Love Your Neighbor - Part 2
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Love Your Neighbor - Part 2
Love Your Neighbor - Part 2
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14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!
Love Your Neighbor
Last week we looked at Luke 10:25-37 to determine Who Is My Neighbor!
We looked at the parable of the Good Samaritan and determined anyone in need is my neighbor, both near and far!
Today I want to look at
Uncommon Thanks
Uncommon Thanks
11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
12 As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance,
13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.
15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
16 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
18 Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.”
The message is on Need and Gratitude
Leprosy was the most terrible disease in the day of Jesus; it was greatly feared. It was disfiguring and sometimes fatal. In the Bible leprosy is a type of sin.
One thing is basic to having a need met: a sense of desperation. When we sense a need so desperately that nothing can stop us from reaching Jesus, our needs will be met.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
There was Humility. Note: they "stood afar off." They respected the law which demanded they stand at least six feet away from a person
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
There was a cry for Mercy.
They did not ask only for physical healing; they asked for spiritual healing, for the forgiveness of sins as well. They cried out for mercy upon all of their being.
7 Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!
7 Let the wicked abandon their way of life and the evil their way of thinking. Let them come back to God, who is merciful, come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness.
There was Perseverance.
Jesus did not notice them immediately. He ignored their cry in order to test them. They needed to cry and cry for mercy in order to show their sincerity and to build up their sense of need.
9 “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
There was Believing and Obeying.
Jesus did not heal the lepers immediately. There were things they had to do, instructions that had to be obeyed to have their needs met. They were to obey the law, go to the priest and report that they had been cleansed.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Gratitude
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
One of them did give thanks.
Here is what he did.
a. He glorified God immediately.
He shouted at the top of his lungs with the loudest voice possible.
He witnessed for God. God had cleansed him and he wanted all to know the great mercy and love of God.
He worshipped Jesus.
He fell down on his face at the feet of Jesus. This was both humility and recognition of the power of God in Christ, two essentials for true spiritual cleansing
He was a Samaritan, the most despised and rejected of the men
Most of those men did not give thanks. They kept going about their business at hand. They did not stop what they were doing nor return to the Lord to give thanks.
But note something: they did return to their former world, the lives they used to live.
There is a lesson in the behavior of the lepers. Jesus expects us to return to Him continually, to return, glorify, and worship Him as the Source of our power and strength for life.
The thankful man or woman is the one truly saved—spiritually. The verb "made whole
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
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