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Scripture Reading
Luke 17:11-19
Introduction
What does it mean to truly be transformed by the Gospel?
10 Lepers - Only about gratitude?
Nothing explicit, but plenty implicit.
1.
The Place (v.11)
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
On his way to Jerusalem
This is not an unimportant detail in the context of Luke's Gospel
Some time back (Luke 9:51) we saw that Luke recorded Jesus' resolve to head towards Jerusalem
Much has happened since then, but Christ is still resolutely set towards his goal of crucifixion of the sins of His people.
But we see now that he was traveling along a particular path.
Border btw.
Samaria / Galilee
We must keep in mind that Galilee was the place where Jesus ministered extensively.
Samaria was the dwelling place of the Samaritan people....
The Samaritans were essentially despised in the eyes of the Jews
They were seen as half-breeds
They were Jews that had inter-married with other people, and this caused the ethnic Jews to look down upon them with disdain and scorn.
One of the things that we see with Jesus (and with Luke's Gospel in particular) is that Jesus interacts with these people that in general were despised or rejected by God's people.
That truth is certainly heavily weighted in this present instance....
Luke 9:51-54...
The Samaritans had rejected Jesus.
2. The Unclean (vv.12-13)
12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him.
They stood at a distance
Going into a village.
We are not told which village this was particularly
It may have been on the side of Galilee or Samaria
What we do know is that there were lepers there... and they were of mixed ethnicity.
Both Samaritans and Galileans present.
Ten men with Leprosy
Luke shows that 10 men approached Jesus, or at least stood in the path in which he was travelling
Leprosy...
A terrible skin condition that affected a person.
We know well that there was no cure for a person that was suffering from a leprous infection.
Furthermore, due to the fact that it could spread, these men would need to separate themselves from society entirely.
Leviticus 13:45–46 (NASB95)
45 “As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, ‘Unclean!
Unclean!’
46 “He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean.
He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
They would need to live outside of the camp of the Israelites, outside of the community.
They would not be able to participate in the worship of God or the feasts at the temple.
As such, they were considered to be among the worst of the outcasts of society.
Leprosy often pointed to God's Judgment
Miriam (Numbers 12)
King Uzziah (2 Chron.26)
Ten of them approached
These ten men have heard of Jesus
They have heard that He can cure.
They've heard of the healings that he has performed elsewhere.
They are those desperate for help.
Notice that they stood at a distance.
They knew that they couldn't approach because they were unclean.
They felt the weight of what it meant to be an outcast, unloved, uncared for...
They would have to cry out "Unclean, unclean..." if they had leprosy...
Notice that these men group together.
This is not uncommon
Notice also - Stayed NEAR the city.
(Charity)
13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
Called out...
As they stand far off, the cry out to Jesus at the top of their voice.
Loud Voice
Their voice is raised up.
This is a cry of desperation
They must have God hear them.
Jesus
They call out to Jesus as the master...
Jesus, the name meaning "God saves..."
He was called this because He saves his people from their sins...
But here, the men would have cried out to him in order to save from an affliction.
At least to some extent, they believed that he would be able to save them... that's the reason for calling out.
Master
This is a different name, in addition to calling out to Jesus, the one who saves.
It is a declaration of Jesus' authority.
"Master" is the one under whom we submit.
They recognized that Christ had a power and authority under which they were to submit
They confessed, at least in this present instance, that they had no hope
Have pity on us!
This is a cry of desperation.
When all other hope has failed, they turn to the One that they've heard has healed and raised from the dead.
We must note that this is the cry of any person that has come to recognise their sinfulness and helplessness before a holy God.
A little later in Luke 18 we find the tax collector calling out to God, "Have mercy on me, a sinner..."
Now, I'm not convinced that all ten of these lepers were calling out as a consequence of their recognition of sin... they were predominantly calling out for mercy in light of their physical suffering.
Nonetheless, there is a picture here of calling out in suffering that has relevance to us all!
3. The Cleansing (v.14)
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”
Christ notices and responds
Show yourself to the priests
Keep in mind the passage we read from Lev.14
Plural "Priests" - different ethnicities.
Only when a person was cleansed could they actually go and present themselves to the priest.
Priests were merely inspectors
At this point - they are still unclean
This is a test of faith and obedience
This would entail entering into the city, to the place where the priest was, in order to be examined.
Any attempt to do so without cleansing would lead to consequences for them.
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