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🗓️ 7 October 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.0 | Today we drop in on Matthew and Mark. |
0:15.1 | In Matthew 8, a leper approaches Jesus and kneels at his feet. |
0:19.3 | This in itself is shocking because most lepers wouldn't dare approach people. |
0:23.0 | They have to live outside the city and they have to yell unclean when anyone is approaching |
0:26.8 | them. |
0:27.8 | The fact that Jesus is this approachable shows us his great kindness and humility, even |
0:32.4 | the least lovely feel like they can come to him. |
0:35.2 | The leper also demonstrates great humility. |
0:37.9 | When he asks Jesus to do something for him, he has no entitlement, no demands, but he |
0:42.9 | knows what Jesus is capable of. |
0:45.2 | He says, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. |
0:49.3 | And again, Jesus tells him not to let anyone know that he has healed him. |
0:54.2 | We've seen this a few times before, so let's address this. |
0:57.2 | Jesus told this leper to keep quiet and he did the same thing with the guy we read about |
1:00.7 | in Luke 512 just two days ago. |
1:03.0 | But the woman he talked to yesterday and John 4 was allowed to tell everyone about him. |
1:07.0 | Does he want to be known or not? |
1:08.6 | Why does he keep changing his mind? |
1:10.9 | There are a few things that seem to be at play here. |
1:13.5 | First, you may notice as we keep reading that the times when he tells people to spread |
1:17.6 | the news about him happen when he's in the Gentile regions or dealing with non-Jews |
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