In Luke 5:12-15 we find a man who has eprosy, a man totally in total desolation and completely; he needs a savoir
and known other. No one else but Jesus can cure this man of his incurable. All man is in this condition due to sin. It is just not as obvious or apparent as leprosy, but it is none less real.
This man approached Jesus as we all should: with worship and humility. In verse 12 ‘…saw Jesus he fell on his face and said Lord if you are willing, You can make me clean. ‘ Once he received his healing, verse 13 ‘immediately the leprosy left him’, He quickly became disobedient and forgetful of what the Lord commanded him. The Lord commanded, not suggested, that he was ‘to tell no one and but go show yourself to the priest…’ even though this commandment was
strange and was counterintuitive to the man, he was still required to be obedient to it.
Let this man be a lesson. So many of us start the race off strong but so few of us finish it. James 1:22 “… he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror, for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.” Let us be better than this. Let’s not forget the men we were, and the men we are striving to become.
The Christian life is a marathon not a sprint. Many have started off strong, but few and finished the race they have started.
Finally, the cleansed man reveals to us sometimes God commands us to do things that we don’t agree with or seem strange, but this shouldn’t be surprising to us for the Lord said ‘my ways are not your ways, and my thoughts are not
your thoughts.’ Are job as his slaves is not to question Him, Our Master, but to obey him – regardless if we agree or totally understand. This is part the process of renewing our minds.
Philippians 1:12 & 20 & 28-29 – God works all things for his glory.
God bless you; be blamess, upright, fear God, and shun evil — Job 1:1.
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Many Start, Few Finish: Luke 5:12-15
In Luke 5:12-15 we find a man who has eprosy, a man totally in total desolation and completely; he needs a savoir
and known other. No one else but Jesus can cure this man of his incurable. All man is in this condition due to sin. It is just not as obvious or apparent as leprosy, but it is none less real.
This man approached Jesus as we all should: with worship and humility. In verse 12 ‘…saw Jesus he fell on his face and said Lord if you are willing, You can make me clean. ‘ Once he received his healing, verse 13 ‘immediately the leprosy left him’, He quickly became disobedient and forgetful of what the Lord commanded him. The Lord commanded, not suggested, that he was ‘to tell no one and but go show yourself to the priest…’ even though this commandment was
strange and was counterintuitive to the man, he was still required to be obedient to it.
Let this man be a lesson. So many of us start the race off strong but so few of us finish it. James 1:22 “… he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror, for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.” Let us be better than this. Let’s not forget the men we were, and the men we are striving to become.
The Christian life is a marathon not a sprint. Many have started off strong, but few and finished the race they have started.
Finally, the cleansed man reveals to us sometimes God commands us to do things that we don’t agree with or seem strange, but this shouldn’t be surprising to us for the Lord said ‘my ways are not your ways, and my thoughts are not
your thoughts.’ Are job as his slaves is not to question Him, Our Master, but to obey him – regardless if we agree or totally understand. This is part the process of renewing our minds.
Philippians 1:12 & 20 & 28-29 – God works all things for his glory.
God bless you; be blamess, upright, fear God, and shun evil — Job 1:1.
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