Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16
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for Kids. In ancient Israel, living with a skin disease wasn’t easy. It
was painful and isolating. Leprosy is a disease caused by bacteria, and
it affects the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes. The disease can
cause deformities in hands and feet and paralysis of some muscles.
Leprosy is contagious, and the people of Israel had laws about what to
do when a person becomes infected.
In
Sunday’s Bible account, a man with a serious skin disease approached
Jesus and fell down before Him. “If You are willing, You can make me
clean,” he said to Jesus. The man’s words were more of a truthful
declaration than a request. He clearly trusted in Jesus’ power to heal
people, and he longed to be healed himself.
Jesus
reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. Typically, no
one touched a leper. Touching an unclean person would make you unclean
too. But Jesus didn’t become unclean; instead, the diseased man was
immediately healed.
Not
only did Jesus have the power to make a leper clean, He also was
willing to make him clean. Like the disease of leprosy, sin deeply
affects all people and makes them spiritually dead. Jesus willingly died
on the cross and rose from the dead to save us from our sin and give us
new life.
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