Thursday: 1^st-Week in Ordinary Time-Year-B

I Reading:

Cycle I- Hebrews 3:7-14: As long as this “today” lasts, keep encouraging one another.

Cycle II- 1Samuel 4:1-11: Israel was defeated and the ark of God was captured.

Gospel: Mark 1:40-45: The leprosy left him and he was cured.

Jesus’ Power over Leprosy and Its Impact: Cleansing the most Unclean

Leprosy was the most feared disease of the ancient world. It was considered the result of the most terrible sins and punishment of God. Only God had the power to cure this disease. Now Jesus is showing his Messiahship and curing the most unclean.

1.    Jesus was the great hope of the most unclean (v.40)

2.    Jesus was moved with compassion by the most unclean (v.41-42)

a.    Moved to touched

b.    Moved to speak

c.     Result: It was His Word of power that cleansed and healed the most unclean

3.    Jesus warned the most unclean to go-sin no more (v.43)

4.    Jesus demanded that the most unclean witness to His Messiahship (v.44)

5.    Jesus made a great impact (v.45)

a.    The news spread

b.    His fame forced him to an unpopulated area

Thought: There is no real faith apart from obedience and work. Every time a person is truly cleansed from sin by the Son of God. A cleansed person becomes a living testimony and witness to the power of Jesus Christ.

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