Questions about the Bible by Brother C. W. Miller #64 Mark 1:40-41 NIV; A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am Willing,” he said. “Be clean.” Leprosy is one of the most horrific diseases known to man. It has been feared throughout all of history because there is no cure. In the Old Testament, if a man had a scab on his skin, a priest would examine it. The person would be put into quarantine and if the scab spread and was accompanied with the other signs, the priest will pronounce him unclean; it was Leprosy. This disease is symbolic of the spiritual disease called Sin. There is a way to look for those spiritual scabs. You ask, “How can I find a spiritual scab?” Have you ever told a lie? What do you call a person who tells lies? When you are honest with yourself, the scab starts rising to the surface. Now check and see if the scab is spreading; have you ever stolen anything? What do you call a person who steals? The truth is that you can see the scab growing instead of getting better. These are just two of Gods Ten Commandments, how far will your spiritual Leprosy spread when you check yourself with the other eight? Jesus Christ was a Holy man. The verse says that he was indignant when the Leper fell to his knees before him. But you ask, “Why would Jesus be indignant?” That’s a good question! Jesus would not have been indignant because an unclean leper got within arms reach of him; the Bible says that God is near and not far from any of us. Is it because the leper came to Jesus with a weak Faith since he said the word ‘if’? This is not the answer because elsewhere the Bible also tells us that Jesus cast an evil mute spirit from a boy because of his daddy’s request; which was made by ‘little faith’. No; the only thing that could have caused this good man Jesus to be indignant is that the leper questioned his Willingness! But the King James Version uses the word ‘compassion’ instead of the word ‘indignant’ in their translation. In his compassion for the man, Jesus was eager to heal the leper; Christ came into the world to save Sinners and Leprosy is its model! Only a miracle could cure the man. Before his crucifixion Jesus was scourged with whips and by his stripes we are healed; his physical stripes for our spiritual scabs! Just as the leper was instantly healed, we are instantly saved when we go to the risen Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. He is the great physician, place your Faith in him. Only he can examine you and pronounce you as clean from the spiritual Leprosy of Sin… Christ is our example of living by Faith. Jesus is God in the flesh, born of a virgin. He lived a life as a man and he did this by not utilizing his Deity; in this way he could live life on our level. Since Jesus did not use his own power to perform miracles, he walked by Faith in God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus never Sinned and was considered by God to be clean. The Bible tells us that if anyone came into contact with anything unclean, then that person would also be considered unclean. But by Faith, Jesus reached out and touched the leper; or better said, touched the man. The man was healed and made clean before Christ touched him or Jesus could not have been a spotless sacrifice for our Sins. The Bible says that ‘he who promised is Faithful’, and this shows us that Jesus was a man of Faith. Jesus had great Faith; but all we at least need to be saved is Faith as small as a mustard seed. Mark 1:41 KJV; And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and sayeth unto him, I Will; be thou clean.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:49:20 +0000
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