Thank You, Lord for Saving My Soul
Mike Stone
Luke 17:11-19
A sermon about Thanksgiving
One of the first lessons in good manners we ever learn is the answer to the question, ‘‘What are you supposed to say?’’ And the answer, of course, is, ‘‘Thank you.’’
When one of my kids was really little, my dad gave them a gift. I said, ‘‘What are you supposed to say?’’ The child said, ‘‘I’m sorry...please forgive me...yes sir...’’ and proceeded to go down the list of every polite phrase they’d ever been taught.
When he finally said, ‘‘Thank you,’’ I jokingly said, ‘‘That took a while!’’ When I apologized to my dad, he said, ‘‘No apology needed. That just means he’s learning his manners.’’
Well, here in Luke 17, we find the story of nine men who never learned that simple, childhood lesson. For here we find the sad story of an unclean multitude, an unparalleled miracle, and an ungrateful majority. It’s the sad tale of ingratitude.
Worse, it’s the horror story of 9 men who were within reach of heaven and as best we know, died lost and went to hell with clean skin but a filthy soul. But today I want us to focus on the ONE man who turned around to simply thank the Lord for what He’d done.
As we examine his condition and the miracle he received from Jesus, I think you will see that his story is our story. And my prayer is that his grateful response will also be ours. Notice three things about this man:
1. The sickness that consumes (11-14a)
In the Bible, there are many ‘‘pictures’’ or ‘‘symbols’’ of sin. Death, blindness, sickness, and inability have all been used to picture lostness. Each of them gives a little glimpse into some aspect of a man’s dreadful condition before God. But no picture is clearer than the disease of leprosy.
Let me show you what I mean.
A. A deadly problem (11-12)
Leprosy was a terrible, dreadful disease. For starters, it devastated the body. The word ‘‘leprosy’’ means to ‘‘strike’’ or to ‘‘smite.’’ And these men were ...
Mike Stone
Luke 17:11-19
A sermon about Thanksgiving
One of the first lessons in good manners we ever learn is the answer to the question, ‘‘What are you supposed to say?’’ And the answer, of course, is, ‘‘Thank you.’’
When one of my kids was really little, my dad gave them a gift. I said, ‘‘What are you supposed to say?’’ The child said, ‘‘I’m sorry...please forgive me...yes sir...’’ and proceeded to go down the list of every polite phrase they’d ever been taught.
When he finally said, ‘‘Thank you,’’ I jokingly said, ‘‘That took a while!’’ When I apologized to my dad, he said, ‘‘No apology needed. That just means he’s learning his manners.’’
Well, here in Luke 17, we find the story of nine men who never learned that simple, childhood lesson. For here we find the sad story of an unclean multitude, an unparalleled miracle, and an ungrateful majority. It’s the sad tale of ingratitude.
Worse, it’s the horror story of 9 men who were within reach of heaven and as best we know, died lost and went to hell with clean skin but a filthy soul. But today I want us to focus on the ONE man who turned around to simply thank the Lord for what He’d done.
As we examine his condition and the miracle he received from Jesus, I think you will see that his story is our story. And my prayer is that his grateful response will also be ours. Notice three things about this man:
1. The sickness that consumes (11-14a)
In the Bible, there are many ‘‘pictures’’ or ‘‘symbols’’ of sin. Death, blindness, sickness, and inability have all been used to picture lostness. Each of them gives a little glimpse into some aspect of a man’s dreadful condition before God. But no picture is clearer than the disease of leprosy.
Let me show you what I mean.
A. A deadly problem (11-12)
Leprosy was a terrible, dreadful disease. For starters, it devastated the body. The word ‘‘leprosy’’ means to ‘‘strike’’ or to ‘‘smite.’’ And these men were ...
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