That One Man
Ten men, all lepers, stood at a distance and met Jesus…raising their voices to be heard, they asked Jesus to “have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:13)
Jesus saw them and said to them – “‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they were going, they were cleansed.” (Luke 17:14)
(NASB) Luke 17:15-16 “Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
16 and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.”
That Samaritan (he was not Jewish) recognized he had been healed.
That one man turned back and went to Jesus and as he went he glorified God in a loud voice.
That one man fell on his face at the feet of Jesus.
That one man said “Thank You!” to Jesus.
What did Jesus say to that one man?
(NASB) Luke 17:17-19 “Then Jesus answered and said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine–where are they?
18 ‘Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?’
19 And He said to him, ‘Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.”
That one man…put his faith in Jesus…to heal him.
That one man…returned to Jesus…to thank Him.
Are you like that one man?