And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Ten men shut out from society by loathsome, contaminating disease cried to Jesus as the only one able to relieve them, and in faith obeyed His command to go show themselves to the priests, and as they went they were cleansed and made entirely whole. One of them, a Samaritan stranger from a nation despised by the Jews while the other nine were Jews, when he saw he was healed turned back to find Christ, coming rejoicing at every step and with a loud voice glorifying God, and fell on his face at His feet in humiliation and overflowing love to thankfully acknowledge his deep indebtedness, while the nine went on satisfied to be restored without returning to appreciate, honor, or thank Him. His return proved faith in Christ as Redeemer of both soul and body, for the nine were healed in body but showed no healing of sin, while his gratitude was fruit of cleansing in soul as well and brought him reward for greater susceptibility to grace and appreciation of divine love. Receiving such healing mercy places the healed under renewed obligation to remember dependence on God and openly give Him glory and thanks, framing His mercies in memory instead of passing them by as owed by right, yet in every age God continually heals, delivers, and bestows bounties through Jesus Christ and only one in ten or fewer discern and appreciate it with melody and praise while the rest remain unimpressed and centered on self. Christ healed all ten for the sake of the one who would make right use of health to glorify God, and those who labor for suffering humanity must follow His pattern by not growing weary, discouraged, or complaining because nine are unthankful, but feel amply repaid if even one out of ten makes right use of the benefit and one soul is saved.
The Ten Lepers Cleansed
The ten were men corrupted by loathsome disease and shut out from society within prescribed limits lest they contaminate others, who cried to Jesus as the only one with power to relieve them. In faith they obeyed His command to show themselves to the priests, acting at once on His word without delay, and His tones filled their hearts with hope, faith and confidence as their faith was tested by His direction. As they went divine power cleansed them, the horrible disease left them, and they were not only cleansed of leprosy but made entirely whole as a new creation.
The one who turned back when he saw that he was healed was a Samaritan, a stranger, while the other nine were Jews. His nation was despised and hated by the Jews. Of the ten Christ cleansed only this stranger appreciated the gift. His gratitude alone among the ten made his response significant to the disciples.
When he saw that he was healed he turned back to find Christ in order to thank Him for restoration, coming rejoicing at every step and with a loud voice glorifying God. He fell down on his face at Christ's feet in greatest humiliation with an overflowing heart of love, thankfully acknowledging with gratitude and deep indebtedness the great work wrought for him. He alone recognized his deep indebtedness and responded humbly with grateful appreciation of the work done for him, praising God aloud and on the way. The other nine passed on their way satisfied to be restored, without appreciating the work, rendering no grateful thanks and giving no honor to God and to Jesus Christ whom God sent to be their healer.
Jesus healed the whole ten for the sake of this one man who would make a right use of the blessing of health and appreciatively glorify God. His gratitude illustrates making a right use of health. He was rewarded for his faith and gratitude. His return proved belief in Christ as Redeemer of both soul and body and showed greater susceptibility to the grace of God and greater appreciation of divine love than the nine. This was a lesson to the disciples educated to hate Samaritans, that many precious souls among the Samaritans would come to the Gospel feast. He became no mean citizen but an effective witness who after the resurrection and ascension bore decided witness that Christ is the Son of God, repeating the story of his restoration with intense love and asking, Will you believe in Jesus, turning men from the teachings, repetitions, and worthless traditions of the scribes and Pharisees.
Gratitude for Healing Mercy
Gratitude for God's inexpressibly great benefits means seeing His work, hearing it, and appreciating it, framing His mercies and blessings in memory's hall so that they lead to thanksgiving for His goodness and love. It is the opposite of passing by His goodness as if it were ours by right, with no eyes to see, no ears to hear, and no hearts to appreciate. One of the ten lepers cleansed, a Samaritan stranger, when he saw he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell on his face at Christ's feet giving thanks, while the other nine did not return to give God thanks.
Receiving healing mercy places the healed under renewed obligation to the Creator. Those whose health is restored should remember their dependence on God and give Him glory and thanks. The one who turned back to praise God and acknowledge Christ's work with gratitude alone among the ten recognized his deep indebtedness and responded humbly, while the hearts of the nine were untouched by that mercy and they did not return. Healing and other blessings call for grateful acknowledgment of God's mercy.
His response was fruit of healing in both body and soul. The other nine were healed physically, but their healing did not show that their sins were healed. Faith in Jesus as the one who pardons sin cleanses and restores the sin-sick soul, and those cleansed from sin should likewise give glory to God and respond with heartfelt love and gratitude for the gift of Christ.
This reveals a pattern repeated in every age. God continually heals and restores, raises the sick, delivers from unseen peril, imparts bounties, and guards through heavenly angels, all through the never-failing mercies of God through Jesus Christ. Yet only one in ten or even fewer recognize, discern, and appreciate the mercy. Those who discern it make melody in their hearts to God and, like the cleansed leper, offer tribute of praise and thanksgiving, while the rest remain unimpressed, unrejoicing, and centered on themselves, going on their way satisfied to be restored and giving no honor to God and to Jesus Christ whom God sent to be their healer.
Many who have been given advantages and privileges and should appreciate God's goodness make only a feeble response to His matchless love. God cannot give them the grace and power He longs to bestow, because they would glorify self and mar His work by self-sufficiency. The lesson is to remember God's blessings and openly give thanks and praise for them rather than going away without acknowledging the one who healed and remaining silent about God's righteousness.
Encouragement for Healing Workers
The nine who went on without turning back to give glory to God stand for professed Sabbath-keepers who come as patients, receive much attention, and yet complain, question the management, and speak disparagingly of the means used for their recovery. The one who turned back was a stranger, while worldlings and strangers who receive help appreciate the efforts made for them and afterward use their influence in favor of the help received. True gratitude understands the anxiety, discouragement, care and effort of those who labor for recovery and refuses to add needless burdens by complaint, questioning, or disparaging the means used. This is especially true when care has been given at reduced price or free of charge.
Physicians and helpers are called to labor for suffering humanity even for those who have ruined themselves by violating natural law and who will not use regained strength to bless society but to pursue self-gratification. Their pattern is Christ, who pitied the weak and touched the most loathsome disease and did not cease His work for suffering people because nine out of ten were unthankful. Following Him they must not become weary in well-doing, nor discouraged, disgusted, or complaining.
If even one out of twenty makes a right use of benefits received and appreciates the efforts made, workers should feel satisfied, grateful to God, encouraged, and amply repaid. If one life out of ten is saved and one soul out of one hundred is saved in the kingdom of God, that is cause for thanksgiving and rejoicing. Christ values one soul so highly that to save even one who would accept the gospel of His grace He would have chosen His life of toil and humiliation and His death of shame, and the uplifting of one person to shine in the courts of the Lord is cause for rejoicing.
Ten men shut out from society by loathsome, contaminating disease cried to Jesus as the only one able to relieve them, and in faith obeyed His command to go show themselves to the priests, and as they went they were cleansed and made entirely whole. One of them, a Samaritan stranger from a nation despised by the Jews while the other nine were Jews, when he saw he was healed turned back to find Christ, coming rejoicing at every step and with a loud voice glorifying God, and fell on his face at His feet in humiliation and overflowing love to thankfully acknowledge his deep indebtedness, while the nine went on satisfied to be restored without returning to appreciate, honor, or thank Him. His return proved faith in Christ as Redeemer of both soul and body, for the nine were healed in body but showed no healing of sin, while his gratitude was fruit of cleansing in soul as well and brought him reward for greater susceptibility to grace and appreciation of divine love. Receiving such healing mercy places the healed under renewed obligation to remember dependence on God and openly give Him glory and thanks, framing His mercies in memory instead of passing them by as owed by right, yet in every age God continually heals, delivers, and bestows bounties through Jesus Christ and only one in ten or fewer discern and appreciate it with melody and praise while the rest remain unimpressed and centered on self. Christ healed all ten for the sake of the one who would make right use of health to glorify God, and those who labor for suffering humanity must follow His pattern by not growing weary, discouraged, or complaining because nine are unthankful, but feel amply repaid if even one out of ten makes right use of the benefit and one soul is saved.
The Ten Lepers Cleansed
The ten were men corrupted by loathsome disease and shut out from society within prescribed limits lest they contaminate others, who cried to Jesus as the only one with power to relieve them. In faith they obeyed His command to show themselves to the priests, acting at once on His word without delay, and His tones filled their hearts with hope, faith and confidence as their faith was tested by His direction. As they went divine power cleansed them, the horrible disease left them, and they were not only cleansed of leprosy but made entirely whole as a new creation.
The one who turned back when he saw that he was healed was a Samaritan, a stranger, while the other nine were Jews. His nation was despised and hated by the Jews. Of the ten Christ cleansed only this stranger appreciated the gift. His gratitude alone among the ten made his response significant to the disciples.
When he saw that he was healed he turned back to find Christ in order to thank Him for restoration, coming rejoicing at every step and with a loud voice glorifying God. He fell down on his face at Christ's feet in greatest humiliation with an overflowing heart of love, thankfully acknowledging with gratitude and deep indebtedness the great work wrought for him. He alone recognized his deep indebtedness and responded humbly with grateful appreciation of the work done for him, praising God aloud and on the way. The other nine passed on their way satisfied to be restored, without appreciating the work, rendering no grateful thanks and giving no honor to God and to Jesus Christ whom God sent to be their healer.
Jesus healed the whole ten for the sake of this one man who would make a right use of the blessing of health and appreciatively glorify God. His gratitude illustrates making a right use of health. He was rewarded for his faith and gratitude. His return proved belief in Christ as Redeemer of both soul and body and showed greater susceptibility to the grace of God and greater appreciation of divine love than the nine. This was a lesson to the disciples educated to hate Samaritans, that many precious souls among the Samaritans would come to the Gospel feast. He became no mean citizen but an effective witness who after the resurrection and ascension bore decided witness that Christ is the Son of God, repeating the story of his restoration with intense love and asking, Will you believe in Jesus, turning men from the teachings, repetitions, and worthless traditions of the scribes and Pharisees.
Gratitude for Healing Mercy
Gratitude for God's inexpressibly great benefits means seeing His work, hearing it, and appreciating it, framing His mercies and blessings in memory's hall so that they lead to thanksgiving for His goodness and love. It is the opposite of passing by His goodness as if it were ours by right, with no eyes to see, no ears to hear, and no hearts to appreciate. One of the ten lepers cleansed, a Samaritan stranger, when he saw he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell on his face at Christ's feet giving thanks, while the other nine did not return to give God thanks.
Receiving healing mercy places the healed under renewed obligation to the Creator. Those whose health is restored should remember their dependence on God and give Him glory and thanks. The one who turned back to praise God and acknowledge Christ's work with gratitude alone among the ten recognized his deep indebtedness and responded humbly, while the hearts of the nine were untouched by that mercy and they did not return. Healing and other blessings call for grateful acknowledgment of God's mercy.
His response was fruit of healing in both body and soul. The other nine were healed physically, but their healing did not show that their sins were healed. Faith in Jesus as the one who pardons sin cleanses and restores the sin-sick soul, and those cleansed from sin should likewise give glory to God and respond with heartfelt love and gratitude for the gift of Christ.
This reveals a pattern repeated in every age. God continually heals and restores, raises the sick, delivers from unseen peril, imparts bounties, and guards through heavenly angels, all through the never-failing mercies of God through Jesus Christ. Yet only one in ten or even fewer recognize, discern, and appreciate the mercy. Those who discern it make melody in their hearts to God and, like the cleansed leper, offer tribute of praise and thanksgiving, while the rest remain unimpressed, unrejoicing, and centered on themselves, going on their way satisfied to be restored and giving no honor to God and to Jesus Christ whom God sent to be their healer.
Many who have been given advantages and privileges and should appreciate God's goodness make only a feeble response to His matchless love. God cannot give them the grace and power He longs to bestow, because they would glorify self and mar His work by self-sufficiency. The lesson is to remember God's blessings and openly give thanks and praise for them rather than going away without acknowledging the one who healed and remaining silent about God's righteousness.
Encouragement for Healing Workers
The nine who went on without turning back to give glory to God stand for professed Sabbath-keepers who come as patients, receive much attention, and yet complain, question the management, and speak disparagingly of the means used for their recovery. The one who turned back was a stranger, while worldlings and strangers who receive help appreciate the efforts made for them and afterward use their influence in favor of the help received. True gratitude understands the anxiety, discouragement, care and effort of those who labor for recovery and refuses to add needless burdens by complaint, questioning, or disparaging the means used. This is especially true when care has been given at reduced price or free of charge.
Physicians and helpers are called to labor for suffering humanity even for those who have ruined themselves by violating natural law and who will not use regained strength to bless society but to pursue self-gratification. Their pattern is Christ, who pitied the weak and touched the most loathsome disease and did not cease His work for suffering people because nine out of ten were unthankful. Following Him they must not become weary in well-doing, nor discouraged, disgusted, or complaining.
If even one out of twenty makes a right use of benefits received and appreciates the efforts made, workers should feel satisfied, grateful to God, encouraged, and amply repaid. If one life out of ten is saved and one soul out of one hundred is saved in the kingdom of God, that is cause for thanksgiving and rejoicing. Christ values one soul so highly that to save even one who would accept the gospel of His grace He would have chosen His life of toil and humiliation and His death of shame, and the uplifting of one person to shine in the courts of the Lord is cause for rejoicing.