HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS : TRANSFORMATION—FROM LEPROSY TO LIFE pt.1

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS Pt.12

June 22, 2025

TRANSFORMATION—FROM LEPROSY TO LIFE pt.1

Mark 1:40-45

 

 

Mark 1

INTRODUCTION:

 

 

 

TEXT:

Mark 1:40-45 (NIV) ⁴⁰ A man with leprosycame to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

⁴¹ Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”⁴² Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

⁴³ Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:⁴⁴ “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”⁴⁵ Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

 

FOUR THINGS WE MUST SEE:  (((Two today, the last two next week…)))

 

 

 

1. A DISTRESSED CONDITION

 

Mark 1:40 (NIV) ⁴⁰ A man with leprosycame to him [Jesus]…

 

 

Luke 5:12 (NIV)…a man came along who was covered with leprosy.

 

 

 

 

 

Leviticus 13:45-46 (NIV)“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’⁴⁶ As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.”

 

 

 

 

*Leprosy in the Bible is a picture of sin.

 

 

 

Ephesians 2:1 (NIV)As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins…

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 59:2 (NIV)But your iniquities have separatedyou from your God;your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.

 

 

 

 

Psalm 51:5 (NIV)Surely I was sinful at birth,sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

 

 

(MULTILINE)

 

2. A SURE CONVICTION

 

 

Mark 1:40b (NIV) ⁴⁰ A man with leprosycame to him[Jesus]and begged him on his knees…

 

 

 

Mark 1:40c (NIV) “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

 

 

 

Luke 4:12b (NIV)When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

 

Matthew 8:2 (NKJV)A leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

 

 

 

*How did the leper come to Jesus?It says that he came in a posture of humility and worship.

 

 

 

 (MULTILINE)

 

 

 

2 Kings 5:5-7 (NIV) ⁵ “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talentsof silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing.⁶ The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

⁷ As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!”

 

 

 

 

2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)The Lord is not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

 

 

*If you’re willing to come to Jesus, He is willing to save you.

 

 

 

 

 

John 12:25 (NIV)Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for He who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

 

 

(MULTILINE)

 

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