JESUS CALLING THE LEPERS CLEAN !

JESUS CALLING THE LEPERS CLEAN ! Jesus called things that were not come in all of His earthly ministry. He taught us to do the same. This is what the church of Jesus Christ should be doing ! In Luke 17, we find the story of the 10 lepers, who cried out for Jesus to have mercy on them. "And as he entered into a certain village, there met him 10 men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Notice, they lifted up their voices; and said Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." And when he saw them, he said unto them, go show yourselves unto the priests. Now the reason they were to go and show themselves unto the priests was they were still under the Mosaic law. In other words, Jesus has not yet shared his blood for the remission of sins and died and risen from the dead. The Scripture says, And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed." (Luke 17:12-14). Notice again that Jesus said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." What was He talking about ? Didn't He know they were lepers ? Yes, Jesus knew they were lepers. But He was calling them clean. The only Scripture reason they would show themselves to the priests was if they were cleansed. So Jesus was calling them clean. They could have said, "But Jesus, we don't believe in this calling things that are not. We don't believe in confessing something that is not already true. We don't believe in something we cannot see, or feel. We just believe in saying it like it is. We call things as they are." Had they said that, they probably would have been lepers for the rest of their lives. But the Bible says . . . As they went, they were cleansed. They acted in simple obedience on the words of Jesus, as He was calling things that were not. As they went, they were calling things that were not, by their Actions.Every time Jesus told a cripple to take up his bed and walked, he was calling things that were not, as though they were (John 5:8; Luke 5:24). From the natural standpoint, we know a cripple can't walk, and Jesus knew a cripple can't walk and carry his bed. Jesus called them healed when they were bedfast. People who are sick are calling themselves sick that's why they are still sick ! The individual calling themselves healed by their actions based upon the words of the Bible. Again in (Luke 6:10), Jesus tells a man with a withered hand to stretch forth his hand. A withered hand can't be stretched forth unless it is healed. When the man with simple obedience acted on Jesus words, he was calling his hand normal. This was God's method then and now and Jesus used it. Why don't you use it !