Where are the Nine?

Where are the Nine?

Guest Blog Post by Gary Riedel

S-SCRIPTURE: 

Luke 17:17 Jesus asked, “We’re not all 10 cleansed? Where are the other nine?”

O-OBSERVATION: This from the story of the 10 lepers Jesus met on the way to Jerusalem. When they called to Him “Jesus, Master have pity on us!” Jesus told them to go show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, scripture tells us they were cleansed. Only one came back praising God in a loud voice, throwing himself at Jesus feet and giving thanks and he was a Samaritan or in Jewish terms someone to hate. There was a lot of animosity between the Jews and the Samaritans, for the Samaritans were considered to be an adulterated race and not part of the “chosen” Jewish race. Then Jesus says this verse, “Where are the Nine? Man’s inherent lack of gratitude shows up again; leprosy was a serious disease and the worst part was the way they had to be isolated from society, but only the Samaritan could find it within himself to praise God and give thanks for healing.

A - APPLICATION: So the only one who gave thanks was this undesirable Samaritan, and in the parable of the “Good Samaritan”, again it was the undesirable one who helped the thief. In John chapter 4 it was the Samaritan woman Jesus encountered at the well who eventually believed He was the Messiah. So how about us, we are not part of the so called “chosen race” by our bloodline either but by the blood of JESUS we are saved John 3:16. Do we fall down in gratitude 

and humility and praise His Holy Name when He heals us from the wages of our sin in Romans 6:23? Jesus endured the pain and suffering for the weight of every sin committed by mankind and He whipped the devil and his evil plan. Mankind now has a clear path to salvation because “Jesus Paid it All” as the hymn says. Jesus did all of that for us, let us NEVER be found among the nine.

P - PRAYER: Gracious Father, I pray that those of us who know You and what You’ve done for us, will never be found ungrateful, but we will show our gratitude every hour we live so that in 

Thankful Living, we may bear witness to what You’ve done and bring more souls to Jesus. In His Holy Name, Amen 

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