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THE PROBLEM WITH JESUS"Mt. 8The problem with Jesus is that unlike us, he treats everyone the same. We treat people through the lens of our own bias and preference. Chapter 8 is filled with the mighty miracles of Jesus. But each case that Jesus ministered to presented a bit of challenge:The Leper Mt. 8:1-4 When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. It says that Jesus "touched" him. In that society and at that time, it was understood that lepers were not to be touched. It was considered "unclean," and had devastating social and religious...
