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Cleansing the Leper

Sunday, January 8, 2011
Led by Eric Gintert
  • Matthew 8:1-4 (also in Mark 1:40-44 and Luke 5:12-14)  -  Why did Jesus, being the way, the truth, and the life, tell the cleansed leper to go back to the priest according to the law in which Jesus was here to fulfill?
  • Leviticus 13:1-8, 32-34, 43-46  -  According to the law, when a man had leprosy he had to go before the priest who would check on him every seven days to see whether he was clean or unclean according to the signs of the disease.
  • Leviticus 14:1-11  -  If the priest found the man was clean from his leprosy, a sacrifice was to be made. A bird was to be killed in an earthen vessel over running water. 
Jesus wanted the man to show the priest what He had done for the leper. The priest was supposed to come the the leper and pronounce him clean but instead the man went to the priest to show that he was clean, not only physically but also spiritually.

Jesus was the earthen vessel... God made flesh to dwell on this earth. Jesus was the slain bird... the bloody sacrifice for us. Jesus was (and is) the living water (John 4:10).

The man's clothes needed to be washed and his hair shaven just as when a person is born again he must put off the old man and become new.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:9  -  Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has prepared for them that love God
  • 1 Corinthians 3:6-7  -  God will bring the increase, He will provide
  • 1 Peter 5:6-7  -  Humble yourself before God and cast your care upon Him because He cares for you
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16  -  Rejoice in all things and give thanks.
  • James 1:2-7  -  Obtaining wisdom requires going through trials and temptation and gaining patience.
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Prayer Requests:
Christians in Nigeria being attacked by Muslims as they enter their churches
Don (Del's brother)  -  mentally troubled
Dirk & Phil  -  God's hand touch their lives
Eric G.  -  job and business

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