Luke 17:17
And Jesus answering said, "Were
there not ten cleansed? but
where are the nine?"
As Christ was passing through Samaria and Galilee; ten leapers got His attention from a distance and asked Him to have mercy on them, and to heal them. He sends them to the priests. This was to say you are cleansed. It would have been useless to have them pronounced unclean to the priests, and they knew it. They took Christ's word, and go away with this conviction, for they were immediately healed on their way.
Nine of them, satisfied with reaping the benefit of Christ power, pursue their journey to the priests, and remain Jews, not coming out of the old fold. Jesus, indeed, still acknowledged it; but they only acknowledge Him so far as to profit by His presence, and remain where they were. They saw nothing in His Person, nor in the power of God in Him, to attract them. They remain Jews.
But the tenth, recognizes the good hand of God. He falls at the feet of Jesus, giving Him glory. The Lord bids him depart; "Go thy way; thy faith hath saved thee." He had no longer need to go to the priests. He had found God and the source of blessing in Christ, and goes away freed from the yoke which was soon to be judicially broken for all. This man seen and believed. How much more a blessing to believe and not see.
Amen!
Reading: (Luke 17:11-19)
Ref: (HGSB)
Nine of them, satisfied with reaping the benefit of Christ power, pursue their journey to the priests, and remain Jews, not coming out of the old fold. Jesus, indeed, still acknowledged it; but they only acknowledge Him so far as to profit by His presence, and remain where they were. They saw nothing in His Person, nor in the power of God in Him, to attract them. They remain Jews.
But the tenth, recognizes the good hand of God. He falls at the feet of Jesus, giving Him glory. The Lord bids him depart; "Go thy way; thy faith hath saved thee." He had no longer need to go to the priests. He had found God and the source of blessing in Christ, and goes away freed from the yoke which was soon to be judicially broken for all. This man seen and believed. How much more a blessing to believe and not see.
Amen!
Reading: (Luke 17:11-19)
Ref: (HGSB)
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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