Mark 1:40-45
Q. Visualize
condition of the Leper.
- Rejected
by family, friends, community
- Outcast
from the community and city
- No
one would have touched him for days. If anyone touches him, he will also
become unclean.
- Leprosy
is not something, you can romanticize. It is one of the most hated and
rejected diseases. (Check out Jesus healing the Disabled Man at Bethesda)
- He
would need physical, social, spiritual healing.
- His
self-esteem would have been lost.
- According
to Moses' Law, the leper has to pass through at
least 14 days of 'cleansing' process before he can enter the city and
see Jesus.
Q. What does
his request say about his state of mind?
- The leper was desperate and downcast. In Jesus, he
saw his last rescue!
- His lack of confidence in himself - "If you
are willing, you can make me clean!"
- This man would have tried everything; he could, to
cure himself. But nothing could cure his decaying body. In Jesus,
he saw hope, a healer, savior who can help him out of this condition.
And so he came to him kneeling and beseeching.
- It is out of such state of mind of helplessness
and self-pity, he cried out. "If you are willing, you can heal
me."
- I believe that in the Kingdom of God, this is your
qualification, when you realize that you are nothing in yourself, but a
helpless person, who desperately needs a healer and Savior.
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