Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19 audio video notes. Sometimes, God asks us to respond in obedience to stimulate our faith. Elisha told Naaman to wash in the Jordan River seven times (2Ki 5:10) to cleanse his leprosy. Jesus told the man born blind to wash in the Pool of Siloam (Joh 9:7). Jesus told the paralytic to get up, take his mat, and go home (Mar 2:9). You may feel the Lord has instructed you to do something. It’s to bring forth your faith to receive your miracle. Just do it. …as they went, God cleansed them. Is the Lord asking you to do anything?
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE CHAPTER 17
By Pastor Delbert Young
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
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Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Scriptures: Luke 17:11-12, Luke 17:13, Luke 17:14, Luke 5:14, Luke 7:13, Luke 13:12, Luke 17:15, Luke 17:15-19,
Jesus began moving toward Jerusalem, traveling along Judea’s northern border and Samaria’s southern border. This trip was his death march for execution in Jerusalem.
Luke 17:11-12 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. THEY STOOD AT A DISTANCE
We’ve discussed leprosy in depth, studying Luke chapter 5:12-16 in a lesson titled “How Does Sin Look to God?” There is no use in describing it again here other than to say leprosy was a horrible disease.
A reason we don’t hear much about it today is it’s called Hansen’s disease and is treatable, but in the days of Jesus, leprosy was considered incurable and brought a slow, miserable death as leprosy took over the body, decaying it away. Leprosy is contagious, and there were several laws concerning a person with leprosy (Lev 13 and 14), forcing a leper to be the ultimate outcast of society.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Have you ever felt like an outcast? Have you ever felt something about you keep people at a distance? Perhaps you felt people were talking about and pointing you out, so you stayed at a distance. I have. Maybe we can relate to these guys. Perhaps we’re a colony of lepers.
Leprosy symbolizes the corrupting nature of sin. Sin affects every area of life, causing damaging decay to our spirit, soul, and body. It affects everything. Sin distances and separates us from those we love, including God. It destroys families and relationships. It’s ugly. In our search for life satisfaction, we become leprous and Zombie-like. Like Mick Jagger, we discover, “I can’t get no satisfaction.”
At some point in the decay process, Jesus comes to our village – our lives. Because we want satisfaction, cleansing, and wholeness, and because Jesus is our only hope, we cry out, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us.”
Luke 17:13 and CALLED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, “JESUS, MASTER, HAVE PITY ON US!“
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Jesus’s reputation preceded him, and this leper colony came to see if Jesus would help them. This crying out is what we did. We heard about Jesus before we found him. He’s the only hope. He’d helped others. Maybe he would help me. We went to find him crying, “Have pity on us.” Crying out is what we lepers do.
I love what they did. They called out in a loud voice. The KJV says, “They lifted up their voices.” They shouted. Can I tell you it’s okay to lift up your voice to God? He likes it. Have you ever done this? Have you ever gotten loud with God, declaring he is your Master? You should. It’s a part of your cleansing. Sometimes, I can’t help but get loud. I wan. I look for a place to get loud and express that Jesus is my Master.
Luke 17:14 When he saw them, he said, “GO, SHOW YOURSELVES TO THE PRIESTS.” And AS THEY WENT, THEY WERE CLEANSED.
Jesus constantly did miraculous healing in different ways. He didn’t use a formula. There was no formula then, and there is no formula today. God doesn’t meet our needs with simple formulas. We are unique. We are complicated.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
In Chapter 5, Jesus touched the leper and cleansed the leper. Jesus then told him to show himself to the priest (Luk 5:14). The way Jesus will minister to you is unlike how he will minister to anyone else. Why? He is your personal Savior. Jesus understands you and knows what you need for your cleansing. You know what you want. Jesus knows what you need for your miracle and cleansing.
Why did Jesus tell them to “Go, show yourselves to the priests?” “Show yourself” is what the law said to do in Leviticus. Leviticus gives a lengthy, extensive process that requires several days at least (Lev 13; 14; 22). There were priests everywhere, so they didn’t have to go to Jerusalem to find priests. They would need to go to Jerusalem if the priests deemed it necessary to offer sacrifices. However, they did need to be legally declared and documented as cleansed by priests to reenter society.
Also, leprosy was incurable. The priests, for the most part, like the Pharisees, were not supporters of Jesus. These lepers would be a testimony to the priests about Jesus. This is precisely what he’d told the leper in chapter 5.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Luke 5:14 …go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as A TESTIMONY TO THEM.”
This would force the priests to declare and document that a miracle took place through Jesus.
But, there is one more thought. Sometimes, God asks us to respond in obedience to stimulate our faith. Naaman was told to wash in the Jordan River seven times (2Ki 5:10) to be cleansed of his leprosy. Jesus said the man born blind to wash in the Pool of Siloam (Joh 9:7). Jesus told the paralytic to get up, take his mat, and go home (Mar 2:9). You may feel the Lord has instructed you to do something. It’s to bring forth your faith to receive your miracle. Just do it. “…as they went they were cleansed.” Is the Lord asking you to do anything?
Luke 17:14 WHEN HE SAW THEM, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Amazing things happened when Jesus saw people. The word “saw” doesn’t mean to simply “see.” Of course, Jesus could see them, but he saw them. The word “saw” is eido {i’-do}, meaning to perceive, notice, discern, discover; i.e., to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything. They had the attention of Jesus.
Jesus saw the widow at Nain whose only son had died.
Luke 7:13 WHEN THE LORD SAW HER, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
Then Jesus proceeded to raise her son from the dead. There was the woman who, for eighteen years, was bent over double by a crippling spirit.
Luke 13:12 WHEN JESUS SAW HER, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”
She immediately straightened up. There’s intensity when Jesus saw – eido -people. Intense compassion comes from him.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Sometimes, we are like lepers, and life is decaying us. There are times we are like the widow whose son died. Our hearts are broken, and we don’t understand. Sometimes, we look down like the woman doubled over by life for many years. Jesus saw them all, and when he saw them, everything changed. When Jesus saw you, everything changed. Life changed. Life became filled with feelings. Also, life came alive with meaning and understanding. Life straightened out and up.
I was pondering this. What is our response when you or I encounter hurting, leprous, broken-hearted, bent-over people? Do we only “see” them? Do we avoid eye contact altogether? Or do we have pity on them? Something happened if you indeed saw them. I’m not good here. How about you? Who have you “saw” lately?
Luke 17:15 One of them, WHEN HE SAW HE WAS HEALED, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
I want to ask you a few seemingly unconnected questions. Did you specifically notice birds singing this morning? Did you specifically notice the earth spinning? How about angels? Did you see angels this morning? Though most of us likely didn’t take specific notice of these things, how many knew birds were singing, the earth was spinning, and there were angels around?
Here’s my point. All ten lepers took off to find the closest priests to pronounce them clean, but one of them saw he was healed. The others missed what God was doing in their lives or didn’t respond well if they did notice. They were focused on themselves. God works in our lives, whether we notice or not. God is working in the lives of others, whether they notice or not. Believe it or not, God is working in your life now. Can you see it? If you do, what is your response?
Luke 17:15-19 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, PRAISING GOD IN A LOUD VOICE. HE THREW HIMSELF AT JESUS’ FEET AND THANKED HIM — and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? WAS NO ONE FOUND TO RETURN AND GIVE PRAISE TO GOD EXCEPT THIS FOREIGNER? Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you WELL.”
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
What’s the big deal about his being a Samaritan? The Jews despised Samaritans. The Jews believed themselves superior, yet it was only the Samaritan who recognized he’d had an encounter with God. Sometimes, it’s the person we feel superior to who has a proper response to God.
Jesus asked three rhetorical questions: “Were not all ten cleansed? Were we not all cleansed by the blood of Jesus? Where are the other nine? Where is their thankfulness? “Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Are you telling me only one out of ten is thankful? This is one of the few times Jesus expressed aggravation with people’s ingratitude toward God.
God worked in all ten, but only one correctly responded. He stopped everything and ran back to Jesus. As he came back, he praised God in a loud voice! There’s the loud voice again. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. How thankful are you for what God has done in your life? Have you ever expressed it? Have you ever praised God with a loud voice?
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Moreover, have you ever knelt in his presence at Jesus’ feet? If not, why not? If honestly answered, most would say, “I’m embarrassed.” Aren’t you thankful Jesus wasn’t embarrassed to hang on a cross naked for you?
How thankful are you? Many go through life showing themselves to the priests. “See how clean I am! Look what God’s done for me!” Only a few truly thank God with a proper response. God loves and appreciates our expressions of thankfulness, and there’s a reason.
Verse 14 said all ten were cleansed – katharizo {kath-ar-id’-zo} make clean from physical stains and dirt.
Verse 19 says one was made well – sozo {sode’-zo} – to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction. How we respond makes a difference. Something special happens when we take time to give thanks to God. We’re all lepers cleansed by the blood of Jesus, but how thankful are we? Consider falling at his feet and telling him. Consider praising him with a loud voice. It will bring you something special.
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
Were Not All Ten Cleansed Luke 17:11-19: How to Be Grateful
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