What Happen To The Other Nine ?

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Luke 17:11

11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 

12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 

13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 

16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 

18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 

19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

Sermon (What happen to the other Nine ?)

This morning I Want to talk to you on the thought

What happen to the other nine ?

There are a few questions in the scripture that stand out to me

Some questions that seem to echo through time

One was in the garden in Genesis 3:9

When God came waking in the and had to ask the question

Adam where art thou?

Another is found in Genesis 4:9

When the Lord asked Cane where is your brother

And He answered,” Am I my Brothers keeper?

Another time is in psalms 8:4

Where David asked the question

What is a man, That thou art mindful of him?

But the one that stands out the most to me in the whole Bible is the one we find in our text in verse 17

Where there are not ten cleansed?

But where are the nine ?

Where there not ten men with the curse of leprosy

Crying out to Me to heal them

Why was there not ten voices giving thanks to Him

Where ten voices should have been lifted high

There was only one

Where was the 20 hands that should have been lifted up….Praising His Holy Name

Where 20 hands should've been left it up in surrender

There was two…

Where was the 20 knees that should have been barred in the sand giving Him glory

Where 20 knees should have been

There was only two!

Where are the other nine ?

What kind of people… who where cursed for death

Who where outcasts

People no one wanted to be around Including their own family

People who were so unclean

Who was hungry for His attention

How could they be so ungrateful ?

What kind of people would cry out…. for the Lord to help them…

Would cry out to be made whole

A people that would expect such a radical change

And don’t even praise Him after He answers them?

They didn’t even care enough to come back and say thank you !

Where was the Nine ?

In John 6

Jesus feeds 5,000 People …..With five loaves and two fish

One of the greatest miracles He did ..

Now I don't know about you ….

But if a brother came in here and had In this room alone

With five loaves and two fish and feed all of us

He would have my attention

He would have a little credit with me !!!

Now In John 6…

He feeds all those people … They have been following Him

They have seen the miracles

Heck’… He even just walked on the water

But later on down in the verse you can read it for yourself

Jesus starts telling them how He is the bread of life

How He is the eternal life

How if you eat of His flesh, and drink of His blood you will thirst no more

And the Bible says In John 6:66

66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 

The praise stoped when He wanted something form them

The Praise stoped when the food stoped

Its no different today

Go to any worship service At any Church

And likely there will be not even haft of them praising God

Less of haft of them are truly thankful for there blessing

Most of them give more respect to their boss…… then they do to the one who got them the job …

You see they dare not show up late to work …

But for God, who has blessed them and their family, they can’t even show up on time to worship Him…

They show more respect to Netflix and Comcast where they are never late on that bill

But when it comes time to give back to the one who gave it all ….?

Here God … here is the dollar you deserve !!

I have seen so many times in this Church