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THE LEPER, THE LUNATIC, AND THE LAWYER

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45, Mark 5:15, John 3:1-3


The Leper, the Lunatic, and the Lawyer
Donald Cantrell
Mark 1:40-45, Mark 5:15, and John 3:1-3

Thanksgiving Sermon

Theme: ‘‘Celebrating Thanksgiving with a Leper, a Lunatic, and a Lawyer’’

I - The Leper ‘‘Medically Needy’’
II - The Lunatic ‘‘Mentally Needy’’
III - The Lawyer ‘‘Mortally Needy’’

In the sermon today, I would like to write a dialogue on being thankful from the perspective of the Leper, the Lunatic, and the Lawyer, which all had their lives changed after having a one on one encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Leper ‘‘Medically Needy’’

Mar 1:40 KJV - And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mar 1:41 KJV - And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Mar 1:42 KJV - And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Mar 1:43 KJV - And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

Mar 1:44 KJV - And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Mar 1:45 KJV - But he went out, and began to publish [it] much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

My name is Esber and I of all people never thought that I would ever have the opportunity to write a story of healing, because I was a leper. I was born and raised in the little region of Galilee and would often go down to Capernaum with my dad, as he sold his homemade furniture to the locals.

I will never forget the day that we went down to market and I was helping my dad and the most beautiful girl in the world came by and she wanted to buy a chair. It was as if it were yesterday, when I felt ...

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