Mark 1:40-45 — “Lepers Healed, the Kingdom of God is Here”
September 22, 2011Lepers were outsiders. They were not only excluded from normal social interaction but they were excluded from the assembly of God. The disease did not elicit sympathy but revulsion and exclusion. They were unclean, contagious, and judged. The kingdom of God reverses this situation. Lepers are healed, included, and redeemed. It is evidence that the […]
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