The Unthankful. Luke 17:11-19 The Lesson on Need and Gratitude.This passage teaches two powerful lessons, one on how to have needs met and the other on gratitude.Jesus went toward Jerusalem. His face was set to fulfill His purpose on earth: to die for man.The lesson on need—ten lepers are healed.There was desperation. The men had leprosy, the most feared disease of that day.They met Jesus as He was entering the city, coming in from a long journey. The lepers had no idea where He was going: He could have been heading for an important meeting, or He could have been tired and exhausted, or He could have had no time for interruptions; but the lepers did not care. They were so desperate they would interrupt Him no matter what.The most rejected was the most thankful.He had felt his need more keenly and deeply. He knew he needed to be saved, genuinely saved—spiritually as well as physically. Despite the fact that he had never known the real promises of God and that he had been without God in this world, he now knew God. His heart just broke forth to give glory to God. Jesus had saved him from so much.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
