September 24, 2025
Cured - Part 3
Luke 17:14
09/24/2025
14 When he saw them he said to them, ``Go and show
yourselves to the priests.'' And as they went
they were cleansed. (ESV)
Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Jerusalem along the
border of Samaria. This was His final journey. He soon would
enter into Jerusalem to the shouts of the crowds and the waving
of palm branches. There He would die to pay the price of sin for
all people, to be the cure for everlasting death.
Ten lepers, recognizing Him as the one who had cured others
of their diseases, cried out, ``Jesus, Master, have mercy on
us.'' ``When he saw them he said to them, `Go and show
yourselves to the priests.' And as they went they were
cleansed.''
The lepers recognized that they were condemned, considered
already dead by society. They also knew they could not cure
themselves, that nothing they did would cure the physical stain.
Seeing Jesus, they knew He was their only hope. As they followed
His command, the lepers were cured.
As sinners, we recognize that we cannot pay the price of our
own sin. The damage we have done to our families, our neighbors,
and ourselves cannot be undone. Our only hope for a cure is the
mercy of God, to have Him remove the sin which otherwise condemns
us forever. As we trust in Christ Jesus, our Lord, we are cured.
This is the direct parallel between leprosy and our own sin.
Saint John reminds us, ``If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.''[1]
May our Lord grant us faith to see Jesus as our Redeemer
from sin and death. Amen.
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1. I John 1:9 (ESV)