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NAS *Mark 1:40 - 45*
40And
a leper came to Him,
beseeching Him
and
falling on his knees before Him,
and
saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
41 And
moved with compassion,
He stretched out His hand,
and
touched him,
and
said to him,
"I am willing;
be cleansed."
42 And
immediately
the leprosy left him
and
he was cleansed.
43 And
He sternly warned him
and
immediately
sent him away,
44 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,
for a testimony to them."
45 But
he went out
and
began
to proclaim it freely
and
to spread the news about, 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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A LESSON FROM A LEPER
Mark 1:40-45
Exegetical Idea: The leper told everyone about his miraculous healing by Jesus.
Theological Idea: We should tell everyone what God has done for us.
HOMILETICAL IDEA: WHEN GOD BLESSES YOU, YOU CAN’T KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
I.
Your hope of being helped is found in Jesus (v 40)
a. Come to Jesus
i.
Come praying to Him
ii.
Come depending on Him
iii.
Don’t coming presuming on His will but come believing in His power
II.
Jesus cares about you (v 41)
a. Compassion – deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it
b.
Jesus is willing to do what no one else is willing to do .
i.
Stretched out His hand and touched him – symbolism of conveying a divine blessing.
c. Jesus is willing to do what no one else is capable of doing.
i.
Pronounces you clean – remove what makes you ceremonial unclean.
(sin).
III.
When God blesses you, you can’t keep it to your self
a.
Your divine encounter or experience was never meant to replace your obedience to the word of God.
b. Go tell others about what Jesus has done for you
A LESSON FROM A LEPER
Mark 1:40-45
Main Idea: When God Blesses You, You Can’t Keep It To Yourself
This gospel of Mark is all about action.
One of the key words in it is “immediately.”
Over and over this word is used as it records many of the stories of Jesus’ miraculous healings of those suffering from sickness and demon possession.
This conveys the message that Jesus’ ministry had a since of urgency to it and that He made the most of His time while He was here on earth.
Jesus’ teaching was identified in verse 22 as “one having authority,” meaning that His words were not just words alone but that His words were words that had power behind them.
In other words, He could back up what He was saying.
He had the ability to not only talk the talk but the capability to demonstrate it through His walk.
So they concluded in verse 27 that this was a new teaching that had some power to go with it.
So verse 28 tells us that news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding district of Galilee because He is healing the sick and cast out demons.
He is going into their synagogues preaching and demonstrating the power of His words.
The Hebrews used the term leprosy to cover a variety of skin diseases; it is not the leprosy as we know it today.
A leper was one who had a swelling or a scab, or a bright spot on the skin of his body and he was brought to the priest to be examined.
According to our text we have a leper, one who according to Leviticus 13 has already been pronounced unclean by the priest.
One who was ostracized out of civilization until he was pronounced clean again by the priest.
One, who was required to tear his clothes, let loose his hair out of the turban, and to cover his mouth, and to shout as he moved about “Unclean!
Unclean!” as a symbolism of his shame, grief, and distress.
The leper’s only interaction was to be with the priest every seven days.
But all the priest could do for him was examine his leprosy to see if it had healed.
He was not supposed to have any interaction with anyone else other than the priest, not his family, not his friends, not his co-workers, not even his pets.
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