Jesus - Part 9, The Healer is for all Nations
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We have been studying this verse from the Gospel of Luke, and today
we’ll view this passage for another revelation it gives us. The passage shows
us that Jesus Christ came for people from all nations.
In our Week 2 - 2003 Devotion, The Woman at the Well,
the Lord used a Samaritan Woman to make an important point. He is doing a similar
thing in this story, by using a Samaritan man. The Jews and Samaritans did not
like each other. Jesus, being Jewish and growing up in that culture, would have
known that, but Jesus doesn’t differentiate between Samaritan and Jew when healing
the lepers. He doesn’t ask for a passport or birth certificate before He heals
them. Men were crying out for Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Jesus hears
their cries and heals all of them: the Samaritan included.
Jesus
doesn’t hide the fact that He has healed someone who wasn’t Jewish. Instead, He
draws attention to this point when He say’s, “Was no one found
who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?” Further, He
draws attention to the fact that the foreigner was the only one who came back
to praise God. He is teaching us that the foreigner is the one with the right
attitude of thanksgiving. The other lepers may have been Jewish, but they lacked
the right attitude of praise towards God.
Jewish views towards the Samaritans made them think that God would not love them,
but God has a different perspective. His love extends to all that are written
in The Book of Life; whether you’re from Korea, Egypt, Canada, Somalia, The United
States, China, Germany, South Africa or Poland, the love of God will reach you,
if you are one of His. The story of the lepers is an affirmation of this Bible
truth; Jesus Christ came for people of all nations:
From Isaiah 56:6-7 (NASB)
6 "Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
After Christ’s resurrection - From Luke 24:46-47 (NASB)
To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD,
To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;
7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."
46 …He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the
Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
From Galatians 3:7-8 (NASB)
47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would
be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons
of Abraham.
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today and always…
8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by
faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL
BE BLESSED IN YOU."
**Words of Jesus Christ appear in Red
Luke 17: 12-19
12 As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;
13 And they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.
15 Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
16 And he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine-where are they?
18 “Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has made you well."
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