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 Never picking them up.

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 Never attending church again.

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 Never just sitting around the dinner table.

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 Never living a normal life again.

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 That's these men.

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 Simply put, these men had lost everything that they had ever known.

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 And before we run past this, I just want to remind us that leprosy is often a picture of what sin does.

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 Leprosy wasn't their biggest issue.

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 Sin was.

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 You know what sin does in our own life?

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 It separates us from God.

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 It isolates us spiritually.

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 It leaves us hopeless apart from Christ.

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 We don't know what to do and we feel like there's no cure.

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 But here's the beautiful thing.

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 Jesus is the cure.

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 Jesus is the answer.

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 And before we came to Christ, if you know Him as your Savior, you weren't just sick.

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 You were dead.

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 The Bible says we are dead in our trespasses and sin.

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 You are hopeless just like these ten lepers are.

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 And they didn't look at Jesus when He showed up in this town, when He was kind of entering the village as,

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 hey, maybe this is a good option.

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 Here's what they realized.

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 He's their only option.

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 He's their only hope.

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 And I just want to remind us today that He still is the only hope.

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 He's the only hope for our world.

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 We can't legislate it.

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 We can't vote it in.

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 We can't do all these things.

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 Jesus Christ is the answer.

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 That's why He came.

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 That's why He's moving towards the cross.

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 Verse number 13, the Bible says this.

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 And they lifted up their voices, which would have been difficult.

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 One of the effects of leprosy is it would affect the voice box.

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 And so it's very difficult to raise your voice.

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 So the idea is they're giving it everything they have.

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 And they said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

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 This use of Master is only used in the Gospel of Luke.

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 And this is the only time it's used by His really non-followers.

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 But here's what they know.

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 They kind of know who He is.

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 They've heard of this Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And they're thinking, if there's anybody that can help us, it's this man.

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 Now, notice they don't demand healing.

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 They don't claim that they deserve anything.

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 Here's what they ask for.

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 Mercy.

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 Jesus, have mercy on us.

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 And that's exactly how every sinner must come to Christ.

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 We don't come to Jesus bargaining.

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 We don't come to Jesus boasting.

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 We don't come to Him with the terms of negotiation.

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 Here's how you come to Christ.

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 Lord, have mercy on us.

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 That's what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Matthew 5, 3, as He sets up how the Christian life works,

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 He says this is where it starts.

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 Blessed are those that are spiritually bankrupt.

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 I love this use of the title Master to Christ.

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 Because here's what they recognize.

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 We've heard some stories,

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 and we feel like you're the only person that has the authority to do anything about this.

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 Maybe they knew about the other man that was healed of leprosy.

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 And he kind of came by and said,

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 Hey, there's this guy named Jesus.

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 If you see him, talk to him.

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 I'm clean.

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 We don't know how they heard about him,

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 but they understood he could do something.

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 They don't understand exactly maybe the authority he possesses,

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 but they believed that he could help them.

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 So verse 13 is kind of really just a cry out.

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 It's a prayer.

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 But then verse 14,

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 Jesus kind of does something a little different than he normally does.

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 He says something kind of unexpected.

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 And when he saw them,

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 he said unto them,

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 Go show yourselves unto the priest.

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 Maybe they were thinking,

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 Well, that's not how I thought this was going to go.

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 I mean, the last leper he touched.

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 The other people he's healing.

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 He's doing all these things.

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 He's raising people from the dead.

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 And he tells them,

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 Go show yourselves unto the priest.

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 I mean, what's he doing?

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 I mean, they're still covered with leprosy.

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 Why would we go there?

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 We're not allowed in the temple.

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 We're not allowed to be around people.

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 We're still ceremonially unclean.

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 So why would Jesus tell them to go to the priest?

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 I think there's multiple reasons.

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 One of the reasons is because,

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 according to Leviticus 14,

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 when you start reading about leprosy in your Bible reading plan,

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 you're thinking,

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 What is going on?

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 Here's what Jesus is doing.

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 Jesus is fulfilling the law.

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 You look at Matthew 5, verse 17.

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 Jesus says,

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 I didn't come to destroy the law.

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 I came to fulfill the law.

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 So here's what he's doing.

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 In one regard,

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 he's sending them to the religious leaders

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 because they were kind of like the health inspectors of the day.

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 They were the ones accusing Jesus of not following the law.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I'm going to follow right here.

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 I'm going to send them down there.

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 And they were the ones to inspect and tell the leper,

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 Hey, you're free to return to society.

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 And so what Jesus is asking them to do,

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 he said,

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 I want you to walk down there.

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 I want you just to obey

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 before you see any evidence of your healing.

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 In other words,

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 he wants them to kind of have this radical obedience,

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 not knowing what's going to happen.

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 That's kind of how faith works in our life, isn't it?

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 You know, sometimes,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I want the Lord to do something for me.

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 I want him to kind of lay out a five-year plan.

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 I want him to show this.

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 And if I do that,

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 invest here and go,

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 how's that going to work out for me?

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 If it's going to work out good,

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 I'm all in.

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 I'm the only one?

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 Okay, I didn't think so.

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 But that's not how faith often works.

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 Faith doesn't wait until everything makes sense.

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 Here's what faith does.

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 It trusts the character of God,

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 knowing that he is good,

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 knowing that he does all things well.

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 Faith obeys the Word of God.

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 Jesus spoke,

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 and Jesus still speaks today, by the way,

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 right here.

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 That we have the Word of God,

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 and we can call on him,

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 we can obey him.

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 Faith moves forward.

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 Why?

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 Because Christ has already spoken.

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 I wonder how many of us here today in this room

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 are waiting for God to explain everything

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 before we're going to move forward.

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 I think I can be guilty of it in my own life.

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 Hey, I'll forgive when this happens, Lord.

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 I'll forgive when they recognize it.

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 I'll give when I have a little more money.

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 I'll serve you a little bit better

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 when life settles down.

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 I'll trust you more when I can see the outcome.

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 That's not how God calls us to live.

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 That's not how genuine faith responds to Jesus.

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 No, it obeys.

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 I mean, these men could have stood there arguing.

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 They could have said,

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 Hey, what if we go there and nothing happens?

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 Then we look dumb.

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 What if we go and we get to the priest

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 and we're still lepers?

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 I mean, why can't he just come over here and touch us

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 and make some big magic show

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 and just make it all better?

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 But really, they had nothing to lose.

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 So might as well try this.

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 I mean, their life is counting down.

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 They're a ticking time bomb, so to speak.

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 So instead of just arguing about it,

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 the Bible says they just simply obey.

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 Notice what the end of verse number 14 says.

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 And it came to pass that as they went,

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 they were cleansed.

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 Don't miss that little phrase,

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 as they went.

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 Jesus didn't heal them before they obeyed.

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 No, he healed them while they were obeying.

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 That they were walking there

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 and Jesus sends them to the priest,

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 the very priest that would later reject him.

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 That he sends them there.

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 They're going to have to be unwilling witnesses

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 that Jesus did this.

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 Because nine lepers show up

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 and they're like,

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 Hey, where are you from?

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 Yeah, we were just out there,

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 you know,

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 kind of between Galilee and Samaria.

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 Jesus,

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 you ever heard of Jesus?

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 You ever heard of that guy?

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 He just showed up and said,

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 Hey, you're healed if you go to the sea.

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 See, the religious leaders,

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 they're thinking,

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 You've got to be kidding me.

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 Because Jesus is reminding them over and over

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 who he is.

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 They couldn't deny what Jesus had done.

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 See, this wasn't just merely an act of compassion.

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 It was.

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 And these men needed it greatly.

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 Their life was going nowhere.

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 But Jesus shows up

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 and gives undeniable evidence

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 that he is exactly who he claimed to be.

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 Only God could cleanse ten lepers

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 by just telling him to go somewhere.

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 It shows his divine authority.

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 But here's where the story

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 kind of takes an unexpected turn.

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 See, up to this point,

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 there's no difference in the ten men.

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 All ten men knew they were lepers.

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 All ten men cried for mercy.

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 All ten men obeyed Christ's command

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 to go show themselves to the priests.

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 And all ten of them,

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 as they went,

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 experienced this miraculous healing

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 that only God could do.

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 But the true test of faith

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 wasn't what happened on the way to the priest.

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 It's what happened after the miracle.

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 See, because the difference

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 wasn't the miracle they received.

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 It's where they went

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 after they received it.

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 So how does genuine faith respond to Christ?

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 Number two, it does this.

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 It returns to Jesus

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 with gratitude.

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 It returns to Jesus

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 with gratitude.

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 Verse number 15,

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 the Bible says this,

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 And one of them.

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 Kind of seems shocking.

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 Only one?

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 Only one of these men?

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 It wasn't like he was

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 less of a leper.

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 No, these were leprous men.

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 They were all in the same boat.

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 They were all in the same situation.

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 They all had no hope.

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 And yet all of them,

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 as they went,

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 were healed.

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 But the Bible says,

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 but one of them.

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 One man stops.

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 One man turns around.

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 One man heads back

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 towards Jesus.

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 And I just want us to see,

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 Luke's not recording

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 some history here.

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 No, he's drawing a contrast.

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 That ten men

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 received a miracle.

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 But only one of them

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 is going to understand

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 who the miracle worker is.

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 There's a big difference there.

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 And notice what caused him

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 to turn back

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 when he saw

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 that he was healed.

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 He didn't have a mirror.

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 He didn't know

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 all these situations.

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 They were just simply obeying.

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 And I don't know

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 how it happened,

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 but maybe he's walking

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 and he started looking

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 at his hands thinking,

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 well, that looks different.

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 And he looked over at Bob

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 and looked over at Joe

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 and man,

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 their face looks different.

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 It's not scabbed over.

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 There's not sores

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 all over their face.

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 And perhaps he began

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 to feel much better

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 and he could maybe

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 just feel it

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 running through his body.

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 I don't know how it happened.

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 But whatever happened,

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 he knew this immediately.

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 Jesus did something

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 that only Jesus could do.

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 He knew exactly

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 where the healing came from.

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 And what we notice here

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 from this verse number 15,

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 and when he saw

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 that he was healed,

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 he turned back

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 and with a loud voice

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 glorified God

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 and fell down on his feet,

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 at his feet,

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 giving him thanks.

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 See, the first thing

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 on his mind

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 wasn't getting to the priest.

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 His first thing on his mind

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 wasn't trying to get back

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 to his family.

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 It wasn't,

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 hey, maybe my boss

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 will hire me back at my job.

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 It wasn't just returning

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 to normal life.

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 His first thought was this,

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 I've got to get back to Jesus.

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 I've got to talk to him.

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 I've got to tell him,

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 thank you.

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 And let me just remind you,

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 that's the response

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 of genuine faith.

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 A life that completely changes,

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 a life that was headed for death,

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 but now has life,

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 a life that has been

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 completely turned around,

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 cannot remain indifferent

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 after experiencing God's grace.

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 It can't.

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 The Bible tells us this

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 in 2 Corinthians 5, 17,

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 that if any man be in Christ,

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 he is a new creature,

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 old things are passed away,

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 and behold,

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 all things are become new.

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.019
 When that happens in a life,

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.500
 you can't say,

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.519
 well, that was cool,

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.440
 going to keep going.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.240
 But that's exactly

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.240
 what happens in our text here.

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.819
 I mean,

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:46.220
 it still operates

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.640
 the same way

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.500
 in our culture today.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.119
 There's a lot of people

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.019
 that gladly would

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:52.619
 take what Jesus gives.

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.480
 I mean,

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.200
 they want his help.

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.259
 Hey,

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.220
 they probably need

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.700
 some forgiveness

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.220
 in their life

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.960
 every once in a while.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.380
 I mean,

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.460
 they'd love a better marriage.

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.759
 They'd love a stronger family.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.140
 They'd like to be free

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.700
 of the guilt

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.740
 and the shame that they have,

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.740
 but after receiving

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.259
 his blessings,

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.960
 here's what they do.

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:07.220
 They just keep on walking.

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.620
 Thanks, Jesus,

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.120
 for the help.

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.900
 Appreciate it.

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.940
 But that wasn't this man.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.920
 Luke tells us

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.840
 that his gratitude

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:17.279
 overflowed

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.600
 in three beautiful ways.

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.840
 Number one,

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.319
 he glorified God.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.600
 We saw earlier

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.039
 in the text

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.779
 in verse number 13

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.920
 that he gave

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.600
 everything he had.

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.399
 That wasn't a lot.

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.199
 His voice was shot

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:30.359
 because of this disease

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.579
 and he was crying out

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.079
 and it may have been

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.059
 scratchy and raspy

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.939
 and barely understandable,

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.899
 but he was just saying,

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.119
 Lord,

00:25:36.199 --> 00:25:37.219
 have mercy on me.

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.339
 But now he comes back

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.939
 in verse 15

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:41.119
 with the same voice,

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:43.039
 but a loud voice.

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.519
 It wasn't like,

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.179
 eh,

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.599
 thank you,

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:45.899
 Jesus.

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.740
 You know,

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.000
 sometimes,

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:49.179
 I know we're Baptists

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.959
 and we don't like

00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:50.719
 to get real loud

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:51.759
 and say a whole lot of things

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.639
 because what are people

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.240
 going to think?

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.359
 But,

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.099
 you know,

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.819
 I've watched basketball

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.420
 and football games

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.880
 with some of you.

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.420
 I'm ready.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.880
 Some of you think,

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.420
 what's wrong with you?

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.400
 The doctor said this,

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.279
 I need college football.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.759
 It's going to change my life.

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.900
 So,

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.980
 y'all just keep praying

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.440
 and it's coming,

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.539
 so that's going to help me out.

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.220
 But I don't watch football.

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.180
 I don't watch college football

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.819
 on my couch

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.120
 and be like,

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.920
 no,

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.380
 I mean,

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.380
 I'm screaming at it.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.500
 I'm jumping up and down.

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.039
 I'm running outside sometimes.

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.299
 I mean,

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.799
 whatever.

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:22.539
 I let the Spirit lead.

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.099
 I don't know

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.059
 if it's a silly situation,

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.519
 but when's the last time

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.059
 you actually just glorified God?

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.379
 I think we did a good job

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.859
 this morning,

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.419
 to be honest.

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.839
 I love when

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.819
 at the end of that song

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.359
 we sang it,

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.240
 just a cappella.

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:39.200
 Just reminding of the cross

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.259
 and what it's done for us.

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.399
 Listen,

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.819
 that's a way we can glorify God.

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.559
 That's why we sing

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.859
 He's worthy of worship.

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.940
 And why was this man

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.240
 just so willing to,

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.539
 he didn't care who was around.

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.859
 No,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.819
 he turned around,

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.500
 which is repentance,

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:51.980
 by the way.

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.079
 Repentance is you're going

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.700
 one direction

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.180
 and you turn the other direction.

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.159
 He turns around,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.879
 he sees God,

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.240
 and he lifts his voice

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.460
 and says,

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.720
 God,

00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:00.460
 thank you for saving me.

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.519
 You know why he does that?

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.839
 Because that's what grace does.

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.240
 When you realize

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.000
 where you were

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.139
 and where you are now,

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.940
 you realize this,

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.740
 it's not me.

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.000
 It's God that did it.

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.940
 And that's why

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.359
 it changes the way,

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.599
 it changes the language

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.259
 of our hearts.

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.519
 We once cried

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.659
 because we were desperate,

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.879
 but now we can sing

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.879
 because we've been delivered.

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.519
 That's what God does.

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.500
 He tells us that

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.420
 he found us in the pit

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.460
 in the miry clay

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.720
 and he picks us up

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.059
 and he puts our feet

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.500
 on a rock

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.559
 and he puts a song

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.139
 in our heart.

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.099
 Even praise unto our God

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.279
 and we can't help

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.859
 but say,

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.799
 thank you, Lord.

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.899
 Psalm 103 says,

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.159
 bless the Lord,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.019
 oh my soul,

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.039
 and forget not

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.759
 all his benefits.

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.259
 See,

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.339
 the Christian life

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.379
 should be marked

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:45.319
 by continual praise.

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.799
 that's what this man

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.299
 is doing.

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.879
 He realizes where

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:50.019
 his healing came from.

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.740
 Number two,

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:52.639
 he glorified God like this,

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:55.519
 he fell at his feet.

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.079
 Listen,

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:59.079
 this isn't merely gratitude,

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.359
 that's worship.

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.480
 Throughout Scripture,

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.399
 Old Testament

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.200
 and New Testament,

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.839
 falling on one's face

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.819
 is a posture

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.619
 of humility

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.700
 and reverence.

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.659
 He's bowing

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.659
 before Jesus

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.799
 because he knows this,

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.240
 he's worthy of it.

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.899
 That he's worthy

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.639
 of all of that

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:18.039
 and Jesus accepts

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.639
 that worship.

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:18.919
 Why?

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.240
 Because he's God.

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.980
 He understands

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.000
 what is going on

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.759
 because the Old Testament

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.919
 teaches that worship

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:26.180
 only belongs to God

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.680
 and yet it's happening here

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:29.319
 because he's here

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.859
 in the flesh

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.539
 and he's showing

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.599
 how God loves

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.599
 and what he does

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.379
 and how he cares

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.700
 and why he came.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.220
 And every miracle

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.000
 that we've seen

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.079
 in the Gospel of Luke,

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.240
 every miracle you see

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.180
 in the ministry of Christ,

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.680
 it answers one question,

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.559
 who is Jesus?

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.159
 The miracle

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:47.919
 is never about the miracle.

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.059
 It's not about

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.039
 feeding hungry people.

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.619
 It's not about

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.419
 healing lepers.

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.159
 No, it's about

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:53.500
 showing that Jesus Christ

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.839
 is who he says he is.

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.220
 And the answer

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.819
 to the question,

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.519
 this miracle

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.720
 once again yells,

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.700
 he is God

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.579
 in the flesh.

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.200
 He's the Son of God.

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:06.500
 So he lifts his voice,

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.180
 he falls at his feet,

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.639
 verse number 16,

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:12.380
 and he gave thanks.

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.420
 He was thankful.

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.740
 I can only speak

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.920
 for my generation,

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:20.180
 but it feels like

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.560
 we're probably

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:22.520
 the most ungrateful generation

00:29:22.520 --> 00:29:23.759
 that's ever walked

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.400
 on this planet.

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.640
 And it shouldn't surprise us,

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.160
 by the way,

00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.720
 because the Bible tells us

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:31.500
 the closer Christ

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.160
 comes to coming back,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.060
 it's just going to get worse

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.960
 and worse

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.680
 and worse.

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.400
 You know,

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.980
 sometimes you say

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.840
 thank you to somebody

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.139
 and they're like,

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.919
 what's wrong with you?

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.759
 Well, I'm supposed to

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.459
 or my mom's going

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:43.299
 to spank me, you know.

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.240
 My dad's going to show up.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.779
 I'm like, I'm 40,

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.439
 leave me alone.

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.119
 And he's like,

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.019
 where's your manners, boy?

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.299
 Listen, giving thanks

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:53.259
 is something that

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.000
 should be in our heart.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.699
 If we know Christ

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.199
 is our Savior,

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.399
 we should want to thank Him.

00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.039
 We should be thankful people.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.759
 We should be able

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.439
 to look at our life

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.139
 and realize that everything

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.779
 that we have

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.899
 is from Him.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.099
 And this man in particular

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.980
 was thankful

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.259
 because he received

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.039
 God's mercy

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.119
 and it came to him

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.939
 through Jesus Christ.

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.759
 He said, listen,

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.500
 thank you.

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.459
 I had nothing.

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.379
 My life was over

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:18.059
 and you showed up.

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.039
 And we don't come to God

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.000
 and merely thank Him

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.240
 in some vague,

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.159
 general sense.

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.740
 No, we need to come

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.639
 and we need to thank Him

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:27.699
 because of what Jesus did for us.

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.599
 Every blessing

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.339
 and every mercy

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.359
 and every answer to prayer

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.079
 and every spiritual blessing

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.500
 in our life,

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.619
 it's from Him.

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.980
 We talked about it

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.839
 in Sunday school this morning

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.920
 that every good gift

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.860
 and every perfect gift

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.720
 is from above.

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.640
 Listen, anything good

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.640
 in your life right now,

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.059
 anything that you should

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.680
 be thankful for,

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.319
 you think,

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.099
 well, I went to work for it.

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.380
 No, God gave it to you.

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:50.160
 No, everything is from God.

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.420
 Paul says this,

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.579
 we need to be,

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.880
 thanks be unto God

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.839
 for His unspeakable gift.

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.819
 What's His unspeakable gift?

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.980
 It's Jesus Christ

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.880
 that He willingly came,

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:03.259
 that He willingly was marching

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.900
 towards the cross of Calvary for us,

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:07.019
 the greatest gift God has ever given

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.740
 isn't health or provision

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.539
 or finances or protection,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.599
 it's Jesus Christ.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.720
 But notice the very end

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.500
 of verse number 16.

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.680
 It kind of feels like,

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.839
 oh, I'm going to throw this in here.

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:23.640
 And He was a Samaritan.

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.240
 See, to the Jewish audience

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.400
 listening to this,

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.779
 seeing this,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.420
 being a part of it,

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:34.200
 that would have been startling.

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.160
 I think Brother Garrett

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.560
 preached from John chapter 4

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:39.000
 when I was gone

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.400
 and explained probably

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.039
 a little bit of it.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.720
 But here's the crux

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.420
 of the relationship

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.100
 between the Jews

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.700
 and the Samaritans.

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.279
 They had no dealings.

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.539
 That's what it says,

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.259
 John 4, 9.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.220
 They despised each other.

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.180
 Samaria would have been

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.240
 right in the middle of Israel,

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.200
 Israel down here,

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.480
 up here.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.320
 Instead of just going,

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:56.279
 they would go around Samaria

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.640
 just to not deal

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.340
 with the Samaritan.

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.860
 Even when Jesus asked

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.460
 the woman at the well

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.840
 for a drink,

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.180
 she said,

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.579
 yeah, that doesn't happen

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.000
 between us.

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.940
 I'm not sure if you know this.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.700
 Jews and Samaritans,

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.819
 we don't like each other.

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:08.319
 She was willing to let him

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.860
 die of thirst

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:11.079
 than actually help him

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.319
 until they began

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.319
 to have the conversation.

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.799
 See, centuries of hostility

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.360
 existed between Jews

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.000
 and Samaritans.

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.620
 Jews viewed Samaritans

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.480
 as half-breeds.

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.180
 They had a Jewish lineage,

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.160
 but they had intermarried,

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.460
 and there was all kinds

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.000
 of racial and religious

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.980
 things going on there.

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.180
 But yet we see

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:33.099
 that the least expected man

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.599
 becomes the greatest example

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.039
 of faith.

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.259
 And I think this just goes along

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.019
 with Luke's theme

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.839
 throughout his gospel.

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.380
 Over and over again,

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.140
 Luke has showed us

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.059
 that the gospel,

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.759
 here's what it does,

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.980
 it takes outsiders

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.339
 and makes them insiders.

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.720
 It takes people

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.599
 that have no hope

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.360
 and no chance

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.160
 and brings them

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.860
 into the family

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.880
 and gives them a seat

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.579
 at the table.

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:53.640
 Salvation has never been

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.980
 about heritage

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.900
 or nationality

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:57.319
 or religious pedigree.

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.539
 No, it has nothing to do

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.299
 with who your grandma

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.059
 and your grandpa was.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.420
 No, saving faith

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.000
 is available

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.579
 because of Jesus Christ.

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.759
 That's where it comes from.

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.559
 And before we move on,

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.240
 I love this one implication.

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.460
 This man,

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.639
 he was so willing

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.559
 to get back to Jesus

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.920
 that the priest could wait,

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.259
 that the ceremony could wait,

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.539
 that normal life could wait,

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:18.079
 but here's what could not wait,

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.720
 worship.

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.879
 He had to stop

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.839
 right where he was,

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:23.039
 clear off a spot,

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.039
 and worship the Lord.

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.799
 That's a good thing

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.299
 that we need to do

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.359
 in our life sometimes too.

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.859
 I mean,

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.460
 just think about it.

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.700
 When God answers a prayer,

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.680
 what's your first response?

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.619
 Do you immediately

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:38.000
 just move to the next request?

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:40.579
 Or you intentionally pause

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:42.559
 and just worship the Lord for it?

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.700
 I mean,

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.419
 sometimes it is easy

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:45.399
 just to move right on.

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.139
 But that's not what

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.460
 genuine faith looks like.

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.659
 No, we realize

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.859
 where the answer came from.

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.940
 Sometimes we become

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.819
 so focused on

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.039
 God's next blessing

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.000
 that we fail to thank Him

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.440
 for the one

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.799
 that He just gave us.

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.079
 But the Samaritan

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.819
 teaches us something

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.759
 we all need to make sure

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.839
 is real in our life,

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.920
 that He stops,

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.220
 He turns around,

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.379
 and He worships.

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.559
 And as we close out

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.379
 our text this morning,

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:09.219
 Jesus asked this man,

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.779
 this Samaritan,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.960
 He asked him three questions.

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.059
 Not because He needs information,

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.279
 many of them

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.300
 are rhetorical questions,

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.440
 but here's what He's doing.

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.079
 He wants us

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.059
 to examine our heart,

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:22.279
 to see where we are.

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:24.940
 And He wants to show us

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.200
 that genuine faith

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:28.519
 responds by treasuring Christ.

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.560
 That's what it does.

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.480
 Look at verse number 17.

00:34:33.040 --> 00:34:34.320
 And Jesus answering said,

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.540
 were there not ten cleansed,

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.200
 but where are the nine?

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:41.300
 I don't know if you feel it,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.660
 but I just almost feel

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.880
 the sadness in His voice.

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.640
 He knows where they're at.

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:48.320
 And they would have said,

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.100
 well, we're just doing

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.700
 what He told us.

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:52.000
 But Jesus isn't surprised.

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.360
 He knows what's going on.

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.700
 And He shows us

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.880
 what grieves Him.

00:34:58.540 --> 00:34:59.760
 It's not that

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.800
 the nine men

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.100
 forgot to say thank you.

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:05.060
 Here's what hurts His heart.

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.720
 Here's what grieves His soul.

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.780
 That the nine men

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.960
 that experienced His power,

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:10.060
 they experienced it

00:35:10.060 --> 00:35:11.840
 without ever truly coming back

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:13.160
 and acknowledging Him.

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.360
 And trusting Him.

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:17.220
 And placing their faith in Him.

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.800
 In verse number 18,

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:20.680
 Luke intentionally reminds us

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.460
 once again

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.919
 that this man was a Samaritan.

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.079
 They are not found,

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.699
 Jesus said,

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:26.039
 that returned to give glory to God.

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:28.000
 Save this stranger.

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.399
 This foreigner.

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.839
 He's reiterating that point

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:34.599
 that the least likely person

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.500
 to respond in faith

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.440
 was the only one

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.319
 who truly did.

00:35:38.899 --> 00:35:39.719
 While those,

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:40.899
 these nine Jews

00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:43.000
 that should have seen

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.219
 and recognized God's work,

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:45.919
 here's what they do.

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:47.019
 They just kept walking.

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.559
 They said,

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.440
 hey, we got what we need

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.260
 out of this situation.

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.320
 Thanks.

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.920
 See you later.

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.740
 Verse 19 is

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:56.320
 just a beautiful verse.

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.880
 It really,

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.099
 the climax of the account.

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.800
 And He said unto him,

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.139
 Arise,

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.960
 go thy way,

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.159
 thy faith

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:07.700
 hath made thee whole.

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.159
 You say,

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:10.139
 well, He's already healed.

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:12.500
 No, I know you love Greek,

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:14.099
 but the original word

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.139
 and whole is this,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.840
 sozo,

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.739
 salvation.

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.940
 He said,

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.860
 your faith

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:20.139
 has saved you.

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.699
 That's what Jesus is saying.

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.079
 Hey,

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.500
 these ten men,

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.000
 they were all cleansed.

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.500
 Their leprosy had disappeared.

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.920
 Their bodies were restored.

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:30.260
 But Jesus is using

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.880
 different language.

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.559
 He's saying,

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:31.960
 listen,

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.159
 this is more than

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.800
 physical healing.

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.639
 This is spiritual healing.

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.619
 This is what you really need.

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:39.219
 This is why I did the miracle.

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.300
 I was pointing you

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.400
 to a greater need

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.980
 in your life.

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:43.420
 Every one of the ten men

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.380
 had a restored body,

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.579
 but one of them

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.800
 had a restored soul.

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.159
 One of them,

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.440
 their life completely changed.

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.179
 I love the way

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.039
 one pastor said it.

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.460
 He said,

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.559
 ten men received new skin.

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:55.219
 One man received a new heart.

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:58.000
 That's the heart

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.780
 of this story.

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.400
 And that's always

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.219
 the greater miracle.

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.380
 Because you know what?

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.420
 He's healthy,

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.679
 but his body's going

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.519
 to grow older one day.

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.059
 He's going to die.

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.619
 He's not here anymore.

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.740
 You know where he is?

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.340
 He's with the Lord.

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.059
 And sometimes

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.320
 we need those miracles.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.019
 We need that healing.

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.820
 We have many

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.559
 on our prayer list

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.760
 and some answered prayer

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.480
 sitting in this room

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.000
 right now

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.840
 and we were praying

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.579
 that God would touch

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.539
 your body and heal you

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.340
 and he did.

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.320
 And that's a wonderful,

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.219
 beautiful thing.

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.500
 But even miracles,

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.179
 they're eventually

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.199
 going to fade into memories.

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:30.019
 But salvation lasts forever.

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.860
 That's why he came.

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.039
 That's why this miracle

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.320
 took place.

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.300
 So here's the question.

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:38.199
 What made this Samaritan different?

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:40.239
 Was he more polite?

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.839
 Was he more thankful?

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.539
 Was he more emotional?

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.759
 I don't think that's what Luke's

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.539
 trying to get across.

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.279
 Here's the difference.

00:37:50.939 --> 00:37:52.739
 Is that he treasured Christ

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:54.739
 more than he treasured the miracle.

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:58.179
 That Jesus was more important to him

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:59.460
 than having new skin.

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.219
 The nine were satisfied

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.819
 with restored lives,

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.980
 but the Samaritan

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.820
 wasn't satisfied

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.440
 until he was just

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.500
 at Jesus' feet.

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.660
 That's where he wanted to be.

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.160
 The nine were content

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.820
 with the gift,

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:13.800
 but the Samaritan,

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:15.260
 he wanted the giver.

00:38:16.080 --> 00:38:17.780
 And that's what saving faith does.

00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:19.380
 It doesn't simply rejoice

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.460
 in what Christ can give you.

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:22.800
 No, it treasures Christ himself.

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:25.320
 Listen, that should be the goal

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:27.420
 and the aim of your life.

00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:29.740
 Why do you follow Jesus?

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:32.320
 Is it because of what he gives?

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:35.680
 Or is it because of who he is?

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.860
 Would you still worship him

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.420
 if that promotion never came?

00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:42.019
 If your health never improved?

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:44.200
 If life got harder instead of easier?

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.580
 If the answer to your prayer

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.800
 was not yet or no?

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.960
 Would you still serve him?

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.720
 Would you still worship him?

00:38:51.140 --> 00:38:52.440
 Would you still say,

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.240
 thank you, Lord?

00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:55.920
 They're difficult questions,

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.039
 but they're important ones.

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.720
 Because genuine faith

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:01.559
 doesn't merely seek God's blessings.

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.440
 It seeks himself.

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.599
 It seeks after Jesus.

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:08.019
 The apostle Paul understood this

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.860
 in Philippians 3.

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.799
 He said this,

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.579
 Yea, doubtless,

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:12.219
 and I count all things

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:13.579
 but loss for the excellency

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.239
 of the knowledge

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.820
 of Christ Jesus my Lord.

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.219
 A couple verses later,

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.519
 he said,

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.039
 here's what my life is all about,

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:20.840
 that I may know him.

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.940
 And the power of his resurrection,

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.500
 and the fellowship of his suffering,

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.960
 and being made conformable

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.539
 into his death.

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.299
 Paul said, listen,

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.619
 my life can be horrible,

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:30.179
 but as long as I know Jesus,

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:31.440
 that's all I need to have.

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.099
 That's the heart.

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:35.219
 That's what genuine saving faith

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.819
 looks like.

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.739
 Paul didn't just treasure heaven

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.599
 and blessings

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 and notoriety

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 and answer prayers.

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 He wanted Jesus.

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 That's what the Samaritan wanted.

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 And that's what we need to make sure

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 we want in our life.

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 Because it's real easy

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 to fall into the thing

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 saying, well,

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 I just want some blessings.

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 I think every one of us

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 can find ourselves

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 in this story.

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 Maybe you spent years

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 asking God for help,

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 praying for his provision,

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 maybe some healing,

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 maybe wisdom and protection.

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 Maybe God has answered

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 those prayers over and over again.

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 Maybe you didn't even pray for him

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 and he still gave it to you.

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 There's a thing in the theologians

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 called common grace.

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 We all experience it.

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 That God is good.

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 And many times

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 he does those things for us

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 because he's trying to draw you

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 to himself.

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 See, the question isn't

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 has God blessed you?

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 You're sitting here today,

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 you're blessed,

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 you're alive,

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 you're breathing.

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 No, the question is this,

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 what have his blessings

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 led you to love the most?

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 The blessings

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 or him?

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 There's a big difference there.

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 That was the difference

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 between these men.

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 See, the difference wasn't

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 in the miracle they received,

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 it was the Savior

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 they returned to.

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 The nine hurried on

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 to their life.

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 And the one ran back to Jesus.

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 We need to come back to Jesus.

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 Charles Spurgeon once

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 was sharing the gospel

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 with a woman

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 and she was beginning

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 to understand it

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 and she said,

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 Sir, Mr. Spurgeon,

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 if Christ saves me,

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 he'll never hear the end of it.

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 That's the point.

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 It's not a one-time thing

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 and you move on.

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 Don't ever get over it.

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 Don't ever run past it.

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 That was the heart

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 of the Samaritan.

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 He simply couldn't

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 keep on walking.

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 He couldn't get back

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 to life as usual

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 because his life

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 wasn't usual anymore.

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 It was completely different.

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 He had to get back

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 to Jesus.

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 And may that be true of us.

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 May we never become

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 so busy

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 enjoying God's blessings

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 that we forget

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 the God who gave them.

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 May we never become

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 so occupied

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 with his gifts

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 that we just neglect him.

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 Give, give, give

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 and keep moving.

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 May we never lose

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 the wonder

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 of what Christ

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 has done for us.

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 I'll leave you

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 with this thought.

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 Saving faith

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 doesn't stop

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 with God's gifts.

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 It continually

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 treasures him.

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 Don't simply

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 thank him

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 for what he's done.

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 That's a good thing.

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 But here's what

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 we need to do.

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 Worship him

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 because of who he is.

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 He came to change

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 a life.

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 You say,

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 well, I need healing.

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.380
 You do.

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 You might.

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 But you need Jesus.

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 Jesus is what's

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 going to make

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 the difference.

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 Jesus is what's

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 going to carry you

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 through.

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 Because his life

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 was changed

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 but guess what?

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 He's going to run

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 into difficulty

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 next week

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 and next month

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 and next year

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 and he did.

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 But you know

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 what he had

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 on his side?

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 Jesus.

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 And he kept

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 returning to him

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 and returning to him

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 and returning to him.

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 May that be

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 what our life

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 looks like.

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 Would you stand

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 with your heads bowed

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 away away away away

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