Friday, May 21, 2010
and, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, "LORD, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." and Jesus put for His hand, and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou clean". And immediately the leprosy was cleansed.
Worship opened the door of healing .
Leprosy was an incurable disease during the time of Jesus. Lepers were isolated from the community and forced to live in filthy conditions apart from the town. If a leper came into the town, the cry would go out from the people, "unclean, unclean". And all the doors would shut, no one would come out into the street, no one would sell them food or give them alms.
The shunning by the community made the leper feel rejected, unwanted, dirty and abandon by all except fellow lepers. But with JESUS, all people were loved and accepted, even the leper. The leper in the story in Matthew, was very bold to come up to JESUS and speak to Him. This took great courage on his part and great love on the part of JESUS to embrace him.
Notice the attitude in which the leper approached JESUS. HE WORSHIPED JESUS. Praise and worship go hand in hand, because they come from the same heart-place, a heart of love. The leper, also, showed great faith in JESUS. He boldly asked JESUS to heal him. JESUS was touched by the faith of this man, his courage in asking and his love, demonstrated by his worship. JESUS TOUCHED HIM AND Immediately, JESUS healed him. Notice that JESUS did not withhold His hand, He touched the leper. He did not call him "unclean" instead, He healed him.
The door of healing opens when:
1. We worship and praise JESUS with a heart of love.
2.We come to JESUS in faith, believing that He is able to do all things.
3. We have courage to come to Him.
4. We ASK, knowing that He will respond.
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE; SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND; KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL BE OPEN TO YOU. EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; EVERYONE WHO SEEKS, FINDS; EVERYONE WHO KNOCKS THE DOOR OPENS.
PRAISE YE THE LORD WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE.
and, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, "LORD, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." and Jesus put for His hand, and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou clean". And immediately the leprosy was cleansed.
Worship opened the door of healing .
Leprosy was an incurable disease during the time of Jesus. Lepers were isolated from the community and forced to live in filthy conditions apart from the town. If a leper came into the town, the cry would go out from the people, "unclean, unclean". And all the doors would shut, no one would come out into the street, no one would sell them food or give them alms.
The shunning by the community made the leper feel rejected, unwanted, dirty and abandon by all except fellow lepers. But with JESUS, all people were loved and accepted, even the leper. The leper in the story in Matthew, was very bold to come up to JESUS and speak to Him. This took great courage on his part and great love on the part of JESUS to embrace him.
Notice the attitude in which the leper approached JESUS. HE WORSHIPED JESUS. Praise and worship go hand in hand, because they come from the same heart-place, a heart of love. The leper, also, showed great faith in JESUS. He boldly asked JESUS to heal him. JESUS was touched by the faith of this man, his courage in asking and his love, demonstrated by his worship. JESUS TOUCHED HIM AND Immediately, JESUS healed him. Notice that JESUS did not withhold His hand, He touched the leper. He did not call him "unclean" instead, He healed him.
The door of healing opens when:
1. We worship and praise JESUS with a heart of love.
2.We come to JESUS in faith, believing that He is able to do all things.
3. We have courage to come to Him.
4. We ASK, knowing that He will respond.
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE; SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND; KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL BE OPEN TO YOU. EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; EVERYONE WHO SEEKS, FINDS; EVERYONE WHO KNOCKS THE DOOR OPENS.
PRAISE YE THE LORD WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE.
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