I – The Leper V 40a a) The illness: b) The illness in Jewish culture was a sign of God's judgment. Lev 13 & 14 c) The social connotation: they were removed and isolated. d) The personal grievance: A leper was in a terrible physical, emotional and spiritual condition! II – The Prayer: V 40b a) The repetitive action: He came kneeling, beseeching and saying; b) The humble and broken posture: If you wish you can make me clean: You have the power to cleanse me! III – The Healer V 41-42 a) Moved with compassion: Jesus felt the tragedy of sin. b) A powerful imagery:(He stretched His hands:Jesus touched Him:Jesus said to him) c) Irresistible authority: “immediately the leprosy left him.." * Cleansing and forgiveness is not gradual. I Jn 1:8-9 * God’s restoration is not meritorious I Jn 2:1 * Jesus declared him cleansed! Eph 2:8-9 d) Jesus kept and honored the Law: vs 44 - Lev 14 f) The leper disobeyed: V 45
For Mark, Jesus, not the Leper, is the subject of the story! Mk 1:1 1. Jesus' Unlimited Power: Ps 115:1 2. Forgiveness of sins: 3. The Gospel: Rom 5:1 * Stop running: you can’t escape the guilty voice of conscience * Stop hiding: you can’t escape the filthy reality of sin’s presence * Stop trying: you can’t stifle culpability with good works. Go to Jesus and beseech Him then: “if you are willing, you can make me clean."
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