Ten Healed Lepers

A little something, something from Luke 17:11-19 "On his way to Jerusalem"...in other words, Jesus was on business. He was headed to Jerusalem for a reason, but on the way and in the way he encountered 10 men that had a need. They had leprosy, and they needed a healing. They were hopeless until they saw Jesus passing through. They yelled out asking Jesus to have mercy on them. He told them to go and show themselves to the priests. A person could only go before the priests if they had been healed of leprosy. So these guys were bright enough to know what Jesus meant. He didn't mince words. They were healed just by his word! Healing was a result of their faith as exhibited by their obedience to Jesus. Yet only one turned back to thank Jesus (and Luke tells us that he was a Samaritan, a foreigner.). This man praised God and fell at Jesus' feet. This man displayed the gratefulness that we could show more often. ---How often do we truly, outwardly show thanks to God for such a great a salvation we have in Christ Jesus? We can show that in genuine praise and worship at home or with a large group (church). Jesus did make note that only 1 of 10 came back to give thanks, and he was a foreigner. Jesus recognizes when we thank him and when we don't.---Apparently the Jews had an air of entitlement about them like he owed them something. Scriptures tell us that the wages of sin is death and all men have sinned. Since all men have sinned, we have death as our entitlement. Therefore, like the lepers we should cry out to Jesus for he is our only hope. And like the one guy, we need to go the extra mile in thanking Jesus. Do you think him everyday? You should. We ought to wake up and pinch ourselves, asking: "Wow, did God really save me?" ---Let your light shine so that others know Jesus is in you. That is one way of thanking Jesus for your salvation.