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Luke 5:12-16, A Bible Study Devotion. “Come first, Clean up second…”

Luke 5:12-16, A Bible Study Devotion.  “Come first, Clean up second…”
Read Luke 5:12-16
Anyone who has tried to share their faith has undoubtedly come across this excuse, “I need to get my act together, then I can start to look into God or Jesus or whatever.”  You may know some people who believe that God would not accept them after what they have done.  What do you say then?  What else?  Refer them to scripture.  Look at these verses.
At this time in Jewish culture, a man who had leprosy was like a walking dead man.  There was no cure.  There was no hope.  It ate away at your flesh, your organs, and your mind.  You were not allowed to be in contact with people.  You were not allowed to be with family, or your wife, or your children.  In fact, you had to shout out in public places, “unclean, unclean,” so people would know to avoid you.  A person with leprosy was “unclean” in the eyes of society.  A person with sin is “unclean” in the eyes of God.  Just like leprosy ate away at you slowly and infested your whole body, sin eats away at your soul ... more

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