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Several lepers are noted in Scriptures, including the one known as Simon, the leper. He lived in Bethany and may have been cured by Christ of his disease, else he would have been banished from society. He is an interesting parallel to Naaman, the captain of the Syrian army reported in 2 Kings chapter 5.
Like Naaman, Simon was a noted citizen in his day. Both of them needed deliverance from a loathsome disease which is a scriptural type of sin. Both of them were arrogant and needed chiding -- Simon by the Lord Jesus for not offering courtesy and respect when he came to his house; and Naaman by the prophet Elisha, who ordered him to the humiliation of bathing in the muddy Jordan River. Both were delivered from the disease by the power of God.
Sin is insidious in its destructive effect, much like the way leprosy spreads when no cure is effective. God cures both leprosy and sin.
-- Yocom
Several lepers are noted in Scriptures, including the one known as Simon, the leper. He lived in Bethany and may have been cured by Christ of his disease, else he would have been banished from society. He is an interesting parallel to Naaman, the captain of the Syrian army reported in 2 Kings chapter 5.
Like Naaman, Simon was a noted citizen in his day. Both of them needed deliverance from a loathsome disease which is a scriptural type of sin. Both of them were arrogant and needed chiding -- Simon by the Lord Jesus for not offering courtesy and respect when he came to his house; and Naaman by the prophet Elisha, who ordered him to the humiliation of bathing in the muddy Jordan River. Both were delivered from the disease by the power of God.
Sin is insidious in its destructive effect, much like the way leprosy spreads when no cure is effective. God cures both leprosy and sin.
-- Yocom
