Luke 17:12-13 (NASBStr)
As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
The ten leprous men cried out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" In the next chapter, a blind man who is sitting along the side of the road will ask the exact thing. Both the lepers and the blind man came to a point to recognize their need for mercy. God is the God of mercy. We all need to cry out to Him for mercy in our lives. Yet, we are also to extend mercy. Jesus is trying to demonstrate to His disciples the need for them to show the same mercy to God that God shows us. In Micah 6:8 we read that the duty of man is not sacrifice and form worship but to do justice and to love kindness (mercy) to others and to walk in humility (later in Luke 18:14 Jesus will address the need to be humble). When we read these miracles of Jesus we need to remember that not only are we seeing the glory of God in the lives of men but we are seeing the character of God demonstrated so that we will model that behavior. As the children of God we should, at least at times and in the Spirit, act with Godly character. Showing mercy to others is not just a command of God it is a character of walking in the Spirit (Galatians 6). Show mercy to others ... as you sat on the edge of the road begging in your sin mercy was shown to you.
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