• Numbers 12:1-15
• II Samuel 3:29
• II Chronicles 26:16-21

The horrors of leprosy

The horrors of sin

Symptoms can take a long time to show up.

Hebrews 3:13

Contagious if untreated, but requires long term sustained contact

I Corinthians 5:6; 15:33; II Corinthians 6:17

Lose the ability to sense pain

I Timothy 4:2; Hebrews 3:13

Injuries due to lack of sensation

Ephesians 4:19

Paralysis

Romans 3:10-12; II Peter 1:8; Luke 14:34-35

Blindness

II Peter 1:9; I John 2:9-11; II Corinthians 4:3-4

Irreversible nerve damage

II Samuel 12:13-14

Terminal

James 1:15

• Prognosis
  • Early diagnoses and treatment usually prevent disability - Ecclesiastes 12:1; James 5:19-20; Hebrews 12:13
  • Important to finish the entire course of treatment - Philippians 3:12-14
• The cure
  • Comes from God – II Kings 5:1-3, 7; Matthew 11:5
  • Through baptism – II Kings 5:10-14; Acts 22:16
  • Life after leprosy – II Kings 5:15; Mark 1:40-42; Acts 22:15