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    1.when You Are Wanting To Be Healed by The Lord, Don't Go To The Wrong Place

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    The document summarizes the biblical story of Naaman, a Syrian commander who was healed of leprosy by the prophet Elisha. It outlines 4 key lessons from the story: 1) Seek healing from God in the right place, 2) God's message is often simple, 3) God works in ways we don't expect, 4) Sin can have lasting consequences. It describes how Naaman was told by a servant girl about Elisha, was instructed to wash in the Jordan River by Elisha, and was healed. However, Elisha's greedy servant Gehazi lied to take gifts from Naaman, showing how sin can impact generations.

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    The document summarizes the biblical story of Naaman, a Syrian commander who was healed of leprosy by the prophet Elisha. It outlines 4 key lessons from the story: 1) Seek healing from God in the right place, 2) God's message is often simple, 3) God works in ways we don't expect, 4) Sin can have lasting consequences. It describes how Naaman was told by a servant girl about Elisha, was instructed to wash in the Jordan River by Elisha, and was healed. However, Elisha's greedy servant Gehazi lied to take gifts from Naaman, showing how sin can impact generations.

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    The document summarizes the biblical story of Naaman, a Syrian commander who was healed of leprosy by the prophet Elisha. It outlines 4 key lessons from the story: 1) Seek healing from God in the right place, 2) God's message is often simple, 3) God works in ways we don't expect, 4) Sin can have lasting consequences. It describes how Naaman was told by a servant girl about Elisha, was instructed to wash in the Jordan River by Elisha, and was healed. However, Elisha's greedy servant Gehazi lied to take gifts from Naaman, showing how sin can impact generations.

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    Our story for today is coming from 2 King 5: 14

    The healing of Naaman, the Leper is not just a story of


    the healing of a man from one of the most dreaded
    diseases of ancient times, but it is a story of salvation.
    We have 4 lessons that we can learn from the story of
    Elisha and Naaman.

    1.When you are wanting to be healed by the Lord,


    don’t go to the wrong place.
    The first thing we notice about this story is that Naaman
    was told by (a very courageous) servant girl that there
    was a prophet in Israel that could heal him of his leprosy.
    It is obvious that his disease had not stopped him from
    gaining glory and fame with his people, as he was highly
    esteemed among the Syrians. But when he heard that his
    leprosy could be healed. Naaman sends a letter to the
    king of Israel.

    2. God’s message is often very simple.


    When Elisha heard that the king had rent his clothes at
    the message of Naaman, he sends word to the king to
    have Naaman come to his house that he might be healed.
    So Naaman indeed comes to the door of Elisha’s house
    all Elisha says is “Go and wash in the Jordan seven
    times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be
    clean. It would take some effort on Naaman’s part, but it
    was quite a simple task. There were no frills, no
    extraordinary things Naaman had to do .Just go wash in
    the Jordan seven times.
    3. God does not do things the way we think they
    should be done.
    We often expect thiNGS to be done according to the way
    we think they should be done. We say things like “God
    would have it done this way,” or “God wouldn’t care if we
    did this,” but we don’t often back that up, and thus it turns
    into our opinions being projected as God’s opinions.
    Naaman almost didn’t have his leprosy head because he
    didn’t like the way that Elisha said to be healed.

    4. One “little” sin can have instant consequences that


    last generations.
    When Naaman sees that he has been healed, he returns
    to Elisha with joy and tries to give him some money and
    gifts out of gratitude. Elisha refuses payment and sends
    him on his way back to Syria. But Elisha’s servant,
    Gahazi, a man who had been with Elisha for a long time
    and had seen many wondrous works by the hand of
    Elisha, sees an opportunity. He doesn’t think Elisha is
    right for sending Naaman on his way without accepting
    any of the gifts and he gets greedy as he comes up with a
    plan to take some of the gifts for himself. He runs after
    Naaman and tells a little lie about needing some money
    and clothes for two of the sons of the prophets that had
    allegedly come to stay with Elisha, so that he might take
    just a portion of the gift Naaman had brought to Elisha.

    Naaman represents the seeking soul, one in need of the


    Lord. Remember, God was using his leprosy as a means
    to bring him to a knowledge of the Lord. Elisha on the
    other hand represents the Lord. And Elisha, as God’s
    representative, said “let him come to me,” words which
    the Lord wants to speak to every unsaved person.

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