Sunday Morning Worship Service October 11, 2020

Good to be in the house of the Lord. Amen. Amen. And the psalm Called to worship is in Psalms chapter 65 verse 4 Bible says blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causes to approach unto thee That he may dwell in the courts.

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even thy holy temple. Take your songbooks if you would and turn to number 97. Number 97 the mercies of God will sing all three verses together. Let's all stand together, please the mercies of God number 97.

For mercy so great what return can I make for mercy so constant. Sure I love him. I'll serve him with all that I have As long as my life shall endure. Me yet more when I walk in the sleep and they gladden my heart.

They follow me Into shades of the night with this labor is done. Return can I make? Mercy so constant. I'll serve him with all that I have As long as my life shall endure. Even on to the end of the way.

I have it sure promise that can not fail that is mercy is mine every day. What we turn can I make for mercy so constant and sure I love him. I'll serve him with all that I have As my life.

You for Your grace and your mercy this past week father. We're so thankful for the truths of God's Word which Gives us hope gives us peace gives us direction. And father Would you guide pastor Taylor as he brings your word this morning father?

May the Spirit of what God just Work on our hearts convicting us directing us and guiding us. We pray as we Sing these praises unto your name father that we would just lift our voices to you Praising your holy name.

We pray these things in Jesus name.

You may be seated on the back of your bulletin the Psalms reading for today is Psalms 37. I'm going to read that. Follow along as I read that together. Psalms 37. And starting in verse 10 says for Yet a little while and the wicked shall not be.

Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just and Nash's upon him with his teeth.

The Lord shall laugh at him for he sayeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and the needy and To slay such as be of upright conversation.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart and their bows shall be broken a Little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken. But the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

May the Lord have the blessing reading of his word. Turn if you wouldn't just page number 94 in your hymnals number 94. Joy will come in the morning. We'll sing all three verses together. Commencement and before we come to Prayer together and share some of these things.

Do want to mention? The coming in the coming week here this Teen will teens will meet of course at 645 on Wednesday. There's a 7 o 'clock Bible study to follow and pastor Taylor will bring that Bible study message looking forward to that and sharing with us in Sunday school and Wednesday services are also the Study the Holy Spirit and it's really been a blessing to me.

I know it has been to you to looking forward to that and more of that and the working of the Spirit in our lives. And then in the following two weeks of October Ron Burnett will be with us and. And then also looking forward to the November issues of the Bible eternal issues with the Bible conference with Chuck Kemp and We do need to continue to pray for them as well.

Pastor sent a letter and Excuse me won't read all of it, but he expresses his His missing us and and it's likewise as well he I'll just read part of that he says. Pastor says we are finally beginning to really feel rested.

I Sense a welcome return of some creative energy and overall strength. So this time away is bearing positive fruit. Yet we miss our church family you are ever on our hearts and minds. We trust and pray you have seen the blessing of the Lord this past week.

On our part we rejoice in some wonderful answers to prayer seeing the Lord work in amazing ways. We are most grateful for your prayers for us. I thank the Lord for pastor Taylor's ministry among you today.

May the Word of the Lord dwell in you richly and bring forth fruit abundantly. May God be with you till we meet again pastor and Chris. Want to keep them in our prayers? Also we want to the missionary of the week is Dwayne Ott in in Malaysia.

That's Dwayne and Susan Chi his wife in Ku Kewang, Malaysia. They have a wonderful ministry there over 40 years in Singapore and then Malaysia and the church and the and that is there and also the Bible Institute that he teaches.

Pray for them this this week as we focus on These are missionaries. Also, keep in prayer. Connie Fox's daughter Sherry is undergoing Suffering and pain with stomach infection and kidney stones and Ask if you would pray for her during this time these these days ahead doctor's wisdom and And also keep in prayer Kathy McAllister as she Goes to the therapy progress is being made and and also for Bob Klein as The treatments in chemotherapy that he endures and Jerry Jerry with him and we praise the Lord for answer prayer with him and The treatments and the Lord's hand of healing and blessing upon them as well.

So let's unite our hearts together and prayer together. Our father we are grateful and thankful for your goodness to us in all ways. We thank you for Yourself who you are to us and who you declared to be your very image.

Are we created and yet we are created to honor you to glorify you O Lord our Creator our Redeemer our Lord and our Savior our Father and The Son of God who you sent that we might know him for eternal life Is to know Jesus Christ, we thank you for the Word of God that which Encourages challenges us and shows us who you are.

What you like and what you are like we thank you father for this church that you've raised up and the many members the body of Christ father we do pray for The arts that you would minister continue to minister to them.

Faithful missionaries who have surrendered their lives that others might Find life in Christ and have it more abundantly. Thank you for their work in Malaysia the teachings in the Bible Institute. And this and the sharing of the Word of God the gospel of Christ.

To many might be saved and come to know him as their personal Savior as well their work. Father we pray for Connie's Daughter Sherry and that you might heal her might touch her with your healing hand.

Oh God and also the and use the doctors and their wisdom as well father that Whatever means you you desire to heal her we pray. Thank you for pastor and Chris, and thank you for their Time that they can they can be together and to be refreshed and strengthened and Certainly missed them as they do us, and we know that That you would you bring us together again, and we do look forward to the hope that is in Christ that day When you would come for us, oh Lord that we could be with you forever the hope of eternal life the hope and glory.

Thank thank you for that promise in Christ father we pray for this. This hour we pray for brother Taylor as he would come soon and bring us the Word of God that which we desire we look forward to Which encourages us and challenges us as well, and we ask these things in Jesus name.

Amen take your hymnals and Turn to number 57 if you would. And we'll sing just there's two verses. We'll sing them both together. Let's all stand together, please. Number 57 worship the Lord. Do I have that I'm sorry.

It's number 57 in your song book. Didn't quite jive when I was comparing things there. It's number 57 in your blue books. What as we come? To you To receive the food of your Holy Word. Take your truth planted deep in us shape and Fashionist in your likeness that the light of Christ might be seen Today in our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak Oh Lord Fulfill in us all your purposes. For your glory just Lord full Medians only reverence true. Hey, hey, yeah thoughts and our attitudes in the Radiance of your purity cause our faith to rise cause our eyes to see your majestic love and Authority words of power that can never Fail let their truth prevail over Unbelief.

As we go Lord and renew Our minds help us grasp the heights of plans for us truth Unchanged from the dawn of time that will ever go down through eternity. And by grace will stand on your promises. And faith will walk as you walk with it does.

Speak Oh Lord till your church is built and the earth Is filled with your glory. Thank you may be seated. Pastor Taylor, would you come this time, please? There are three texts that I want to read in your hearing.

They Are parallel texts but I want to read each of them so that we have the the full Account of what our Lord did here. I'm talking about the healing of the leper. So the first one we'll read is Matthew 8 verses 1 through 4.

Then we'll turn over a few pages to Mark 1 40 through 45 and the finally Luke 5 12 through 16. We'll begin at Matthew chapter 8 and you might note in your mind the Some of the same what much of the same words are used but some of the significant words that are used repeatedly in the three Gospels and then the fuller explanation in one of the Gospels That is not in the other two.

We'll start with Matthew 8 and you'll notice that Matthew gives us the timing of this miracle it says when he had come down from the mountain and Chapters 5 through 7 we have the record of the Sermon on the Mount.

So it was Jesus coming down from the mountain where he had taught multitudes. That this miracle takes place right in that same time frame and when he had come down from the mountain great multitudes followed him and Behold a leper came and worshiped him saying Lord If you are willing you can make me clean.

Then Jesus put his hand and touched him saying I am willing be cleansed. Immediately his leprosy was cleansed and Jesus said to him See that you tell no one but go your way. Show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them.

So the reading of God's Word is recorded by Matthew. Now over to Mark chapter 1. Mark chapter 1 and verses 40 through 45. Now a leper came to him Imploring him kneeling down to him and saying to him if you are willing you can make me clean.

Then Jesus moved with compassion Stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him I am willing be cleansed. And He strictly warned him and sent him away at once and said to him. See that you say nothing to anyone.

But go your way show yourself to the priest and offer your for your cleansing those things which Moses Commanded as a testimony to them. However He went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the matter so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city But was outside in deserted places and they came to him from every direction.

So the scriptures from the gospel of Mark now over to the gospel of Luke chapter 5. Luke chapter 5 have verse 12 Through verse 16 and it happened when he was in a certain city that behold a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus and he fell on his face and implored him saying Lord if You are willing you can make me clean.

Then he put out his hand and touched him saying I am willing be cleansed. Immediately the leprosy left him and He charged him tell no one. But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing as a testimony to them just as Moses commanded however.

The report went around concerning him all the more and great multitudes Came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. So he himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

So the reading of God's holy and inspired word Let's pray no blessed Holy Spirit. We have your words before us today words, which you gave to Matthew and to Mark and to Luke. Now help us as we look at them to find much light and help as we Meditate upon them and as you've revealed Jesus to us.

May we see him in more of his beauty and glory? We pray in the name of our Savior Amen. Leprosy is a disease that received some special attention in the Old Testament. In Leviticus chapters 13 and 14. There are a hundred and sixteen verses given to this disease.

I Heard just this morning that the book of James has 83 verses total and Some of the other epistles have even fewer Numbers of words or verses so there's a great emphasis of the chapter 13 gives a Detailed description to for the priest to identify what was leprosy.

Now all skin diseases were leprosy and he had these detailed instruction whereby he could determine whether or not the disease that the person had was leprosy or whether it wasn't. Chapter 14 gives a detailed instruction and the sacrificial procedure to follow.

When it was determined that the disease was not leprosy but some other skin disease and in that kind of Condition the leper was told what he must do as far as his sacrificial Responsibilities which really covered a period of some seven days.

Now we know leprosy today as Hansen's disease. Hansen's disease is the Leprosy that no doubt existed in biblical times, but wasn't the only Leprosy quote-unquote that would have been known in that day.

Everything was identified as leprosy that was even less than Hansen's disease. Hansen's disease in its advanced stages eats away at the extremities. Which may attack the nose the ears the hands and the feet?

Leprosy. To understand the significance of this miracle that's recorded for us in Matthew and Mark and Luke. We need to put leprosy in its Old Testament context. God used leprosy as I said, it receives this unusual amount of attention in the Old Testament and The reason that it receives this attention is because God used leprosy to illustrate vividly what sin is like this was the disease that he specifically selected to illustrate the nature of Sin, which of course is our worst enemy sin is in The Old Testament when a man had leprosy it was determined that he had leprosy which was incurable.

There were a number of things that he had to do which we'll speak of in a little later. But at the very essence of things he was separated from his family he was separated from the nation. He was separated from the worship of God.

Such was the lot of the leper and you see this is exactly what sin does. Sin separates us from God. It deforms the human soul and eats away at a man until it finally if not cured kills him eternally kills him.

So since leprosy was the outward sign of the inward corruption of sin. It's no surprise that we have Jesus cleansing a leper here and we know that there were other times that he cleansed lepers. In fact one time he cleansed ten of them all at one time.

And he makes this leper whole as we read in each of these accounts. So in doing so Jesus is picturing the cleansing which he is able to give to the most deformed sinner. And all sinners are deformed, of course.

But this illustrates that and in doing this healing really Jesus reveals so much about himself In this miracle and it is the revelation of Jesus to which I want to direct your attention this morning. And I'm going to be using five words to show how it is that Jesus revealed himself in the cleansing of the leper.

We're going to look first of all at the compassion of Jesus as illustrated in this account. Secondly, we're going to look at the willingness of Jesus as revealed in this account and thirdly at the power of Jesus and that's what we'll consider this morning.

Now you heard me say five didn't you if you were listening? The other two Lord willing will consider tonight and I don't want to give them to unite now because I'll give them to you tonight. So this morning we just look at the first three of these words which revealed Jesus his compassion his willingness and his power.

The Compassion of Jesus Toward Sinners

The compassion of Jesus is is highlighted in all three of the Gospels by simply the fact that all three of these gospel accounts says that Jesus reached out and Touched him. He touched him he touched a leper.

Now there was nothing in the Old Testament that said a letter a leper could not be touched. However We We know that it was not appropriate to touch a leper. Simply because he was separated from the family from the community and he was to cry unclean unclean all the time.

Now mark gives this interesting explanation of the emotion that was behind the touching of the leper. It says mark records that Jesus as he observed him was moved With compassion and then he reached out and he touched him.

It wasn't just that he touched the man. It was that his whole Emotional being was so moved as he saw this man and pitied him that he touched him. It's a very interesting word that that is used in the New Testament to express This compassion or being and it's translated appropriately.

So it's just one word moved with compassion smogna the smogna. And that means nothing to you, but I'll try to explain it. The smogna was the the bowels his stomach his intestines. Were moved they were they were as it were gurgling.

So great was his emotion That Jesus had. That he reached out and he touched him now. The significance of the compassion of Jesus and the significance of him touching this leper. Leper is something that must not escape us this morning.

The place think of again of the place of the leper in society. It was socially unacceptable to touch a leper. The leper was separated from his family. He could not attend the temple. He could not attend the services of the synagogue.

The leper is one according to the Old Testament record who had to wear distinctive morning clothing. So whatever that looked like in that day. You've seen Funerals and you've been at funerals and you know that there is often a distinctive type of clothing usually in black that men and women wear at the funeral.

I saw the the funeral I guess it was of Ruth Giddard Ginsburg and I and I saw all these people and. And they were all dressed the same except for one was in brown. I thought that's strange. And perhaps you thought the same thing.

But the leper had to wear distinctive clothing that indicated that he was in a mournful condition. Also, the leper had to leave his hair uncombed. Now for those of you are bald that doesn't matter whole lot does it.

But he could not comb his hair. He had to he had to leave it a mess frankly. Just leave his hair a mess and then in addition to that as if that weren't enough. Where his appearance would have been so distinctive morning clothing and.

And Hair uncombed. Looking a mess. He had to walk through the streets where there were where there were people and cry unclean unclean unclean. What a life. To have to live in that condition. Why did God require this of a leper?

Well again, I say it wasn't because the disease could be spread by close contact. It's generally known today and I assume probably known back in those days that if someone did have contact with a leper.

They wouldn't necessarily get leprosy at all. That's not how it spread at the very least. They could wash their hands and and and go on without without contracting the disease. Well again, I say it's because the biblical answer is that leprosy was a picture of sin.

So we learn about if we if we know just a little bit about leprosy and the only thing I know about leprosy is what I read in the encyclopedias. So I'm no expert on leprosy. Don't come to me and talk to me now.

If you know more about leprosy, please tell me after the service and I can add it to my sermon. I'll be happy to do that leprosy. You see leprosy Is something that was systemic? That is it was. Read it was a rather than being a localized disease.

It was just systemic throughout the whole body. There are diseases that are localized you may have. You may need a hip replacement. Some people who get older and some people younger, you know, they get things aren't working right bone on bone.

They have to have a hip replace. Well, that's localized so today with modern medicine, of course, you can go in have the hip replacement and Be up and Adam within 24 hours a lot different than it was 20 years ago.

But that's a localized thing but not leprosy. Leprosy can be in the body. I'm told five years Before it ever shows itself. Hmm. Hmm. But you see that too is an illustration of what sin is. Sin is in us from our infancy at birth.

King David said and mother did my. In sin did my mother conceive me? And we're told in the Bible for as by for whereas by one man's sin entered the world and death by sin. So death passed upon all men for all sin all of sin all of sin and Adam we come With the guilt of original sin and we come with a sin nature those of you who have ever had children.

If you think about it, you may not want to admit it right away. They're cute little babies, aren't they? Oh how we rejoice in infants. But it doesn't take long before You find out that they can say no easier than they can say.

Yes. Why is that? Well. They inherited your nature. That's the problem and you inherited the nature from your parents and all the way back to Adam. That is the problem. So you see? Sin affects every part of the soul.

Like leprosy is systemic at a point. It affects every part of the of the man's being. So sin sin affects a man's mind. He doesn't think like he ought to think. Paul says in Ephesians chapter 4. They are darkened in their understanding alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them.

Due to the hardness of their hearts. They are darkened in their understanding. And that's the way we come we come with a darkened mind. We don't think the thoughts of God. We're consumed about ourselves.

Sin affects a man's emotions. You remember what Jesus said and this is the judgment the light has come into the world and people loved darkness rather than light. Here is light. Here is Jesus. He's come into the world.

He is the light of the world. And what do they do they crucify? Because men love darkness. You know recently a few months ago there was this New nation that was started out in Portland, Oregon. You I'm sure you're all aware of it and how it's gonna be a summer of loves and be great.

You know, everybody's gonna love each other and you know how that all turned out but what I found most fascinating and And and and troubled me the most. I mean it's troubling to see that they burn businesses.

That they didn't let the ambulance come in and get people all that is very very bad. I mean that that's really bad. But on one newscast I saw that I'm just inside this new nation. They set up there were some people who went in there To share Christ and to preach the gospel and they kicked him out.

Because he said well that will cause a disturbance. Oh my friend men love darkness rather than light. The very Gospel the very person Jesus Christ who could have brought a summer of love. They want nothing to do with him and that's the way it is with men.

They want nothing to do with the light of the world. So men's motion emotions are affected by sin. Man's will is affected by sin. So he doesn't choose what he ought to choose. Jesus said in John 540 you will not you you will not come to me that you may have life.

The worst possible choice is to reject Christ and men reject Christ unless the Spirit of God opens their heart. I had this vividly illustrated to me. I suppose I was maybe 10 11 years old at the most and On Sunday morning pastor Henry short I attended and was a part of First Baptist Church in Eldora, Iowa.

Pastor Henry short was a ordinary preacher, but sometimes he preached extraordinary sermons and He announced on Sunday morning that Sunday night service was going to be an evangelistic message and To invite your friends to get people there that you could and actually there were quite a few people that came Sunday night as I recall at least As much as you can recall when you're 10 or 11 years old.

The auditorium seemed full and I was so delighted because the next-door neighbor to my grandmother Alan Lived mrs. D and her son Dennis and Dennis and I were good buddies. When I was at my grandmother's we always played together when I was there for the week of fair.

We we rode our bikes together making ramps and going up over them without helmets, which was foolish I know but we didn't know any better in those days and We we did all those wonderful things together and he came to the same church I went to but his father would not come to church.

He was not a Christian. But that Sunday night he was there and I Was so delighted and I'm sure everyone else was to see Dennis's father present and pastor short preached at a moving Powerful Evangelistic message as I recall as much as you recall what you're 10 11 years old.

But I mean I was I was just it was just a great sermon. Lifting up Christ and telling people you must believe I must believe and I'll never forget that he said now. It's important that you come to Christ tonight because you never know if you're gonna have another day.

Now, mr. D was not all that old. Pastor short talked to him at the end of the service. And he said well, he says, you know, I'll think about this, but I'm gonna wait some time. Well on Monday morning when I went downstairs My mother told me That mr. D had died in his bed overnight he didn't have another day friends.

This is what sin does men reject the truth and choose evil instead of choosing Christ. That's how powerful sin is you see sin like leprosy causes this separation it. It takes us away from from God. Isaiah 59 too, but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God and your sins have not hidden his face from you.

They since have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear sin like leprosy causes sorrow and death for the wages of sin is death and eventually Leprosy if left unchecked and thankfully today there are medications that can give can stop its progress.

But there's nothing that can reverse its progress that has been discovered yet. But it ultimately leads to death. It's uncurable. It's uncurable by any Human means men have tried since the beginning of time to cure sin.

So far they've not succeeded. They have not succeeded. Just like leprosy has no known cure. So today men are able to retard certain aspects of sin. Through various psychological counseling and drugs and so forth and we thank God for that but It can't be reversed.

It can't be reversed. Some men have tried desperately to reverse it. One of our American heroes Benjamin Franklin. Perhaps you're aware of the fact that he committed himself to being good. By the way, he loved to listen to George Whitfield preach and And and but but he never believed the gospel that George Whitfield preached.

He did say that he made sure he leaved his wallet home because Whitfield had such power. He's he'd empty his wallet and give everything to To the orphanages which he started. But Ben Franklin Never never never accepted the the truth of the gospel that by faith alone in Jesus Christ could won't be saved.

But he did make a list of 13 virtues and I have them in my folder here. I didn't bring them up to read to you. I didn't want to take the time to do it, but these 13 virtues and he said he made these 13 virtues because the Good 13 good things because if he could do those he was sure they got to be pleased with him.

Well, he set himself diligently to keep these 13 virtues. Guess what happened? Well, he couldn't do it. He said it was a little harder than what he expected a little harder than what he expected and. And by the way, his 13 virtues was not as difficult as the Ten Commandments and then he's ended by saying well.

He says, you know a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself. So, let me be excused. That I couldn't keep all of it. Do you feel the weight of your sin? Do you see how serious sin is it is your worst enemy?

Your worst enemy. But Jesus touched him. Jesus had compassion on this man. Do you love sinners? Are you willing to reach out and embrace sinners. The worst of sinners? Sometimes there are people even in good Bible-believing churches who think themselves so good that they're not willing to have mercy and Compassion on sinners.

I hope you're not one of those. Because Jesus came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. We must move on look at our second word by which Jesus reveals himself in this miracle compassion.

We see the compassion of Jesus. Secondly the willingness of Jesus. All three Gospels record this word. And The word is in response to the leper. The leper says Lord if you are willing you can make me clean.

Jesus touched him saying I am willing. Be cleansed. The willingness of Jesus. What an example of faith this leper is. He knew that Jesus could cleanse him. He knew that Jesus could heal him. He knew that Jesus could solve his problem.

Do you know that? Do you know that Jesus Christ can forgive your sin? Do you know that Jesus Christ can make you whole? Do you know that Jesus Christ is able to do that? He knew it. He knew it. The only thing he needed to know was whether or not Jesus was willing to do it.

Not if he had the ability to do it, but if he was willing and of course Jesus response is I am willing. I was reading one of the commentators this week and And the commentator said this is the only place in the Gospels where Jesus says I am willing.

I Thought that can't be. So I decided to check it out and As near as I can tell I have this very powerful Bible program called Accordance and I can just put in the word and bing bing bing. It comes up in seconds and Now the word will is used in regard to Jesus many many times in the New Testament in the future tense.

It's and it's used generally as a helping verb which we understand in English it helps the real verb but here Jesus simply says I am Willing and all three gospel writers record this. The significance is so great.

What is Jesus saying to us he's saying I'm willing to forgive sin. Isn't that good news? I am willing. I am willing. He loves sinners. He takes no delight in the death of the wicked. All that the father gives me Jesus said will come to him and he who comes to me By no means no wise never certainly not ever cast him out.

There's not a single sinner who comes to Jesus like this leper who will ever receive a negative answer. I am willing. No matter how far advanced the sin is no matter how deep into sin the sinner has fallen Jesus says I am Willing.

Not only is he willing but he has compassion. He reached out and he touched the man. Oh Behold a willing Savior. Behold a willing Savior. Oh. Does not this teach us who have already come to Christ because he was willing with us how we need to be willing and open To others who have gone into sin.

Does it not tell us and teach us that oh I believe that it does. I Believe with all my heart that it does. The third word that I want to call your attention is the word power the word power. This is how Jesus reveals himself he reveals himself as the compassionate Savior as the willing Savior and Certainly as the powerful Savior.

Again, all three Gospels make this abundantly clear. We read I'm in loop, but you can be a Matthew or Mark. You see the same thing immediately the leprosy left him. Whoa. Immediately the leprosy left him.

This is Is now especially when we we know that the physician who wrote The gospel Luke Luke is the physician and we know that when we read in Luke chapter 1 that Luke was a man Who was a historian? He researched and That's how he wrote his gospel he I Don't know how he did his research probably talked to people.

Maybe he had them write down things. Anyway, he researched all this and when he heard about this leper I can just I could just imagine a physician a physician would do this a physician would do this any of you in the medical Community, what's the first thing you would ask leper?

Well What what kind of leprosy? What was the extent of it? How far it had gone and As he listened to these various ones that he talked to He said oh, wow. And so when he writes his gospel Beast being succinct as he is.

He says this man was full of Leprosy. This was not some beginning leprosy in this man. He was full of it. So think with me what this means. It means if you'd have been there with the multitudes and this happened in the presence of multitudes.

You'd have looked at this man who was full of leprosy and you have seen his nose Partially or perhaps all gone. You'd have seen his eyebrows partially probably fully Gone his ears Eaten away with the leprosy his hands Some of his fingers stubs now his toes in his sandals eaten away gone and the marks of leprosy over his whole body and then Jesus says be cleansed.

Immediately immediately. Immediately. All of a sudden you his eyebrows reappear. His ears are full his nose is full as his hands are completely restored. No more stubs. He is immediately cleansed now.

I Would expect Mark to use the word immediately because it's one of his favorite words. You you probably know that if you read the book of Mark, you know that Mark uses. He actually uses the word immediately 37 times in his gospel.