More Than Skin Deep Luke 17:11-19 with Leviticus 14:1-20 Graham Errington – 27-28 June 2020

1.  Ten Lepers  

Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.  Leviticus 13:45-46

AS they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. vs 14 

Jesus wanted to see if any would make the ______ of coming back to _____ him. 

God’s children must also learn to say _____ ___ to their ________ father

2.  Who is saved? 

Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”  vs 17-18

GOD’S ______ GRACE and GOD’S _______ GRACE 

GRACE = God’s __________ kindness to humans

King Alfred wrote ____ which reflect God’s love and justice. This is an example of God’s common grace to us  

If you walk out of a car crash it is due to God’s ______ grace

God gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. Matthew 5:45

GOD’S COMMON GRACE and GOD’S SPECIAL GRACE 

God’s _______ grace is when God gives a blessing in answer to faith

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9

And Jesus said to the man,  “Stand up and go; your faith healed you  vs 19 

In verse 14 the ten lepers were cleansed of their leprosy  But in verse 19 Jesus says to the one leper your faith has healed you 

Jesus ______ the ten lepers, but he _____ the Samaritan leper (the Greek word sozo means saves)

Jesus said to the woman (= the sinful woman) Your faith has saved you; go in peace.   Luke 7:50

Jesus said to her  (= to the woman who touched his cloak) Daughter, your faith has made you well (a version of the sozo word)  Go in peace Luke 8:48 

Instantly the man could see (= the blind man Bartimaus) and he followed Jesus, praising God  Luke 18:43

God _____ the tenth leper by his (God’s)  _____ when he believed. Ephesians 2:8

God saved the leper by his grace when he believed. And he can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things he had done, so that he could not boast about it.