1 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:04,800 Want to welcome all our visitors. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,800 If it's your first time here we're so glad you can join us on 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,000 this Lord's day service. And if you call this place home, 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,300 while come home to this family of faith, if you have your 5 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:27,400 Bibles with me, meet me in the Book of Mark chapter 1 We 6 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,300 exalted Christ and singing that we will exalt him as we hear and 7 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:35,300 Proclaim his word. Meet me in verse 40 of Mark 8 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:39,000 chapter 1. I was trust that. 9 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,500 What has been happening in the past few weeks will continue to 10 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:47,700 happen that we will just Relish in the revelation of the person 11 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:50,200 of Jesus Christ. That is the intention of our 12 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,900 time in The Book of Mark that we would see Jesus in his glory and 13 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:59,500 his majesty and that we would fall on our face and worship him 14 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,200 more than we did the week before. 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,200 Would you pray with me with that goal in mind? 16 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:10,600 Oh Lord. We thank you for Jesus Christ. 17 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:16,300 You are Son, our older brother our King, our substitute, Our 18 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:20,300 Redeemer Lord. We pray that as we explore these 19 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:26,600 verses, That it would not be communicated as a mere transfer 20 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,700 of information, but Lord, it would be your voice loud and 21 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:35,500 clear. And that we would hear you and 22 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:40,300 hearing you, we would respond to you not with a men's. 23 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:46,700 Merely not with a fresh jolt of Joy with the post sermon songs. 24 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:51,700 But Lord, with obedience, And with worship Beyond these walls, 25 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:58,100 Lord, you are the one who can cleanse the leper, physically 26 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:00,900 and spiritually. And for those who have come in 27 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:05,100 here today, full of leprosy. Let them know that you are the 28 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:09,199 Lord, who heals you are. The one who saves you were? 29 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,700 The one who is willing to touch the Untouchable. 30 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,600 We love you. We love you. 31 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,500 And we are prepared to hear from you and Jesus name, we pray, 32 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:22,500 Amen. Verse 40. 33 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,000 And a leper. Came to him imploring him and 34 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:36,100 kneeling said to him if you will you can make me clean moved with 35 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,600 pity. He stretched out his hand and 36 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,600 touched him and said I will be clean and immediately the 37 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,800 leprosy left him and he was made clean, and Jesus sternly charged 38 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,400 him and sent him away at once and said to him. 39 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,000 See that you say nothing to anyone but go show yourself. 40 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,000 To the priest and offer for your cleansing, what Moses commanded 41 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,100 for a proof to them. But he went out and began to 42 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:07,600 talk freely about it and to spread the news so that Jesus 43 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,600 could no longer openly, enter a town, but was out in desolate 44 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,000 places and people were coming to him from every quarter. 45 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,800 The first chapter of the Gospel of Mark will close with one of 46 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,000 the most jaw-dropping displays of the Divine and Supernatural. 47 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,400 Real power of the person of Jesus Christ. 48 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,300 And so remarkable was this specific miracle that Matthew 49 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:36,100 and Luke found it necessary obviously compelled by the 50 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:40,200 spirit to include the story in their own accounts of the 51 00:03:40,208 --> 00:03:43,600 ministry of Our Lord. Now, Jesus had healed. 52 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,700 Not only dozens, but most likely hundreds of people with various 53 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:51,300 sicknesses up to this point in his ministry. 54 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,600 But there's something about this particular moment that the Holy 55 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,500 Spirit. Necessary to expand on it and to 56 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:02,400 give it to us in more detail. He doesn't summarize this 57 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,300 miracle. He opens it up for us to 58 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:09,400 understand and to meditate further on the implications of 59 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,900 what this miracle has to offer us. 60 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:17,000 Now think about it to be a Jew in this time in the day of Jesus 61 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 in his three-year Ministry and for you to hear that, a Man from 62 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,400 Nazareth was going around performing Miracles, would in No 63 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,300 Doubt. Stir, not just one but a nation. 64 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,600 Remember there was a period of great silence. 65 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,500 Where there was no, prophetic voice, no display of prophetic 66 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:38,300 power. And yes, John came, but John did 67 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:42,300 not perform any Miracles, which says something, because he 68 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:46,600 brought a nation to its knees. But then Here Comes Jesus, the 69 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,400 one that John was preaching about and preparing the way for 70 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:52,700 and and just Miracles are happening wherever he went. 71 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,200 And the nation now is stirred with not just curiosity, but 72 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,900 with great desire for him to minister unto them. 73 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,400 But take it further to hear as a Jew, that this same man who was 74 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,000 doing Miracles, actually healed a leper. 75 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,800 Is a category of astonishment on its own. 76 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:20,400 This would have been Just absolutely stunning to realize 77 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,200 and this is exactly why we have this account because leprosy 78 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,200 spoken of in the scripture is referred to various infectious 79 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,200 skin disease and it's even expanded from that it can even 80 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,200 be known as some particular fungus that can be found in the 81 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,100 house and the walls of homes and even in certain garments. 82 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:42,300 But in a general sense when you and I hear leprosy and see it in 83 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:47,100 the Scripture, it is known as a dreaded dreaded sickness that 84 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:51,200 Fear the masses that could cause severe disfiguration and 85 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,300 deformity to the body. And this long-lasting disease 86 00:05:56,300 --> 00:06:00,400 was not only feared because it brought such destructive power 87 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,900 to the Flesh. And not only put an end to your 88 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:06,300 nerves and your Sensations. Not only open wounds and not 89 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:09,600 only even brought a fragrance, a putrid smell. 90 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,600 And not only called limbed cause limbs to be paralyzed and rot, 91 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:20,600 but it drove someone out to be completely isolated from 92 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,400 day-to-day life. It called for total alienation 93 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,200 Shin. And this was something that the 94 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,700 Bible took extremely seriously in the Old Testament. 95 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:34,400 You have chapters dedicated to how if there is any sign of some 96 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,000 kind of discoloration or some kind of irritation you were to 97 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,500 go through a certain protocol or you have to go to the priest. 98 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,100 They would examine you a certain way and go through a series of 99 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:47,100 tests to determine if you indeed have leprosy. 100 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,100 And if you did then you have to pay the high price of being 101 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:58,300 quarantined oftentimes for life. And so there was no no kind of 102 00:06:58,308 --> 00:07:01,000 connection anymore with your family, you cannot hug it, 103 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,300 embrace your wife anymore. You couldn't hold the hands of 104 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:06,100 your children, you could not go to the feast. 105 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,300 You cannot even do something as casual as walking through the 106 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:11,500 market. On a weeknight, you are 107 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:15,100 completely isolated in a desolate place, and the only 108 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:17,200 communion you would actually have was perhaps with other 109 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,600 lepers. To have leprosy was to be 110 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,400 marked. It was to be avoided. 111 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,500 And in many cases people were absolutely disgusted with, just 112 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:31,700 the sight of a person who is riddled with this disease, and 113 00:07:31,700 --> 00:07:33,700 the only thing that was worse than leprosy in this time was 114 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:35,700 death itself. This was second to death. 115 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,500 In fact, the very sight of a leper where they had to actually 116 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:42,800 tear their clothes, As though they were walking in morning is 117 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:45,400 it's kind of a symbol of a person who is really The Walking 118 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,900 Dead. now, if you think the deteriorating effects that I 119 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:52,500 just mentioned was was just terrible as it is, even gets 120 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:56,700 worse and the reason why it's worse is because leprosy Was 121 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,400 incurable by man. There was no treatment, there 122 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,000 was no remedy, there is nothing that could be offered especially 123 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,900 at this time that could bring about reversible solutions to a 124 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:12,000 leper. And because of this, the Jews, 125 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,000 both in the old and the new have made a very obvious conclusion, 126 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,100 based on that. And the conclusion is found in 127 00:08:18,108 --> 00:08:21,800 the book of 2nd Kings chapter 5 verse 7. 128 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:27,500 This is one not a Jew but a Syrian Naaman. 129 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:32,900 Had leprosy and was told that there was someone in Israel who 130 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:37,100 could provide a miracle for his condition. 131 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,900 But when the news came to the king of Israel, I want you to 132 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:44,800 see his reaction and I want you to realize what the common Jew 133 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,200 believed about leprosy. Second Kings chapter 5 verse 7 134 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:55,700 reads. And when the king of Israel, 135 00:08:55,700 --> 00:09:01,800 read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, a, my God, am 136 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:07,100 I God to kill and to make alive that this man sends word to me, 137 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:12,500 to cure a man of his leprosy, only consider and see how he is 138 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:18,000 seeking a quarrel with me. The hopelessness of this 139 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 disease, the awful nature of it has left. 140 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,300 The people who have known leprosy is a common thing. 141 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:26,400 Unfortunately, in their time that only God can bring 142 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:33,900 restoration only God Only God himself And so, even this King 143 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:38,400 realizes that for this, this Gentile to ask for healing, he's 144 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,300 a guy this guy, this guy obviously doesn't get it. 145 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:43,500 He's picking a fight with me because everybody knows that no 146 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:47,100 man can offer anybody to a person who was infected in this 147 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:50,300 way. And so only God can actually 148 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:55,600 reverse supernaturally, this kind of suffering that totally 149 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:01,100 alter someone's life. And so the only way that 150 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:03,600 somebody could be restored and there was protocol of how 151 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,600 somebody could be restored and then receive a certification 152 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,100 that they were healed was if there is some kind of mysterious 153 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:15,700 mysterious healing or God did it himself and this message alone 154 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:18,500 can be easily. A meditation upon that 155 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:23,100 conclusion that we just made because if the Jews universally 156 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:26,400 believed that only God can bring healing to the leper. 157 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,100 Then what does it say of what? We Shred that when this man 158 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:34,500 comes to this man, Jesus of Nazareth, he not only is told 159 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,200 like Elijah to go to a certain place and receive a miracle 160 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,600 without any contact, but is touched by this man touched by 161 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,800 him. And through that touch there is 162 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,900 healing virtue that comes leaving him. 163 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:53,300 Uninfected, uncontaminated The conclusion is obvious as a not 164 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:58,700 this miracle speaks of the nature, the divine nature of our 165 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,100 Lord and savior there is no question about it. 166 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,900 And that is exactly the point of this miracle it says something 167 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:11,800 about who Jesus is it puts his character and his person and a 168 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:16,400 category that no one else shares but as you heard two weeks ago 169 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:19,700 there is a broader message beyond the central point of the 170 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:22,500 deity of Jesus Christ. There is something more to be 171 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,400 offered here in this text. There are lessons that orbit 172 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,400 around that truth of Jesus and who he is. 173 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,500 And the best way that you and I can receive as much as we can 174 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:37,800 from this moving scene is to First understand that the reason 175 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,900 why the Bible speaks so much about leprosy is that God in his 176 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:48,000 wisdom desires to use it as an illustration of sin, and its 177 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,700 life-altering effects on man. Ceci. 178 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,400 Is a picture of sin. Don't skip Leviticus when you 179 00:11:57,408 --> 00:11:59,200 come to your reading of it in your personal time. 180 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,800 When you go to Leviticus, and I am among those who who read the 181 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,800 Bible from cover to cover, and I tell people to read the Bible 182 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,800 from cover to cover, when you get to Leviticus read chapter 13 183 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:18,000 and chapter 14, with the lens of paralleling sin with Leprosy and 184 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,800 you will leave with astounding Revelation, you will see 185 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:26,300 something quite quite amazing about God and His insight. 186 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:30,800 About what sin can do to a man, or to a society as a whole And 187 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,100 that's exactly what we're going to do today. 188 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:34,900 You and I are going to come to this text and look at this 189 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:39,500 passage that deals with Leprosy with the perspective of sin on 190 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:43,100 it and not just the perspective of sin on leprosy. 191 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:46,800 But we're going to view it through the lens of this leper. 192 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,800 We're going to learn by putting ourselves in his shoes and we're 193 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,400 going to see what this means for us today. 194 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,500 And it's a very simple structure because the first thing that you 195 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:04,200 and I are going to consider in this Is the faith, the faith of 196 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,600 this leper. And a leopard came to him 197 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,000 imploring him and kneeling and said if you and I are familiar 198 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,700 with our Bibles enough, then we have to understand that what 199 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,200 this is doing. This approach right here is 200 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,400 immediately something that should stand out to us because 201 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,400 the following verse tells us that this man came close enough 202 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,400 to Jesus, For Christ to touch him. 203 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:33,400 He was an arm's length away from him and any Jew who lived in 204 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,700 this time, and any unnie person has the understanding of the 205 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:38,000 word of God would realize, this is scandalous. 206 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:42,500 You don't do this as a leper. In fact, in Leviticus 13, 45. 207 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:45,100 There was instruction of how a leper should act. 208 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:48,800 When he comes to any kind of radius where people are he was 209 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:53,000 to do what tear his clothes and live like that and let the hair 210 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,300 of his head hang loose and he shall cover his upper lip and 211 00:13:56,300 --> 00:14:00,200 cry out unto Clean unclean. Imagine living like that. 212 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,000 Not only did people know you were unclean just by the sight 213 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,800 of you but you, you have to Proclaim, I'm unclean, giving 214 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:12,000 people enough warning to move away from you and not be 215 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,400 infected themselves. But instead of that, what this 216 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:20,000 man does is he does pronounce his unclean state, but he does 217 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,500 it at the feet of Jesus. If you will, you can make me 218 00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:26,700 clean and he throws himself at the Lord. 219 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,100 And the beauty of this picture is that this poor soul. 220 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,000 Surely must have heard something about Jesus for him to come to 221 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,300 this point. Surely he heard something in 222 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:40,400 Matthew, we realized that he was there after Jesus gave The 223 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,200 Sermon on the Mount. That makes you wonder, did he 224 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,900 hear the sermon of the mouth from a distance? 225 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,800 Did he hear something about these words? 226 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,600 These amazing words from this man and he thought himself, this 227 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,600 man is different or perhaps, there is something that he heard 228 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,300 after we read in, Mark of the Miracles that were happening and 229 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,100 it the buzzing news came to his colony of lepers. 230 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:02,000 And, and it was, it was told that he can heal various 231 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:06,500 diseases. He can touch people and make 232 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,200 them whole and beyond that it makes you wonder did. 233 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,800 He also learn about the compassion of Jesus that he 234 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,200 deals with his patients in a certain way. 235 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,500 He doesn't leave you the way you came to me. 236 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,400 Actual do something about it, whatever kind of information 237 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,800 this man received. He obviously came to the 238 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,900 conclusion, this man is not ordinary and if I come to him, 239 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:32,600 the way I am, he will indeed do something with me. 240 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:37,100 And what was For this leper is true for any sinner today. 241 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,900 There is no sickness of the Soul. 242 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:44,600 Listen, there is no ugliness of your sin that might cause others 243 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,200 to have nothing to do with you. That will cause Christ to not be 244 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,900 willing to receive you unto himself. 245 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:54,100 Nothing. And in case, there's anyone who 246 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,200 feels that hesitation, you'd be amazed to know how many people 247 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,700 do to come to Christ or to think that he sees you. 248 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:02,200 And because you believe he is all-knowing, he realizes your 249 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,000 deepest darkest Secrets, he knows the perversion that you 250 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,700 have tried to hide from it and perhaps have successfully done 251 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:12,300 so, but you realize that he has those fires of fire and sees 252 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:15,100 through all things. So in your mind, there's Christ 253 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,800 with his arms crossed towards you. 254 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:20,800 If you're that person, then look at this as an example. 255 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:26,400 And realize that this man as hideous as he was physically. 256 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,100 Came to Jesus and Jesus received him. 257 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:37,000 And here's what's amazing, Luke. Luke is a doctor that was his 258 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,600 occupation. We're told that in the Bible, he 259 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,600 was a physician and like a good physician. 260 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,100 He adds a certain detail to the condition of this man. 261 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,600 Go to Luke chapter chapter 5 verse 12. 262 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:57,300 Notice what he adds to this account, And Luke Chapter 5 12 263 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,300 and the telling of the same Miracle while he was in one of 264 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,800 the Cities. There came a man full of 265 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,500 leprosy. Full of leprosy. 266 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,599 And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, not just on his 267 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:14,900 knees. He fell on his face and begged 268 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,400 him Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. 269 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,599 Mark says he was a leper, Luke. The doctor says he was not, huh. 270 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:24,700 He was full of it from head to toe. 271 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:27,900 He was absolutely covered with sores. 272 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,100 And irritation and discoloration and deterioration. 273 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,700 Completely covered. He didn't just have some patches 274 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,600 here, and there, he wasn't just rotting in some areas. 275 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,000 He was a falling apart, just in the lower part or the upper 276 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 part. He was absolutely blanketed with 277 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,300 Leprosy. There is not one part of him, 278 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,800 that wasn't touched. All men are sinners. 279 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,200 All men have fallen short of the glory of God. 280 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:01,100 But there are some men, there are some women who are not just 281 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:03,700 Sinners. They are full of sin. 282 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:08,500 Full. They are full of perversion. 283 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,300 They have every area of their lives polluted with impurity. 284 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:15,700 They don't just have one or two ungodly habits and they have 285 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:18,700 some element of goodness in their minds that can justify it. 286 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:23,300 There are some people who are wicked, who are evil, who are 287 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:27,100 vile that, not one part of them. Can be even Dean goodbye. 288 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:31,300 Those who think they are good themselves. and this is what the 289 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:34,900 severe case of leprosy is pointing to that, even such a 290 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:40,700 person who is consumed with corruption Who doesn't even have 291 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,500 the ability to be remorseful, and how they treat others, or 292 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:48,000 how they use others for them. Their own gain, such a person, 293 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,900 still has hope. Christ is able to even heal them 294 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:57,800 and save them and redeem them. No person is too damaged. 295 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:02,300 No one is to spiritually deformed to be restored by the 296 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:04,900 power of Christ's love. And that's what you have to 297 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:06,200 understand. You have to believe that his 298 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,200 arms are open. He is a physician who is excited 299 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,000 to know that he can bring relief to you, but you have to 300 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,600 understand without Jesus, no matter what severity of sin, you 301 00:19:17,608 --> 00:19:22,100 are dealing with, you are hopeless, Just like the leopard 302 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:25,100 was hopeless. You are hopeless. 303 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:32,400 The law of God in the Old Testament demanded that a leper 304 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,800 was to be permanently driven away from the camp, and the camp 305 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,600 is not just where God's people dwell. 306 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,000 The camp is where the presence of God abided, and this law 307 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,300 concerning the leper. Expelled such a person from even 308 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:50,200 coming close to knowing not just the fellowship of people but 309 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,200 knowing the presence of the Lord. 310 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:56,900 But the grace of God in the person of Jesus Christ, invites 311 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,300 that same person into his presence. 312 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:04,800 The Lord Jesus Christ himself deals with that which the law 313 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,000 condemns and separates and removes it so that we can be 314 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,700 near him forever. And so we see that here, clearly 315 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:20,000 every person apart from Christ, yes is a sinner, but more than a 316 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,600 sinner is driven away from the presence of God, not just now, 317 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:29,500 but will be for eternity, but Jesus Christ who does not 318 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:33,900 abolish. The law who honors the law, he 319 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:38,500 removes the, cause the condemnation, Of our isolation 320 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,100 from his presence and reconciles us to himself. 321 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:45,300 That's what Christ does for you. And if you are one of those who 322 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:48,600 have done things, that would even cause people to shun, you 323 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,700 never mind a perfectly. Holy God, then realized that 324 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:54,200 there is one who has a desire for you. 325 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:57,500 You got to do what this man does though. 326 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,500 What does he do? Look at the language and a leper 327 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:03,200 came to imploring him. You gotta come with desperation. 328 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,300 You gotta come with desperation. And the reason why people do not 329 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:12,100 come to Jesus, with desperation, I believe is the fault of those 330 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:15,200 who communicate the gospel. We Don't Preach enough about the 331 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,800 ugliness of sin. We don't tell people how filthy 332 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,800 it is how dirty it is. And all we do in this life is 333 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,200 compared our sin to others but it makes all the difference. 334 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,200 When you compare your sin to a holy and righteous God And our 335 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,700 lack of the understanding of the, of the Holiness of God is 336 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:37,500 affecting the way we communicate the gospel. 337 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,500 Why in the world would you want to be cleansed by his blood? 338 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:44,800 If you don't see the filth on your body in your heart, in your 339 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,600 mind, he came with desperation imploring Him. 340 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:53,300 Luke says, begging him begging him, but he also came with 341 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:57,600 reverence, he knelt before him. He realize who he was talking 342 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,200 to, he realize who he was imploring and he That this one 343 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,900 has the power and he has the ability to do something about my 344 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:09,500 impossible case, reverence reverence for Jesus Christ 345 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,900 again, I believe there is a lack of reverence today and so when 346 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:17,400 we present Jesus to people we present him like a buddy to add 347 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,600 to your friends list. Now he is King who will demand 348 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,600 you to leave all your friends to come and receive him. 349 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,500 And not only that this man came with confession. 350 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,300 He did come to the Lord, understanding his ability to do 351 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,600 something about he understood something about his grace, but 352 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,100 he still had to come with the honesty of his condition. 353 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,200 I am unclean, would you claim me? 354 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,700 He has to be made whole and when you have those elements with the 355 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,500 faith that he alone is the source to save you, he will save 356 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,600 you. Now, what's amazing is we heard 357 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,100 two weeks ago? That Mark puts a special 358 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:58,000 emphasis on the miracles of Jesus in that Jesus often 359 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000 touched those that he did make whole. 360 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:06,500 But I am under the conviction that in this case, this man had 361 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:10,100 a greater meaning to this touch. There was a greater significance 362 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:12,400 in this moment for the simple reason that he was a leper. 363 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,000 Do you realize that it could be perhaps it was years that this 364 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,100 man has ever known the Embrace of someone? 365 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,800 That no one would dare. Even come certain amount of feet 366 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,500 by you never mind. Touch you. 367 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,800 And Jesus, according to our Bibles, as we heard had, the 368 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,300 absolute authority to just speak a word of healing, and the 369 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:40,000 healing would come. And if there is anyone, that you 370 00:23:40,008 --> 00:23:43,000 would think, would need just a word from a distance to be 371 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,800 healed. It was this man. 372 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,500 But Jesus deliberately willingly strategically. 373 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:59,500 Touches him to heal him. I was thinking about that last 374 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:02,500 night and the thought that ran through my mind was, besides the 375 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:08,400 healing, besides the miracle. What did that sensation of the 376 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,100 hand of Jesus softly being placed on his shoulder, feel 377 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:16,400 like After years of not knowing somebody. 378 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:22,000 To lay their hand on them. To bring them close. 379 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,800 You think that's an accident. It's not an accident. 380 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:29,700 What Christ is trying to say through this is that he's 381 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:33,100 deeply. Relational deeply, relational. 382 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,400 He did not only extend his hand to heal the man's body. 383 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,600 He extended his hand because he wanted to touch his heart. 384 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,800 He went to touch his heart. And he wanted to let him know 385 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,300 through this quick Miracle of massive message. 386 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,300 I desire. Not just your healing. 387 00:24:52,300 --> 00:25:01,000 I desire you I desire you. And, you know, Jesus made 388 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,800 provision for Sinners to have their record clean. 389 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,000 He has through the expense of his own life, dealt with that, 390 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,800 which condemns us for all eternity. 391 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:14,400 But what was the goal? What was the goal, so you don't 392 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,800 go to hell. So you don't go to hell, so 393 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,000 you're not tormented for all eternity so that you can be with 394 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,200 your friends and be with your loved ones. 395 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:28,100 I want to show you the goal, I want to show you the go on which 396 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:32,600 why Jesus came to reach into our world, to redeem us unto 397 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,400 himself. And first Peter 3:18 never 398 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:46,400 forget this verse The Epistle of Peter. 3:18, I'll give you a 399 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,400 moment to turn their look at the language. 400 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,000 Look, what the holy spirit is trying to tell us, concerning 401 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:56,600 the Redemption in Jesus Christ. 1st Peter 3:18 for Christ. 402 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:02,800 Also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous 403 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,200 that he might bring us to God, God himself. 404 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:14,200 Not the Pearly Gates, not the Mansion, not the streets of 405 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,900 gold, I promise you that we'll get old. 406 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:23,300 God himself. Is why Christ came? 407 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:30,200 So we have all the right to say we have a relationship with God. 408 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,500 Because that's why he died to bring us to him. 409 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:40,600 What I'm offering today in the gospel is God himself. 410 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,600 That's what the goal of the Gospel is if we're not 411 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,700 presenting God, what are we presenting? 412 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:53,200 A relief of the conscience. Merely a better reputation, a 413 00:26:53,208 --> 00:26:56,600 more civilized life, a community of people that you can hang out 414 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,500 with because you're lonely. God himself. 415 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,200 If you don't want God, you don't want this gospel. 416 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,000 If you don't want God, you don't want heaven. 417 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,200 That's why I look at some profession Christians life and 418 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,900 let this sting you. If it's you they don't talk 419 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:21,300 about God at all. There's no passion about God, 420 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:23,700 there's no desire to learn his word. 421 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,400 There's no yearning to be in obedience to him and you want to 422 00:27:27,408 --> 00:27:31,000 go to heaven. You want to go to heaven, you're 423 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,600 convincing me that you actually want to go to have you don't 424 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,700 know what happens about. it's about himself his presence for 425 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:42,700 all of eternity, enjoyed And cherished Jesus touches this 426 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:48,300 man. what a sight that would have been the gossip and those 427 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:51,700 who just saw this and yet he's trying to say something I want 428 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:56,400 this man, I want this man's heart to know my heart for him, 429 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:02,300 not just his healing, not just his restoration him The faith of 430 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,800 the lepers show obvious. But now we transition from the 431 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,600 faith of the lever, to the Mandate of the leper, the 432 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,600 Mandate of the leper. And that's found here in verse 433 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,600 42. And immediately, the leprosy 434 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:17,700 left him. And he was made clean 435 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,000 immediately. The leprosy left him, and he was 436 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,500 made clean and Jesus sternly. Charge them and sent him away at 437 00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:29,200 once and said to him. See that you say nothing, see 438 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,400 that? You say nothing to anyone, but 439 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,600 go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing, 440 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,200 what Moses commanded for a proof of them. 441 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:39,100 This beautiful testimony could have parked at verse 42. 442 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:42,600 We could have heard he was healed immediately, and then we 443 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,100 move on with the story of Jesus ministry, but the interaction 444 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,400 continues to an interesting Direction. 445 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:52,900 Immediately following this miracle, Jesus gives an 446 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:56,300 exhortation to this man. And it's a two-fold exhortation 447 00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:01,300 number one, you can't tell this to anybody remain silent. 448 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,000 And number two, put it in the GPS that you're headed towards 449 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,600 One Direction. In One Direction alone, go to 450 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,300 the priest. Let them examine you investigate 451 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,100 your case and in give you the certification that you have been 452 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:19,100 made whole and you must give an offering that Moses prescribed 453 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:22,500 as a result of your healing, that's what it is. 454 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,800 But before, looking at the commands consider the way in 455 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:30,100 which Jesus gives this command. Well, first of all, consider 456 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:36,100 this The overarching point, is that restoration by Christ? 457 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:38,300 Is followed by obedience to Christ? 458 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:44,500 Restoration by the hands of Jesus is followed by obedience. 459 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,800 And our obedience them is a response to his power, his 460 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,300 grace. It doesn't proceed, it, it 461 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:54,700 follows it. When you understand that, he's 462 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:56,000 done something in you. In the most. 463 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,600 Undeserving way tasting, his grace, then opens a heart to 464 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,800 say, whatever you tell me to do, I submit to your lordship, you 465 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,600 are worthy of my obedience and what's interesting here in verse 466 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:12,100 43, we get a perfect summary of the manner by which you and I if 467 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,900 you claim to being healed, if you've claimed to be restored, 468 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:18,700 what is the man? By which we obey him because you 469 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:20,800 have a lot of people have interesting ideas about what it 470 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,200 means to obey him. Notice what it says no word, 471 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,300 bye-bye, Jesus by accident here, no description of the what he 472 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:34,300 did is by accident here. Jesus sternly charged him It 473 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:39,400 was, it was forceful. There is no second-guessing what 474 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,400 he was saying, his tone was clear and it was authoritative. 475 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:49,500 He was strong in saying this and it could be that he knew the 476 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:52,000 seriousness of Disobedience to this command. 477 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,400 And that's why he was so strict in how he communicated it, he 478 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,700 was Stern, the commands of Jesus, my friend are not 479 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:05,600 suggestions. Do not try this because it's a 480 00:31:05,608 --> 00:31:08,100 little better than your way. It's my way or no way. 481 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,400 It's my way or no way, they are non-negotiable orders. 482 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,100 Do you see the Bible that way? Do you see the commands of God 483 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:21,500 in that way? Do you have is that the pulse 484 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:23,300 that you feel? When you come to the scripture? 485 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:25,600 Or you hear it preached? This is no joke. 486 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,700 This is my Lord speaking to me and asking me what I should do. 487 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:34,500 I will obey No, because it's all Grace, right? 488 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:38,300 Yes, you just heard a whole point on the grace of God. 489 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,400 But we have people drinking a different kind of grace. 490 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,700 These days, a Grace that does not stimulate you to obedience 491 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:49,000 is a cheap Grace, I don't want it and I'm not going to give it 492 00:31:49,008 --> 00:31:54,300 to anybody else. Stern, a Stern charged. 493 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,700 But secondly, he sent them away at once. 494 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,700 The commands of Jesus are not to be delayed. 495 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:07,800 We shouldn't be hesitant. But our primary priority and the 496 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,700 driving force of all that we do is Jesus said it, my lord said 497 00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:16,000 it. And so I Elevate as a supreme 498 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:22,500 Sovereign driving force of my being And perhaps coming to 499 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:28,000 this, we feel the same way, because I have a lot of wise 500 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,700 with this text. I have a lot of why. 501 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:37,800 Why why And my first, why is why the urgency to solely? 502 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,400 Go to the priests. Why why that? 503 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,700 Why is that the direction? And you have many different 504 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,400 reasons. But, let me give you the main 505 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,000 one. First, it shows that Jesus 506 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,800 upheld the law. Jesus didn't violate the law. 507 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,500 He actually was the author of it and he threw. 508 00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:00,800 This is proving not just to this, man. 509 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,900 But to the surrounding audience, that he actually honors the law 510 00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:06,200 of Moses. And this would be a great 511 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,000 apologetic to silence those who claim. 512 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,900 Otherwise, But it's in the text. It's in the text Hawaii and it's 513 00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:18,100 the last phrase of verse 44, go for a proof to them. 514 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,700 I want you to prove something to these priests. 515 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,800 Prove what that he was made made well more than that. 516 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:34,100 More than that. We don't know how many lepers 517 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:38,400 have come over the years to the priests to pronounce that they 518 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,400 have been made well. But here's what's amazing, when 519 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,800 this man would come walking into that temple on this day. 520 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,400 With a smile on his face. And with, with the Flesh of a 521 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,900 newborn, The priests are going to have some questions. 522 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:03,900 How did this happen? And Jesus wants this man. to 523 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:11,900 tell them he is the reason And these priests who perform these 524 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:16,300 sacrifices. Who upheld the law, who like the 525 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:19,300 king of Israel, in the Days of Elijah knew that only God can 526 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,900 cure. This sickness would be 527 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:25,699 confronted with the fact that a Man from Nazareth. 528 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:31,699 Brought this about And I can just imagine that interaction, 529 00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:34,600 just like the men who was born, blind questions have two 530 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,199 questions. Wait, you're telling me that the 531 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:40,699 rabbi from Nazareth did this to you? 532 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,900 Yes, she healed me, I made whole because of him. 533 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,000 And how did this Rabbi do this? Well, I came before my now 534 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000 before him and he touched away, he touched you. 535 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,400 He touched you. And they look at each other and 536 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,400 he must have leprosy himself. They he got it. 537 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,100 He's contaminating. We got to bring him in as older. 538 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:00,600 No. No. 539 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,300 You understand? He touched me and nothing 540 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:06,400 happened to him. But something happened to me. 541 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,400 And here are these priests with their phds, scratching their 542 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:15,300 heads. And based on the conclusion that 543 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,700 they would make from this miracle, it would either bring 544 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:21,100 them to Salvation or condemn them. 545 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:29,100 Go and tell the priests. Now, some might have objections 546 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:33,600 to say, how can that be? The reason, how can that be the 547 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,600 motive? Why is that the goal? 548 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,000 When Jesus in the same breath says, don't tell anybody else. 549 00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:43,100 Which is my second why? Okay, if the why go to the 550 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:47,100 priest is because you want the priest to put the equation 551 00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:49,700 together to realize the nature of Jesus. 552 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,400 And to realize that these sacrifices all prophetic 553 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,400 pictures pointing to the Messiah. 554 00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:59,000 Then why not let the man loosen? Just go evangelize the masses. 555 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:01,300 Good question. Is it not? 556 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:08,700 But Jesus is so wise. He's incredibly wise. and at 557 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:15,500 this point in Jesus ministry, He does not want his 558 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:21,000 miracle-working power to be the draw for the people to come to 559 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,300 him. That's not his intention. 560 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,600 That's not his primary goal. We heard it that we not last two 561 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,300 weeks ago, or last week. I believe that Jesus went to the 562 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:38,100 cities to preach to preach. This is why I have been sent to 563 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:42,800 preach the good news. And what this miracle because of 564 00:36:42,808 --> 00:36:47,000 the magnitude of it. If it would go out to the 565 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:53,000 city's, it would cause hysteria. It would cause chaos and it 566 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,500 would only bring about a hindrance to the main purpose of 567 00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:00,600 the ministry of Jesus and that was to proclaim the message 568 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,800 Christ came into this world so that people would repent and 569 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,800 find forgiveness in himself. Not to temporarily deal with 570 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,300 people's issues though. They are ailments and 571 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,600 Sufferings. And so, Jesus understanding 572 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,600 that. Says, be careful. 573 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,100 We don't want this to become a distraction. 574 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:25,800 Now. But here's a point to consider 575 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,200 before we move on to what this man does. 576 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:33,600 I love how Jesus sends this man to the priest to receive a test 577 00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:37,100 so that he can be proven to be changed. 578 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:40,300 And what's true for that? Leper is true. 579 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:43,900 If you have truly been saved, there should be no fear for any 580 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:47,300 convert in this place to be tested or examined by a watching 581 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:49,600 world only to leave with the conclusion. 582 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:51,700 This person has been touched by Jesus. 583 00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:55,600 Do you have that claim in this place that you have been 584 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,300 transformed by Christ? The let me tell you something. 585 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:02,200 There should be a test based on this word that can validate and 586 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,500 say, there is an obvious change in this person. 587 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:11,000 I mean, if leprosy is a picture of sin and Jesus is the Healer 588 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,400 of leprosy and also the savior of spiritual leprosy. 589 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,400 And how ridiculous would it be for us to say, Jesus heals a 590 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,800 leper with no evidence of any change in the body. 591 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,200 And yet, we go around saying that I'm saved and there's no 592 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,100 evidence of Salvation, it's just crazy to me, it's absolutely 593 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:30,800 crazy to me. And Jesus here, doesn't want him 594 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,800 to go about at this point in his ministry, because Jesus still 595 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,300 wants to go into these cities. He wants to go into these 596 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:41,300 synagogues and he wants to preach the truth. 597 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 That is why he came, which is so amazing. 598 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,500 Because do you see the big number two in your Bible? 599 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:52,800 Mark chapter 2 The next miracle that we're going to see is Jesus 600 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,000 healing that paralytic, man when he was at a certain house and 601 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,800 the roof had to be caved in because of the lack of space. 602 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,800 And what does Jesus do? Before he heals him, your sins 603 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:09,200 are forgiven See, even in that transition, we know the main 604 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,600 purpose of Jesus. He wants to forgive, that's a 605 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,400 greater thing than you being able to walk again even and so 606 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:19,200 this is the mind of Christ and he knows that if this man does 607 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,900 not carefully obey, there could be a great challenge to that. 608 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000 And that is the Mandate of the leper. 609 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:32,900 If you have been saved, you live by a Perpetual mandate from the 610 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:37,200 Lord Jesus Christ. And you are careful to say. 611 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,500 Lord, I hear what you say as a Christian, what I should not be 612 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:43,400 doing and I hear what you say about as a follower of you, what 613 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,100 I should be doing. What a wonderful summary. 614 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:52,600 The faith of the leper, the Mandate of the leper, the 615 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:58,100 Disobedience of the leper. First 45 butt. 616 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,200 But he went out and began to talk freely about it. 617 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,100 You know, to be honest before, studying this, whenever I read 618 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,800 this part, I always thought it was like, a good thing, right? 619 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,800 Anybody else with me on that like, wow, he was so exuberant 620 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,100 and so enthusiastic he couldn't contain it. 621 00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,400 So he went about and freely told everybody and that's what made 622 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,100 Jesus popular. This is disobedience. 623 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:29,100 And it actually hurt the cause of Christ at this point. 624 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:32,400 He went about to talk freely about it. 625 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,800 And to spread the news. we might have admired this man at one 626 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,600 point, but you're going to have that Sunday school, 627 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,100 understanding, or that primary reading of it changed because 628 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:51,000 This man. unfortunately, though he started with great humility 629 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:58,900 and reverence now, begins to Impart his own ideas into the 630 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:02,500 commands of Jesus and walk with his own wisdom. 631 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,200 Even though he might have had good intentions. 632 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,300 That happens. So much with people. 633 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,600 It started really well. It started in a place of 634 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:16,500 desperation and then we somehow feel like we have the right to 635 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,700 change things. And walk with our own rules 636 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:24,700 happens everywhere. You notice what happens here. 637 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,500 Not only does he disobey he does the exact opposite of what Jesus 638 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,800 says like. There's no evidence though, it 639 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,000 could have been true down the road. 640 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,500 There's no evidence here that he actually went to the priests. 641 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:42,200 And so he he doesn't do what he was told to do by going on 642 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,300 telling people, and the very thing Jesus said to do, he 643 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:47,500 doesn't do. Like, literally the opposite. 644 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:54,000 And I wonder why what was going through his head. 645 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,300 We can't, we can't make a dogmatic statement, but what was 646 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:58,900 going through his mind and only two things upon meditation, 647 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:00,400 could be a possibility. At least to me, maybe have a 648 00:42:00,408 --> 00:42:01,900 third. Here's the first one. 649 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,400 He was obviously excited. I mean, you've been healed from 650 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,600 an incurable disease. We almost don't blame him for 651 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:13,000 wanting to tell anybody, but the emotions do not justify the 652 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,500 disobedience. How often is our Disobedience? 653 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:23,500 A result of our emotions. How often is it that we don't do 654 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:25,500 what Jesus tells us do because ready for this? 655 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:28,400 I don't feel like it. I'm just not in the mood today. 656 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,600 Or how much are we willing to do in Disobedience to Jesus because 657 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:37,200 it just feels right it feels right. 658 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:42,900 He's so cute. I don't care how cute he is. 659 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:48,900 Is he saved? Well you know it just it just 660 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:54,000 it's going to cause friction and so I can't say this to this 661 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000 person instead I'm just going to I'm just going to emphasize on 662 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,100 this aspect of God. It doesn't matter what you feel. 663 00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:03,600 Are they, is it true? Is it true? 664 00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:09,100 Do you realize that our nation is going down the toilet because 665 00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:13,400 of feelings? Do you realize that everybody is 666 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,200 easily offended? Now, everybody has her and now 667 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,700 everything is not just feelings. Everything is fluid. 668 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,900 I saw something. I'm not on Tick-Tock. 669 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,200 I'm not on Tick. Tock, you can't pay me to get on 670 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,700 Tick-Tock. You can it just the level of 671 00:43:28,700 --> 00:43:31,400 cringe is just I can't do it, I can't do it. 672 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:33,800 I people like well you can reach people. 673 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,700 Look, I can get if you want to do it. 674 00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:37,900 Do it that you can take whatever you want to do it. 675 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:41,600 If you can go on there and preach the gospel and not adopt 676 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,600 cringe habits, praise God. That's wonderful. 677 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,200 There's a Grace on your life. I got that out of my system. 678 00:43:51,300 --> 00:43:53,400 God can use anything even cringy things. 679 00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:57,700 But I saw this thing because somebody posted and it was this 680 00:43:57,700 --> 00:44:00,600 this woman speaking about how she was fluid in her gender 681 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,300 identity. And she was talking about how 682 00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:08,100 literally while she's walking. Because of her gender dysphoria. 683 00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:12,500 She can turn from a woman to a man because she feels like it. 684 00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:17,100 And so, one day she could be eating her cereal and in that 685 00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,700 moment, she can go from Alex to Amber. 686 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:25,200 That was in, and I added that I'm like, where does this stop? 687 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:30,700 It's not going to stop. This ideology is like a car 688 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:35,900 going 100 mph headed, for a brick wall with no breaks. 689 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,000 That's what's going to happen. Unless god, intervenes with his 690 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,300 Mercy. And be careful college student. 691 00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:47,000 I don't even call these places college and universities were 692 00:44:47,008 --> 00:44:51,800 their indoctrination centers. Be careful that you are not 693 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,700 influenced by this idea. That if it's feels right, then, 694 00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:59,700 it's right this man, perhaps felt that it was right because 695 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:03,300 she was excited and exuberant and enthusiastic. 696 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,500 And so he went about to do what Jesus said not to do. 697 00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:11,600 But maybe it was in the feeling. Maybe, maybe he heard the 698 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,500 command of Jesus, in that moment. 699 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,000 And he thought to himself in his estimation, I get that you're 700 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,600 telling me this, but I don't think you understand that it 701 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,100 could be better if we do it this way. 702 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,000 Maybe he had really, really good intentions. 703 00:45:27,700 --> 00:45:29,900 I'm doing this because I want to spread your name. 704 00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:32,600 I'm not doing this for me. I want people to know about you. 705 00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:37,000 Jesus said, don't know, but you don't get it, this will help 706 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,200 you. We don't know what's going on 707 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,700 through his mind. But if that is true, then what a 708 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:45,300 strong warning for those who think that they're helping to 709 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:48,600 advance the kingdom of God, by operating in his name, with 710 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:55,300 their own wisdom, instead of trusting his So if it brings 711 00:45:55,300 --> 00:46:00,100 results, it's right, no. If it's in his name and it's for 712 00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:02,700 his good then it's right, not necessarily. 713 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,900 Let this be a strong reminder that God's commands do not need 714 00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:11,900 our adjustments. He knows exactly why he said 715 00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:15,800 what he said and he alone isn't in charge of the results and as 716 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:20,200 our duty to Simply obey you said it, we're gonna do it. 717 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,200 So if there are, if there are roles based on gender in the 718 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,600 church, we're going to obey. I don't care what the culture 719 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,100 says. We're going to obey you have 720 00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:31,600 many people who say because for example we believe in the 721 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,600 scriptures that Elders should be men. 722 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:35,600 And you know what? An argument is well as God just 723 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:39,600 going to dispense and waste 50% of his his work because of 724 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:41,900 woman, are we just going to throw away 50 percent of our 725 00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:44,300 potential? Do you see how human reasoning 726 00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:47,900 comes into this? Jesus, you're telling me to be 727 00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:49,500 quiet. Do you realize that if I go with 728 00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:51,800 this miracle with this testimony, the masses can come 729 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,100 to you. Well, Jesus knows, he doesn't 730 00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:57,400 need your help. He doesn't need your ideas. 731 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:03,400 He need you to just trust him. and this leper, Like many today 732 00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:05,300 who think that they are doing God. 733 00:47:05,300 --> 00:47:10,300 A favor by incorporating our own mechanisms, our own Concepts. 734 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,400 End up creating more setbacks than anything else. 735 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,600 Actually, we hurt the advancement more than help it 736 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,900 Jesus at the second part of the verse could no longer openly 737 00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:27,500 enter a town. That's not good. 738 00:47:29,900 --> 00:47:31,900 Because he wanted to go into these towns. 739 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:38,900 He wanted to go in and preach. And we are told that Jesus could 740 00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:42,900 no longer do that freely anymore, as he desired his 741 00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:45,400 strategy, had to change. And that's why from this point 742 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,000 on in Mark, what you're going to see, is Jesus out in desolate, 743 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,900 places. Jesus out by the Sea, Jesus out 744 00:47:50,900 --> 00:47:53,700 on a boat, and he had to pull back from the shore, because he 745 00:47:53,700 --> 00:47:56,800 was being crushed by a throng of people. 746 00:47:59,100 --> 00:48:01,600 Now you might say well that was going to happen anyway, that's 747 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:03,700 fine. But at this point, Jesus did not 748 00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:10,600 want that to happen. I was talking with a few sisters 749 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:14,100 after Bible study Friday and it was an encouraging conversation. 750 00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:15,700 And one of the things that came up, we were just telling 751 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:21,000 testimonies of the Ripple effects of one small seemingly 752 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:26,800 insignificant Act of obedience. How one step of obedience can 753 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:32,100 actually Touch generations. How one person who steps out in 754 00:48:32,100 --> 00:48:35,400 faith or one person who just is consistent in their Devotion, to 755 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:40,100 the Lord, can bless bless people beyond your own, your own 756 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:43,700 understanding. And one of the sisters wisely 757 00:48:43,700 --> 00:48:48,100 said, and that is also true for Disobedience, you're right. 758 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,400 And that's an example of it here. 759 00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:57,400 One simple thing that was Dishonored created a colossal 760 00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:02,700 mess so to speak. Maybe be carefully obedient to 761 00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:04,600 the Lord. May God help us. 762 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,300 See what it is that he wants us to know. 763 00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:10,200 Exactly. And then obey by his strength As 764 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,300 closely as possible. But I want to conclude with 765 00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:16,200 something I want to conclude with a thought that Mark by the 766 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,900 spirit brilliantly. Portrays, if you read the 767 00:49:19,900 --> 00:49:23,300 wording of this last verse carefully, you get a hint that 768 00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:27,500 the spirit of God Is providing a faint metaphor of a gospel. 769 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:35,600 Truth, look at verse 45, So that Jesus could no longer openly, 770 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:40,300 enter a town, but was out in desolate places. 771 00:49:41,100 --> 00:49:48,500 Jesus could no longer openly. Enter a town but was sent out 772 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:54,400 into desolate places. Which character in the story 773 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:58,500 could relate to that experience? Leper. 774 00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:07,200 Because this leper, When the story started we can argue was 775 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:11,900 in a desolate place. But now he is openly in the 776 00:50:11,900 --> 00:50:16,700 towns. And Jesus started being openly 777 00:50:16,700 --> 00:50:20,300 out in the towns. But now he's in a desolate 778 00:50:20,300 --> 00:50:27,000 place. They exchanged places. 779 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:32,600 Isn't that what we believe about the gospel? 780 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:42,500 The Great Exchange. Jesus was willing for us to be 781 00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:46,400 free. Was forsaken. 782 00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:53,800 Jesus, who had everything? Was willing to lay aside and 783 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:59,500 aspect of his glory to come in and to know the place of a leper 784 00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:05,000 symbolically speaking. To be driven away from the 785 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:09,400 presence of God. My God, my God, why have you 786 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:13,200 forsaken me? so you and I could be embraced 787 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:18,400 by by the same God. It's almost as though. 788 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:22,300 Mark through this miracle wants to give a nudge He's giving a 789 00:51:22,308 --> 00:51:27,100 nudge here in this miracle. You see an aspect, the core 790 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:32,600 concept of the Gospel. Jesus traits place was with us 791 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:37,600 on the cross. If you're in this place and you 792 00:51:37,607 --> 00:51:40,500 don't understand the idea of Christianity here it is. 793 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:45,900 I just said it Christ, takes your place, he takes from you. 794 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:52,700 And he gives himself his righteousness, his Perfection, 795 00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:57,800 his Holiness, for your filth, your sin, your condemnation. 796 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:03,000 And what the gospel demands is for you to acknowledge that, but 797 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,100 then to put your faith so that transaction can take place. 798 00:52:07,900 --> 00:52:10,800 And how do you do that? I argue the same way the leopard 799 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:15,300 came to Jesus, come with desperation, come with, 800 00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:19,200 reverence. With confession and let him heal 801 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:22,700 you because the same way. Jesus said, with pity, the word 802 00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:27,100 is compassion, I will be clean. He will not push away those who 803 00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:29,100 come to him. You come to him. 804 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:36,000 Even if you are full of sin corrupt Beyond imagination, his 805 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,300 arms are open to you and he will touch you. 806 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,800 He will touch you. Lord, we ask that. 807 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:55,600 That would be true for us. And we pray, Lord. 808 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:03,800 That every person in this house. Can testify not just from their 809 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,900 own. Validation but even for those 810 00:53:07,900 --> 00:53:09,900 who know them, like the priest would have known what this 811 00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:12,600 leper. I've been made clean by the 812 00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:18,100 blood of Jesus Christ. Thank you, Lord. 813 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:23,200 Thank you for the story. Thank you for this miracle. 814 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,000 Thank you. That it is pregnant with so much 815 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:29,800 gospel truth. And Lord, we just worship you. 816 00:53:30,900 --> 00:53:33,700 We just want to adore you as a result of this truth. 817 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,200 Lord, as we heard with the Mandate of the leper, please 818 00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:42,700 help us. Help us to not make decisions 819 00:53:42,700 --> 00:53:46,300 based on our emotions. And help us. 820 00:53:46,300 --> 00:53:49,500 Not try to impose our ideas with your commands. 821 00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:55,800 But the simply trust in what you said, That, you know why? 822 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,800 You said what you said and you have a desired goal through it? 823 00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:02,800 even if you don't understand it in the moment, we trust in your 824 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:08,800 word, help us be a church that submits to your word And Lord, 825 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:14,100 we just ask. We just ask that you would 826 00:54:14,100 --> 00:54:15,100 receive glory in this place.