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Overview
Text: Luke 17:11–19
Topics: Samaritan, Leper, Gratitude
Big Idea of the Message: We are called to see and love everyone.
Application Point: Think of a specific individual whom God is calling you to see, and then act on that calling this week.
Housekeeping
-Today is First Fudd’s!!
-Next Saturday, March 12th is the Men’s Breakfast.
Gentlemen, who are you going to invite to the breakfast next Saturday.
Doug will be sharing his testimony and challenge for each of us.
Prayer
Intro/Object Lesson
We are in our fifth part of our study in Luke-Halfway thru our Study!
Turn your bibles to Luke 17:11-19.
As you each are turning there...our prayer and hope is that each of us realize we are called to see and love everyone.
Love the Unseen.
Here’s a good example:
China Miéville’s 2009 award-winning book The City and the City has a bit of a preposterous setting: two city-states that overlap in time and space (placed somewhere in Eastern Europe).
Despite sharing the same space, the residents of each city hate the other so much so that they have developed a way to totally ignore the existence of the other.
The act of “unseeing” the people around them is at the core of this science fiction story
But while this work is fiction, it definitely resonates with our world.
Seriously now, How often do we consciously and unconsciously “unsee” other people: those we disagree with, those we don’t approve of, those we want nothing to do with?
The story in Luke’s Gospel today shows Jesus interacting with two types of people whom Israel tried very hard to unsee.
Another way to approach todays teaching is not just “unseeing” the individual, but to not really “see” the person closest to us.
Try this now.
Close your eyes.
that’s right, right where you are, close your eyes.
Without saying a word, recall what your spouse is wearing today.
If your spouse is not here or you are a single, then recall what both Kerry and I are wearing.
Without opening your eyes, face your spouse and share with them what they are wearing.
Wives first, then Husbands.
Once you do, open your eyes and see if you were correct.
Single friends, open your eyes and see if you were correct about us.
See, not only do we have a habit of “unseeing” individuals, but we also have a habit of not “seeing” those closest to us.
And we’re not just talking the physical attributes, we’re talking about the emotional, mental and spiritual facet of that individual that God has placed in our lives.
Before we read, let me remind each of us that Luke’s Gospel has a lot of stories not found in the other Gospels.
Many of these stories emphasize God’s grace and the message of salvation being for all people (Jews and gentiles).
Two such stories found in Luke and not the other Gospels deal with Samaritans.
One is the famous parable of the Good Samaritan, where Jesus challenges his followers to redefine whom they see as their neighbor by making the Samaritan the hero of the story (Luke 10:25–37).
The other is found here, in Luke 17.
This Samaritan is a leper.
Both Samaritans and lepers were people Jews tried to “unsee”—lepers because they were considered unholy (Numbers 5:2), and Samaritans because they were hated enemies of the Jews
So now that we have somewhat of a background...
Let’s read Luke 17:11-19 together.
Study Time
This is the third mention of Jesus’ traveling to Jerusalem.
His continued journey there, where He would die.
As Jesus enters a village, he encounters a group of lepers.
Ten to be precise.
We must also know that we see in scripture, 2 Kings 7:3 for instance, that lepers so often are found in groups, probably for mutual aid, comfort, and encouragement.
Also notice that the name of the village is not recorded.
I personally feel that the name is irrelevant.
See, “What Happened”, not “Where it Happened” is important.
As required by the Law, they are keeping their distance.
However, unlike the required announcement of “Unclean!”
they are crying out for Jesus to have mercy
I found this interesting.
Elsewhere, only Jesus’ disciples used this term “Master” (epistata) to address him whereas nondisciples used the term “teacher” (didaskalos)
This title Master was a favorite of Luke and was used only by him in the NT (cf.
8:24, 45; 9:33, 49; 17:13).
Whereas the title “teacher” in Luke was used of Jesus only by strangers,
“Master” was used only by Jesus’ followers and reveals better his authority and might.
The address “Master” Luke suggested they sought more, i.e., healing, from Jesus.
Much more than just pity and alms from others.
Another side note, Luke also avoided completely the use of the title “Rabbi” for Jesus.
Jesus responds by healing them (Luke 17:14).
One of the ten healed lepers responds and falls at the feet of Jesus to thank him(v.
16).
The Samaritan in response to his healing did four things:
-Praised God
-Loud Expression
-Fell Face Down
-Thanked Him
This response is an important detail:
Praise is an importance response to God’s salvation, His Grace and Mercy towards us.
Our loud expression may not just be audible, but also visual of our love and respect towards Christ.
Like I’ve stated before, do those around you see Christ in You?
Falling face down before God shows a posture of our heart, of reverence and respect.
See, the distance has been removed between the defiled and the pure.
Jesus has taken that away and given us immediate intimacy with God.
And finally, giving thanks.
Recognizing the gift and acknowledging the gift giver.
See friends, because of Jesus, this man’s entire life (social, economic, religious) has been completely transformed.
The same is true for all whose faith in Jesus has made them well (whether the healing was physical or spiritual).
Of those 4 actions of the Samaritan, which do you do well and which do you at times lack?
-Praised God
-Loud Expression
-Fell Face Down
-Thanked Him
Jesus seems surprised and perhaps dismayed that only one person out of the ten has come to thank him.
But it is important to see the fullness of God in this moment.
Even though he has given his grace to ten lepers and only one thanks him,
Notice this truth...God doesn’t then condemn the others for their ingratitude or take away their healing.
Just as we are saved by grace alone and not by works, we do not then lose our salvation because of a poor response to God’s grace.
While Jesus doesn’t condemn the others, he does praise the Samaritan (the foreigner) for being grateful (v.
19).
For Luke true faith, which leads to salvation, was intimately connected with glorying God even as it is elsewhere connected with the forgiveness of sins (Luke 5:20),
entering God’s kingdom
and inheriting eternal life (18:18–30)
Compare the connection between faith and glorifying God in Luke 18:42–43 and in Acts 11:1-18
Turn to Luke 18 and find Acts 11 and place a finger there.
What do you see?
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