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prophet had hid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?" While the general himself played the fool, he had wise servants. How many there are today, like Naaman, willing to do some great thing to secure salvation, but not the simple thing God requires. All we have to do today is “Wash and- be clean.” When and how we are to wash appears from Rev. 7:14; Titus 3:5; l.John 1:9; Acts 16:31. v. 14. “Then he went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the Man of God; and his (1) The Diseased Soldier, vs. 1-3. ’ JSTaaman, the captain, was a leper, v. 1. A Jewish maid was servant to Naaman’s wife, v. 2. The maid believed that the prophet of Israel could cure him, v. 3. Questions: What was the Jewish law concerning lep ers? Lev. 13:44-46. Was leprosy sometimes g judgment for sin?. 2 Chron. 26:19-23. Did leprosy, like sin, put men afar off? Luke 17:12. How can those afhr off be made nigh? Eph. 2:13.' Why did the little maid believe that Eli sha could heal Naaman? 2 Kings 4:34, 35. What greater Prophet healed lepers? Matt. 8 :1-4. (2) The Desire for Healing, vs. 4-6. The message of the maid reached the king, v. 4. The king of Syria sent a letter to the king of Israel, v. 5. The letter and presents were a request for Naaman’s healing, v. 6. Questions: , Is there any weight in the words of a child ? Matt. 21:16. H.ow did the maid serve her master? Eph. 6:5-7.
flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” As he came up from his seventh dip, clean, Naaman stands forth as a type of thé regenerate man (John 3:5). Old things were passed away; all things had become new (2 Cor. 5:17). This whole lesson sets forth very simply and plainly : the way of salvation. There are seven steps : (1) Hear the Gos pel (v. 3). (2) Believe the "Gospel (v. 4). (3) Come to Christ (v. 8). j (4) Forsake our thoughts (v. 11). (5) Accept God’s thoughts (vs. 13-14). (6) Take the sin ner’s place (vs. 10, 14). (7) “Wash and be clean” (vs. 13, 14). What New Testament law did she illus trate? Matt. 5:44. Why did the king send money with Naa man ? • Acts 8:18-20. Do riches become a snare to men? Tas. 512, 3.. Is there anything in the letter suggestive of 1 Kings 22:31-35? (3) The Disappointed Soldier, vs. 7-12. The king of Israel read the letter, in a rage, v. 7. He thought the king of Syria sought a quarrel, v. 7. Elisha hears of the matter and sends for Naaman, v. 8. Naaman goes to Elisha’s home, v. 9. Elisha sends him to wash in Jordan, v. 10 . Naaman is filled with rage, v. 11. He is disappointed in the king and the prophet, vs. 11, 12. Questions: What caused the king of Israel to fear? Luke 11:54. With whom is the power to heal? Deut. 32:39; 1 Sam. 2:6. Why did not the king know of God’s power? Ex. 4:6; Nu. 12:10-14. Had the king'forgotten the God of Is rael? ch. 1 :6. Should every believer magnify his office ? Rom. 11:13.
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