THE SERVANT ABOUT HIS WORK CONT.---LESSON 2 CONT.

THE SERVANT ABOUT HIS WORK CONT
MARK LESSON 2 CONT.--MARK 1:40

c. Like sin it DEFILES and ISOLATES, Leviticus 13:44-46, “He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.”

d. Like sin it RENDERS THINGS FIT ONLY FOR THE FIRE, Leviticus 13:47, 52, “The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.”

e. The UNSAVED are in WORSE SHAPE SPIRITUALLY than this man was physically.

2. The LEPER CRIES for CLEANSING, v. 40.

a. Lepers were SHUT OUT of walled cities and SHUNNED BY ALL, but this one comes FACE TO FACE with the Savior, Matthew 8:2, “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”

3. The Lord MOVED with COMPASSION, v. 41; Hebrews 4:15, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

a. He TENDERLY TOUCHES the man and wills him to be clean, Psalms 33:9, “For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.”

b. How long it must have been since a LOVING HAND had touched this man!

4. The leprosy DEPARTS from him, v. 42; John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” Leprosy is a type of sin and only the Saviour can cleanse from sin

B. The Leper CHARGED, vs. 43-45

1. He was charged NOT TO TELL others, vv. 43-44a.

Note: “The command to report to the priests was in accord with the Mosaic regulations and the prohibition against talking about it was to allay excitement and to avoid needless opposition to Christ.” ---A. T. Robertson’s NT Word Pictures.

2. He was commanded TO GO to the PRIEST, v. 44b; Psalms 122:4, “Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” Leviticus 14:2-20. Jesus did not ignore the law.

3. The man was CONSUMED with a DESIRE TO TELL others, v. 45a.

Note: “One of the best ways to spread a thing is to tell people not to tell. It was certainly so in this case. Soon Jesus had to avoid cities and betake himself to desert places to avoid the crowds and even then people kept coming to Jesus.” ---A. T. Robertson.

4. The CLAMOR in the city kept Jesus in the desert, v. 45b.

Mark 1:40

c. Like sin it DEFILES and ISOLATES, Leviticus 13:44-46, “He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.”

d. Like sin it RENDERS THINGS FIT ONLY FOR THE FIRE, Leviticus 13:47, 52, “The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.”

e. The UNSAVED are in WORSE SHAPE SPIRITUALLY than this man was physically.

2. The LEPER CRIES for CLEANSING, v. 40.

a. Lepers were SHUT OUT of walled cities and SHUNNED BY ALL, but this one comes FACE TO FACE with the Savior, Matthew 8:2, “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”

3. The Lord MOVED with COMPASSION, v. 41; Hebrews 4:15, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

a. He TENDERLY TOUCHES the man and wills him to be clean, Psalms 33:9, “For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.”

a. How long it must have been since a LOVING HAND had touched this man!

C. The leprosy DEPARTS from him, v. 42; John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” Leprosy is a type of sin and only the Saviour can cleanse from sin.

B. The Leper CHARGED, vs. 43-45

1. He was charged NOT TO TELL others, vv. 43-44a.

Note: “The command to report to the priests was in accord with the Mosaic regulations and the prohibition against talking about it was to allay excitement and to avoid needless opposition to Christ.” ---A. T. Robertson’s NT Word Pictures.

2. He was commanded TO GO to the PRIEST, v. 44b; Psalms 122:4, “Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” Leviticus 14:2-20. Jesus did not ignore the law.

3. The man was CONSUMED with a DESIRE TO TELL others, v. 45a.

Note: “One of the best ways to spread a thing is to tell people not to tell. It was certainly so in this case. Soon Jesus had to avoid cities and betake himself to desert places to avoid the crowds and even then people kept coming to Jesus.” ---A. T. Robertson.

4. The CLAMOR in the city kept Jesus in the desert, v. 45b.