Sermons on Markos 1:40:

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Feb 18, 2021

“Mercy triumphs over judgment” is one of the most important declarations in all of scripture-- both for our own salvation, and in how we reflect God’s love for a fallen world.

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment James 2:13 (Read Mark 1:40-45) Spiros Zodhiates was a Greek scholar and Christian leader who told of once preaching on the love of God to a leprosy colony in India. Their members were so moved by his message that they came forward to embrace him afterwards. He said ...read more

Scripture: James 2:13, Mark 1:40-45

Healing

Contributed by Fr. Damien Evangelista on Feb 28, 2021

Christ

When Christ extends his hand to cure the leper, the Lord is proclaiming that God's Kingdom has shattered the darkness in our world. The Lord has come to wage spiritual warfare through his healing ministry against the Devil. Making physical contact with a leper, though, was taboo because ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Tools For Healing Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 27, 2021

We have no example of a disease that Jesus refused to heal. He did not pick and chose, or discriminate against anyone on the basis of their disease.

One of the great wars of all time was a war where all men were on the same side. The enemy was the small pox virus. It made all other foes seem puny in comparison. One of the greatest dangers for the Pilgrims and Puritans in coming to America, was this dreaded pox. They died in large numbers from ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

How To Become A Contagious Christian

Contributed by John Gaston on May 1, 2017

Jesus touched a leper but He didn't get leprosy, rather the leper got Jesus. Why? Because Jesus was contagious with a strain from Heaven, which, when caught, replicates Jesus in the lives of those who catch it! We need to pass it on!

HOW TO BECOME A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN Mk. 1:40-42 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. When you’re a boy, dirt is a good thing. I heard about a “preacher’s kid” who was told by his mother that he should wash his hands because there were germs living in all the dirt he’d been playing in. 2. He looked up at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-42

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Leper Healed; His Response Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 10, 2017

Leprosy was believed to be God’s chastisement for sins that were committed by the person. That type of thinking removed compassion and sympathy for the leper. They were likely to be stoned, if they got too close.

Harmony of the Gospels -AD 27- Galilee Title: Leper Healed; His Response (Leviticus 13:44) Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45, Luke 5:12-16 Whenever Jesus came into contact with disease or misery, He was moved by compassion to remove it by his touch, His presence, or His word. This was part of His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45, Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

Why Are You Mute?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 6, 2016

If a man could not keep quiet when Jesus told Him not to speak, why are you not speaking?

Mark 1: 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Baptist

A Leper's Prayer

Contributed by Bishop Malcolm Coby, Ph. D. on Aug 20, 2016

Life often presents extreme conditions from which we pray to overcome. Some conditions are described as hopeless. How do you pray in such times? This sermon challenges us to learn from a deplorable condition known as leprosy. Hear the prayer of a leper.

This text illustrates what I choose to call A Leper’s Prayer. Before you think that it is irrelevant, you must understand the level of intensity in prayer that comes from the heart. I can’t think of a situation more drastic, more hideous or more undesirable than that of the life of a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: *other

Harden Not Your Hearts Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2015

Not to share one's wealth with the poor is stealing from them.

Thursday in the First Week in Course 2015 Joy of the Gospel The two NT readings we have heard today are linked by a single notion expressed in the words “moved with pity.” Jesus looked on this poor leper and, in the Greek, became splagchnistheis. This is something we have all ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Catholic

Healing The Leprosy Of Sin

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 31, 2015

It is in the very nature of a forgiving God to - well, forgive!

HEALING THE LEPROSY OF SIN. Mark 1:40-45. 1. The leper The various skin diseases which fall under the Biblical heading of ‘leprosy’ have long stood as a metaphor for that worst of all human diseases: sin. However, this does not detract from the historicity of the incident which Mark now sets ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mark Chapter 1 Series

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jul 1, 2015

This brief outline of notes from Chapter 1 of Mark can be very helpful in putting together a sermon or in leading a Bible study.

The Gospel According to MARK Notes on Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Unlike the other Gospel writers, Mark assumes the birth narratives to be known by his readers. He starts right in with the beginning of Jesus’ ministry years. 1-8: John the Baptist’s ministry and announcement of the one to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-45

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Can If He Will Series

Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Dec 30, 2015

A man with a withered hand makes an appeal to the soveriegnty of God, aware that Christ's ability is not handcuffed by His impotence, but subordinate to His will alone.

The last story in the gospel of Mark, prior to this story, we discover that there was hell and havoc in the house of Peter. Jesus has come into the house of Peter and He has healed the mother-in-law of Peter and she got up and served the people. And persons began to bring persons who were sick and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40

Denomination: Baptist

The Whole Good News Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jan 7, 2016

Jesus heals a man with an unclean spirit, Peter's mother-in-law, and a leper.

Mark 1:21-45 “The Whole Good News” INTRODUCTION What would be some of the greatest headlines that you’d like to read in 2016? • ISIS Defeated! • Surprise Resident Wins Powerball Lottery • War On Poverty Won! For the writer of the gospel of Mark the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-45

Denomination: Lutheran

Love In Action!

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Jan 18, 2018

Jesus reveals the pathway of true ministry - 1. Reaching Out To People 2. Connecting With People 3. Restoring People To Wholeness and Community

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45 (Call to Worship - Psalm 30) Title: "Love - In - Action" Jesus reveals the pathway of true ministry - 1. Reaching Out to People 2. Connecting With People 3. Restoring People to Wholeness and Community INTRO: Grace and peace from God our Father ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Nazarene

"I Do Choose!"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 1, 2018

A sermon about the radically inclusive love of Christ.

“I Do Choose!!!” Mark 1:40-45 Have you ever felt like an outcast? Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in? Many of us go through times in our lives when we feel like social piranhas. A month or so ago, Clair and I went to the mall. This is something we don’t do very often, but it was a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: United Methodist

"Interruptions Or Opportunities?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 5, 2016

What if ministry is interruptions?

“Interruptions or Opportunities?” Mark 1:40-45 How do you react to interruptions? Think about that for a moment. Think about times you have had your plans interrupted. Perhaps you had bought plan tickets to visit someone or go on vacation and your flight is delayed. How did you ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: United Methodist