Jesus never intended for us to live safely.  He never wanted us to run and hide.  And He never wanted an exclusive club for the select few.  It was just the opposite:

Matthew 8 1 When He came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before Him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”  3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.

This is verse is unfathomable.  

Hideous to look at, socially unacceptable, and viewed by all as the disease of the sinner, Leprosy was highly contagious.  

To be around it was a ticket to removal from the social norm.  It was dealt with by ostracizing those who had it and those who were around those who had it.

And yet … Jesus walks right up and touches it.  Before people could ostracize both Him and the Leper, the Leprosy was gone.  What could they do?

In the Old Testament and in some of our thoughts today, the righteous are encouraged to completely separate themselves from those who were not part of their group … 

But in the religion of Jesus, it is not like that at all … In His world, HE is the infection.  Ask the Lord to expose you.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J