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Nearing the end of His early ministry we have recorded for us here the healing of a leper. It teaches us three things:
First, How should we come to christ? From the leper we see the following. We should come with humility and reverence. We should come acknowledging His divinity. We should believe in His power and submit to His will.
Secondly, what should we expect? This is limited only as our faith and expectations are limited, for Christ's mercy is unlimited. But above all, we should expect only whatever is God's will, notice the leper says, "If you will, you can make me well."
Thirdly, what should we do when we have received mercy from Him? We must realize that with mercy, the gift of Grace, comes responsibility, obedience to His commandments. Here, the leper is commanded to not tell anyone of his healing until he has presented himself at the Temple for purification. Thus allowing the Priest to take the credit for the healing and allowing Christ time to continue His mission.
From this passage we see how expedient it was for Christ to die. As a man He was limited to human boundaries of time and space, as a Spirit, He is able to minister to everyone, everywhere, anytime He is sought in humility and sincerity.
Despite the command to the leper to tell no one, he goes out and tells everyone of his healing by the word of Christ and we see the opposition to Christ growing as His fame and popularity grows.
This brings us to the study of a new section in the "Life of Christ" called "The Developing Opposition".
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