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GOG - 19 - 270 - 2019: Turn Back And Give Him Thanks (Part 1)
Turn Back
And
Give Him Thanks (Part 1) Pastor Nkechi Ene The moment you come in contact with
19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way.
some of the lepers would have been
Jesus, your life turns around for good. In this article, I am going to show you
Your faith has made you well”.
bothered, “He didn’t even touch us, He didn’t even lay hands on us, and He didn’t
certain things that will enable you show gratitude to God. These truths will trigger a lifestyle of thanksgiving in you and position you for even more of God’s goodness. 11 Now it happened as He went to
Luke 17:11-19
Leprosy has always been a terrible disease. The Jews believe that there must have been a sin or an evil deed, which is associated with anybody with leprosy. It is seen as a punishment from God. Hence, they are made outcasts. Apart from being physical
Jerusalem that He passed through the
outcasts, these lepers were also considered
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
spiritual outcasts. God does not in]lict any disease on people. These lepers were in a
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were
even ask us to touch the helm of His garment. He only said, ‘Go and show yourself to the priest’. Okay, I have nothing to lose, let me just go”. Don’t search for your miracle with such an attitude, if you do, you will see your miracle as a coincidence when it comes, meanwhile it came by the mercy of God. The leper who came back knew that his miracle was only because he saw Jesus and he called out to
lepers, who stood afar off.
very bad state. They needed help physically and spiritually because they had been
13 And they lifted up their voices and said,
abandoned and denied.
have thought, “That man must have really done something to me. It must have been
Your Miracle is From God
what He said”. He knew it was linked to Jesus. So, he turned back to give thanks to
“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests”. And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
The Bible says, when they saw Jesus coming, they lifted up their voices and they
15 And one of them, when he saw that he
shouted, “Jesus! Master, have mercy on us”.
was healed, returned, and with a loud
Every loud voice calling the name of Jesus for help is not necessarily always the voice
voice glorified God, giving Him thanks. And he was
of faith. Some loud voices are voices of desperation, and habits. Once they hear
a Samaritan.
that there’s a teacher in town, somebody
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were
who might help them, they cry out. What you do when you get your miracle shows if
16 and fell down on his face at His feet,
there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
you called out to Jesus in faith or out of habit and desperation. It’s easy to act like you are in faith when you need your miracle, but I can imagine
Him. As soon as he saw his healing, he must
the source of his miracle.
Your Miracle Is an Expression Of God’s Mercy Another reason why the other nine didn’t turn back was because they were Jews. They were God’s chosen people. They had gotten to that point where they felt they deserved their miracle, after all Abraham was their father. They began to look back at all the good deeds they had done before they became lepers, and they thought, “Our good deeds must have gotten us our miracle”. I once read a magazine where a
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