…and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. Leviticus 13:3 – Today’s chapter unpacks how Israel was to handle a leprous disease within their community. Note that while certainly this does cover leprosy itself, it also refers to an assortment of different skin diseases that fell under their category of “leprous” diseases. If though the disease was determined to be leprosy, and not some other disease that would eventually heal, that’s when we see the sad fate of the individual pronounced. They were perpetually unclean with this disease. They would live apart from the Jewish community who were clean. For a true leper, life was hopeless, painful, and humiliating. No treatment was there to heal them and this was their lot for the rest of their difficult life. Then we see Jesus come along in the gospels and does the unthinkable. He comes nears lepers, embraces them, and then does what no one else could do…heals them of their leprosy. In our life we too have a type of leprosy know as sin. It plagues our life and condemns us to a life of hopelessness and death. No worldly treatment or doctor is able to bring healing to our sin condition. Then comes Jesus. Like He did with the lepers in scripture, He comes near to us and embraces us and makes us clean. Only through Jesus could such a miracle take place in the life of the lepers and only through Jesus could such a miracle take place for us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3215
Question To Ponder: How might someone try to “cure” their sin condition without Jesus?
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