Gospel Luke Bible Study #45
Luke 17:11-19
Where are the other nine?

1. Do you have any incurable condition or sickness? ( ) yes ( ) no

2. Whom did Jesus meet as He was going into a village? 17:12
=outside of town
What kind of disease is leprosy?
=bacteria: contact disease, discolor, disfigure, nerve system losing sense
What does the Moses’ law command concerning the leprosy? Lev.13:45,46
Lev.14:3
=Lev 14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.
If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease

3. When they saw Jesus from a distance, how did they try to reach Jesus? 17:13
=and called out in a laud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
What did they shout to Jesus in a loud voice? 17:13
=Jesus, Master, have pity on us!
What hope is there for hopelessly dying men? 17:13 ( ) heath and life insurance
( ) money, property, gold
( ) love and comfort from others
( x ) the mercy of God
Have you ever cried out to Jesus for His mercy?
=yes
=Jesus is merciful

4. Was Jesus merciful for these ten lepers?
=yes
How did Jesus heal a leper before? 5:13
=Luke 5:13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
What might these ten lepers expect Jesus to do to heal them?
=touching
What did Jesus say to them to do? 17:14
=When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”
What thoughts might have hindered them to obey Jesus’ word, Go, show yourselves to the priests. 17:14
=Touching-past experience
=After they are healed: not realistic, not logical
=physical discomfort
What faith did the lepers have?
=obey
When were they healed from the leprosy? 17:14b
=As they went, they were cleansed
What is the fundamental principle of healing revealed through this healing?
=Above all, they put Jesus’ word
=put away past experiences
=Jesus authority goes the first
How might they have been reacting when they realized that they had been healed?
=unreal

5. Why did one leper return to Jesus? 17:15
=to give thanks to Jesus
Whom did he praise? 17:15
=praising God in a loud voice
Whom did he thank? 17:16
=Jesus
Where did he thank? 17:16
=Jesus’ feet
What’s his race? 17:16
=Samaritan
What do you need to thank Jesus?
=need time
=need thankful heart
What do you think about some Christians praising their own faith?
=praising own faith is not heathy
Why didn’t the nine others return to Jesus?
=with their own schedules
What does Jesus expect from those for whom He has shown mercy? 17:17,18
=Jesus expected that they will come back to Jesus.

6. How was the healed Samaritan more blessed than the nine? 17:19
=Your faith has saved you
=Luke 8:48 your faith has saved you.
Your faith has healed you
=Physical healing
=spiritual saving
=when we give Jesus thank, we receive more blessing
Do you stop and take time to thank Jesus or go straight to take care of your job?
=give thanks to God
=I need to increase thanks to God.