Luke 17:14. And when he saw them,
Even before he heard them, he saw their pitiable condition.
Luke 17:14. He said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests.
That is all Jesus said to the lepers: "Go shew yourselves unto the priests." They were not to go to the priests till they were clean, for the priests could not heal them. It was the healed man who went to the priests to get a certificate that he was healed, and so might mingle in society again. It was a strange message, then, that the Saviour gave to these lepers: "Go shew yourselves unto the priests." And oh, the faith of these men! With only this shell of a promise, as it were, they cracked it, and found a promise inside it, for they said to themselves, "He would not send us to the priests for nothing; he would not mock our misery; he must mean to heal us:" and therefore away they went. A grand faith this! You are to come to Christ before you feel any grace in you; you are not to wait until you feel you are healed, and then come to him. Come just as you are, without any sense of grace, or any kind of feeling within you that is worth the having. Come just as you are.
Luke 17:14. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
As the sinner believes, he is saved. As a man begins to go towards the Saviour, the Saviour’s grace meets him.
Luke 17:14. And when he saw them,
Even before he heard them, he saw their pitiable condition.
Luke 17:14. He said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests.
That is all Jesus said to the lepers: "Go shew yourselves unto the priests." They were not to go to the priests till they were clean, for the priests could not heal them. It was the healed man who went to the priests to get a certificate that he was healed, and so might mingle in society again. It was a strange message, then, that the Saviour gave to these lepers: "Go shew yourselves unto the priests." And oh, the faith of these men! With only this shell of a promise, as it were, they cracked it, and found a promise inside it, for they said to themselves, "He would not send us to the priests for nothing; he would not mock our misery; he must mean to heal us:" and therefore away they went. A grand faith this! You are to come to Christ before you feel any grace in you; you are not to wait until you feel you are healed, and then come to him. Come just as you are, without any sense of grace, or any kind of feeling within you that is worth the having. Come just as you are.
Luke 17:14. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
As the sinner believes, he is saved. As a man begins to go towards the Saviour, the Saviour’s grace meets him.