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Welcome to our Lent podcast.

Good morning. My name is Jonathan Christian, and in this Lent season, we are working through

some of the miracles of Jesus shared with us across the gospel accounts. We are looking at how

each of these miracles point us to the greatest miracle of all miracles, which is the resurrection

of Jesus Christ from the dead. The miracle of Jesus we are focused on today is found in Luke 5, verses 12 through 15,

where Jesus heals a man with leprosy. And it begins like this in verse 12. While he was in one of the

cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him. Lord, if you will, you can make a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him,

Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him,

saying, I will, be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him. And he charged him to tell no one, but go and show yourself

to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing as Moses commanded for proof to them. But now even

more the report about him went abroad and great crowds gathered to him and to be healed of their infirmities.

You know, an almost identical account of this story can be found in Matthew 8, verses 1 and 4.

And in a recent article I read on this very story, Pastor Stephen Whitmer laid down some very interesting things about what it is really going on here in this particular

miracle account. So let's dive in. Notice that when Luke tells the story, he begins with the

terrible problem. While Jesus was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy,

Luke 512 tells us. He was full of a dreaded disease that, according to Leviticus 1345, meant that you were required

to tear your clothes, let your hair hang loose, and cover your upper lip or mustache.

All actions typically associated with mourners at funerals. Why? Because the

leper was to be mourning the fact that he had leprosy, which was like a living death.

Then, to make matters worse, because lepers were considered ritually unclean, they were required

to stay outside of the camp,

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