The Leper

In Matthew 8 we read about how Jesus cleanses a leper, he (the leper) had an illness that made him unclean.
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So when Jesus was in the area he went to him and said “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
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Some great things about this is ONE the leper acknowledged that Jesus was Lord he said “Lord, if you will” by doing this he surrendered his thoughts unto Christ. 
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ANOTHER thing he did was he “ knelt” or “worshipped” (as the KJV puts it) Jesus. He knew that the world could not cleanse but he knew that Christ could and would, because he had faith!!!
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Because he asked Christ to clean him “Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying, I will; be clean.”
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Jesus didn’t say “Nah I don’t want to” or “wait till the world has the answer to your problems”
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NO God will stretch out his hand unto us and cleanse us of our sins, of our filth, right when we ask him too!!!
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He won’t pause, he won’t wait, He’ll comfort us with his hand and cleanse us with his words!!!