Passage from Luke 17:11-17
Ten lepers begged Jesus to heal them, and he did. After the miraculous healing, only one returned to Jesus... that person was a Samaritan... a foreigner. Because of this Jesus said, “Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.”
Ten were healed, but only one was made whole. I made a research on the meaning of whole in this passage, and I found out in its Greek form it was sozo which is commonly translated as “to save”. To save means to keep from harm, to persevere or to rescue. But I believe it really means more than that... to simplify, the ex-leper was made COMPLETE! He must have received genuine, heaven-bound salvation, not just skin-deep salvation!
What are the keys to his being whole?
1.) Faith. “Your faith has made you whole.”
2.) Gratitude. He was thankful from the bottom of his heart. He returned to thank the one who saved him from a life of leprosy, shame and other inconveniences we don’t understand. He was a Samaritan, so he must have felt more gratitude than others.
Am I like one of the ten who were healed? But more importantly, am I like the one who was made whole?
Lord, FAITH and GRATITUDE! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!1
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