23rd June
TEXT: TEXT: Luke 17:12-19
(KJV)
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
I have noticed that there are some individuals that
will not give you rest when they are having certain challenge or problem, but
after a while you will not hear from them again. Then one day you suddenly bump
into them and you ask Brother, how are you doing now? They will then say “Oh, I
forgot to tell you, about two days after the last time we met everything became
well”. This is nothing but ingratitude. But worse than this is when the fellow
only returns for more help long after the previous problem has been taken care
of. In other words, you are only in the picture when times are bad. They can
only share their bad times with you but in their good times you never comes to
mind. This is a terrible and annoying degree of ingratitude. Such persons are
wicked because they only want you to share sadness and not in the joy of sweet
victory. The Lord does not approve of this and that is why Jesus asked “, Were
there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”
Are you among the nine who failed to show
gratitude? Examine yourself and make sure you are not guilty of ingratitude.
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