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This program is made possible by the giving
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of the God-called partners of Renner Ministries.
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Get ready for a teaching that feeds your spirit
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and your mind, where the word is the anchor in
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uncertain times
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple, but dive deep, revealing a truth
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that strengthens us, a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner,
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and I'm so glad you've let me
come right into your space.
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Today, you and I are going
to return to our series,
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which is called Miracles in Luke.
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We've already done a series
called Miracles in Matthew
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and Miracles in Mark.
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Now we're doing miracles in Luke,
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and then we're going to do Miracles in John.
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But today we're going to see the moment when Jesus healed
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10 lepers.
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And I believe that today you're going
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to receive insights you've never received
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before about the healing of the 10 lepers.
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But the whole series is called Miracles in Luke.
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It comes in all kinds of formats
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so you can just pick
the one that you want.
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And it comes with a great study guide.
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And I do this study guide on purpose
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so you can read the
material while you're seeing
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or hearing the series,
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because it's just a scientific fact
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that when you read while you're seeing
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or hearing, it really
causes what you're studying
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to get down deeper inside you.
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And I want this material
to be down deep inside you.
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And I really am thrilled to
tell you again about my book,
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which is called The
Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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You know, when I was growing
up, I never heard anyone
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elaborate about the miracles of Jesus Christ.
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And when I began to look for a book
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that really took a deep dive exegetically
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into every healing, every miracle, every demonic encounter
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in the gospels and in the Book of Acts, I couldn't find one.
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So I felt the Holy Spirit tapping me saying - Rick,
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you write that book. So I
sat down and began to study.
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I studied thousands of hours,
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and the result is this book,
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which is called The
Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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It's a beautiful book. You'll
probably put it on your coffee
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table, but I want you to
do more than look at it.
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I want you to read it because
this book will really teach
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you about how Jesus did what he did.
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And that's important because we are called
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to do the works of Jesus.
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And that is why I want you
to read this wonderful book.
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But if you want to know how to get these
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resources, it's very simple.
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All you have to do is go
online or give us a call.
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And I want to remind you that
if you will call the number on
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the screen or send us an
email, we will pray with you.
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Doesn't matter what you're facing
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or what you're dealing with,
we are here to pray for you.
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And we would love to pray with you.
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So just call that number
or send us an email.
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We will pray scripturally
because that's important.
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God responds when he hears his word.
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So we will pray the word, God will hear,
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and Jesus will do what needs to be done.
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But I've got my Bible open
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and I want you to reach for your Bible.
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And I want you to turn to Luke 17,
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where today we're going to see when Jesus
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healed the 10 lepers.
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And in Luke 17, we read from verses 11-19, which says
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And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem that he passed
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through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
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And as he entered into a certain village,
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there met him 10 men that were
lepers, which stood afar off.
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And they lifted up their voices
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and said - Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
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And when he saw them, he said unto them,
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go show yourself unto the priests.
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And it came to pass that as
they went, they were cleansed.
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And one of them, when he saw
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that he was healed, turned back.
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And with a loud voice, glorified God
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and fell down on his face at
his feet, giving him thanks.
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And he was a Samaritan.
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And Jesus answering said - Were there not 10 cleansed,
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but where are the 9?
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There are not found that
return to give glory to God,
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save this stranger.
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And he said unto him, arise, go thy way,
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thy faith hath made thee whole.
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These verses are just jam packed,
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but we're going to begin again in verse 11, which says
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And it came to pass that as he went to Jerusalem,
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that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
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Well, it's very interesting
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because when we read John 4, we find
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that Jesus had already made
a profound impact in Samaria
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when he met the woman at the well.
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She was transformed when she saw
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that Jesus knew intimate
details about her life,
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and she ran to her village
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and told them that she
had found the Messiah
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and they came to meet him.
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And according to John
chapter four, this moment
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with a woman at the well was so dramatic
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that the whole village
came out to meet Jesus.
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And we read in John 5:41-42
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what the village people said
after they confronted Jesus.
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And here's what they said.
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And many more believed
because of his own word
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and said unto the woman,
now we believe not
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because of thy saying, for
we have heard him ourselves
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and know that this indeed
is the Christ, the savior
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of the world.
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The crowd wanted to meet Jesus himself
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because of the testimony of this woman.
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And they all came out to meet him.
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And after they heard Jesus speak,
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they knew this really was the Messiah.
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And it serves as a reminder
that Jesus repeatedly returns
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to hearts and places that are open
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and receptive to his presence.
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He returned to Samaria
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where he had had such a warm reception.
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Jesus goes back to places
where he's received again
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and again and again.
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That's very important
for us to understand.
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But then in Luke 17:12, it continues to say - There met him
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10 men that were lepers which stood afar off.
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And the word met is a Greek word which describes a very
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deliberate meeting,
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which means these 10
lepers had heard the rumors
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that Jesus was either approaching
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or had already arrived in the village
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and it prompted them to devise
a plan to deliberately meet
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with him in person.
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And notice the Bible
says they were lepers.
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The word lepers describes individuals who are stricken
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with leprosy.
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Well, what do we know about leprosy?
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Leprosy was a devastating skin
disease that devours the skin
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and disfigures the body, nibbling away at fingers, toes,
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limbs, and large patches of flesh.
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The side of this affliction
was not only ghastly to see,
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but also believed during those times
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to be dangerously infectious.
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And as a result, lepers bore
a heavy societal burden.
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They were ostracized
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and they were banished to live in
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isolation in leper's colonies
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as is defined in Leviticus 13:46.
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These people were destined for dreadful fate
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as the disease slowly consumed them.
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And because leprosy was both feared
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and stigmatized as a highly
contagious disease, those
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who were affected by it were
forbidden from coming close
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to anyone that did not have the disease.
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The very side of leprosy
was horrible to see
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and people were terrified about anybody that had leprosy.
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But here we find a band of 10 lepers all huddled together,
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seeking protection together in a collective presence against
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a world that shunned them as they began
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to call out to Jesus.
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But notice that verse 12 says they stood afar off.
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What does this mean? A far off
means from a great distance.
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Now I'm going to read to you from my notes
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because I want you to know
exactly what this means.
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Lepers were required to stay
at least a hundred paces
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or roughly 250 feet
away from other people.
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Seeing a leper was a rarity
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because they lived apart in leper colonies.
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So to see a whole group of 10 of them
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who had courageously left the confines
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of their seclusion was enough
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to rattle the people of the town.
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But these 10 lepers ventured
boldly into the heart
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of the village to appeal
to Jesus to heal them.
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And notice that verse 13 says,
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And they lifted up their voices
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and said, Master, Jesus, have mercy on us.
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But notice it says they
lifted up their voices,
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which really describes loud, loud voices.
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And the very fact that they
were 200 to 300 feet away
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describes why they were
lifting up their voices
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and were yelling so very, very loudly.
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And they said, and even the word said in
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Greek is continuous.
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They were continuously
saying, they were repeating
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and repeating and
repeating their flee Jesus.
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And then notice they called him, Master.
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They knew exactly who he was.
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He was the master, which is the Greek word epistata.
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The word epi means upon.
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The word stata is a form of the Greek word
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histemi, which means to stand.
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But when you compound these
two words to form the word
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epistata, which here is
translated as the word master,
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it gives the image of
an authoritative figure
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who has a commanding presence
in the midst of a crisis.
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And here Luke reveals
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that these 10 lepers acknowledge Jesus' powerful presence
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as they employed him to have mercy on them.
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But what does the word mercy mean?
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Were they just asking for pity? No, no, no, no, no.
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At least the majority of
these lepers were Jews.
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And they knew this word mercy
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because it describes covenantal mercy.
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It's not simply a compassionate, a mercy or a pity,
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but it denotes a powerful urge of emotion
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that arises in response to something that needs to be fixed.
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And it is a covenantal word, which meant God,
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I'm in covenant with you and
I'm calling out for mercy.
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I'm asking you to move on my behalf
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and to do something about my situation.
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This wasn't saying, Jesus,
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please wring your hands
and feel sorry for us.
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Jesus, do something. Release your power.
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We are children of the covenant
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and we're appealing on the
basis of covenantal mercy
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that you do something now.
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Show us mercy to change
our situation. Wow.
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saw them. The word, saw, the Greek word horao:
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it goes beyond a simple glimpse
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and really conveys an
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These lepers had ventured
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That was rare already.
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to come right into the middle of the village
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and the onlookers must have been shocked to see them there.
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covenantal mercy.
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And Jesus saw and understood.
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That's what this word, saw, means - the Greek word horao.
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He saw and understood how
much bravery it took for them
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to do what they were doing.
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And Jesus said unto them - Go
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show yourself unto the priests.
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Wow! The word, go,
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really means take my word and do what I say.
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All they had was Jesus'
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He just said, go. And now
Jesus is saying, take my word
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of direction and I want
you to go show yourself
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to the priests.
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to the Jewish priests residing in Jerusalem.
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of guidelines that those cleansed of leprosy were to go
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before priests who would pronounce them ceremonially clean
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and then readmit them to the community.
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The priests had no power to heal lepers,
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but they were responsible for enforcing purification rights
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that were intricate, that lasted for several days,
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and that were the most detailed of all cleansing rituals.
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The initial requirement to
start this lengthy process
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of being declared cleansed
was for a cleansed leper
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to present himself to a priest
outside the city limits.
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refers to when he told them
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to go show yourself to the priests.
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He was telling them to follow biblical guidelines.
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as they went, they were cleansed. And when the Bible says
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and it came to pass - it is a Greek word egeneto, which
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indicates a gradual unfolding over time
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or this progression is echoed
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which means they were not
instantaneously cleansed,
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but as they went, it's
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with every step that
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they found that they were being cleansed.
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Wow! And the word cleanse, a form
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of the Greek word katharidzo, means to cleanse or to purify.
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With each step they took toward the priest,
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the 10 lepers witnessed an unfolding transformation
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as they saw their diseased flesh healing,
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consumed flesh regenerating
into a soft new
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layer of fresh skin.
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as they watched their decayed fingers, toes,
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and limbs recover before their very eyes
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and flesh that was once ravaged
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and infested with maggots
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the only reminder
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of their leprosy was the tattered garments they wore
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to warn others of their previous affliction.
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before the priest, their affliction had vanished entirely
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and they were no longer lepers.
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All they had was Jesus' word
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of instruction, but they obeyed it.
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And as they went, they were cleansed.
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And verse 15 gloriously says,
And one of them, when he saw
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that he was healed, turned back,
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and with a loud voice, glorified God.
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it describes a full comprehension.
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A more fitting interpretation would be - Having perceived
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and thoroughly grasped that he was healed.
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This is amazing.
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And the word healed is a form
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which means secure or to heal.
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It is frequently used in
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but it really pictures a healing
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that alleviates an element
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They were healed as they went.
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that they were healed progressively
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as they obeyed Jesus' instruction
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to show themself to the priest.
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So their cleansing was not immediate,
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but it manifested progressively
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with each step they took toward the priest.
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and grasped that he was healed, turned back
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and with a loud voice, glorified God.
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Let's look at those words, turned back.
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In Greek, it is the word hupostrepho.
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The word hupo, means back.
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The word strepho, means to physically turn.
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When you put it together,
it means he literally
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physically turned around.
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He said, I'm going back.
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and with a loud voice.
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And the words, loud voice, means vast or enormous.
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It describes a thunderous voice.
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He began to glorify God.
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that the leper offered
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He was glorifying and
glorifying and glorifying God.
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And in verse 16, it tells
us what he did next.
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And he fell down on his
face at Jesus' feet,
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giving him thanks.
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of the Greek word pipto,
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You literally could render it.
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The Greek says epi prosopon.
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Epi, means upon: the word, prosopon, means the face.
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He literally collapsed on his face.
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And, at his feet, in Greek is 2-words.
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The word para, which means alongside and conveys intimacy.
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The word feet is the word pus, the plural word for feet.
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on his face - para - alongside the feet of Jesus.
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This is pretty shocking
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because this is a man who previously couldn't come near
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to anyone and by law had to stay 250
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to 300 feet away from others.
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clinging to Jesus' feet, and
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Wow. To give thanks is a
word which paints a picture
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of the leper's overflowing gratitude.
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His heart was so filled with thanksgiving
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that he could not contain it.
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It's just pouring and pouring
and pouring out of him.
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Why is that important?
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Well, historically, Samaritans inhabited a land once ruled
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by the tribe of Ephraim in a segment
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of the tribe of Manasseh.
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And the heart of this territory was the city of Samaria,
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a once grand metropolis that was located about 15
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miles northwest of Shechem
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and the site where Jesus famously encountered the woman at
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the well and it lay about 40 miles north of Jerusalem.
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of Samaritans was
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that they were uneducated
and lacked piety,
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but it was the Samaritan
among them who returned
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to express his gratitude to God
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for the miraculous healing he received.
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but it was the Samaritan that came back
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to express thanksgiving.
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Were there not 10 cleansed, totally cleansed,
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totally purified, completely healed, but where are the 9?
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which means Jesus now is really interrogating
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where in the world are the other 9?
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Were there not 9 that were cleansed?
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Why did only 1 return?
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to give glory to God, save the stranger.
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And the word, found, is a form of the Greek word heurisko,
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which really describes the essence of an earnest inquiry.
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And it envisions Jesus scanning the horizon.
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He's searching for the other lepers. He healed them too.
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But it was only this one unnamed leper,
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a Samaritan that returned.
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And now Jesus is scanning
the horizon. He's shocked.
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Where in the world are the others?
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And Jesus says, the only one that returned is this stranger.
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portrays an individual perceived as an outsider
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and an alien to the people of Israel.
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The other 9 lepers who were healed were Jews.
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But after the other 9 lepers received the healing
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that they had sought, their minds quickly set aside giving
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thanks and they returned
to their ordinary life.
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But Jesus observed it was the Samaritan.
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It was the outsider who returned to give thanks
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and to glorify God. And in verse 19,
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Jesus said unto him - Arise, go thy way
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Thy faith hath made thee whole.
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And when Jesus said, go thy way, it is a form
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of the Greek word, poreuomai, a word which means
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to move from one place to another.
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on a brand new journey.
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It was the equivalent of
Jesus saying, you can move
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beyond your past existence
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and move forward into a fresh
new chapter of your life.
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And then Jesus concluded by saying,
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thy faith have made thee whole.
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And guess what? The word whole is a form
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of the Greek word sodzo,
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a word which in the New Testament is normally translated
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to save or is the word salvation.
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But it holds an expansive meaning including deliverance,
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healing, prosperity, preservation, protection.
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And in the Jewish way of thinking salvation,
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the Greek word sodzo, did notjust include a heavenly home.
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It knit all of these ideas together.
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So salvation is not only the
guarantee of a heavenly home,
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but it is an experience which is to embrace deliverance,
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healing, protection, preservation, soundness of mind, saved
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to your very core in every way of your being.
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And this man gloriously received the full package
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of salvation when he was healed.
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And Jesus said, it is
your faith that saved you.
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Or you could translate it.
Your faith delivered you.
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Your faith healed you. Your
faith made you sound. Wow!
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And it all began because they appealed to Jesus
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and then they obeyed
his word of instruction.
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And as they went, they were cleansed.
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And my friends, if you will
do what Jesus is telling you
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to do, he'll release his power
to transform you as well.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I want to pray for you.
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Throughout the gospel of Luke,
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Jesus repeatedly demonstrates his divine authority,
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even in the face of opposition and criticism.
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He forgives sins, heals the sick, commands the wind
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and waves, and drives out demonic powers with only a word.
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In Miracles in Luke,
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Rick Renner takes you into these extraordinary accounts
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to reveal the faith, obedience,
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and divine power behind each miracle.
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You will hear about - The miraculous catch of fish
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that changed Simon's life:
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A paralyzed man healed because he
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and his friends refused to give up:
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10 lepers who received their healing
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through obedient faith and more.
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This fascinating 5-part series is available in digital
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and physical formats, starting at just $11.
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In addition, we are offering
you the book The Miracles
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of Jesus Christ by Rick
Renner for just $37.
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With rich insight from
the original Greek text
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and the historical setting behind these events,
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Rick brings Jesus's supernatural displays to life in a fresh
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and unforgettable way in this detailed study.
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You can order the series, Miracles in Luke
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and the book, The Miracles of Jesus Christ, by going online
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or calling our team.
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Call the number on your screen
or scan the QR code to order.
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Well, I just finished
filming today's TV programs,
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but I film here almost every
single day, multiple programs.
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But my days begin very early.
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By five o'clock in the
morning, I'm working.
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I'm praying, reading my Bible
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because I read my Bible every day
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and I hope you read your Bible every day.
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And I go online, check
my emails to make sure
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that I communicate with
everyone that's written to me.
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I spend time reviewing all of
my notes for my TV programs,
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and then I come to the studio,
have meetings, then I come
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and I do TV programs.
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And I do this day after day after day.
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And then I begin to write. And guess what?
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When it should be the end of my day,
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the day in the United
States is just beginning.
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People are just waking up,
which means the end of my day,
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another workday begins
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because people begin calling
me from the United States
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and very often I have
means till late at night.
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So my days are quite long,
but I don't need much sleep.
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And I believe in being productive.
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But every day I come here and I film, I write.
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And my friends, we are
literally reaching people
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around the planet.
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And if you're a partner,
you are such a part of this.
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We're told in 1 Corinthians 3 -
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one plants another waters, God gives the increase.
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Denise and I and our team,
we do our part, we plant.
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But our partners come along
in water with their prayers
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and with their finances
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and we can't do our
part without your part.
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But then God comes and
God gives the increase.
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So please pray about becoming a
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member of our Partner Family.
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And if you're already a partner - "thank you,
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thank you" from the depths of my heart
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for everything that you do.
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Well, we just concluded my series called, Miracles in Luke.
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And today we saw the Jesus healed 10 lepers
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and it has just been great.
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But today is the conclusion of this 5-part series,
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which comes in all kinds of formats
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with a wonderful study guide.
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And I want to remind you
again, I really want you
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to have my book, which is called The
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Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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It is a beautiful, beautiful book,
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and it is just jam packed
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with insights like you've been
hearing in these programs,
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but there's so much more in the book.
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Jesus did so many miracles and healings and deliverances.
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We cannot cover all of it in
the series which I'm teaching,
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but you can read about all of it in this book
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and it will really show you what he did and it will help you
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because you are supposed to be healing the sick
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and working wonders and casting out demons.
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We're to replicate Jesus ministry.
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And I wrote this book so
you will know what Jesus did
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and what we need to do.
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But you can find out about these resources by going online
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or by giving us a call.
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And when you reach out to us,
please let us know how to pray
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for you and write the number down.
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The numbers on the screen: save that number so that later,
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if you're not watching the program,
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but you really need
somebody to pray with you,
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you'll always have a number to call.
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That's us. Call that number.
We will pray with you.
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Or if you would prefer,
you can send us an email.
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Doesn't matter whether you
call or whether you're right.
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We're going to release our faith
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and Jesus is really going to work for you.
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And today I'm going to pray for you
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to do whatever Jesus is
instructing you to do.
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These lepers were healed as
they obeyed Jesus instruction.
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And as you obey Jesus, he
will release his power.
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So Father, I pray that you would give
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to my friend the courage to say yes
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and to do what you're telling them to do,
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and that you would release
their power in their lives.
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In Jesus' name - Amen. I'll see you in the next program
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but remember that Ecclesiastes 8:4 says -
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"Where the word of the king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your savior
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and Lord, now is the time for you
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to experience a new life
Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now.
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Lord, I repented my sin
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and receive you as my savior and Lord.
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Wash away my sin and
make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen. Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel
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of Jesus Christ through every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world
with the word of God.
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening,
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together, we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God-called partners of Renner Ministries.