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Daily Devotions
Then he said to him, ‘Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.’” vs. 19 Luke 17:15-19 Sometimes the details in the gospel’s healing stories are important. In this instance we note that Jesus never touched the lepers. Nor does he offer any prayer for their healing. He simply told them to go and show themselves to the priests which was the standard prescription in the book of Leviticus for dealing with any kind of…
Daily Devotions
Then he said to him, ‘Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.’” vs.19 Luke 17:15-19 Faith is a big word for the followers of Jesus. We run across it regularly as we read the scriptures and have discovered that it can have a variety of meanings. In this instance, Jesus ascribes it to a Samaritan man who had been healed of his leprosy. Evidently all ten of the lepers had faith, they had trusted…
Daily Devotions: October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019 For full passage click: Luke 17:15-19 … “Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” vs. 18 Even though they had common ancestral roots and faith practices, Samaritans were despised by the Jews. So when the one leper who returned to thank Jesus was revealed to be a Samaritan, Jesus makes a point of it. This sort of thing happened more than once in the course of his ministry. People…