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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Leviticus 13:9-28
So that leprosy should be diagnosed, the sick person had to show two symptoms: white skin brings to mind spiritual decline, which is derived from loss of communion with the Lord; the more deeply-seated condition shown in the flesh would indicate that a spiritual defect is involved and would betray a grave evil. But here we find a paradox: whilst a single stain was enough to establish the uncleanness of the leper, from the moment when he found himself entirely covered with the disease he could be pronounced clean! That’s the way it is; just as the poor leper, who for so long was obliged to keep the infected areas covered, now was no longer able to conceal anything, even so when a man is constrained to confess himself altogether unclean, God can pronounce him clean in virtue of the work of Christ. "I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid", says the Psalmist, ". . . and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin" (Psalms 32:5). But every indication of "raw flesh" showed fresh contamination: this typifies the fruitless efforts of the old nature to improve itself. In Luke 5, a man "full of leprosy" who came to Jesus was immediately cleansed; so is every sinner who admits his wretched condition and calls upon His love.
