Luke 17:11-18 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Luke 17:12 As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance
AS THEY WENT they were cleansed
Were not all 10 cleansed? Where are other nine?
1. We All Need What We Don't Deserve
Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
Healing sometimes starts with a step of faith.
Point 2: Entitlement Blinds Us to Grace
What exactly is entitlement?
Belief that I deserve or am owed.
I am the main character of the story
Entitlement is a cancer of the soul.
Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Philippians 2:5 have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
Point 3: Gratitude Changes Everything
Luke 17:19 Jesus said Rise and go, your faith has made you well.
Let's pursue a life of gratitude.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God for you.
