Matthew 8:1-4 - Homilies By J.a. Macdonald

The leper.

Jesus, in his sermon on the mount, spake with an authority that asserted his Divinity. He claimed to be the King and Judge of men. Coming down from the mount, followed by the multitudes who were astonished at his doctrine, he wrought, a miracle which proved his authority to be no assumption. The miracles of Christ were not only miracles of power; they were, moreover, miracles of wisdom—parables of omnipotence.

I. LEPROSY IS AN EMBLEM OF SIN .

1 . It is a most loathsome disease.

2 . It is an insidious disease.

II. ITS CURE SETS FORTH CHRIST AS THE SAVIOUR OF SINNERS .

1 . The Law prescribed no cure for it.

2 . Jesus is able to save all men.

3 . He is not willing to save all characters. "If thou wilt."

4 . Impurity instantly yields to the rebuke of Christ.