Title: Thanks (1 of 2)
Series: Words To Live By
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Luke 17:11-19
September 1923 a devastating earthquake rocked the islands of Japan and just in the city of Tokyo it destroyed nearly 75% of the buildings. The New York Tribune called the earthquake "Undoubtedly the greatest disaster in recorded time." It was estimated that nearly 300,000 people died, and 2.5 million were left homeless. Japan was so devastated by disease and despair that it seemed that they'd never recover.
THEN HELP CAME!
Help from United States for helpless Japan. Food, clothing, medical supplies & volunteers came by the shipload. The American Red Cross collected $10 million dollars from the citizens of the United States to help Japan. And the Japanese people were grateful. They even put their gratitude into writing. Their very words were, "Japan will never forget!"
BUT ... JAPAN DID FORGET.
Less than 19 years later, the AMERICAN ships of mercy were forgotten and - on December 7th, 1941 - Japanese planes were sent to Pearl Harbor to wreak death & destruction. (Baptist Bread 2/9/09 Craig Burcham)
How could they forget???
In our story today, we read of 10 lepers that Jesus healed. He sent them to see the priests, and as they were on their way, they were cleansed. Now, undoubtably these men were grateful because Jesus had delivered them from a terrible fate. According to the Old Testament Law, lepers were required to live outside of the city. They were literally quarantined - required to keep a "safe" distance from others so that they wouldn't touch anyone and make them unclean. Lepers were unclean - both physically & spiritually. A leper was required to keep a distance of six feet between others... including their family members. Leviticus chapter 13 says: "The person with such an infectious disease (like leprosy) must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' As long as he has the inf ...
Series: Words To Live By
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Luke 17:11-19
September 1923 a devastating earthquake rocked the islands of Japan and just in the city of Tokyo it destroyed nearly 75% of the buildings. The New York Tribune called the earthquake "Undoubtedly the greatest disaster in recorded time." It was estimated that nearly 300,000 people died, and 2.5 million were left homeless. Japan was so devastated by disease and despair that it seemed that they'd never recover.
THEN HELP CAME!
Help from United States for helpless Japan. Food, clothing, medical supplies & volunteers came by the shipload. The American Red Cross collected $10 million dollars from the citizens of the United States to help Japan. And the Japanese people were grateful. They even put their gratitude into writing. Their very words were, "Japan will never forget!"
BUT ... JAPAN DID FORGET.
Less than 19 years later, the AMERICAN ships of mercy were forgotten and - on December 7th, 1941 - Japanese planes were sent to Pearl Harbor to wreak death & destruction. (Baptist Bread 2/9/09 Craig Burcham)
How could they forget???
In our story today, we read of 10 lepers that Jesus healed. He sent them to see the priests, and as they were on their way, they were cleansed. Now, undoubtably these men were grateful because Jesus had delivered them from a terrible fate. According to the Old Testament Law, lepers were required to live outside of the city. They were literally quarantined - required to keep a "safe" distance from others so that they wouldn't touch anyone and make them unclean. Lepers were unclean - both physically & spiritually. A leper was required to keep a distance of six feet between others... including their family members. Leviticus chapter 13 says: "The person with such an infectious disease (like leprosy) must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' As long as he has the inf ...
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