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LEPROSY – A DISEASE FROM THE LORD
MONDAY, MAY 13
Leviticus 13
Matthew 8:1-4
“When the plague of leprosy
is in a man, then he shall
be brought unto the priest.”
LEPROSY – A DISEASE FROM THE LORD
The nation of Israel was promised health and wealth if they were to obey the LORD. Deuteronomy 28:1-6: “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.” But if Israel disobeyed the LORD, then judgment would follow.
Deuteronomy 28:21-22: “The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.” Leprosy was a disease that had no cure. Only the LORD, who sent it, could cure it. An Israelite, suspected to have leprosy, had to go to the priest to be examined. If diagnosed to have leprosy, he would be declared unclean. Once it was confirmed that he had leprosy, he would be ostracised. He would have to cry “Unclean, unclean” so that everyone could avoid him (cf. Lev 13:45). Anyone who touched him would become unclean.
Our “leprosy” today is sin in our lives. Only in Christ can we be saved from our sins, just as only in Christ could a leper be made clean. The Lord touched the leper in Matthew 8:1-4 and the leper was made whole. The Lord did not become unclean.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 13:8
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for saving me from my sins and for delivering me from the bondage of sin and for making me whole like the leper. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.