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today's devotional. Hey, what's up everybody? Thanks for joining us on the Daily Drive. My name is

Bro. And in our last episode, we started looking at a one-on-one encounter that a guy had with Jesus.

This man had been canceled by his culture and was lumped into the group of the untouchables.

This guy was infected by leprosy, and he needed it. He wanted to be healed.

So he seeks out Jesus. It says this in Luke chapter 4. When he saw Jesus,

he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, Lord, if you're willing, you can make me clean.

And Jesus reaches out and touches the man. And he says, I'm willing, be clean. And the leprosy immediately

vanished. Now before we move on, let's, I want to, be clean. And the leprosy immediately vanished.

Now before we move on, I want to look first at this disease called leprosy.

I mean, this wasn't like acne or alopecia.

It wasn't even like a rash or like psoriasis.

Leprosy in the first century meant that you had lethargy and pain in every single one

of your joints.

You had discolored patches of skin all over your entire body.

You had ulcerated sores on your face.

Your face would literally fall off.

You carried an intense smell like the stench of death.

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