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accused the other, and each declared him self innocent. The clergyman patiently heard their statements, and then quietly said, “My judgment is this: Let the inno cent forgive the guilty.”— Christian Herald. afar off. They were sick with a disease called lep rosy . It was a disease which no doctor knew how to cure. It was a disease which cov ered p e op le with painful sores. It was a d isea se w h ich w o u ld finally kill those who had it. What a sorry sight these lepers were I How badly they needed some one to help them! WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT IT A Man Who Said Thank You L u k e 17:5-19 Memory Verse: “ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good” (Psa. 118:1). Approach: One day Jesus was walking along a road. He was on His way back to Jerusalem. As He was about to enter a certain village, He saw ten men standing It is the greatest edition on the market. Rev. A . P. S. A s an evangelist, have found nothing like it. G . W . S. The most valuable Bible a young preacher can possess. Rev. W . L. P. M y whole family find a new interest in the reading o f the Scrip tures. Mrs. H . A . W . I am a high school student . . . I never found a Bible that made His word so interesting as the Scofield Reference Bible. P. A . S. Helps On the Pages Where Needed The Scofield Reference Bible Edited by Rev. C . I. S C O F IE LD , D .D . Assisted by Eminent Scholars HANDY SIZE EDITION 7 x 4J4 inches Specimen of type LARGER SIZE EDITION 8 inches Specimen of type It ought to be in every home. Mrs. E. W . G . A never ending delight to use. R . W . H .
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must be grieved over our lack o f appreci ation of the blessings that we take as a matter of course (vs. 17, 18). Because he paused to speak his gratitude, this man received a parting commission from his Lord : “Arise, go thy way : thy faith hath made thee whole” (v. 19). He received spiritual, as well as physical, health. Points and Problems 1. “ Increase our faith" (v. 5). Some cofnmentators deny any connection between verse 5 and verses 1 to 4, but this view is without any certain basis. When they were faced with our Lord’s demand for prac tically unlimited forgiveness, how natural it was for the Lord’s followers to cry, “Increase our faith” ! It takes faith to live such a life. To forgive without limit or reservation those who injure us is harder than to. pluck up trees and plant them in the sea—and that is humanly im possible. 2. “ Which stood afar off" (v. 12). It was no accident that thesgg lepers stood afar off. By the Mosaic code they were required to isolate themselves from society. “ The leper . . . all the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone; with out the camp shall his habitation be” (Lev. 13:45, 46). As leprosy is a type of sin, so the leper’s isolation speaks o f the final state o f the unsaved sinner : Through out eternity he must dwell “without the camp.” Read Revelation 22:15, and mark the word "without." 3. “ But where are the nine?” (v. 17). This wistful question is a marvelous rev elation of the heart o f God. Ten lepers had been healed. Nine of them continued on their way to show themselves to the priests. And remember, they went in obedience to the command of Christ. But the heart of the tenth man overflowed when he found he was healed, and he turned back to do something he had not been commanded to do. He “glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks” (vs. 15, 16). There are three things here— praise, worship, and thanksgiving. We may be sure that this tenth leper did finally go to the priests, as was required by the Mosiac law, but not until he had fallen at the feet of our Lord to pour out thè devotion o f a grate ful heart. And if the question o f Christ has any meaning, it means that He places supreme value on the personal and volun tary devotion of a saved sinner’s heart. It may not be greater than obedience, but it comes first in the sight o f God. Even the heart of God, as revealed in our Lord, yearns for such devotion. Mary, sitting at the feet o f Christ, had chosen the “good part” (Lk. 10:42). Golden Text Illustration Two persons who had been much at variance with each other brought their quarrel before a wise clergyman. Each
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