Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for January 31, 2021

He Can Make You Clean!

Luke 5:12-16

This text records the first of three accounts of Jesus responding to the needs of real individuals. Here, Jesus, The Great Physician, meets a physical need which points to the meeting of a greater need.

1. Desperate Condition

• full of leprosy
• disfiguration, humiliation and isolation (Lev. 13:45-46)
• symbol and parable of sin

2. Distinct Self-Awareness

• worshipful submission: on his face
• not heal but make me clean
• confidence in the ability of Jesus

3. Dramatic Touch

• compassionate contact
• comforting words
• immediate “departure”

4. Definite Instructions

• don’t tell, but do go and show…
• practical and prophetic (Gal. 4:4-5)
• more crowds and more communion

5. So What?

• Because Jesus can deliver the diseased, magnify His power in the midst of your weakness.
• “There are times when the least thing in the world we feel we deserve is comfort, and yet there it is. The everlasting lovingkindness of the Lord our God is ever on its way to comfort us. “ (Carmichael)
• “The Great Physician now is near, the sympathizing Jesus. He speaks the drooping heart to cheer. Oh, hear the voice of Jesus!” (Hunter)