BLOG #78               IS CHANGE A POSSIBILITY?               1O/24/2020                                                                                    Can A Leper Lose His Spots?

 A man with leprosy came to Jesus. The man asked Jesus to make him clean. I can understand why he did. Leprosy is a horrifying sight. Fingers and toes are missing. Skin ulcers are on the body. The Rabbis believed leprosy was incurable.

 

Leprosy was a visible symbol of sin (see Leviticus 14). There is another kind of leprosy and it is spiritual in nature. The Bible says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23, NIV). Sinned in this verse means trespassed, to go beyond the limits of what God says is right or moral, to do wrong. Glory in this verse means to give dignity or honor to God.

 

GOOD NEWS! The leper mentioned in Matthew 8 had no doubt that Christ had the power to make him clean him and Christ did. He removed the spots and made him clean.

 

John MacArthur said “Spiritual death is the paycheck for every person’s slavery to sin. Eternal life is a free gift God gives His undeserving sinners, who believe in His Son.”

 

When God forgives us of our sins, He removes the spiritual spots and makes us spiritually clean. He forgets our sin. It is kind of like He takes our sins and throws them in the deepest part of the ocean.