SENSE of TOUCH

LUKE 5:12-13

THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER

NOW THERE WAS A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY IN ONEOF THE
TOWNS WHERE HE WAS, AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS, HE FELL
PROSTRATE, PLEADED WITH HIM, AND SAID, "LORD,IF YOU
WISH, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN." JESUS STRETCHED OUT
HIS HAND, TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID, "I DO WILL IT. BE MADE
CLEAN. "AND THE LEPROSY LEFT HIM IMMEDIATELY. THEN HE
ORDERED HIM NOT TO TELL ANYONE, BUT "GO, SHOW YOURSELF
TO THE PRIEST AND OFFER FOR YOUR CLEANSING WHAT MOSES
PRESCRIBED; THAT WILL BE PROOF FOR THEM." THE REPORT
ABOUT HIM SPREAD ALL THE MORE, AND GREAT CROWDS ASSEMBLED
TO LISTEN TO HIM AND TO BE CURED OF THEIR AILMENTS,
BUT HE WOULD WITHDRAW TO DESERTED PLACES TO PRAY.

SENSE of TASTE
MATTHEW 5:13
THE SIMILES OF SALT AND LIGHT
YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. BUT IF SALT LOSES ITS
TASTE, WITH WHAT CAN IT BE SEASONED? IT IS NO LONGER
GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT TO BE THROWN OUT AND TRAMPLED
UNDERFOOT.

SENSE of HEARING
MARK 7:31-37
THE HEALING OF THE DEAF
AGAIN HE LEFT THE DISTRICT OF TYRE AND WENT BY WAY
OF SIDON TO THE SEA OF GALILEE, INTO THE DISTRICT
OF THE DECAPOLIS.AND PEOPLE BROUGHT TO HIM A DEAF MAN
WHO HAD A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT AND BEGGED HIM TO LAY HIS
HAND ON HIM. HE TOOK HIM OFF BY HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE
CROWD. HE PUT HIS FINGER INTO THE MANS EARS AND
SPITTING, TOUCHED HIS TOUNGUE *; THEN HE LOOKED UP TO
HEAVEN AND GROANED, AND SAID TO HIM, EPHPHATHA!
(THAT IS TO OPENED!) AND IMMEDIATELY THE MANS EARS
WERE OPENED, HIS SPEECH IMPEDEMINT WAS REMOVED,
AND HE SPOKE PLAINLY. HE ORDERED THEM NOT TO TELL
ANYONE. BUT THE MORE HE ORDERED THEM NOT TO, THEY
PROCLAIMED IT.THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY ASTONISHED AND
THEY SAID, HE HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL. HE MAKES
THE DEAF HEAR AND MUTE SPEAK.