What Would Jesus Say To The Leper Now

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What Would Jesus Say To The Leper Now?

• Mark 140-45

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Mark 140-45

• And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and
  falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If
  You are willing, You can make me clean." Moved
  with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and
  touched him, and said to him, "I am willing be
  cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him and
  he was cleansed. And He sternly warned him and
  immediately sent him away, and He said to him,
  "See that you say nothing to anyone but go, show
  yourself to the priest and offer for your
  cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to
  them." But he went out and began to proclaim it
  freely and to spread the news around, to such an
  extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter
  a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas and
  they were coming to Him from everywhere.

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Jesus Encounter With The Leper

• Is what the leper did unnatural? No.
• If Jesus were to have met up with this healed
  leper again, what would Jesus say to him?

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1. You wont always understand My commands.

• Ignorance of the apostles Matthew 1351-52,
  Matthew 1433, Acts 16

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1. You wont always understand My commands.

• But dont turn that into an opportunity to
  ignore them!

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2. I really do want you to understand these
commandments.

• Matthew 1319.
• Jesus spent a lot of time explaining Himself to
  people, not blowing off their questions, Mark
  21-35.
• . . . But some are hard to understand, Matthew
  199-12, John 660-66.

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3.You may not understand now, but lis-ten to me
and your future will be bright.

• Mark 1321-23
• And then if anyone says to you, "Behold, here is
  the Christ' or, "Behold, He is there' do not
  believe him for false Christs and false
  prophets will arise, and will show signs and
  wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible,
  the elect. But take heed behold, I have told you
  everything in advance.

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4. I am looking at your deeds, and that is what
I will judge you by.

• For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory
  of His Father with His angels, and will then
  repay every man according to his deeds (Matthew
  1627)