Instantly the leprosy disappeared, and the man was healed.
Then Jesus sent him on his way with a stern warning:
"Don't tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you.
Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy.
This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed."
But the man went and spread the word...
Mark 1:42-45 NLT
You can read about the requirements of the law in Leviticus 14.
There's doves, lambs, sacrifices, shaving all your hair, oil, and time.
8 days of ceremony.
To make sure.
To thank God.
Did this man just get so excited he ignored all that?
Or because he had been a leper he had no hope of meeting the requirements of the law?
Or did he realise that all the requirements of the law had been met in what Jesus did.
In who Jesus is.
Maybe all of the above was true, and it's just as true for us:
We have no hope of meeting the requirements of the law
Who Jesus is, what He did, fulfills the law on my behalf.
I have a story.
#redemption
#gospelofmark