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Where Are the Nine?
“And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” (Luke 17:15-17).
Ten lepers had been mercifully and miraculously cleansed by the Lord Jesus. Sad to say, only one returned to give Him thanks. I can just hear the sadness in the voice of the Lord as He asked where the other nine were.
We, too, have been cleansed, not from leprosy, but from our sins. “Ye are washed … ye are sanctified … ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus” (1 Corinthians 6:11).
Will we be like the one leper who returned to give glory to God and thanks to the Lord, or will we be like the nine who went their way and never showed their gratitude? As we consider what He has done for us in the great sacrifice of Calvary, “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving” (Psalm 95:2). “Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name” (Hebrews 13:15).
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