Leprosy as a picture of sin (based on Leviticus 13&14)

Leprosy is a picture (a metaphor for sin). We see in Leviticus 13-14 a description of leprosy (defiling skin diseases) that paints a picture of what sin is like and what has been done for us as a result of it.
We see in Leviticus 13 that Sin Spreads (Lev 13.5-8), and that Sin Defiles & Isolates us (Lev 13.44-46). Sin desensitizes us, it deadens our nerves (just like leprosy does). We see in Leviticus 14 the process that the sick person went through to be cleansed: First, the Priest went to the leper (Lev 14.1-3) - Jesus came to us (Luke 19.10, and Matt 18.12-14). Second, a sacrifice was offered (Lev 14.8-20) - Jesus is our sacrificial lamb (Heb 9.22, 10.1-25; John 1.29; 1 Cor 5.7; 1 John 4.9-10, and John 3.16). Three, the sick person had to do something; they had to act. In Leviticus, they were responsible for cleaning themselves (Lev 14.8-9). Today, we too have to do something, we have to act, and that simple act is accepting the sacrifice that was made in our place (Rom 10.9-10, 13).

In looking at Leviticus 13 and 14, we see a picture of what sin does to us, and what God has done to free us from it!

Outline:
00:45 - Introduction to Leprosy (disease) as a picture of sin.
02:23 - Sin is more than skin deep. Lev 13.3-4, 25, 30-32, 34. Jer 17.9 - “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

08:37 - Sin spreads
Bible Verses: Lev 13.5-8, 22-23, 27-28, 32, 34-36, 51, 53, 55; 14.39, 44, 48; James 1.14-15; Mat 16.5-12; Gal 5.9, and Rom 1.18-32.

15:53 - Sin Defiles
Bible Verses: Lev 13.44-46; Num 32.23, Isa 6,.5 and 64.6.

20:17 - Sin isolates
Bible Verse: Lev 13.44-46.

22:58 - Sin deadens our nerves - causes us to lose sensitivity to right and wrong.
Bible Verse: Eph 4.17-19.

25:53 - SALVATION

26:58 - The priest went to the leper
Bible Verses: Lev 14.1-3; Luke 19.10, and Matt 18.12-14.

28:15 - The victim offers a sacrifice
Bible Verses: Lev 14.8-20; Heb 9.22, 10.1-25; John 1.29; Ex 11-12; 1 Cor 5.7; 1 John 4.9-10, and John 3.16.

35:03 - The Sick had to Act
Bible Verses: Lev 14.8-9; Mark 1.40-44; Rom 12.2; Psa 1; Rev 3.20, and Rom 10.9-10, 13.

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