THE TEN LEPERS

Introduction:

A. How Thankful Are We?

1. "I told you once and if I change my mind..."

2. Take for granted - that's just what He does.

3. Say thanks for things often.

B. The Story Of The Ten Lepers

Body: Luke 17: 11 - 19

I. On The Way To Jerusalem.

A. He went through Samaria.

B. He went through Galilee.

C. He enters a certain village.

II. Request For Healing.

A. Ten Lepers.

B. Stood afar off.

1. Required by the law to remain outside camp (Leviticus 13: 46).
2. Required to stand between a rod or a hundred paces away.

C. Cry out for mercy.

1. See Jesus - recognize His Person.
2. Call Him Master - recognize His position.
3. Ask for His mercy - recognize His power.

III. The Power Of Jesus.

A. Tells them to go show the priests - required by the law.

B. They leave - a show of immediate obedience.

C. Sometime later, they are healed.

1. Jesus keeps His promise.
2. Shows power Jesus had over healing (delayed and distant).

IV. A Grateful Foreigner.

A. One returns to give thanks.

B. Grateful one is a Samaritan.

1. "Strange bedfellows?"
2. An example of gratefulness for the expected.

C. The place of faith.

1. All ten were healed of physical leprosy.
2. This one was made well - more than physical leprosy.

Conclusion:

A. How Grateful Are You Really?

B. Are You One Of The Nine Or The One?