When Jesus took the time to break the rules (man's, not God's) and touch a leper (Matt. 8:1-4), all at once His words from the Sermon on the Mount could be seen for what they were at face value: life-altering, world-changing, paradigm-smashing truth.
Jesus, on the authority of God, did what no one else was willing or able to do. He touched someone no one else would touch. Someone who was ostracized, shunned, avoided, an outcast. And His healing power flowed to that man and he was restored to health. What a testimony of the power of God. What an answer to the prayers of the poor in spirit, those mourning over their sin, those hungering and thirsting for righteousness they did not possess. Jesus can to set the prisoners free. He came to restore sight to the blind. He came to make the lame walk. And He came to bring the good news that those who were formerly outcast can be lepers no more.
Praise Jesus.
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