The leper, in dirty rags, stares at the ground in shame, despised and abhorred by the crowd. The crowd holds its breath, all eyes riveted on Jesus' inviolable hand - reaching, stretching suspensefully closer towards the untouchable. The crowd gasps as He gently lays His hand on the leper's shoulder- and amazingly speaks total healing into being! The crowd laughs and cheers with joy as the white flakes disappear, nose and fingers re-grow right before their eyes.
Jesus does the same for social and moral lepers, the shame-tortured, the self-loathed. He speaks innocence, purity and shining reputation into being. God spoke the universe into being: He has spoken your good reputation and flawless track record into being too.
Woe to him who dares deny or defy God's declaration, the purity God has spoken into being. If God is for us, who can be against us? Rom. 8:31
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