Leper's Corresponding Action !

LEPER'S CORRESPONDING ACTION : I don't say these things to keep anyone who has faith from believing God for divine healing. But I say these things to keep some from going beyond THEIR FAITH and throwing their medication away, who do it only because someone told them to do it. Let me give you another example from the Bible. In the 17th chapter of Luke, you find the story where 10 lepers came to Jesus. They were standing afar off. They were required by law to stay about 100 yards away from the crowd. "And 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. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed." (Luke 17:13--14). When Jesus saw them, He said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." Now, what kind of an answer was that ? The only reason they were to show themselves to the priests was if they had been cleansed. That was the law of that day and time. If you had been cleansed, if you know longer have leprosy, you would go show yourself to the priest and he would pronounce you clean. Jesus did not pray for them. He just simply said, "Go show yourself to the priest." The Bible says, ... As they went, they were cleansed (v. 14). The going was the corresponding action. They were acting on the words of Jesus. This was as far as they could go with their corresponding actions at that point, Now, they could have acted in a different manner by saying "man we went to Jesus to heal us and all he told us was to go to the priests and show ourselves." And Jesus required it, even though they didn't have the manifestation at that time. They could have said, "But, Jesus, we are not cleansed yet." But they acted on the words of Jesus. It makes a difference when you act on the words of Jesus. "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. However, I believe it is possible that nine of them lost their healing. "And Jesus answering said, were there not 10 cleansed ? But where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith has made the whole." (Luke 17:17--19). Notice that Jesus said it was His Faith. The man's faith was released in his corresponding actions as he went. It is possible that the other nine lost their healing. Of course, this is just speculation since the Bible does not say. But they could have gone a ways down the road, and began to look at themselves and say, "Look, we are cleansed. Now we can do what we want to do. We don't want to show ourselves to the priest. We are going to Damascus now that we are healed." I'm not saying this did happen, but it is a possibility that they disobeyed Jesus and lost their healing.