"And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan."
The depth of this passage is immense. This morning my spirit would not let me pass them over. I just had to keep reading them over and over until finally The Lord revealed what HE wanted me to see. "And he was a Samaritan."
The Jews were a proud, select race of people. The Samaritans were "half-breeds" of Jewish and Arabian descent. JESUS was passing through Samaria. The inhabitants of Samaria were thought to be less than a complete person because the Arabs hated the Jews, and the Jews hated the Arabs. JESUS not only dealt with the leprosy, HE cleansed the lepers heart. Verse 19 reveals "And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole."
We want to focus on the miracle of the physical healing. But the REAL miracle happened when JESUS said "thy faith hath made thee whole". Eventually everyone has died physically, but spiritually this man will spend eternity in Glory!
We need not be so focused on the "here and now", but be more concerned with the EVERLASTING future that we all have to face!
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