CrossWay Church
April 23, 2022: Luke 17: 11-19
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Locations & Times
CrossWay Church Battle Ground
311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Luke 17:11-19: The Grateful Leper
I) The life of a leper.
A) Leprosy was a ______________ debilitating disease.
1) It starts with _____________ on the skin.
2) The bacteria attacks the ___________, so open sores and tumors overtake their body.
B) The _____________ took a mental, emotional and physical toll as well.
1) They lived _________ the town to keep the contagion from spreading.
2) They had to yell “_____________” to warn people to stay away.
C) News must have spread that Jesus was in their _____________!
D) They desperately ____________ Jesus to have compassion for them.
II) Jesus shows compassion.
A) Jesus tell them to present themselves to the __________.
1) A priest could restore them back to ___________ if they were healed.
2) There is an implied _________ challenge.
B) Jesus ______________ them on their way.
III) One leper returns.
A) One leper turned ___________ when he saw that he was healed.
B) This time he ___________ God at the top of his lungs!
C) He took a risk and threw himself at the feet of Jesus.
D) He ___________ Jesus!
E) He was a ____________.
F) Jesus commends him and says his _________ has saved him!
1) He believed that Jesus would __________ him.
2) He showed faith that Jesus would _____________ him before the priest declares him unclean.
G) This shows us the connection between ____________ and faith.
John Henry Jowett, a British preacher, said this about gratitude: "Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic." What did he mean? He meant that gratitude, like a vaccine, can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled, discouraged spirit. Like an antitoxin, gratitude can prevent the effects of the poisons of cynicism, criticalness, and grumbling. Like an antiseptic, a spirit of gratitude can soothe and heal the most troubled spirit.
IV) This interaction reminds us of how God works in our own life.
A) We recognize our ______ and the distance it creates between others and God.
B) We acknowledge Jesus’s _____________ and beg for mercy and he freely saves us.
C) His healing restoration produces _________________.
D) Gratitude of God’s mercy ________________ us and empowers us extend mercy to others.
I) The life of a leper.
A) Leprosy was a ______________ debilitating disease.
1) It starts with _____________ on the skin.
2) The bacteria attacks the ___________, so open sores and tumors overtake their body.
B) The _____________ took a mental, emotional and physical toll as well.
1) They lived _________ the town to keep the contagion from spreading.
2) They had to yell “_____________” to warn people to stay away.
C) News must have spread that Jesus was in their _____________!
D) They desperately ____________ Jesus to have compassion for them.
II) Jesus shows compassion.
A) Jesus tell them to present themselves to the __________.
1) A priest could restore them back to ___________ if they were healed.
2) There is an implied _________ challenge.
B) Jesus ______________ them on their way.
III) One leper returns.
A) One leper turned ___________ when he saw that he was healed.
B) This time he ___________ God at the top of his lungs!
C) He took a risk and threw himself at the feet of Jesus.
D) He ___________ Jesus!
E) He was a ____________.
F) Jesus commends him and says his _________ has saved him!
1) He believed that Jesus would __________ him.
2) He showed faith that Jesus would _____________ him before the priest declares him unclean.
G) This shows us the connection between ____________ and faith.
John Henry Jowett, a British preacher, said this about gratitude: "Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic." What did he mean? He meant that gratitude, like a vaccine, can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled, discouraged spirit. Like an antitoxin, gratitude can prevent the effects of the poisons of cynicism, criticalness, and grumbling. Like an antiseptic, a spirit of gratitude can soothe and heal the most troubled spirit.
IV) This interaction reminds us of how God works in our own life.
A) We recognize our ______ and the distance it creates between others and God.
B) We acknowledge Jesus’s _____________ and beg for mercy and he freely saves us.
C) His healing restoration produces _________________.
D) Gratitude of God’s mercy ________________ us and empowers us extend mercy to others.