Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places // Jesus and the Leper // Mark Davies // May 25, 2025

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Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places // Jesus and the Leper

Matthew 8:1-4 (NLT)

“Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside. Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. ‘Lord,’ the man said, ‘if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ And instantly the leprosy disappeared. Then Jesus said to him, ‘Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.’”

John 6:37-39 (AMP)

“All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.”

Romans 10:13 (NLT)

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

We are the Leper …

… And Jesus has come to heal

Healing is Found in an Encounter with the Authentic Love of God.

We Get to Love Like Jesus

John 14:12-14 (NLT)

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!”

Matthew 10:8 (NLT)

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!”