Luke 17

Oh my, how many times I have been guilty of being one of the nine lepers in Luke 17?  The one person who does come back to give thanks wasn't even expected to come back cause he was a foreigner.  And when we think of leprosy another great word for it is SIN.  There were 10 sinners who stood at a distance and called out, Master, have mercy on us!  He does have mercy on us by giving up His life on the Cross and only 1 out of the 10 sinners come back.  And not only does the one come back but He truly understands what Jesus did for him, cause he falls down at His feet, giving Him thanks.  Do we understand how ugly our sin is?  C.H. Spurgeon wrote this some time ago - "an ounce of sin will hurt you far more than ten million tons of suffering."  This man recognized himself as this ugly sinner and came back to thank Jesus for rescuing Him.  Do you know that worship is our recognizing ourselves as a vicious sinner who comes back to bow before Him to say thanks time and time again?  May we represent the one!