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“Where Are The Nine?”
Luke 17:11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through
the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 17:12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who
were lepers, who stood afar off.
Luke 17:13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us!”
Luke 17:14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to
the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with
a loud voice glorified God,
Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was
a Samaritan.
Luke 17:17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But
where are the nine?
Luke 17:18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except
this foreigner?”
Luke 17:19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
Thanksgiving has been called having an attitude of gratitude.
There is a tremendous difference between simply feeling gratitude and expressing
gratitude.
I. THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OF TEN LEPERS.
Luke 17:11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 17:12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were
lepers, who stood afar off.
Isaiah 1:4 Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers,
children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked
to anger the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away backward.
Isaiah 1:5 Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints.
Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it,
But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound
up, or soothed with ointment.
II. THE THUNDERING CRY OF TEN LEPERS.
Luke 17:13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us!”
III. THE THOROUGH CLEANSING OF TEN LEPERS.
Luke 17:14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the
priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.
IV. THE THANKFUL CONFESSION OF ONE LEPER.
Luke 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with
a loud voice glorified God,
Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks …
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing
47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Psalm 47:2 For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
Psalm 107:1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the
hand of the enemy,
Luke 17:16 “…. And he was a Samaritan.”
No longer an outcast, a new song I sing;
From rags unto riches, from the weak to the strong,
I’m not worthy to be here, but PRAISE GOD! I belong!
V. THE THANKLESS CONSENSUS OF NINE LEPERS.
Luke 17:17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where
are the nine?
Luke 17:18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this
foreigner?”
1. Were there not ten healed? Yes.
2. Where are the other nine? Gone.
3. Is there no one here but this stranger? No one.
The central fact in a time of worship is not that we are seeking God but that God is
seeking us.
John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
Not only do we need to hear from God through His Word but God wants to hear
from us.
VI. THE TOTAL CONVERSION OF ONE FORMER LEPER.
Luke 17:19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
On the outside the ten appear identical. Yet what a difference.
One returned. Nine went on.
One was grateful. Nine were not.
One man found forgiveness. Nine did not.
One man got two miracles. Nine got one.
All ten were healed. That’s one miracle.
But the Samaritan was healed and forgiven. That’s two miracles.
Luke 12:8 (NLT) “I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly
here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.
Luke 12:9 But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s
angels.
