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As we continue our study in Matthew tonight, we are going to be looking at how we relate to God and how He relates to us.
Jesus has finished His sermon on the mount and was traveling back to Capernaum.
Great crowds where following Him and His journey was interrupted by a leper.
Lepers in Biblical times where untouchable.
They where cast out of the cities and had to make it on their own usually by begging.
That is the scene for our text tonight
We see three main points in this interaction with Jesus; worship, prayer, and a touch of the master
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The Worship
The Worship
Our text says that the leper came and worshiped Jesus.
To worship someone in this culture shows that the man understood who Jesus was, the Son of the living God.
We worship God in three ways.
Humility
The Greek word for worship has a sense of prostrating yourself.
this man literately fell at the feet of Jesus.
The Greek word for worship has a sense of prostrating yourself.
this man literately fell at the feet of Jesus.
we must be humble
We must remember who we are and who God is.
Sincerity
We must not just go through the motions.
We must not just go through the motions.
God would rather us not worship him than to do it out of obligation or ritual.
Jesus and the woman at the well
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We must worship God from the heart
Reverence
we must remember who we are worshiping
The Lord is the only being in the universe that is worthy of our honor and praise.
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YHWH is the only one worthy of our worship
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The Prayer
If You are willing
The man asked if Jesus was willing.
We must submit ourselves to the will of God no matter what that means for us.
We must submit ourselves to the will of God no matter what that means for us.
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Jesus healed some and not others, I think about the man who sat at the gate of the temple that Peter and John healed.
How many times did Jesus pass by this man?
God had a greater purpose for Him and he would receive the answer to his prayer later.
What ever God’s will is for us we must accept.
When we ask for things in prayer we must do so in seeking God’s will.
Our lives are no longer about what we want but what God wants for us.
What ever God’s will is for us we must accept
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You can make me clean
Here is the faith, this man is completely convinced of Jesus ability to heal.
We must be completely convinced of God’s ability to work in our lives
We must be completely convinced of God’s ability to work in our lives
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We must have faith that God is able to do anything we ask of him.
Whether or not He does is not the issue.
He can do all things and will provide for us according to His will.
The Touch
To touch a leper in this day in time ment becoming unclean and risk developing the disease yourself.
This man had not felt the touch of another person since he was infected.Christ is willing to have us even when when no one else will!
we learn two things about God in this passage
He is not afraid of our condition
Jesus was willing to touch the man regardless of his present condition.
Jesus is also willing to come in and touch our lives regardless of our sinful state
Jesus was willing to touch the man regardless of his present condition.
His touch makes whole
Jesus was not made unclean by touching the leper because as soon as his hand touched the man, he was cleansed.
A touch of the master has the power to cleanse us as well.
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The touch of the master can change a life.
It certainly changed this mans life.
If we worship God rightly and pray in faith according to His will, He will touch us as well.
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