At ito ay nangyari, Habang nagpunta siya sa Jerusalem, na siya ay dumaan sa gitna ng Samaria at Galilea. At habang siya ay pumasok sa isang tiyak na nayon, there met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, at sinabi, Hesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when He saw them, Sinabi niya sa kanila, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. At ito ay nangyari, na, habang sila ay pumunta, they were cleansed. At isa sa kanila, when he saw that he was healed, tumalikod, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. At sinabi Niya sa kanya, Bumangon, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole (Luke 17:11-19)
The ten lepers were cleansed by Jesus
Nasa Luke 17:11-19, we read about the cleansing of the ten lepers. When the ten lepers met Jesus, they raised their voices from a distance and said, “Hesus, Master, have mercy on us”. Jesus was not a stranger to them. These ten lepers knew Jesus because they called Jesus by His Name and even called Jesus Master.
When Jesus heard their cry and saw the ten lepers, Jesus commanded the ten lepers to show themselves unto the priests.
The ten lepers obeyed the words of Jesus and did what Jesus had commanded them to do. And because of their obedience to Jesus and His words, habang sila ay pumunta, all ten of them were cleansed of their leprosy.
You would think that all the ten lepers, who were healed would return to Jesus their manggagamot. Ngunit hindi iyon ang kaso.
Just one of them came back and glorified God with a loud voice and fell down on his face at Jesus’ feet and gave Him thanks. And this one man, who was cleansed from his leprosy and returned to Jesus, was a Samaritan, isang estranghero.
Jesus asked the Samaritan, where the other nine men, who were also healed from their leprosy, ay? But the other nine men were nowhere to be found.
The other nine men were probably only interested in the gift and the healing of their bodies, so that they could continue their lives and go their own way then return to the Healer and thank Him and glorify God and follow and serve Jesus. Since the other nine men didn’t return to Jesus.
Although all the ten lepers were cleansed from their leprosy, just one was made whole by his faith (Basahin din: 'Kapag na-save ay laging na-save?' At 'Can no one pluck you out of the Father’s hand?')
Many are cleansed, but few are made whole by faith
We still see the same thing happen today. Maraming, who only go to Jesus when they need something from Him, and as soon as they have received what they’ve asked for and their need is met, nakalimutan nila si Hesus at hindi na bumalik kay Hesus, ngunit ipagpatuloy ang kanilang sariling paraan at mamuhay ng kanilang sariling buhay ayon sa kanilang kalooban at masyadong abala para sa Kanya (Basahin din: ‘Relihiyon o relasyon?‘ at ‘Masyadong abala sa pagiging abala').
Iilan lamang ang tunay na nagpapasalamat sa kanilang paglilinis at kaligtasan at nagsisi at isinilang na muli kay Kristo at inilipat mula sa kadiliman tungo sa liwanag at sumunod kay Jesucristo at maglingkod. Siya at sundin ang Kanyang mga salita at hubarin ang lumang tao at isuot ang bagong tao at lumakad sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya sa kalooban ng Diyos at luwalhatiin ang Diyos(Basahin din: 'Sino ang matanda?', 'Alisin ang matandang lalaki' at 'Isuot mo ang bagong lalaki').
Ito ay higit sa lahat dahil ang karamihan sa mga tao ay nagmamahal sa kanilang laman at sa mga gawa ng laman at mahal ang mga kaloob kaysa sa Tagabigay..
Si Hesus ay mabuti para sa kapatawaran ng kanilang mga kasalanan, paglutas ng kanilang mga problema, pagtugon sa kanilang pangangailangan, at ibigay ang gusto nila, pero madalas dun nagtatapos. Ayaw nilang gumugol ng oras kay Jesus at ayaw nilang pakialaman ni Jesus ang kanilang buhay at ang kanilang kalooban at ayaw Niyang sabihin sa kanila kung ano ang gagawin..
Bakit mo ako tinawag na Panginoon, Panginoon, At hindi ang mga bagay na sinasabi ko? (Luke 6:46)
Bagama't kilala nila si Hesus sa pangalan at tinatawag si Hesus na kanilang Panginoon, sila ay masyadong abala sa kanilang sarili at sa kanilang sariling buhay at hindi gumugugol ng oras sa Kanya at ayaw magpasakop sa Kanya at sa Kanyang mga salita at kalooban, at huwag gawin ang sinasabi Niya.
At napakaraming nililinis, Ngunit sa huli, iilan lamang ang nabubuo (nailigtas) sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.
‘Maging asin ng lupa’
