226: 26-04-2026 Luke (Part 20) The Exchange That Restores The Outcast

In this message on Luke 5:12–16, we see Jesus meet a man with leprosy who was not only physically diseased but also socially excluded, ritually unclean, and burdened with shame. The message explores the compassion and power of Christ, who is willing not only to heal but to make clean, restoring the outcast to community and fellowship. Drawing on the wider biblical theme of the great exchange, it shows how Jesus begins to take the place of the excluded so that the excluded can be brought in, pointing ultimately to the cross where Christ bears our sin, shame, and uncleanness in full. The call of the message is to come to Jesus in faith, to find in him cleansing and welcome, and to rest our identity not in our shame or isolation but in Christ, who makes the unclean clean. Luke 5:12-16