Lessons From Naaman

“27: And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian” (Luke 4).

Lessons From Naaman

The account of the healing of Naaman the leper is recorded in 2 Kings 5. He was a great man, but a leper (v. 1). A “little maid” was an instrument (v. 2ff.). Naaman was “wroth” and refused (v. 11). Naaman wanted to tell Elisha how (v. 11). Naaman listened to his servants (v. 13).

Lessons From Naaman

Leprosy was one of the dread diseases: Loathsome (cp. Lev. 13: 1, 2). Contagious. Deceptive. Not inherited. Tendency to be progressive. Only cured by God (2 Kings 5: 7).

Lessons From Naaman

Barriers to Naaman’s cleansing:

PrejudiceAngerPrideSelf

Leprosy Cleansing

Barriers to being cleansed of sin

Anger

Pride

Self

Prejudice

Sin and Leprosy, a comparison

Baptism Newness of life

Acts 2: 38

Acts 3: 19

Will you allow a servant to help you?

Cleansing and healing

2 Kings 5: 2-6 2 Kings 5: 13

Will you be Cleansed?

Cleansing and healingGal. 3: 26, 27

Cleansing and healing

“20: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21: The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (I Pet. 3).