THE ONE GRATEFUL HEALED LEPER - Thanksgiving Series

THE ONE GRATEFUL HEALED LEPER - Thanksgiving Series

Ten men cry out for mercy from a distance. All ten are cleansed. Only one turns around and comes back to glorify God, to worship and to thank God.

Chapter Markers

• 0:00 The Ten Lepers Introduced
• 1:16 A Certain Village And Assignment
• 6:47 Shout To God From Afar
• 11:42 Mercy First: Salvation And Healing
• 20:24 Cleansed While Walking In Obedience
• 24:15 Gratitude Over Transactional Faith
• 33:56 Glorify Worship Thank, And Become Whole
• 41:09 Closing Prayer And Charge

Transcript

The Ten Lepers Introduced

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The ten lepers. The ten lepers, all of them did the same thing. They all shouted. And um, if you look at verse 13 of Luke 17, before that happened, you know, Jesus is actually in his ministry going about healing people of all manner of diseases and sicknesses, moving from one village to another, town, city. So the Bible states this is an account that actually happened, a real life account with real people with real problems. And we see that there are ten men who had a problem of leprosy. So Jesus was not just going about um preaching and teaching and saving, but he was also healing people with their infirmities. So he was doing everything holistically, taking care of the human composition, which consists of the spirit, soul, and body.

A Certain Village And Assignment

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So we see that Jesus went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee, then he entered a certain village. So he went to a village. I believe every account that is in the Bible recorded for you and I is intentional. It's intentional because it's a divine appointment for certain people or certain place. When you look at that word certain as an adjective to describe the noun, and it's often used in the Bible, sometimes to specify a place, a people, or a person. The Bible sometimes will say a certain man, a certain place. That certain is saying that God divinely orchestrated, appointed this person to receive their healing, it could be their deliverance, it could be their salvation, a certain house, a certain place that when Jesus comes to that certain place is to make an impact, to leave behind his legacy, to make a difference. So that's very key. So Jesus was not just coming to any village just for the sake of coming there, he was going to that village with an assignment, a certain village that needed the attention of Jesus, a certain place that needed the presence of Jesus. Now, what baffles my mind is that the man that was in the tomb, how could Jesus, humanly speaking, like want to visit a tomb? Like humanly speaking, you and I, I don't think we would prefer to spend our time walking around going to the cemetery. No, people don't do that. But but because Jesus was on an assignment, any place where human beings are, and is always looking for trouble. Jesus is looking for problems. And the reason why Jesus is looking for problems, he's looking for problems to resolve people's problems. So we as believers, or we as men and women of God, we should not be afraid of problems, we should not see problems as challenges beyond our God. When we are faced with problems, it might not be your problem, it could be it could be problems of people that God brings into your life, and for you now, you might not have the capacity to resolve their problems, but you know who is inside of you. Greater is he who is inside of you. All you gotta do is just to present your problems, present the people's problems that they bring to you, present it to God. Peter said, Cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you. So we should not shun problems, we should embrace problems, we should see problems as an opportunity for God to manifest his power, for God to express his goodness and his greatness and his grace towards people. So why am I saying this? Because we I don't want us just to read an account because it's in the Bible, it's there because we're talking about people's life, we're talking about real people with real problems. That is why the Bible is so practical. It is good for teaching, it is good for doctrine, it is good for instruction, and we are being instructed that if Jesus can do it for this normal people who had leprosy, then I believe that no matter the sickness that you have, or no matter the sickness that you come across people in your family, in your circle, it doesn't matter if it's cancer, if it's um um HIV, if it's um asthma, it doesn't matter. Jesus is capable because he is the master physician to heal all manner of diseases and sicknesses. In this particular context, we have 10 men who are dealing with leprosy, and Jesus entered into this. Don't forget that Jesus God was the one that initiated this divine visitation for this ten men. Oh, Kato Bo. If oh my men, I'm pretty sure these ten men have been crying for help. These ten men have been crying to Yahweh for help, and God has heard their prayer. That is why Jesus took the initiative because they didn't know Jesus for them to reach out to Jesus. You see, when you look at the account of Jesus, some people will reach out, reach out to Jesus because they heard that Jesus is in town.

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Yes, Lord.

SPEAKER_00 6:00

Some people, Jesus will reach out to them. So if you're not able to reach out to Jesus, he will reach out to you. If you're able to reach out to him, reach out to him. Both ways, he will take the initiative to reach out to you. You can also take initiative to reach out to him. So he took initiative to enter a certain village because there are ten men who had problems. Ten men were lepers. Everyone has a problem. I don't care who you are. Pastors have problems, bishops have problems, deacons have problems, our prime minister has a problem. Our children go through problems every as long as you are a human being, you live on this earth, definitely you have a problem.

Shout To God From Afar

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These ten lepers stood afar off. Okay, they saw Jesus from a distance. Reminds me of the man, the insane man in the tomb. He saw Jesus from distance. Some of you, you think that oh, you have to come so close to Jesus, like physically, like in church, for Jesus to hear your prayer. You see, that's religion. But Jesus said, where two or three are gathered in my name. Oh my God. The only condition, even you as a person, call upon the name of the Lord, you'll be saved. Oh, no what? The only way I can believe that Jesus will hear me out is when I go to church. There's nothing wrong about attending the physical place, but it's the presence of God is far beyond your physical location. There's no distance with the presence of God. These ten men they stood afar off and they lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. This this there's there's two things that we can learn about Jesus here, okay? Because we'll learn about who Jesus is, and we also learn about human problems. So these ten lepers, all of them did the same thing, they shouted. Sometimes when you're sick and tired of your problems, don't be silent. Shout to God, cry to God. That's what prayer is. You calling out to God, you crying out to God. I pity those believers, they're going through problems, serious problems, severe problems, they're doing shakara in church. You're going to you're in church. When the pastor is saying, Pray, pray to God, or cry out to God, or you know what, mourn to God, tell God, God, this pain is too much. You're doing shakara. You're silent, thinking that who cares about you praying. No, no, everybody that goes to church has a problem. Everybody that goes to church has a problem. Focus on you and your prayers and talking to God. Cry out to God. Don't be, oh, you know what, how people might perceive me. No, it's a lie. I remember I went to church, you know, when I was an unbelievable, when I was uh a young believer, I went to this church because of ladies. I was trying to uh pretend as if I don't pray like fire. I said, God forbid, God, I have issues. I don't care who's standing before me, I don't care about the ladies around me. I came here because I have a problem. I came here because I have a problem. Why am I saying this? Don't be silent about your problems, especially that problem is killing you slowly. You don't talk about it to people. I can't even talk about God. You don't even express yourself to God. Oh, you know what? I think God knows, I think God knows it's in my heart. God sees it's in my heart. It's a lie. Yes, God sees it's in your heart, but you have to verbalize it. God wants to see how desperate you are for solution. This life is not going to reward you, just being silent. Shout your problems for help. These ten lepers, they had enough. Opportunity came, they didn't say, you know what? Uh oh, look at the distance. Look how far Jesus is. I don't think Jesus came for us. I think because we have been, we have been um, what's the word I'm looking for? When you are a leper, people distance from you. Oh, Kasha Dada. When you are a leper in the in the culture at this time, people, society distance from you. Now, can you imagine the shame? Even being distant from society. That's what the Bible says they they they stood afar off. There's a reason why that word that that that that phrase is there, because in the culture, lepers have their own place, they don't mingle with normal people in society, but that didn't stop them from them from their location when they saw Jesus from afar off, from them to actually shout. Because if they were near Jesus, they wouldn't shout because Jesus is right there, and they're interacting with normal people, but because they know their place in society, because society has put them in their place, an opportunity has arrived. Do you think they're just gonna sit down there? Yes, they're gonna respect society because of their sickness, but guess what? They shouted from afar off so that Jesus can hear them. Oh my god, oh god, oh god, oh, in your bedroom, no one is looking at you, you're all by yourself, child of God. I am here to tell you shout to Jesus. I didn't prepare for this message, I prepared for something else. You understand? Shout to Jesus, cry out to Jesus, don't look at anybody's face, it's your problem. Deal with it on your knees to God. If you have to cry, cry. If you have to mourn, mourn.

Mercy First Salvation And Healing

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These ten lepers, all of them lifted up their voices and said, Two things that we can learn about Jesus Jesus master. Wow, wow, they acknowledge that word master means Lord, Adonai, they acknowledge the sovereignty of Jesus, they acknowledge the supremacy of Jesus, they acknowledge the authority of Jesus. That Jesus, you are God, and only God can forgive sins. Jesus, you are God, only God can pardon us. Jesus, you are God, and you have the power and the right to change our circumstances. So they acknowledge the position of Jesus. If you don't acknowledge the position of Jesus, you cannot request anything from Jesus. If you don't see God as a father in his position who can take care of you, you cannot bring your needs to God. Because your view of God will not relate with your need. Let me say that again. Your view of God, you cannot relate it with your need. So what you know about God will determine how you relate with God, how you will present your matter to God. They see that Jesus, we know your position as God to pardon, and that is why they said, Have mercy on us. Pardon us, show compassion on us because society has abandoned us, society has put us in a group based on our sickness. That's why there were ten lepers. There were ten because of one sheer problems, one common problem, leprosy. Society can can place you in the same category based on your problems. Why do you think you go to certain places in Toronto, like Jin and Finch, certain places in in Rexdale, Etobicoke, you see certain set of people in that location, and you see that the place is run down, the the houses are run down. You go to another place in Richmond Hill, you see beautiful um development. That's what society can do. Placement of people based on their status or problems. Have mercy on us now. So when he saw them, they shouted. Okay, they shouted, and Jesus now saw them when he saw them, and then he spoke to them. He saw them because they made themselves visible by shouting because they were at a far distance from Jesus, and the only way for them to make themselves visible to Jesus, they have to shout. When they shout, Jesus was able to recognize where the sound was coming from, and he saw them. Ah, this is deep. Because at that time in their culture, people with this uh this kind of sickness are abandoned, they are put aside, they are separated from normal people because of their problems. At times you are separated in life because of your problems, you're not able to mingle to interact with people because of your problem, and the only way you can engage with people, you have to find people who have the same problem as you. One thing I know for sure that every human being we all share the same problem, that is the problem of sin. We all share the same problem, that is the problem of sin, which means that we all need salvation, we all need a savior, and then our own specific problems we have as well. So Jesus saw them when he saw them because of their shouting. Jesus said to them now, he responded, because they have acknowledged the position of God as master, and they have acknowledged that only Jesus as the Master can pardon them, and that is why they said, Jesus, our request is for you, have mercy on us. Okay, they should have said, Jesus, heal us. That's interesting. They should have said, Master, heal us, heal us. We don't know how they got about the leprosy, only God knows. But I think they were also asking for not just healing, but they were also asking for salvation. They see themselves as sinners. We're not worthy. Yes, one thing I've learned is that yes, Jesus can bless you, Jesus can solve your problems. Won't you want Jesus to save you also? Some people can come to church, they can receive blessings, but they can go back home, not even saved. So, yes, God can heal you, but you you're still not saved. God can bless you and you're still not saved. I realized that people that that encounter Jesus and the ones that say Jesus have mercy on us, they were actually requesting for salvation. Because you can only ask for mercy when you know that you you're a sinner, you put sin before your problems. But most of us, we when we come to God, God have problems. But God is saying you have a bigger problem than your problem, and that is the problem of sin. Let me deal with sin, meaning that to give you access, that way you can constantly bring your problems to me, and I will take care of them. But this one big problem you have not dealt with, that is the problem of sin. That's why I said that we all have a common problem as humanity: the rich sin, the poor sin. So you might oh only the poor need Jesus. It's a lie, even the rich need Jesus. That's the common problem we all share. So these 10 lepers, they are wise. They said, Jesus, have mercy on us, pardon us for our sins, whatever we have done, pardon us. That's when Jesus now extended his healing ministry. He said to them, Okay, when somebody asks for mercy, you're supposed to say, You know what? Oh, I forgive you. That's what you want, mercy. I forgive you. What else do you want? I want healing, but Jesus, oh god, what I oh my god. They asked for mercy, but Jesus gave them what healing. Ah, Jesus, I believe, gave them mercy, and also giving them healing. He gave them mercy and he gave them healing, and that's what we're gonna see. What makes the one leper different from the rest? Because the one leper got something extra after that, so all of them receive mercy, all of them receive healing, but one leper did something to receive something extra. Again, you can come to church and you can receive something where God is saying that I want to give it a full package. Angel, I want to give you something you didn't ask for, just stay in my presence. Tina, I want to give you something you didn't ask for, just stay in my presence, mama. Charity, I want to give you something you didn't ask for, just stay in my presence. Yes, you asked for mercy. Oh, what a good God we serve, but I have something else. Oh, I have something else that I want to add to mercy, just stay within my presence, just just express the right attitude, just express the right faith, and you receive the other thing I have for you, and instructed

Cleansed While Walking In Obedience

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them. And they remember, all of them did the same thing, they all shouted and they all received the same instruction. So Jesus was also trying to follow the protocol of dealing with this manner of sickness, leprosy, okay, because God actually provided instructions in the old testament when it comes to this particular illness. So Jesus said, Go show yourselves, all of them, okay? Not just one person, go show yourselves to the priest, and so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. Oh, so so they were cleansed. That's the healing. They were cleansed from leprosy. All of them receive forgiveness, all of them receive cleansing. Okay, hey, there's so much in God. I pity those believers that only come to church for blessing. Ah, my heart yawns. I pity us that only come to God for blessing. Yes, God can give you a job, God can can can give you wealth, but if that's all you're getting from God, but you're missing out on peace, you're missing out on joy, you're missing out on salvation, eternal life. No, God is saying, I want to give you much more because I am rich in mercy, I am rich in grace. My grace can supply so much. Oh my god, salvation is it's a full package. It's a full package that can take care of our human composition of spirit, soul, and body. They were all cleansed and they were all forgiven. Now look at the distinction. The nine of them stopped at the pardon and the cleansing. That's where they stopped. The nine of them. Child of God, at times, as believers, let's make this practical. Don't ever, ever be familiar with God. Don't ever ever say, No, what God, I've had enough. Let this I had enough get out of your mind. Don't you ever think that you can have enough with God? I remember I'm like, I'm like, you know what? I can finish the Bible in one year. Pride. Hmm. It's a lie. I did not finish the Bible in one year. It took me just one book. I spent the entire year just to study. I'm like, that's when I realized that God, please humble me, humble my stupidity, humble my arrogance. The Bible, you cannot exhaust it. You cannot exhaust God. You can't. You cannot exhaust God. You think, oh no what? Oh, today I know I know about God. I'm okay. No, no, no. God give me that hunger for you. Give me that desire for God. Be humble. See, no God, even though I know you, but what I know about you is little. And do you know what Paul was saying? Paul said that I may know Christ, but this man has received so much revelation. Penn them in his letters. But the man is still saying that I may know Christ. Paul, that I've received so much revelation of Jesus Christ, and he's still saying that my aim is to know Christ. Who are you? He didn't pen down any any any epistle, and you're saying that no what I've read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. I know everything about God. That is a cocky, proud attitude. Never, never in your life, say, you know what, God, I'm okay, I'm satisfied. No, especially when it comes to God. God, I want more, I want to know this side about you, I want to know your ways. Help me. So this one leper received mercy, cleansing as the nine, but he

Gratitude Over Transactional Faith

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said, You know what? Let me go back. And one and one of them, when he saw that he was healed, wow, ah, God. Some of us you come to church, your prayer requests, God, I want to get married. God has given you a wife. Your next prayer points that, God, what are the things that I can do to stay in marriage? Ah, God. Okay. You pray to God to get something from God. At times we fail to pray to God, God, how can I maintain your blessing? How can I sustain your blessing? How can this blessing move from glory to glory? You can get a thing or you can start a thing. But some of us don't know how to scale that thing, some of us don't know how to make that thing become successful. Especially we as Africans, we can start. Oh, God has given me a seed money to start a business. God has given me people to come to church. The next prayer points that God, how can I grow this entrusted sense? Don't just, you know what, I have members that can that can come to church for attendance. No, ask God for more. Don't just say, Okay, God, I am healed now. What's next? Ask God what's next. God, what's next? I am saved now. What's next? Some of you, you are saved, but you don't want to serve. Some of you, you are saved, you don't want to fulfill your purpose. Some of you, you are saved, you don't want to be righteous. Some of you, you are safe. You don't want to know, you don't want to know what's next. This one leper said, Okay, if God can forgive me, if God can heal me, ah, this God can do so much more. He gave me mercy, healing. Hey, let me go back to him and express gratitude. Ah, hey, hey, hey God, hey God. Okay, when he saw what God has done in his life, wow, for me to attain pardon and for me to also attain healing. No, no, no, no, no. I will go to God. I will go to God. But some of us, oh yeah, oh God, oh God, after we have received the blessing, we walk out of church. After we have received the blessing, I came to church just for blessing. God, that's it for me and you. I'm going on with my life. I've got what I want from you. That's no relationship. You are you are a user. I am a user. We use God this way, but God, because of his love and mercy, okay, you get what you want from me, it's okay. I'm here, I'm open. You can still come. I'm open. I want to have a relationship with you. That's why for me, I told God, God, I don't want to just I don't want to teach blessing before relationship. No, it's injustice to preach a message only what people can get from God, but you don't preach a message that come to God and have a personal, loving relationship with God. If your your your message is only one-sided, what you can get from God and not what God can get from you, that is not a relationship, it's a transaction. Church, we have been preaching transactions in church when it comes to us and God, we have not been preaching relationship. We might think, oh, yes, it's in the Bible. I'm not saying that God cannot bless you, but prioritize relationship before transaction, relationship before because that relationship will last. If I know that Angel, Madam Charity, Madam Tina, Musumba, we are coming to each other not because of what we can get from each other, but because we want to develop friendship, relationship where I can just call you. Oh, Madam Charity, I'm just calling to check on you, not to ask for anything else. Sometimes I remember God was convicting me. Brian, just pray and don't ask me for nothing. Just pray and just thank me, just pray and just worship me. Don't don't ask me for nothing. I'm like, ah, you have been anytime you pray, you ask, ask, God, do this. God, but you never sit down and just pray and say, God, I love you. Because I have trained my mind that prayer is a transactional business. Ah, God. Whereas God is saying, when you're praying to me, you are talking to me like you're talking to your friend. Hey God, how are you doing? How's everything? Oh, God, what's your plan? What are your plans? What are your plans for my life? What would you want me to do? How would you want me to do it? Oh, God, let's spend time together. Let me hear from you. But it's one-sided communication. God is seeking relationship. For this man to come back, it shows that he wants more from God, not just what God can do for him. He says, He returned with a loud voice. Remember, all of them shouted their problems to God. But now, when the problem has been resolved, they're silent about it. I don't want nobody to know God has blessed me with a car. I don't want nobody to know God has blessed me with a house. I don't want nobody to know God has blessed me with this amount of money. I'm just gonna keep it to myself because people are jealous of me. He refused to testify. Not so with this man, he returned, he returned, he returned, child of God. How many times God has blessed us? We never returned. We only return when we are in another deep problem. When we are in problems, that's when we return again, but we didn't return because we love God. Ah God, ah, believers, believers. Me myself have seen things in church apply to me as well. When we are another problem, that's when we come back and run to God. Ah, God, I'm here again, solve my problem, Bahim, Madam Tina, Madam Alice, Madam Angel, Madam Musumba, Madam Charity. When are we going to continue to return only on the basis of another problem? When God is saying, return every day, hey, even when I bless you, I don't bless you. Return every day. Because you're gonna need me in your life every day. That's why the Bible says, In all your ways, acknowledge God, oh, not just in problems. When things are okay, acknowledge God. Ah, I'm convicted, oh, my sisters. I am convicted, my mammas, my pastor, I am convicted. When do you return to God? Is it when there's problems? This man returned to God when he was healed. I'm not gonna walk away from God. God has put me back in society. I like that. He didn't return to man, he didn't return to his family to show himself that you know what you guys despise me, you guys push me aside. No, he returned to God, he didn't return to show off. Ah, some of us, God will bless us. We'll not see you in church the next day. Oh, you will show on social media, hey, instead of you to return to God, child of God, this man returned with a loud voice, glorify God. You know what he did? He came back to do the most amazing thing to say, God, I have received mercy, I have received this healing, not because I deserve it, not because I have done anything special, I didn't initiate this divine appointment. You just instructed your son to go to a certain village, and we saw your son from afar off. Maybe he was not coming to us, and we took the opportunity to shout, and your son was so compassionate, he heard our voices, and he said, Go show yourself to the priest while we are going, we were cleansed. I saw that I was cleansed. I said, How did this happen? Your son just spoke the word, and I am cleansed. How did this happen? No, no, no. This could not be anything I did, though. Yes, I obeyed instruction of your son, but God, it is you to glorify God means to say, God, it is you, God, I give you the credit. Hey, God, I attribute it to you. Some of us, God will bless you. You start saying, Oh, it's because of my networks, it's because of my resources, it's because of my IQ, it's because of what I know, it's because of my skill set, it's that. I don't care if it's if you're intelligent, every blessing is obtained from God because God is the one who gave that intelligence. This man came back. Wow, God, I want to give you all the glory for your mercy and for your healing.

Glorify Worship Thank And Become Whole

SPEAKER_00 33:56

So, two okay, okay, three things that this man did. Okay, three things that this man did that we as believers, Jesus Christ, is wanting for us to do to God whenever our problems are solved, whenever we receive um blessings from God, three things that we can learn from this man that is practical, okay. Number one, glorify God. Number one, glorify God. Okay, number two, worship God. Number two, worship God, because this man not only glorified God, that is attributing that I am pardoned, I am healed because of God, and because of God, I am going to worship God. The man, verse 16, and he fell down on his face and had and at his feet, that is Jesus. That's a sign of worship. When you worship God, it's a sign of humility. That wow, God is God, I am human. Hey, even though God has blessed me, I will go on my knees. Some of us, God has blessed us. You stand up still. Now you think that you become like Satan, Nabucchinizer. You don't want God to humble you, humble yourself, humble yourself by worship. Worship is a sign of humility because worship will go, you will go to your knees and say, No, God, you are God, I am human, you are high, I am low, even though I am blessed. You are high, I am low, even though I am I am healed. Number one, he glorified God, number two, he worshiped God, and number three, he thanked God, giving him thanks. Wow, wow, wow, and and and the Bible says he was a Samaritan. Jesus was saying that I was not even expecting a Samaritan to practice these three essentials. I'm expecting my own people, the Jew, to know to always glorify God, to know to worship God, to know to thank God. But I'm oh my god, I am so baffled, a foreigner. He's doing all these three things. You know why? I believe God would have revealed to this man because his attitude was to return, and God helped him to do the right thing because he returned. When you return to God, God will help you to do the right thing on the way. He gave glory to God, he worshipped God, and he thanked God. And this man, the Bible says he was a Samaritan. Don't just read the Bible like like like like just like you're reading a book, it's so much deep. Read it from historical point of view, cross-reference a Samaritan. Jews don't have any dealings with Samaritans, they are outcast. Oh my god. Can you imagine? And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus now said, So he came back to Jesus. Now look at the response of Jesus. You see, the people who believe in Jesus more, and where Jesus actually recommended or gave feedback of their faith were Gentiles, like the centurion. Wow, you have a great faith. Men who were not Jew believe in Jesus, and Jesus commended their faith. Wow, you have a great faith. But his own people, even his own disciple, oh, you have little faith. Hey, you know that you can be in, I don't care, you can be in church for 10 years and you have little faith. Whereas somebody who's new that will come today, ah, he will do things that God, like, wow, I am baffled. Can you imagine this young man that doesn't even know me? He just met me maybe today. But you, Brahim, you have been in church how many years? You see, God is God is not a respecter of any man, it doesn't matter your position, it doesn't matter how prolonged you have been in the faith, he doesn't care, he only cares about your heart condition and your response to him. So, before we close, so Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleanse? Because Jesus was expecting something now, he was expecting something. He said, We're there not ten cleanse, but we are the nine, we are the nine, we are the nine, I have pardoned them, I have cleansed them. You see, do you know why? Oh my god, Jesus gave them pardon, but they were looking for cleansing. He gave them pardon, but they were looking for cleansing, he gave them what they didn't even ask for, don't even deserve, but he gave them cleansing because that's what they need before mercy, because that's their physical problem, but their spiritual problem, they are sinners. I prefer God to solve my spiritual problems first before he solved my physical problems. God can solve your physical problems, but you're still rich with your spiritual problems. Where there not any found who return to give glory to God except this foreigner? You think Jesus is stupid? He knows the difference between a foreigner, he knows the difference between an old believer and a new believer. He knows the difference between a minister and a member. He knows, he knows God is not stupid. We are the ones that think he's stupid. He speaks the truth, God speaks the truth. God is more real than you and I. We Christians were very funny. He says, We're there not found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner. Hey, hey God, sometimes the choice words of Jesus Christ sometimes baffles my mind, but he's real, he's real. He said that is it. He's saying that wow, my own people should know better. My own people should know better. My pastor should know better. And he said, Arise. Now you can go your way. He didn't go to his parents, he didn't go to his friends, he didn't go back to society who discriminated against him because of a certain illness. He went back to God to give glory to God, and Jesus Christ acknowledged that. Jesus Christ saw that, and he said, Man, all right, go your way. Now go and tell your family members. Now go back and and and and and assimilate in society. Why? Because your faith has made you well. You are not complete, you are a complete man. Now you have the full package of everything. You have mercy, you have cleansing, and you have faith. You have mercy, you have cleansing, you have faith. And the only way we can please God is through faith. That's exactly what God Jesus Christ gave this man to continue to live a life of faith that pleases God. Whereas the nine, they miss out on what? On faith and wholeness.

Closing Prayer And Charge

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Father, I thank you for your word today. Very convicting, Lord. Whenever you bless us or you solve our problems, Father, may you help us to come and do these three things to glorify you, to worship you, and to thank you. Father, help us to return to you first. Help us never to be satisfied just with your hand. Help us to seek your head and your heart. Thank you in Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you. That's it for today.