Gifts From God

Luke 5:12-15

Theme: Jesus Calls

Key verse: v.5

39 verses; 949 words

Grade: 4.8

Outline:

I. The Call of the Lord. Vs.1-11

II. The Cleansing of a Leper. Vs.12-15

III. The Criticism of the Lost. Vs.16-26

IV. The Confusion of the Leaders. Vs.27-39

In this passage we see GIFTS from God Himself.

I. The Connection the Lord Gives. V.12

12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

The place. “certain city”

The problem. “leprosy” (affected the nerves. 2 Timothy 4:2)

“He did not have leprosy. Leprosy had him.” (Dean Weaver)

Leprosy changed the flesh.

(considered utterly unclean)

Leprosy changed the feelings.

(affected the nerves. 2 Timothy 4:2)

Leprosy changed the future.

(banished as outcasts)

Is this the “noisome and grievous sore” that those who received the mark in the Great Tribulation in Revelation 16:2?

The prayer. “besought him…Lord, if thou wilt”

II. The Consent the Lord Gives. V.13

13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

His touch.

“put forth his hand, and touched him,”

His word.

“saying, I will: be thou clean.”

What was brought up in the first sermon Jesus preached? In Luke 4:27 “And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.”

His healing.

“immediately the leprosy departed from him”

III. The Charge the Lord Gives. V.14

14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

His charge.

“charged”

His cleansing.

“priest, and offer…cleansing”

His command.

“according as Moses commanded”

IV. The Cure the Lord Gives. V.15

15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

The spread of His name.

“fame”

The spread of His word.

“came together to hear”

The spread of His works.

“healed by him”

Nine cases of leprosy are recorded in Scripture (Exod. 4:6; Num. 12:10; 2 Kings 5:1, 27; 7:3, 15:5; 2 Chron. 26:20; Matt. 8:2; 26:6; Luke 17:12). The Lord Jesus healed the sick, but He cleansed the leper.

Nine is the number for fruit.

What we view as opposition, Jesus views it as opportunity.

Conclusion:

Has the Lord given you these gifts?

Hebrews 11:6—But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

If you need victory or cleansing from sin, He will cleanse your life.

Psalm 34:18—The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psalm 51:17—The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 51:10—Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

1 John 1:7—But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.