Friday, April 27, 2012

Where are the nine?

In Luke chapter 17 Jesus went into a certain village and ten lepers from a distance cried at the top of their lungs, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." Jesus had compassion on them and told them to go show themselves unto the priest so that they could be declared healed. As the ten lepers started out to see the priest, they were healed. And one of them when he saw that he was healed turned around and with a loud voice glorified God, falling on his face at Jesus' feet giving him thanks. Scripture says in verse 16, "... and he was a Samaritan." In verse 17 Jesus says, "... Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?" Let me ask the same question, where are the nine? Are they filling the churches across the land, teaching Sunday School classes, functioning in leadership positions, etc.. Each one of us that has been born again were as the lepers were and Jesus cleansed and saved us all. Are we at Jesus' feet worshiping or are we so wrapped up in ourselves that we haven't the time or will to worship our Lord Jesus Christ? Where are the nine? Well they are mostly attending Church meetings across the land, but that is not the question. The question is, are we the one out of ten who returns daily to worship the one who saved us and cleansed us and set us free? As fearful and dreadful as it sounds, is it possible that 90 percent of those in churches are the lukewarm that Jesus said he would spew out of his mouth (Revelation 3:16)?

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