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To those who have not believed or
acted on their belief in the risen Savior, I want to open your
eyes to the tutor of the Law that brings us to Christ.
And if you are in the body of Christ, I hope to inspire you
to reawaken perhaps that dormant desire of Bible study.
(vs.
2) Visibly noticeable We cannot walk around very long
with this infection and not realize it.
Not only ourselves, but others will start to notice it in
us as well.
(vs.
3) Deeper than the skin This is not a superficial
disease that we can cleanse by removing the filth of the flesh.
It takes a stronger cleansing than simply taking a bath.
(vs.7,8)
Cancerous If left untreated, the infection will spread, and
eventually consume us.
Hands and feet
- Leprosy bacteria attack the nerves in the hands and feet and
cause them to become numb.
Eyes
- Leprosy bacteria attack the nerves around the eyes causing the
loss of blinking reflex (which protects the eye from injury and
moistens the surface). The eyes become dry and infected, and blindness
may result.
http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/infectiousdisease/a/071203.htm
It must be a sad state indeed, to
become so numb that you are blind to your actions.
We get this disease by spending
time with others who have it, and we can spread it by the same
method. So what was
the rule for those which were so infected?
Lev.
13:45,46
No contact with fellow Israelites; no mutual benefit; no
involvement in worship. This
person is alone... outside
the camp of God. Who
would choose such an existence?
Romans
8:5-8 (allegory
fleshly disease)
Romans
8:12,13 for if you are living
according to the flesh, you must die
Remedy
The cleansing process outlined in Leviticus
14 is interesting in many ways.
Lev.
14:13
- The
blood of the guilt offering is applied.
(Guilt Offering Lev.
6:2,7)
EAR Romans
10:17
HAND James
1:22,25 (the
saying he works with his hands)
FOOT Ephesians
5:15-17
We have to hear the Word, act on
our faith, and walk by the Faith.
And we figured that out from Leviticus!
So the Law has become our tutor to
bring us to Christ (Galatians
3:24) but the Law was only a shadow of the good
things to come (Hebrews
10:1).
Through all of this, the Priest is
the only one that can pronounce a person clean or unclean.
Hebrews
5:5-10
Glory
to God in the church by Christ Jesus
Franklin
Church of Christ
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