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>>HELLO FRIENDS AND
WELCOME AGAIN TO SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH. A
VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
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FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
STUDY THE WORD OF GOD TOGETHER
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WITH US TODAY. A VERY
ALSO - ALSO, A VERY WARM
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WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH MEMBERS
HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH -
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GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE THIS
MORNING ON A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY,
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CALIFORNIA, WARM SUMMER'S
DAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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OUR LESSON, AS WE'VE BEEN
STUDYING OVER THE PAST FEW
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WEEKS, DEALS WITH
BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES.
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AND, FOR OUR FRIENDS WATCHING,
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WELL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST
GROUP THAT'LL BE BRINGING SOME
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WONDERFUL MUSIC
TO US THIS MORNING.
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IT'S ACTUALLY THREE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AND
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SING AS A GROUP - THE STEPHEN
FAMILY, THE CRUMB FAMILY, AND
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THE DODSON FAMILY. SO,
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL LISTEN
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AS THEY LIFT OUR HEARTS INTO
THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR WORSHIP.
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(MUSIC)
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>>FAIREST LORD JESUS,
RULER OF ALL NATURE, O THOU OF
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GOD AND MAN THE SON, THEE WILL
I CHERISH, THEE WILL I HONOR,
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THOU, MY SOUL'S
GLORY, JOY AND CROWN.
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FAIR ARE THE MEADOWS, FAIRER
STILL THE WOODLANDS, ROBED IN
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THE BLOOMING GARB OF SPRING;
JESUS IS FAIRER, JESUS IS PURER,
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WHO MAKES THE
WOEFUL HEART TO SING.
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FAIR IS THE SUNSHINE, FAIRER
STILL THE MOONLIGHT, AND ALL THE
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TWINKLING STARRY HOST; JESUS
SHINES BRIGHTER, JESUS SHINES
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PURER THAN ALL THE ANGELS HEAVEN
CAN BOAST. BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR!
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LORD OF ALL THE NATIONS!
SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN!
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GLORY AND HONOR, PRAISE,
ADORATION, NOW AND FOREVER MORE
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BE THINE. AMEN,
AMEN, AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG.
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I LOVE FOUR-PART HARMONY.
IT WAS JUST GORGEOUS LISTENING
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TO IT BEHIND THE WALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING
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US AT GRANITE BAY TODAY.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US
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FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S YOUR TIME
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TO JOIN WITH US IN SINGING YOUR
FAVORITE SONGS. AND THIS MORNING
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WE'RE GOING TO START WITH #524 -
' TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS
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- JOIN WITH US - THE FIRST,
SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS.
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(MUSIC) >>'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST
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IN JESUS, JUST TO TAKE HIM AT
HIS WORD; JUST TO REST UPON HIS
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PROMISE; JUST TO
KNOW, THUS SAITH THE LORD
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JESUS, JESUS, HOW I TRUST HIM,
HOW I'VE PROVED HIM O'ER AND
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O'ER, JESUS,
JESUS, PRECIOUS JESUS!
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O FOR GRACE TO TRUST HIM MORE.
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O HOW SWEET TO TRUST IN
JESUS, JUST TO TRUST HIS
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CLEANSING BLOOD; JUST
IN SIMPLE FAITH TO PLUNGE
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ME, 'NEATH THE
HEALING, CLEANSING FLOOD.
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JESUS, JESUS, HOW I TRUST
HIM, HOW I'VE PROVED HIM O'ER
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AND O'ER, JESUS,
JESUS, PRECIOUS JESUS!
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O FOR GRACE TO TRUST HIM MORE.
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I'M SO GLAD I LEARNED TO
TRUST THEE, PRECIOUS JESUS,
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SAVIOR, FRIEND; AND I KNOW THAT
THOU ART WITH ME, WILT BE WITH
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ME TO THE END. JESUS,
JESUS, HOW I TRUST HIM,
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HOW I'VE PROVE3D HIM O'ER
AND O'ER, JESUS, JESUS, PRECIOUS
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JESUS! O FOR
GRACE TO TRUST HIM MORE.
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>>PASTOR ROSS WILL
NOW HAVE OUR PRAYER.
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>>LET US JUST BOW OUR HEADS AS
WE BEGIN WITH A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, ONCE
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AGAIN, FOR US TO GATHER
TOGETHER TO STUDY YOUR WORD.
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AND, LORD, AS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT MISSIONARIES, I PRAY THAT
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YOU WOULD REVEAL TO US HOW
WE CAN BE MISSIONARIES, MAYBE IN
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NOT SOME FAR-DISTANT COUNTRY,
BUT MAYBE RIGHT IN OUR OWN HOME
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AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESE
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LESSONS. WE ASK A
BLESSING AS WE STUDY
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TOGETHER, FOR WE ASK
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE
PASTOR DOUG BACHELOR TO COME
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FORWARD AND LEAD US IN OUR STUDY
OF LESSON #3, DEALING WITH THE
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SUBJECT OF
UNLIKELY MISSIONARIES.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO BOTH
LED THE SPECIAL MUSIC AND THE
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SPECIAL MUSIC THAT WE HAD. I
SURE ENJOYED THAT AND, AS HAS
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BEEN MENTIONED, WE WANT TO GIVE
A SPECIAL WARM WELCOME TO NOT
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ONLY THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OUR
CLASS HERE AT GRANITE BAY THIS
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MORNING, BUT THOSE WHO MAY
BE WATCHING. WE KNOW WE HAVE AN
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EXTENDED CLASS AROUND THE WORLD
AND WHEN WE SAY 'WARM WELCOME'
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FROM SACRAMENTO, WE'RE NOT
JUST USING A FIGURE OF SPEECH.
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SUMMER HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN HERE
AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOUR
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SEATBELT CAN ALSO DOUBLE
AS A BRANDING IRON AND IN THE
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AFTERNOON THE
ASPHALT WILL LIQUEFY.
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SO I THINK WE HAVE 105 BUT
THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF
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SUMMER FOR US, RIGHT? SO
THIS IS A MISSION FIELD HERE.
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ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING INTO OUR
LESSON DEALING WITH - LESSON #3
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- THE NEW SERIES ON BIBLICAL
MISSIONARIES AND THIS LESSON, IN
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PARTICULAR, IS TALKING
ABOUT THE UNLIKELY MISSIONARY .
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I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO REPHRASE
THIS LESSON A LITTLE BIT AND SAY
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THE UNLIKELY MISSIONARIES
BECAUSE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE
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LESSON - AND THIS IS
FROM 2 KINGS CHAPTER 5 -
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IT'S THE STORY
OF NAAMAN THE LEPER.
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YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE'S
THREE OR FOUR MISSIONARIES THAT
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ARE IN THIS ACCOUNT AND SO IF
YOU'LL TURN TO THAT PASSAGE IN
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THE BIBLE - AND THAT IS 2 KINGS
CHAPTER 5 - I GUESS I SHOULD
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SAY, BEFORE WE GO THERE, WE
WANT TO READ OUR MEMORY VERSE.
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THE MEMORY VERSE ACTUALLY COMES
FROM THE WORDS OF JESUS IN THE
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NEW TESTAMENT. THE
MEMORY VERSE IS FROM LUKE
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CHAPTER 4, VERSE 27.
I'VE GOT IT HERE FROM THE NEW
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KING JAMES VERSION - LUKE 4:27.
YOU READY? "AND MANY LEPERS WERE
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IN ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF ELISHA
THE PROPHET, AND NONE OF THEM
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WAS CLEANSED
EXCEPT NAAMAN THE SYRIAN."
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SO JESUS ACTUALLY REFERS BACK TO
THIS STORY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
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CONSIDER TODAY ABOUT
THE UNLIKELY MISSIONARY.
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NOW, IN THE FIRST SECTION,
IT TALKS ABOUT HE HAD IT ALL AND
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WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH 2
KINGS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 1 AND
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THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT
WE CAN LEARN RIGHT HERE.
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2 KINGS CHAPTER 5 SETS UP THE
STORY: "NOW NAAMAN, COMMANDER OF
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THE ARMY OF THE KING OF SYRIA,
WAS A GREAT AND HONORABLE MAN IN
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THE EYES OF HIS MASTER, BECAUSE
BY HIM THE LORD HAD GIVEN
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VICTORY TO SYRIA. HE
WAS ALSO A MIGHTY MAN OF
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VALOR," - I'M GOING TO PAUSE
RIGHT THERE AND NOT READ THE
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LAST FIVE WORDS IN THIS VERSE.
IT'S THREE WORDS IN THE NEW KING
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JAMES VERSION, FIVE WORDS IN
THE KING JAMES VERSION, BUT IT
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CHANGES THE WHOLE PICTURE.
LET'S JUST STOP AND CONSIDER
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WHAT WE KNOW SO
FAR ABOUT NAAMAN.
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AND WITHOUT READING THOSE LAST
FEW WORDS IT TELLS US HE WAS A
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GREAT MAN, HE'S A BRAVE MAN,
HE'S AN HONORABLE MAN, HE'S A
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MAN THE LORD COULD USE.
NOW, THAT MAKES YOU THINK: HERE
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HE IS, THE COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
OF THE NATION THAT WAS OFTEN AT
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WAR WITH ISRAEL AND YET IT
SAYS THE LORD COULD USE HIM.
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD USED
ENEMY ARMIES TO DO HIS WILL IN
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PUNISHING HIS OWN PEOPLE.
THE LORD USED NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO
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TEACH A LESSON TO ISRAEL.
AND THE LORD SOMETIMES USED THE
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SYRIANS AS A JUDGMENT
ON THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
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AND IT WASN'T JUST THAT THE
SYRIANS FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL -
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THEY ALSO FOUGHT WITH OTHER
KINGDOMS TO THE EAST AND TO THE
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NORTH - AND THIS WAS A MAN THAT
GOD COULD USE. IT ALSO TELLS US
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THAT GOD USED PEOPLE WHO
WERE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF HIS
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NATION. A MAN OF VALOR - HE
WAS BRAVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
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HE WAS A MAN
RESPECTED BY THE KING.
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HE WAS OBVIOUSLY A MAN THAT
WAS FAMOUS - WHEN HE WENT UP AND
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DOWN THE STREETS OF DAMASCUS IN
HIS CHARIOT, THEY ALL KNEW WHO
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NAAMAN WAS. JUST
UNDERNEATH THE KING, HE'S
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THE GENERAL AND SO HE HAD A -
PROBABLY A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
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BY THE WAY, WHAT WAS
POTIPHAR'S POSITION IN EGYPT?
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WASN'T HE CAPTAIN OF
THE GUARD FOR THE PHARAOH?
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AND DID POTIPHAR HAVE A HEBREW
IN HIS HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS?
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>>JOSEPH. >>UH HUH
- THAT'S GOING TO -
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YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOME
SIMILARITIES HERE. SO, IF YOU
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SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
BE HAPPY?' 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I'D
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LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD
JOB.' NAAMAN HAD THAT.
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'I'D LIKE TO BE
RESPECTED.' NAAMAN HAD THAT.
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'IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE MONEY TO
PAY THE BILLS.' NAAMAN HAD THAT.
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A GOOD REPUTATION - HE HAD
EVERYTHING THE WORLD WOULD WANT
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EXCEPT THOSE LAST
WORDS: "BUT HE WAS A LEPER."
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AND THE ORIGINAL ACTUALLY SAYS,
'A LEPER' - THAT'S ALL IT SAYS,
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'A LEPER.' IT
CHANGED THE WHOLE PICTURE.
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YOU'LL NOTICE, IF YOU HAVE THE
ITALICIZED VERSION IT JUST SAYS
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'A LEPER.' KING - NEW KING JAMES
SAYS, 'BUT A LEPER.' AND THAT
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CHANGES EVERYTHING. WHY?
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LEPROSY WAS ABOUT THE MOST
DREADED DISEASE THAT YOU COULD
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GET IN BIBLE TIMES BECAUSE
IT MEANT NOT ONLY A LONG, SLOW,
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PAINFUL DEATH, IT
MEANT SEPARATION FROM OTHERS.
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IN THE BIBLE LEPROSY IS COMPARED
TO SIN AND WHEN ANYONE CAME
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WITHIN A STONE'S
THROW, YOU'D CRY OUT 'UNCLEAN!
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UNCLEAN!' YOU'D
WARN THEM YOU'RE A LEPER
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AND THEY'D FLEE THE OTHER
DIRECTION. SO HERE NAAMAN,
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HE'S GOT EVERYTHING ANYBODY
COULD ASK, BUT HE'S A LEPER.
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NOW IT'S INTERESTING - AND I WAS
READING OUT OF MATTHEW HENRY'S
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COMMENTARY. HE SAYS, "NO MAN'S
GREATNESS OR HONOR OR INTEREST
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OR VALOR OR VICTORY OR WEALTH
CAN SET HIM OUT OF THE REACH OF
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THE SOURCE
CALAMITIES OF HUMAN LIFE.
00:16:48.80\00:16:51.87
THERE IS MANY A SICKLY
CRAZY BODY UNDER RICH CLOTHING."
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PEOPLE MAY OUTWARDLY HAVE SO
MANY THINGS THAT YOU THINK, 'OH,
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I WISH I COULD HAVE THEIR LIFE.'
AND PEOPLE ADORE AND IDOLIZE
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THESE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD AND
LITTLE DO THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOT
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AIDS AND THEY'D GIVE EVERYTHING
THEY COULD TO HAVE YOUR HEALTH
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AND LIVE IN
OBSCURITY. "BUT HE WAS A LEPER."
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NAAMAN WAS AS GREAT IN THE WORLD
AS IT COULD MAKE HIM AND YET,
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THE LOWEST SLAVE IN SYRIA WOULD
NOT WANT TO BE IN HIS SKIN.
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AND SO IF NAAMAN SAID, 'WHO
WOULD LIKE TO TRADE PLACES WITH
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ME?' THE LOWEST
SLAVE IN SYRIA DIDN'T
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WANT TO TRADE PLACES WITH HIM
BECAUSE WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU
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GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD AND YOU'RE TERMINAL?
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SO IT CHANGES THE WHOLE PICTURE.
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AND THAT'S KIND
OF THE WAY SIN IS.
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NOW THE STORY
GETS INTERESTING HERE.
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IT SAYS - IF YOU GO TO THE
NEXT VERSE - AGAIN, IN 2 KINGS
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CHAPTER 5 - IT SAYS, "AND THE
SYRIANS HAD GONE OUT ON RAIDS,
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AND HAD BROUGHT BACK CAPTIVE
A YOUNG GIRL FROM THE LAND OF
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ISRAEL. SHE
WAITED ON NAAMAN'S WIFE."
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THEY'D GO RAMPAGING THROUGH
THE BORDERS OF THEIR VARIOUS
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COUNTRIES - ISRAEL'S SOLDIERS
WOULD GO ON FORAYS UP INTO SYRIA
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AND THEY WOULD RANSACK THE FARMS
AND THEY WOULD PLUNDER, AND THEY
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WOULD CARRY OFF CAPTIVE THE
WOMEN AND SOMETIMES THE CHILDREN
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AND WOULD OFTEN KILL THE FATHERS
AND BURN THE FARMS AND THIS
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YOUNG GIRL - WE DON'T KNOW ALL
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT SHE WAS
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CAPTURED IN ONE OF THESE RAIDS
AND THEN SOLD TO BE A SLAVE.
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AND INSTEAD OF TOTALLY
DESPAIRING AND WISHING THE WORST
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ON HER CAPTORS - YOU KNOW, SHE'S
LONGING FOR HOME, HER MASTER
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GETS A DISEASE, SHE'S BEEN
SOLD AS A SLAVE - SHE MIGHT BE
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THINKING 'GOOD RIDDANCE. HE
DESERVES IT. I HOPE HE DIES A
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SLOW DEATH.' BUT INSTEAD,
SHE'S INTERESTED IN HIS CONCERN.
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AND THE SAME WAY THAT JOSEPH
DECIDED 'IF I'M GOING TO BE A
00:18:49.56\00:18:54.00
SLAVE, I'M GOING TO BE A GOOD
SLAVE AND GOD'LL WORK IT FOR
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GOOD' - THIS GIRL, DON'T FORGET,
KNEW THE STORY OF JOSEPH.
00:18:56.33\00:18:59.10
THIS GIRL ALREADY
KNEW THE STORIES OF ELISHA.
00:18:59.13\00:19:02.30
SHE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH HER
HISTORY AND SO SHE MAYBE HAD
00:19:02.34\00:19:07.31
THOUGHT - IT DOESN'T SAY HOW
OLD SHE WAS BUT, BASED ON THE
00:19:07.34\00:19:10.95
LANGUAGE, SHE'S
PROBABLY LIKE TWELVE OR UNDER.
00:19:10.98\00:19:12.81
SHE THOUGHT, 'WELL, IF I'M GOING
TO BE A SLAVE, GOD WORKED IT OUT
00:19:12.85\00:19:17.42
FOR JOSEPH TO BE A WITNESS,
I'LL BE A GOOD SLAVE.' AND WHEN
00:19:17.45\00:19:20.26
NAAMAN CAME DOWN WITH
LEPROSY AND SHE SAW HOW HE WAS
00:19:20.29\00:19:22.92
SUFFERING, IT MOVED HER HEART
AND SHE WENT TO HER MISTRESS AND
00:19:22.96\00:19:26.26
SHE SAID, "WOULD GOD THAT MY
LORD WERE WITH THE PROPHET THAT
00:19:26.29\00:19:31.23
IS IN SAMARIA! FOR HE WOULD
RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY."
00:19:31.27\00:19:35.67
WHOA, SHE HAD A LOT OF FAITH.
NOW HOW DID SHE KNOW THAT HE -
00:19:35.70\00:19:44.61
HAD ELISHA DONE MANY MIRACLES?
HAD ELISHA EVER HEALED ANYONE OF
00:19:44.65\00:19:47.82
LEPROSY YET? >>NO.
00:19:47.85\00:19:49.98
>>NO. HOW DID SHE KNOW?
00:19:50.02\00:19:52.65
'EXCEPT YOU BECOME CONVERTED
AS A LITTLE CHILD, YOU WILL NOT
00:19:52.69\00:19:56.02
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.'
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE CHILD-LIKE
00:19:56.06\00:19:59.79
FAITH. HAD ANYONE BEEN HEALED
OF LEPROSY BEFORE, PRIOR TO THIS
00:19:59.83\00:20:03.43
STORY? >>YES.
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.43
>>YEAH. WHAT ABOUT WHEN MIRIAM
GOT LEPROSY BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT
00:20:06.47\00:20:11.07
RESPECTING HER
BROTHER'S LEADERSHIP?
00:20:11.11\00:20:13.88
AND SHE HAD IT FOR SEVEN DAYS
AND MOSES PRAYED FOR HER THAT
00:20:13.91\00:20:19.48
SHE MIGHT BE HEALED RIGHT
AWAY AND GOD SAID, 'LOOK, IF HER
00:20:19.51\00:20:21.92
FATHER HAD SPIT IN HER
FACE SHE'D BE ASHAMED AT LEAST A
00:20:21.95\00:20:25.19
WEEK' - SO FOR SEVEN DAYS
SHE WAS OUTSIDE THE CAMP AND GOD
00:20:25.22\00:20:27.56
HEALED HER AND SHE CAME
BACK. BUT YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAD
00:20:27.59\00:20:30.73
LEPROSY VERY
BRIEFLY AND WAS HEALED?
00:20:30.76\00:20:33.13
>>MOSES. >>MOSES.
00:20:33.16\00:20:34.83
IT LASTED A MINUTE OR LESS.
00:20:34.86\00:20:37.77
YOU REMEMBER WHEN GOD WAS SAYING
- MOSES SAID, 'WHO ARE - WHO AM
00:20:37.80\00:20:41.80
I GOING TO SAY SENT ME?'
AND HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SAY THAT I
00:20:41.84\00:20:44.97
SENT YOU.' HE SAID, 'LET ME GIVE
YOU A COUPLE SIGNS - TAKE YOUR
00:20:45.01\00:20:47.68
HAND - PUT YOUR HAND WITHIN
YOUR GARMENT' - LIKE NAPOLEON, I
00:20:47.71\00:20:49.58
SUPPOSE - 'AND PULL IT BACK OUT
AGAIN.' HE PULLED IT BACK OUT -
00:20:49.61\00:20:52.08
IT WAS LEPROUS. GOD
SAID, 'PUT IT BACK IN
00:20:52.11\00:20:55.25
AGAIN.' HE DID
THAT PRETTY QUICK AND HE
00:20:55.28\00:20:57.32
PULLED IT OUT AND IT WAS HEALED.
SO YOU COULD - HE WAS HEALED OF
00:20:57.35\00:21:00.79
LEPROSY VERY QUICKLY.
SO SHE KNEW THAT STORY.
00:21:00.82\00:21:03.02
SHE KNEW ABOUT MIRIAM AND SHE
THOUGHT - NOBODY HAD EVER COME
00:21:03.06\00:21:08.80
TO ELISHA - YOU CAN'T POINT
TO ANYWHERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
00:21:08.83\00:21:11.80
WHERE SOMEONE CAME TO ELISHA
REQUESTING SOMETHING THAT WAS
00:21:11.83\00:21:15.67
TURNED AWAY. SO SHE
SAID, 'ELISHA CAN DO ANYTHING.
00:21:15.70\00:21:19.44
JUST GO TO ELISHA.' NOW WHO DOES
ELISHA REPRESENT IN THIS STORY?
00:21:19.47\00:21:24.28
>>CHRIST.
>>WHO'S A GREAT HEALER?
00:21:24.31\00:21:27.32
>>CHRIST. >>WHO'S
OUR GREAT PROPHET?
00:21:27.35\00:21:29.25
IT'S JESUS. AND THEIR
NAMES ARE ACTUALLY SIMILAR.
00:21:29.28\00:21:31.52
JESUS' NAME, IN THE ORIGINAL, IS
YASHUA AND THAT MEANS - 'YA' -
00:21:31.55\00:21:34.56
MEANING 'JEHOVAH'
- 'SHUA' - SAVIOR.
00:21:34.59\00:21:40.20
ELISHA'S NAME IS THE OTHER
NAME OF GOD - 'ELOHIM' 'SHUA' -
00:21:40.23\00:21:44.67
ELISHA - AND IT MEANS 'GOD IS
SAVIOR' - IT'S SAYING THE SAME
00:21:44.70\00:21:48.60
THING, IT JUST USES ONE OF
THE DIFFERENT NAMES OF GOD.
00:21:48.64\00:21:50.67
SO ELISHA'S A TYPE OF CHRIST.
WHO DO WE GO TO IF WE WANT
00:21:50.71\00:21:54.44
CLEANSING FROM
OUR LEPROSY OF SIN?
00:21:54.48\00:21:56.38
>>JESUS. >>BUT
SOMETIMES WE DON'T GO
00:21:56.41\00:22:01.85
EASY. SO HE GETS THIS MESSAGE
AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME THINK
00:22:01.88\00:22:07.86
ABOUT A STORY IN THE BIBLE - I
DON'T KNOW - THIS IS IN SEVERAL
00:22:07.89\00:22:09.76
GOSPELS - LUKE 5 - DON'T LOSE
YOUR PLACE IN 2 KINGS 5 - LUKE
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.19
5:12-15, "AND IT HAPPENED WHEN
HE WAS IN A CERTAIN CITY," -
00:22:13.23\00:22:17.70
JESUS - "THAT BEHOLD, A MAN
WHO WAS FULL OF LEPROSY" - I USE
00:22:17.73\00:22:21.00
LUKE'S STORY BECAUSE LUKE SAYS
HE'S FULL OF LEPROSY - "A MAN
00:22:21.04\00:22:24.94
WHO WAS FULL OF LEPROSY" -
IT MEANS IT'S ADVANCED - HE "SAW
00:22:24.97\00:22:28.44
JESUS; AND HE FELL ON HIS FACE
AND IMPLORED HIM," - THIS IS THE
00:22:28.48\00:22:32.21
FIRST LEPER WE KNOW OF THAT
JESUS HEALED - "FELL ON HIS FACE
00:22:32.25\00:22:34.82
AND IMPLORED HIM, SAYING, 'LORD,
IF YOU ARE WILLING, YOU CAN MAKE
00:22:34.85\00:22:37.49
ME CLEAN.'" JESUS HAD NOT
CLEANSED A LEPER YET BUT HE
00:22:37.52\00:22:40.26
THOUGHT, 'WELL, IF ELISHA COULD
DO IT AND GOD COULD DO IT IN THE
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.52
OLD TESTAMENT, YOU CAN DO
IT.' 'IF YOU'RE WILLING YOU CAN
00:22:42.56\00:22:45.73
CLEANSE ME.' AND JESUS "PUT
OUT HIS HAND AND TOUCHED HIM,
00:22:45.76\00:22:49.16
SAYING, 'I AM WILLING; BE
CLEANSED.'" - WHEN THE LORD
00:22:49.20\00:22:53.13
BROUGHT THE WORLD INTO
EXISTENCE, WHAT DID HE SAY?
00:22:53.17\00:22:55.44
'LET THERE BE LIGHT.' AND
WHEN JESUS SAYS 'BE CLEANSED'
00:22:55.47\00:22:59.44
DOES IT HAPPEN? >>YES.
00:22:59.47\00:23:03.08
>>THERE IS CREATIVE POWER IN THE
WORD OF GOD. "IMMEDIATELY THE
00:23:03.11\00:23:07.15
LEPROSY LEFT HIM. AND HE CHARGED
HIM TO TELL NO ONE," - BUT AFTER
00:23:07.18\00:23:11.72
YOU'VE BEEN CLEANSED FROM
LEPROSY, CAN YOU KEEP IT TO
00:23:11.75\00:23:13.72
YOURSELF OR DO YOU
BECOME A MISSIONARY RIGHT AWAY?
00:23:13.76\00:23:16.93
>>IMMEDIATELY.
>>HE COULDN'T KEEP IT TO
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.89
HIMSELF. SO WHEN
YOU'VE BEEN HEALED FROM
00:23:19.93\00:23:21.43
LEPROSY YOU BECOME A
MISSIONARY RIGHT AWAY.
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.47
YOU WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, GOD CAN NOT ONLY HEAL
00:23:24.50\00:23:27.80
FROM LEPROSY, THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE THAT WERE
00:23:27.84\00:23:30.47
STRUCK WITH
LEPROSY. WHO WERE THEY?
00:23:30.51\00:23:33.91
MIRIAM - WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
- AND WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE?
00:23:33.94\00:23:38.11
IT'S IN THIS STORY - OH, THERE'S
ACTUALLY THREE - MIRIAM, KING
00:23:38.15\00:23:43.22
UZZIAH, AND GEHAZI,
THE SERVANT OF ELISHA.
00:23:43.25\00:23:48.42
GOD CAN HEAL FROM LEPROSY
AND GOD CAN GIVE LEPROSY AS A
00:23:48.46\00:23:53.86
JUDGMENT AND SO
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.
00:23:53.90\00:23:56.93
SO WHO IS THE FIRST
MISSIONARY IN THIS STORY?
00:23:56.97\00:23:59.87
THE LITTLE MAID; AND SHE SAID,
'OH, IF HE WERE ONLY WITH THE
00:23:59.90\00:24:04.64
PROPHET WHO IS IN SAMARIA.'
YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN HAVE GOD'S
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.81
PEOPLE BEEN THE BEST
MISSIONARIES WHEN THEY WERE IN A
00:24:08.84\00:24:11.51
FOREIGN COUNTRY IN
A POSITION OF SERVICE?
00:24:11.55\00:24:15.82
CAN YOU THINK OF SOME EXAMPLES
IN THE BIBLE OF OTHERS THAT WERE
00:24:15.85\00:24:18.82
GREAT WITNESSES IN A
FOREIGN LAND? HOW ABOUT ESTHER?
00:24:18.85\00:24:24.56
HOW ABOUT SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO?
00:24:24.59\00:24:28.96
I HEARD, I THINK IT WAS,
DR. LESLIE HARDING SAY THAT ON
00:24:29.00\00:24:32.77
THE PLAIN OF DURA WHEN THOSE
THREE HEBREWS DID NOT BOW DOWN,
00:24:32.80\00:24:35.67
THEY ACCOMPLISHED MORE OF WHAT
GOD'S WILL WAS FOR ISRAEL AS A
00:24:35.70\00:24:40.71
NATION BY THEMSELVES THAN HE WAS
TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE PRECEDING
00:24:40.74\00:24:44.38
600 YEARS OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET ISRAEL TO
00:24:44.41\00:24:49.42
BE A WITNESS OF JEHOVAH'S POWER
TO THE OTHER NATIONS AND WHEN
00:24:49.45\00:24:53.32
THEY STOOD UP, EVERYBODY
KNEW ABOUT GOD'S POWER.
00:24:53.36\00:24:56.69
AND WHEN DANIEL DID NOT BOW DOWN
- THE SAME WAY, WHEN HE WOULDN'T
00:24:56.73\00:25:02.30
PRAY TO DARIUS - PROCLAMATION IS
MADE BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND THEN
00:25:02.33\00:25:06.37
A PROCLAMATION IS MADE BY KING
DARIUS AND THERE ARE WITNESSES.
00:25:06.40\00:25:08.90
JOSEPH, IN A
FOREIGN LAND, IS A WITNESS.
00:25:08.94\00:25:12.57
SO FREQUENTLY WE DO MISSION WORK
SURROUNDED BY STRANGE PEOPLE.
00:25:12.61\00:25:19.01
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS HAVE DONE
SOME OF THEIR BEST MISSION WORK
00:25:19.05\00:25:21.48
IN PRISONS WHERE THEY'RE
IMPRISONED FOR THEIR FAITH.
00:25:21.52\00:25:24.59
SO HERE, THIS GIRL, SHE
STILL HAS A CHEERFUL ATTITUDE.
00:25:24.62\00:25:28.26
AND DOES NAAMAN LISTEN?
00:25:28.29\00:25:30.43
IF YOU'RE DYING - IF YOU'RE
TERMINAL - NORMALLY YOU MIGHT
00:25:30.46\00:25:34.56
SCOFF AT THE SUGGESTION OF A
CHILD THAT A PROPHET IS GOING TO
00:25:34.56\00:25:37.67
HEAL - WHO HAD NEVER HEALED
ANYONE OF LEPROSY - BUT DID THE
00:25:37.70\00:25:41.44
SYRIANS KNOW THAT
ELISHA HAD GREAT POWER?
00:25:41.47\00:25:44.77
>>YES. >>YOU READ
SOME OF THE EXPLOITS
00:25:44.81\00:25:47.48
- ELISHA CAPTURED A WHOLE
SYRIAN ARMY SINGLE HANDED.
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.71
THIS HAPPENS IN LATER CHAPTERS
BUT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS.
00:25:51.75\00:25:55.75
THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT HIM
MAKING AN AX HEAD FLOAT; HIM
00:25:55.78\00:25:59.69
PRONOUNCING A CURSE AND THE
SHE-BEARS PUNISHED 42 CHILDREN
00:25:59.72\00:26:03.46
THAT HAD BEEN MOCKING HIM; AND
HOW HE HAD A DOUBLE PORTION OF
00:26:03.49\00:26:07.66
ELIJAH'S SPIRIT; AND THE JORDAN
RIVER PARTED WHEN HE STRUCK IT
00:26:07.73\00:26:11.33
WITH THE ROBE; AND - I MEAN,
THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT - MATTER OF
00:26:11.37\00:26:14.74
FACT, ONE TIME, WHEN THEY TRIED
TO AMBUSH THE KING OF ISRAEL,
00:26:14.77\00:26:17.14
EVERY TIME THEY TRIED TO AMBUSH
THE KING OF ISRAEL, ELISHA TOLD
00:26:17.17\00:26:21.08
THE KING OF ISRAEL, 'WATCH OUT,
THE SYRIANS ARE GOING TO GET YOU
00:26:21.11\00:26:24.18
HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET YOU
THERE.' AND THE KING OF SYRIA
00:26:24.21\00:26:26.51
SAID, 'WHO IS
BETRAYING OUR SECRET PLANS?'
00:26:26.55\00:26:29.62
AND THEY SAID, 'NO ONE, MY LORD,
BUT ELISHA THE PROPHET, WHO IS
00:26:29.65\00:26:33.39
IN ISRAEL, HE KNOWS WHAT YOU SAY
IN YOUR BEDCHAMBER BECAUSE THE
00:26:33.42\00:26:37.03
LORD REVEALS IT TO HIM.' SO THEY
ALREADY KNEW SOMETHING, LIKE I
00:26:37.06\00:26:40.73
SAID, SOME OF THESE THINGS
HADN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT THEY
00:26:40.76\00:26:43.00
KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT ELISHA.
SO WHEN SHE SAID, 'OH, BUT IF HE
00:26:43.03\00:26:45.67
WOULD GO BE WITH THE PROPHET
THAT IS IN ISRAEL.' SO HE'S
00:26:45.70\00:26:48.60
DESPERATE AND IT SAYS NAAMAN
WENT IN AND HE TOLD HIS MASTER.
00:26:48.64\00:26:55.14
NAAMAN GETS A MESSAGE TO THE
KING AND HE SAID, "THUS AND THUS
00:26:55.18\00:26:58.38
SAID THE MAID THAT IS
OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL."
00:26:58.41\00:27:01.12
- THE KING DOESN'T WANT
TO LOSE HIS BEST GENERAL.
00:27:01.15\00:27:03.45
THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THE
MIRACLES IN ISRAEL, MAYBE
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.49
THERE'S A CHANCE.
'WE'LL TRY ANYTHING AND IF WE
00:27:05.52\00:27:08.12
DON'T TRY, WHAT HAVE
WE LOST? - IF WE TRY.
00:27:08.16\00:27:09.99
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING,
'AREN'T THEY AT WAR WITH EACH
00:27:10.03\00:27:13.36
OTHER?' THEY WERE
ALWAYS AT WAR WITH
00:27:13.40\00:27:15.10
EACH OTHER, BUT THEY
HAD PERIODIC CEASE FIRES.
00:27:15.13\00:27:17.00
THIS IS HAPPENING DURING ONE OF
THOSE EPISODES WHERE THEY WERE
00:27:17.03\00:27:21.10
LIVING UNDER A CEASE
FIRE, BUT THE SYRIANS AND
00:27:21.14\00:27:24.71
ISRAEL, DURING THE TIME OF
THE DIVIDED KINGDOM, WERE ALMOST
00:27:24.74\00:27:27.81
CONSTANTLY WARRING
OVER THEIR BORDERS.
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.18
I COULD JUST CITE A NUMBER OF
EXAMPLES, BUT THEN THEY DID HAVE
00:27:30.21\00:27:33.72
PERIODS WHERE
THEY WERE AT PEACE.
00:27:33.75\00:27:36.35
FOR ONE THING, THERE WERE
CERTAIN SEASONS WHEN THEY'D
00:27:36.38\00:27:39.22
FIGHT EACH OTHER. THEY
AGREED THAT IF THERE WASN'T
00:27:39.25\00:27:41.09
FOOD FOR THE ARMIES,
THEY JUST WERE AT PEACE.
00:27:41.12\00:27:44.43
EVERYONE WAS TOO BUSY FARMING,
THEY COULDN'T FIGHT THEN.
00:27:44.46\00:27:46.26
AND SO THIS WAS DURING - THEY
DID ACTUALLY TRADE WITH EACH
00:27:46.29\00:27:51.03
OTHER AND THIS WAS DURING
ONE OF THOSE - SO IT'S KIND OF
00:27:51.07\00:27:54.00
IRREGULAR THAT THE KING OF SYRIA
IS GOING TO SAY, 'I REALIZE THAT
00:27:54.04\00:27:59.54
NAAMAN HAS CONQUERED YOUR FORCES
IN MANY BATTLES, BUT HE'S SICK
00:27:59.57\00:28:03.65
NOW AND I WANT TO ASK YOU A
FAVOR.' YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT
00:28:03.68\00:28:08.12
WAS VERY INTERESTING WHEN THE
SHAH OF IRAN WAS STRUGGLING WITH
00:28:08.15\00:28:12.42
HEALTH PROBLEMS, HE FLEW
TO AMERICA FOR TREATMENT EVEN
00:28:12.45\00:28:15.66
THOUGH THERE HAS OFTEN BEEN
TENSION BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES.
00:28:15.69\00:28:20.56
SO IT'S NOT UNPRECEDENTED.
ANYWAY, THE KING WRITES THIS
00:28:20.60\00:28:27.57
LETTER AND HE GETS A LOT OF
MONEY - YOU KNOW, WHO WAS IT -
00:28:27.60\00:28:30.34
SOLOMON THAT SAID 'MONEY ANSWERS
ALL THINGS'? 'YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE
00:28:30.37\00:28:35.01
AT WAR BUT I'M GOING TO
PAY YOU REALLY WELL FOR THIS.'
00:28:35.04\00:28:38.05
AND SO HE SENDS NAAMAN WITH
- HE'S GOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
00:28:38.08\00:28:41.78
BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, OF
GOLD AND SILVER AND CLOTHING.
00:28:41.82\00:28:44.49
HE TELLS THE KING AND THE KING
OF SYRIA SAYS - I'M IN VERSE 5,
00:28:44.52\00:28:48.92
"GO TO, GO," - ANOTHER - GO TO,
GO MEANS MAKE PREPARATIONS TO GO
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.46
- "AND I WILL SEND A
LETTER UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL.
00:28:51.49\00:28:55.16
AND HE DEPARTED, AND TOOK WITH
HIM TEN TALENTS OF SILVER, AND
00:28:55.20\00:28:58.93
SIX THOUSAND SHEKELS OF GOLD,
AND TEN CHANGES OF CLOTHING."
00:28:58.97\00:29:02.30
- INTERESTING NUMBERS - TEN
TALENTS, SIX THOUSAND - TEN -
00:29:02.34\00:29:08.94
YOU GOT TEN AND SIX - THOSE ARE
NUMBERS THAT APPEAR FREQUENTLY
00:29:08.98\00:29:13.21
IN THE BIBLE - NUMBERS OF MAN
CONTRASTED AGAINST THE NUMBERS
00:29:13.25\00:29:17.05
OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:29:17.09\00:29:18.55
"THEN HE BROUGHT A LETTER TO THE
KING OF ISRAEL, WHICH SAID," -
00:29:18.59\00:29:23.76
NOW WHY DO YOU GO
TO THE KING OF ISRAEL?
00:29:23.79\00:29:26.06
DID THE LITTLE GIRL SAY THAT IF
NAAMAN WOULD GO TO THE KING OF
00:29:26.09\00:29:28.43
ISRAEL, OR DID SHE SAY
GO TO THE PROPHET? RIGHT?
00:29:28.46\00:29:33.20
WELL, THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID,
'WELL, NAAMAN IS YOUR SUBJECT.
00:29:33.23\00:29:36.60
HE'LL DO WHAT YOU TELL HIM
TO DO. I'M GOING TO YOU BECAUSE
00:29:36.64\00:29:38.77
YOU'LL ORDER HIM TO DO WHAT I'M
ASKING. HERE'S THE MONEY.' BUT
00:29:38.81\00:29:41.41
WHEN THE KING GETS THIS MESSAGE,
HE DOESN'T REACT VERY WELL.
00:29:41.44\00:29:46.05
"AND IT HAPPENED, WHEN THE KING
OF ISRAEL READ THE LETTER, THAT
00:29:46.08\00:29:50.89
HE TORE HIS CLOTHES AND SAID,
'AM I GOD, TO KILLS AND MAKE
00:29:50.92\00:29:54.36
ALIVE, THAT THIS MAN SENDS
A MAN TO ME TO HEAL HIM OF HIS
00:29:54.39\00:29:56.56
LEPROSY?'" - NOW
WHY'D HE TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.49
WHEN DID SOMEBODY
TEAR THEIR CLOTHES?
00:29:59.53\00:30:01.40
ONE TIME YOU WOULD TEAR YOUR
CLOTHES IS IN TIMES OF BLASPHEMY
00:30:01.43\00:30:05.33
- WHEN A MAN PUTS HIMSELF IN
THE PLACE OF GOD AND WHEN HE WAS
00:30:05.37\00:30:09.40
BEING LOOKED UPON AS GOD AS
THOUGH HE COULD HEAL, HE SAID,
00:30:09.44\00:30:13.44
'I'M NOT GOD.' SO THAT MIGHT BE
ONE REASON AND HE'S ALSO TEARING
00:30:13.48\00:30:17.38
HIS CLOTHES AS A SIGN OF
MOURNING BECAUSE HE SAYS, 'OH,
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.98
LOOK, HE'S TRYING TO CAUSE
ANOTHER EXCUSE TO BREAK THE
00:30:21.02\00:30:23.49
CEASE FIRE AND GO TO WAR.
HE'S ASKING ME TO HEAL HIS
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.62
GENERAL - AND WHAT HAPPENS
IF I DON'T HEAL HIS GENERAL?
00:30:25.65\00:30:27.62
IT'S GOING TO BE AN INSULT.'
- HE SAID, 'THIS IS - THERE'S
00:30:27.66\00:30:31.13
SOMETHING GOING ON
BEHIND THE SCENES HERE.
00:30:31.16\00:30:32.79
THIS IS REALLY
TRICKY. WHAT IS HE UP TO?'
00:30:32.83\00:30:34.40
YOU KNOW - HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED
THAT SOMETIMES THE DEVIL WILL
00:30:34.46\00:30:36.93
MAKE YOU SUSPICIOUS OF A
PERSON'S INNOCENT INTENTIONS?
00:30:36.97\00:30:39.40
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT:
00:30:39.43\00:30:42.97
SOMETIMES THE DEVIL WILL MAKE
YOU SUSPICIOUS OF A PERSON'S
00:30:43.00\00:30:46.51
SINCERE INTENTIONS. 'OH,
WHAT ARE THEY REALLY THINKING?'
00:30:46.54\00:30:49.84
'WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT?'
'THERE'S MUST - THERE'S AN
00:30:49.88\00:30:51.88
ULTERIOR MOTIVE.' 'THEY'RE
UP TO NO GOOD.' 'IT'S A TRAP!'
00:30:51.91\00:30:54.28
AND THEY REALLY ARE BEING
TOTALLY HONEST. 'CAN YOU PLEASE
00:30:54.32\00:30:57.72
JUST HEAL MY SERVANT OF
THEIR LEPROSY.' AND THE KING IS
00:30:57.75\00:31:01.09
PUTTING THE WORST POSSIBLE
SPIN ON IT AND THEY - YOU KNOW,
00:31:01.12\00:31:05.29
NAAMAN COMES AND HE'S NOT BY
HIMSELF. YOU DON'T TRAVEL WITH,
00:31:05.33\00:31:07.73
YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN GOLD AND SILVER AND CLOTHING
00:31:07.76\00:31:10.23
BACK THEN - THIS ISN'T ANY
CLOTHING EITHER - THEY GOT THIS
00:31:10.27\00:31:13.13
AT NORDSTROM. THIS WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THE REAL EXPENSIVE
00:31:13.17\00:31:15.27
CLOTHING. AND SO NAAMAN COMES
WITH HIS SOLDIERS AND HIS GUARD
00:31:15.30\00:31:20.68
AND THEY DELIVER THE MESSAGE
AND THEY'RE BEING PUT UP IN THE
00:31:20.71\00:31:25.65
LOCAL QUARTERS AND THE KING IS
GATHERING WITH HIS WAR COUNSEL
00:31:25.68\00:31:28.32
WHAT'S HE DOING?' AND
WHILE THE KING IS CARRYING
00:31:28.35\00:31:30.19
ON AND HAVING THIS FIT, IT
SAYS THAT 'ELISHA THE MAN OF GOD
00:31:30.22\00:31:39.73
HEARD IT' - IT HAD ALREADY
REACHED ELISHA, WHO LIVES IN
00:31:39.76\00:31:42.73
SAMARIA - OR JUST OUTSIDE OF
SAMARIA - IT TELLS US IN ANOTHER
00:31:42.76\00:31:45.50
STORY HE HAD A HOUSE IN SAMARIA
DURING THE FAMINE - THAT'S IN
00:31:45.53\00:31:48.84
CHAPTER 6. SO
ELISHA LIVES IN THE CITY,
00:31:48.87\00:31:50.87
HE'S NOT FAR AWAY, AND IT SAYS,
"WHEN ELISHA" - I'M IN VERSE 8 -
00:31:50.91\00:31:56.11
"THE MAN OF GOD HEARD THAT
THE KING IF ISRAEL HAD TORN HIS
00:31:56.14\00:31:59.15
CLOTHES, THAT HE SENT TO THE
KING SAYING, 'WHY HAVE YOU TORN
00:31:59.18\00:32:02.02
YOUR CLOTHES? PLEASE
LET HIM COME TO ME, AND
00:32:02.05\00:32:04.65
HE SHALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A
PROPHET IN ISRAEL'" NOW WHY IS
00:32:04.69\00:32:08.89
ELISHA SAYING HE'LL KNOW
THERE'S A PROPHET IN ISRAEL?
00:32:08.92\00:32:12.06
IF YOU READ 2 KINGS CHAPTER 1,
THE SON OF AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL
00:32:12.09\00:32:17.00
IS SICK AND DYING AND HE DOESN'T
KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO DIE AND HE
00:32:17.03\00:32:21.17
SENDS MESSENGERS TO INQUIRE OF
THE PROPHETS OF BAAL-ZEEBUB, THE
00:32:21.20\00:32:26.04
GOD OF EKRON - A PHILISTINE
GOD - TO FIND OUT IF HE'S GOING
00:32:26.07\00:32:29.08
TO RECOVER, INSTEAD OF GOING
TO A GOD OF ISRAEL - INSTEAD OF
00:32:29.11\00:32:32.18
GOING TO A PROPHET OF ISRAEL,
THE KING OF ISRAEL SENDS TO
00:32:32.21\00:32:36.28
INQUIRE OF THE PROPHETS OF
THE GODS OF THE PHILISTINES.
00:32:36.32\00:32:40.22
AND SO, THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON ELISHA IS SAYING 'THERE
00:32:40.26\00:32:43.76
ARE STILL PROPHETS IN ISRAEL,
LET HIM COME TO ME.' AND SO, YOU
00:32:43.79\00:32:49.76
KNOW, SOMETIMES - HOW OFTEN HAVE
YOU BECOME DISTRESSED BECAUSE OF
00:32:49.80\00:32:53.23
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES YOU CAN'T
HANDLE - YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND -
00:32:53.27\00:32:55.24
AND YOU BECOME AGITATED AND GOD
IS SAYING, 'BRING IT TO ME IN
00:32:55.27\00:33:00.34
PRAYER.' BRING YOUR PROBLEMS TO
JESUS. WHO DOES ELISHA REPRESENT
00:33:00.38\00:33:03.95
IN THIS STORY? >>JESUS.
00:33:03.98\00:33:07.28
>>AND WE FRET AND WRING
OUR HANDS. DURING OUR MORNING
00:33:07.32\00:33:09.88
WORSHIP YESTERDAY WE READ A
BEAUTIFUL QUOTE FROM DESIRE OF
00:33:09.92\00:33:11.92
AGES THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW OFTEN
WE STRESS OVER THINGS WHEN WE
00:33:11.95\00:33:15.19
OUGHT TO JUST GIVE IT TO GOD.
I WOKE UP AND HEARD ABOUT THIS
00:33:15.22\00:33:18.49
SUPREME COURT RULING - I TELL
YOU, I WAS NOT JUST A LITTLE
00:33:18.53\00:33:22.13
DISCOURAGED - AND WE NEEDED TO
READ THAT FOR WORSHIP - THAT GOD
00:33:22.16\00:33:25.70
IS STILL ON THE THRONE. HE
HAS A THOUSAND WAYS OF TAKING
00:33:25.73\00:33:28.57
CARE OF THINGS WHEN
WE CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
00:33:28.60\00:33:30.61
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS.
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.97
AND SO - YOU KNOW,
I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
00:33:33.01\00:33:38.48
I'M JUST SORT OF TRANSITIONING
INTO THE PREACHING SERMON MODE.
00:33:38.51\00:33:40.48
I FORGET THIS IS A CLASS.
SO SOMEBODY GOT NUMBERS 12:10 -
00:33:40.52\00:33:51.96
YEAH, I KIND OF
READ THIS ALREADY, SORRY.
00:33:51.99\00:33:55.30
BUT GO AHEAD - GO
AHEAD AND READ THAT FOR US.
00:33:55.33\00:33:57.93
THIS GIVES THE STORY OF THE
HEALING THAT SHE EXPERIENCED.
00:33:57.97\00:34:01.64
>>"AND WHEN THE CLOUD DEPARTED
FROM ABOVE THE TABERNACLE,
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.94
SUDDENLY MIRIAM BECAME
LEPROUS, AS WHITE AS SNOW.
00:34:04.97\00:34:08.78
THEN AARON TURNED TOWARD MIRIAM,
AND THERE SHE WAS, A LEPER."
00:34:08.81\00:34:14.52
>>YEAH, SO GOD HAD HEALED HER
OF LEPROSY AND IT HAD HAPPENED
00:34:14.55\00:34:19.05
BEFORE AND THIS WAS
IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY.
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.42
THIS WAS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT THE
KING SHOULD NOT HAVE DESPAIRED
00:34:21.46\00:34:24.16
BECAUSE HE KNEW
THAT STORY, DIDN'T HE?
00:34:24.19\00:34:26.90
WELL, IF HE WAS
READING THE WORD.
00:34:26.93\00:34:29.20
NOT ALL THE KINGS OF ISRAEL
WERE ACQUAINTED WITH THE WORD.
00:34:29.23\00:34:31.63
SO WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT
ELISHA? DO WE FIND THAT HE IS A
00:34:31.67\00:34:38.71
SPIRIT-FILLED
PERSON IN THE BIBLE? HE IS.
00:34:38.74\00:34:43.01
NOW, DID ONE OF YOU
HAVE JOHN 15:5? NOPE?
00:34:43.04\00:34:48.65
I'M GOING TO READ THAT ONE.
AND ONE OF YOU HAS GOT 2 KINGS
00:34:48.68\00:34:51.02
5:10 - OKAY, YOU'LL BE
NEXT. LET ME READ JOHN 15:5.
00:34:51.05\00:34:57.13
THE BIBLE SAYS, "I AM THE
VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
00:34:57.16\00:35:00.56
HE WHO ABIDES IN ME, AND
I IN HIM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT;
00:35:00.60\00:35:04.80
FOR WITHOUT ME
YOU CAN DO NOTHING."
00:35:04.83\00:35:07.10
INCLUDING A
HEALING FROM LEPROSY.
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.37
SO THE KING WAS FRETTING AND
GOD SAID, 'LOOK, WITHOUT ME, YOU
00:35:09.40\00:35:12.31
CAN'T DO ANYTHING.' AND SO
EVENTUALLY A MESSAGE COMES FROM
00:35:12.34\00:35:16.34
ELISHA TO THE KING AND HE SAYS,
'WHY HAVE YOU TORN YOUR CLOTHES?
00:35:16.38\00:35:21.62
LET HIM COME TO ME. HE
WILL KNOW THAT THERE'S A
00:35:21.65\00:35:24.32
PROPHET IN ISRAEL.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU GO AHEAD AND
00:35:24.35\00:35:27.12
READ 2 KINGS 5, VERSE 10.
>>"AND ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER
00:35:27.16\00:35:30.46
TO HIM, SAYING, 'GO AND WASH IN
THE JORDAN SEVEN TIMES, AND YOUR
00:35:30.49\00:35:34.93
FLESH SHALL BE RESTORED TO
YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE CLEAN.'"
00:35:34.96\00:35:39.37
>>ALRIGHT, SO FIRST MESSAGE
COMES FROM THE LITTLE GIRL.
00:35:39.40\00:35:43.64
SHE IS A SERVANT
OF NAAMAN'S WIFE.
00:35:43.67\00:35:47.01
THE SECOND MESSAGE COMES
FROM A SERVANT OF ELISHA.
00:35:47.04\00:35:51.45
SO YOU'VE GOT A FIRST
MISSIONARY, YOU'VE GOT THE
00:35:51.48\00:35:54.08
SECOND MISSIONARY HERE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE A
00:35:54.12\00:35:58.05
MISSIONARY? IF YOU
TELL A PERSON HOW TO WASH
00:35:58.09\00:36:01.16
AND BE CLEAN, SPIRITUALLY,
THAT'S MISSION WORK.
00:36:01.19\00:36:05.09
DOES IT HAVE TO BE
A COMPLICATED MESSAGE?
00:36:05.13\00:36:08.60
HOW MANY YEARS OF SEMINARY
DID THAT LITTLE GIRL HAVE?
00:36:08.63\00:36:13.40
DID SHE GIVE A
LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE?
00:36:13.44\00:36:17.47
IS THERE A PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE
THAT SAYS, "OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF
00:36:17.51\00:36:21.71
BABES THOU HAST ORDAINED
STRENGTH"? THAT'S PSALM 8:2.
00:36:21.74\00:36:26.55
HAVE YOU HEARD OF
CHILDREN PREACHERS?
00:36:26.58\00:36:29.25
>>YES. >>CAN
GOD GIVE MESSAGES OF
00:36:29.28\00:36:33.22
SALVATION THROUGH
MEN AND WOMEN? >>YES.
00:36:33.25\00:36:37.26
>>CAN EVERYBODY BE
A MISSIONARY? >>YES.
00:36:37.29\00:36:39.66
>>YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO
IT'S HAPPENING THROUGH SERVANTS.
00:36:39.69\00:36:45.83
ALL THESE MESSAGES ARE
BEING GIVEN THROUGH SERVANTS.
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.37
NOW WHY DIDN'T ELISHA COME
OUT TO SEE NAAMAN FACE TO FACE?
00:36:48.40\00:36:54.58
AND HOW DID NAAMAN REACT TO
THAT? IF YOU LOOK IN CHAPTER 5
00:36:54.61\00:37:01.42
IT SAYS IN OH, LET'S SEE HERE,
GO AND WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
00:37:01.45\00:37:08.92
"BUT NAAMAN" - VERSE 11 - 2
KINGS 5:11 - "BUT NAAMAN BECAME
00:37:08.96\00:37:13.50
FURIOUS," - YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
THAT BAD IF YOU'VE GOT A GENERAL
00:37:13.53\00:37:18.70
WHO KNOWS HOW TO HAVE
SOME APPROPRIATE RAGE.
00:37:18.73\00:37:21.54
IT CAN COME IN HANDY, MAYBE,
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SOLDIER,
00:37:21.57\00:37:27.08
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS
GOOD FOR A CHRISTIAN.
00:37:27.11\00:37:29.71
IF YOU LOSE YOUR
TEMPER, SOMEONE ELSE FINDS IT.
00:37:29.74\00:37:31.98
SO HE FLEW INTO A RAGE AND HE
SAID, "'INDEED, I SAID TO MYSELF
00:37:32.01\00:37:37.92
- I THOUGHT WITHIN MYSELF, 'HE
WILL SURELY COME OUT TO ME,'" -
00:37:37.95\00:37:41.36
SO WHAT'S ONE THING
THAT NOW OFFENDS NAAMAN?
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.99
NAAMAN HAS COME - HE
IS A MAN OF PRESTIGE.
00:37:44.03\00:37:48.03
HE'S NUMBER TWO IN
THE KINGDOM OF SYRIA.
00:37:48.06\00:37:51.07
HE HAS COME ON A LONG JOURNEY.
HE COULD HAVE SENT MESSENGERS TO
00:37:51.10\00:37:55.54
RETRIEVE, WITH A CHARIOT, ELISHA
AND SAY, 'PLEASE COME TO ME.'
00:37:55.57\00:37:59.44
BUT HE THOUGHT, 'I WILL
HONOR THE KING OF ISRAEL.
00:37:59.47\00:38:02.58
I WILL HONOR THE
PROPHET. I WILL GO PERSONALLY.
00:38:02.61\00:38:05.65
HE COULD HAVE COME INCOGNITO
AND GONE PRIVATELY TO THE DOOR.
00:38:05.68\00:38:09.62
YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED ONE
TIME. A QUEEN DRESSED UP LIKE A
00:38:09.65\00:38:13.09
COMMONER AND WENT
TO THE HOUSE OF ELISHA.
00:38:13.12\00:38:15.59
BUT - OH NO, IT WASN'T ELISHA,
IT WAS ABIJAH THE PROPHET - AND
00:38:15.62\00:38:20.26
HE STILL KNEW WHO SHE WAS
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS BLIND. NAAMAN
00:38:20.30\00:38:23.16
COULD HAVE SAID, 'I'LL DISGUISE
MYSELF' BUT HE WENT OPENLY.
00:38:23.20\00:38:29.97
HE EXPECTED, BECAUSE HE WENT
OPENLY, HE'S GOT THIS RETINUE
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.84
WITH HIM - HE THOUGHT HE'D BE
RECEIVED. DIDN'T EVEN COME OUT
00:38:32.87\00:38:37.71
TO GREET HIM. NOW
ELISHA'S NOT A WEALTHY PROPHET.
00:38:37.75\00:38:41.78
ELISHA IS DESCRIBED IN THE
BIBLE AS THE ONE WHO POURED
00:38:41.82\00:38:45.02
WATER ON THE HANDS OF ELIJAH.
HE WAS A SERVANT HIMSELF THAT
00:38:45.05\00:38:48.59
DID MENIAL THINGS FOR ELIJAH.
AND SO, NOW HE'S THE PROPHET IN
00:38:48.62\00:38:54.13
ISRAEL, BUT HE'S NOT WEALTHY.
HE - HE DIDN'T EVEN COME OUT.
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.77
WHY? WHO DOES ELISHA REPRESENT?
00:38:59.80\00:39:02.37
THIRD TIME I'VE
MENTIONED THIS. >>JESUS.
00:39:02.40\00:39:04.64
>>WHAT DOES
LEPROSY REPRESENT? >>SIN.
00:39:04.67\00:39:07.61
>>HOW COME WE CAN'T
SEE GOD FACE TO FACE?
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.74
>>WE'VE SINNED. >>OUR
SINS HAVE SEPARATED US
00:39:09.78\00:39:12.45
FROM OUR GOD BECAUSE OF
OUR INIQUITIES, ISAIAH SAYS.
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.75
SO HE SENDS THE MESSAGE THROUGH
A SERVANT - ELISHA SENDS THE
00:39:15.78\00:39:20.32
MESSAGE THROUGH A MISSIONARY.
DOES JESUS SEND THE MESSAGE OF
00:39:20.36\00:39:24.73
SALVATION PERSONALLY TO ALL THE
WORLD? WELL, HE CAME IN HUMAN
00:39:24.76\00:39:27.66
FORM BUT 99 PERCENT DON'T
HEAR IT PERSONALLY FROM JESUS,
00:39:27.73\00:39:33.13
THEY HEAR IT THROUGH
THOSE THAT ARE SENT BY JESUS.
00:39:33.17\00:39:36.97
THROUGH THE SERVANTS OF
ELISHA THE MESSAGE COMES.
00:39:37.01\00:39:40.61
THROUGH THE SERVANTS OF JESUS
THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION COMES.
00:39:40.64\00:39:44.08
AND SO, NAAMAN IS MAD - 'YOU
DON'T COME OUT TO ME PERSONALLY.
00:39:44.11\00:39:47.58
AND I THOUGHT YOU'D STAND AND
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
00:39:47.62\00:39:51.12
I THOUGHT YOU'D INVOKE YOUR
GOD AND WAVE YOUR HAND OVER THE
00:39:51.15\00:39:56.69
PLACE - I GUESS IN SYRIA
THIS IS HOW THE PROPHETS DID IT.
00:39:56.73\00:40:00.00
THEY WOULD CARRY ON - STOMP,
YELL, SHOUT, WAVE THEIR ARMS,
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.73
THROW SOME GUN POWDER IN THE
FIRE, GET A BIG POOF, AND THEN
00:40:02.76\00:40:06.17
HEAL THE LEPER. HE
DOESN'T SAY, 'HEAL ME.' HE
00:40:06.20\00:40:10.91
ACTS LIKE THE
LEPROSY'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:40:10.94\00:40:13.41
AND THEN HE BEGINS TO
REASON - 'AND THE PRESCRIPTION
00:40:13.44\00:40:17.21
YOU'RE GIVING ME
IS A BAD PRESCRIPTION.
00:40:17.25\00:40:21.12
YOU'RE ASKING ME TO
WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
00:40:21.15\00:40:25.92
"ARE NOT THE ABANA AND THE
PHARPAR, THE RIVERS OF DAMASCUS,
00:40:25.95\00:40:30.46
BETTER THAN ALL
THE WATERS OF ISRAEL?
00:40:30.49\00:40:32.59
COULD I NOT WASH IN THEM AND BE
CLEAN?'" YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
00:40:32.63\00:40:37.23
OF CONFUSED CHRISTIANS
THAT RATIONALIZE USING THEIR OWN
00:40:37.27\00:40:43.14
JUDGMENT INSTEAD OF THE WORD OF
GOD. IS IT TRUE THAT THE WATERS
00:40:43.17\00:40:48.11
OF SYRIA WERE CLEANER
THAN THE JORDAN? PROBABLY.
00:40:48.14\00:40:52.41
JORDAN RIVER IS THE
LOWEST RIVER IN THE WORLD.
00:40:52.45\00:40:55.05
IT RUNS DOWN INTO THE DEAD
SEA. IT'S FULL OF MINERAL SALTS.
00:40:55.08\00:40:58.89
THE JORDAN,
ITSELF, HAS MINERAL SALTS.
00:40:58.92\00:41:00.86
YOU CANNOT DRINK
THE JORDAN WATER.
00:41:00.89\00:41:03.46
THERE ARE RIVERS YOU CAN DRINK
BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY
00:41:03.49\00:41:06.66
RUN OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS
AND THEY'RE A LITTLE CLEANER.
00:41:06.70\00:41:09.56
YOU CAN'T DRINK THE JORDAN.
IT JUST WASHES THROUGH THE
00:41:09.60\00:41:11.97
FARMLAND AND IT WASHES, NOT ONLY
FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF LEBANON,
00:41:12.00\00:41:16.30
BUT THE JORDAN COMES OUT OF
THE SEA OF GALILEE SO IT'S LAKE
00:41:16.34\00:41:18.97
WATER THAT THEN WASHES INTO A
RIVER, AND IT JUST IS NOT CLEAN.
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.91
AND AT CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR
IT GOES BETWEEN - YELLOW, BROWN,
00:41:21.94\00:41:26.35
AND GREEN ARE THE
COLORS OF THE JORDAN.
00:41:26.38\00:41:29.18
AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
NAAMAN WOULD SAY, 'THE JORDAN?
00:41:29.22\00:41:33.19
THE RIVERS OF DAMASCUS ARE
CLEANER. IF I'M GOING TO GET
00:41:33.22\00:41:37.79
CLEAN, LET ME GO TO A CLEANER
RIVER.' ISN'T THAT GOOD LOGIC?
00:41:37.83\00:41:40.93
SOMETIMES WE SUBSTITUTE
OUR RATIONALIZATIONS FOR GOD'S
00:41:40.96\00:41:46.23
COMMAND. WE SAY,
'WELL, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.20
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.' BUT
WHAT DOES THE WORD OF GOD SAY?
00:41:48.24\00:41:51.77
IS IT SAFE FOR US TO PUT OUR
REASONING AHEAD OF THE WORD OF
00:41:51.81\00:41:55.98
GOD? WE NEED TO
PRAY FOR THE CHURCH -
00:41:56.01\00:41:59.51
WE DO THAT SOMETIMES. WE
SAY, 'WELL, I KNOW THE WORD
00:41:59.55\00:42:01.48
SAYS THAT BUT I'VE
GOT A BETTER ARGUMENT.
00:42:01.52\00:42:03.69
I'VE GOT A BETTER
RATIONALIZATION AND MY ARGUMENTS
00:42:03.72\00:42:07.22
MAKE SENSE.' BUT
THEY'RE NOT BIBLICAL.
00:42:07.26\00:42:11.13
AND SO IF IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE
WORD OF GOD, IT DOESN'T MATTER
00:42:11.16\00:42:14.03
HOW LOGICAL YOUR ARGUMENTS
ARE. 'ARE NOT THE ABANA AND THE
00:42:14.10\00:42:18.83
PHARPAR RIVERS OF DAMASCUS
CLEANER THAN ALL THE WATERS OF
00:42:18.87\00:42:21.44
ISRAEL?' YES, THEY
ARE, BUT GOD DIDN'T
00:42:21.47\00:42:24.31
TELL YOU TO
WASH IN THOSE RIVERS.
00:42:24.34\00:42:25.97
SO YOU DO WHAT GOD SAYS
IF YOU WANT THE MIRACLE.
00:42:26.01\00:42:29.28
DOES GOD WANT US TO BE
SPECIFIC AND FOLLOW HIS WORD?
00:42:29.31\00:42:32.38
>>YES. >>YOU
DON'T EVER HEAR ABOUT A
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.22
MIRACLE IN THE
ABANA OR PHARPAR RIVERS.
00:42:35.25\00:42:37.92
YOU DO HEAR ABOUT MIRACLES
IN THE JORDAN - WHERE AN AX HEAD
00:42:37.95\00:42:42.26
FLOATS, THE RIVER PARTS
MIRACULOUSLY FOR ISRAEL, IT
00:42:42.29\00:42:46.36
PARTS FOR ELIJAH, IT PARTS FOR
ELISHA. IT'S A MIRACULOUS RIVER.
00:42:46.39\00:42:50.73
IT LOOKS DIRTY ON THE OUTSIDE
BUT IT'S A RIVER THAT GOD USED
00:42:50.77\00:42:54.50
AND HE SAID, 'YOU CAN WASH
IN THIS RIVER.' BY THE WAY, IT'S
00:42:54.54\00:42:58.67
THE RIVER WHERE JESUS WOULD
BE BAPTIZED. SO HE'S BASICALLY
00:42:58.71\00:43:04.68
ASKING NAAMAN 'GO BAPTIZE IN THE
RIVER SEVEN TIMES AND YOU'LL BE
00:43:04.71\00:43:08.55
CLEAN.' SO HE GETS UPSET
AND HE STORMS AWAY IN A RAGE.
00:43:08.58\00:43:12.45
NOW NAAMAN THOUGHT
HE HAD A PERFECT LIFE.
00:43:12.49\00:43:17.16
HE THOUGHT HIS
BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS LEPROSY.
00:43:17.19\00:43:19.33
WHAT WAS
NAAMAN'S BIGGEST PROBLEM?
00:43:19.36\00:43:22.13
>>PRIDE. >>SAME
PROBLEM THAT THE DEVIL
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.13
HAD. SAME PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE. IT'S CALLED THE GREAT SIN.
00:43:24.17\00:43:27.04
IT'S PRIDE. YES,
HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.47
HE WAS A BRAVE
MAN. HE WAS A RICH MAN.
00:43:29.50\00:43:31.31
HE WAS A MAN GOD
COULD USE, BUT HE WAS PROUD.
00:43:31.34\00:43:33.64
THAT'S THE
PROBLEM THE DISCIPLES HAD.
00:43:33.68\00:43:36.98
'WHICH OF US IS THE
GREATEST?' ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:43:37.01\00:43:39.05
THEY ARGUED AMONG THEMSELVES.
IT'S A PROBLEM WE SOMETIMES
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.92
HAVE: 'HOW COME I'M NOT BEING
APPRECIATED AS MUCH AS THEY'RE
00:43:41.95\00:43:44.52
BEING APPRECIATED? HOW
COME THEY'RE GETTING THAT
00:43:44.55\00:43:47.09
OFFICE AND I'M NOT
GETTING THAT OFFICE?'
00:43:47.12\00:43:48.86
YOU CAN THINK OF A THOUSAND
WAYS OUR PRIDE PLAYS OUT.
00:43:48.89\00:43:52.06
WE THINK OUR PROBLEM MIGHT
BE THE LEPROSY - THE PROBLEM IS
00:43:52.09\00:43:55.10
PRIDE - THAT'S
WHY WE'VE GOT LEPROSY.
00:43:55.13\00:43:57.47
AND HE FINALLY BLOWS UP AND
HE DEMONSTRATES HIS PROBLEM.
00:43:57.50\00:44:01.70
SO HE GOES STORMING - HE TURNS
AND HE GOES AWAY IN A RAGE.
00:44:01.74\00:44:06.81
HE SNAPS HIS HORSE AROUND -
HE BEGINS TO GALLOP OFF BACK
00:44:06.84\00:44:09.11
TOWARDS DAMASCUS. HE
STARTS OUT GALLOPING BUT
00:44:09.14\00:44:12.95
EVENTUALLY THE HORSE IS TROTTING
AND THEN IT ENDS UP IN A SLOW
00:44:12.98\00:44:16.12
WALK BECAUSE
DAMASCUS IS QUITE A WAYS.
00:44:16.15\00:44:17.75
AND GOD IN HIS MERCY HAD
ARRANGED THINGS PROVIDENTIALLY
00:44:17.79\00:44:21.02
WHERE HE'S GOT TO GO BY THE
JORDAN RIVER TO GET BACK HOME.
00:44:21.06\00:44:25.36
ISN'T GOD GOOD? SO
HE STORMS OFF IN A RAGE.
00:44:25.39\00:44:31.37
YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF
THE WORKS OF THE FLESH IS?
00:44:31.40\00:44:35.07
GALATIANS 5:19, "NOW THE WORKS
OF THE FLESH ARE EVIDENT, WHICH
00:44:35.10\00:44:39.11
ARE: ADULTERY, FORNICATION,
UNCLEANNESS, LEWDNESS, IDOLATRY,
00:44:39.14\00:44:42.78
SORCERY, HATRED, CONTENTIONS,
JEALOUSIES," - HERE'S ANOTHER
00:44:42.81\00:44:46.68
WORK OF THE FLESH - "OUTBURSTS
OF WRATH," - HE WAS NOT BEING
00:44:46.72\00:44:50.49
LED OF THE SPIRIT, HE WAS BEING
LED OF THE FLESH AND HE WENT OFF
00:44:50.52\00:44:53.79
INTO A RAGE. NOW WE'RE GETTING
READY - WHO'S GOT 2 KINGS 5:15?
00:44:53.82\00:44:58.26
ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT.
ALRIGHT, THIRD MISSIONARIES IN
00:44:58.29\00:45:04.00
THE STORY: "AND HIS
SERVANTS CAME NEAR."
00:45:04.03\00:45:08.90
- WHY DOES IT SAY
THE SERVANTS CAME NEAR?
00:45:08.94\00:45:10.41
YOU CAN'T COME NEAR
UNLESS YOU'RE FIRST FAR, RIGHT?
00:45:10.44\00:45:16.68
THEY HAD BEEN
RIDING AT A DISTANCE - WHY?
00:45:16.71\00:45:20.12
>>LEPROSY.
>>BECAUSE NAAMAN WAS UNCLEAN.
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.08
BUT AS HIS HORSE SLOWS DOWN -
YOU KNOW, HE STARTS OFF AND HE'S
00:45:22.12\00:45:26.22
RIDING OFF - HIS
SHOULDERS ARE BACK - HE'S MAD.
00:45:26.25\00:45:28.42
NOW HIS SHOULDERS ARE SLUMPED,
HIS HEAD IS DOWN, AND HE KEEPS
00:45:28.46\00:45:32.23
LOOKING OFF TO THE RIGHT AT THE
JORDAN RIVER - BECAUSE HE'S GOT
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.50
TO RIDE RIGHT
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER.
00:45:34.56\00:45:36.06
THERE IT IS ON HIS
WAY UP TO DAMASCUS.
00:45:36.10\00:45:37.93
EVENTUALLY HE'LL CROSS IT.
AND HIS SERVANTS COME AND THEY
00:45:37.97\00:45:40.14
REASON WITH HIM. YOU
KNOW, IT'S A GOOD LEADER
00:45:40.17\00:45:44.34
THAT CAN LISTEN TO
THE REBUKE OF SERVANTS.
00:45:44.37\00:45:48.41
NOW THEY DO IT RESPECTFULLY
AND THEY SAY, 'MY FATHER,' - A
00:45:48.44\00:45:56.69
FAMILY APPROACH - 'IF THE
PROPHET HAD TOLD YOU TO DO
00:45:56.72\00:46:01.29
SOMETHING GREAT,
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE IT?
00:46:01.32\00:46:03.63
HOW MUCH MORE THEN WHEN HE SAYS
TO YOU, 'WASH AND BE CLEAN'?
00:46:03.66\00:46:08.33
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ANCIENT
DOCTORS, THEY WOULD SAY AS A
00:46:08.36\00:46:11.20
PRESCRIPTION, 'TO GET THE
DISEASE OUT OF THIS PART OF YOUR
00:46:11.23\00:46:13.30
BODY, IF YOU JUST HOLD
THIS HOT COAL IN YOUR HAND,
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.84
THE BLISTER WILL
SUCK ALL THE POISON OUT.'
00:46:15.87\00:46:18.04
THEY USED TO MAKE
PEOPLE HOLD HOT COALS.
00:46:18.07\00:46:19.81
THEY USED TO MAKE PEOPLE RUB
ON PAINFUL CONCOCTIONS AND THEY
00:46:19.84\00:46:24.38
WOULD SAY, 'IF YOU GO AND WASH
IN THIS SPRING A HUNDRED MILES
00:46:24.41\00:46:27.38
AWAY' - OR - 'IF YOU KILL A
HUNDRED PHILISTINES' - THEY HAD
00:46:27.42\00:46:32.05
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS
AND THEY USED TO MAKE THEM RUB
00:46:32.09\00:46:35.26
WORM'S BLOOD AND
ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
00:46:35.29\00:46:37.83
AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, GO
WASH.' BUT WHAT'S IMPLIED?
00:46:37.86\00:46:41.30
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU 'GO
WASH.' WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION?
00:46:41.33\00:46:44.90
>>YOU'RE DIRTY. >>YOU'RE DIRTY.
00:46:44.93\00:46:47.10
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO
GO WASH SEVEN TIMES, WHAT'S THE
00:46:47.14\00:46:50.44
IMPLICATION? >>REALLY DIRTY.
00:46:50.47\00:46:52.97
>>WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO WASH
SEVEN TIMES IN A DIRTY RIVER,
00:46:53.01\00:46:56.24
WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION?
00:46:56.28\00:47:00.32
I USED TO WONDER WHY - ANY OF
YOU HAVE SIBLINGS AND YOU'D ALL
00:47:00.35\00:47:04.25
TAKE A BATH AND
YOU'D SHARE A BATH?
00:47:04.29\00:47:06.52
AND YOU'D GET IN
ONE AFTER THE OTHER?
00:47:06.55\00:47:08.59
THEY WOULDN'T RUN A NEW
BATH, JUST ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
00:47:08.62\00:47:10.36
ANY OF YOU - DID YOU
ALWAYS GET CHOSEN LAST?
00:47:10.39\00:47:15.56
DID YOU EVER WANT TO
BE LAST IN THE WATER?
00:47:15.60\00:47:17.67
THERE'S THIS RING AROUND THE TUB
AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN IN
00:47:17.70\00:47:21.20
YET? GREASY RING.
00:47:21.24\00:47:23.20
I USED TO GET IN LAST BECAUSE
THEY FIGURED I WAS PROBABLY THE
00:47:23.24\00:47:27.58
DIRTIEST, BUT THEY STILL MADE ME
TAKE A BATH BECAUSE THEY FIGURED
00:47:27.61\00:47:30.71
NO MATTER HOW DIRTY THE WATER
WAS, I WAS DIRTIER AND I'D COME
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.91
OUT CLEANER. SO WHEN
SOMEBODY'S TELLING YOU
00:47:32.95\00:47:36.38
TO BATHE IN A DIRTY
RIVER, IT'S NOT A COMPLIMENT.
00:47:36.42\00:47:39.39
WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BATHE IN
A DIRTY RIVER SEVEN TIMES - CAN
00:47:39.42\00:47:43.19
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT
WOULD BE HUMILIATING FOR NAAMAN?
00:47:43.22\00:47:46.53
SO HE WAS WILLING TO
LISTEN TO HIS SERVANT.
00:47:46.56\00:47:52.90
YOU KNOW THERE'S A VERSE IN JOB
- 31:13, "IF I DID DESPISE THE
00:47:52.93\00:47:56.84
CAUSE OF MY MANSERVANT OR OF MY
MAIDSERVANT WHEN THEY CONTENDED
00:47:56.87\00:48:01.74
WITH ME; WHAT THEN
SHALL I DO WHEN GOD RISETH UP?
00:48:01.78\00:48:05.38
AND WHEN HE VISITETH,
WHAT SHALL I ANSWER HIM?
00:48:05.41\00:48:08.05
DID NOT HE THAT MADE
ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM?"
00:48:08.08\00:48:11.32
IN OTHER WORDS, JUST BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT AN EMPLOYEE AND AN
00:48:11.35\00:48:15.12
EMPLOYER, DOESN'T MEAN
THAT GOD CAN'T SPEAK THROUGH THE
00:48:15.16\00:48:17.79
EMPLOYEE. THAT'S WHAT JOB SAYS.
AND YOU WILL ANSWER - WAY BACK
00:48:17.83\00:48:23.03
IN THE BOOK OF JOB IT
SAYS THE SAME GOD MADE US BOTH.
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.60
THIS IDEA OF RACIAL SUPERIORITY
IS NOT TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE.
00:48:25.63\00:48:30.44
JOB'S THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE
BIBLE AND JOB UNDERSTOOD THIS
00:48:30.47\00:48:33.24
PRINCIPLE. IT'S A
GOOD VERSE TO REMEMBER.
00:48:33.27\00:48:36.01
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ 2 KINGS 5:15, PLEASE.
00:48:36.04\00:48:39.58
>>"AND HE RETURNED TO THE MAN OF
GOD, HE AND ALL HIS AIDES, AND
00:48:39.61\00:48:44.15
CAME AND STOOD BEFORE HIM;
AND HE SAID, 'INDEED, NOW I KNOW
00:48:44.19\00:48:48.52
THAT THERE IS NO GOD IN ALL
THE EARTH, EXCEPT IN ISRAEL; NOW
00:48:48.56\00:48:52.29
THEREFORE, PLEASE TAKE A
GIFT FROM YOUR SERVANT.'"
00:48:52.33\00:48:56.23
>>THANK YOU. I LEFT
OUT A VERY IMPORTANT
00:48:56.26\00:48:59.13
PART: NAAMAN
LISTENED TO HIS SERVANTS.
00:48:59.17\00:49:02.94
HE HUMBLED HIMSELF. HE
WENT DOWN IN THE RIVER.
00:49:02.97\00:49:07.91
HE WASHED FIVE - DID HE
GET THE HEALING AFTER ONE TIME?
00:49:07.94\00:49:11.98
>>NO. >>THREE TIMES?
00:49:12.01\00:49:14.88
DID HE GET THIRTY PERCENT
HEALED AFTER THE THIRD TIME?
00:49:14.92\00:49:18.02
I GUESS IT WOULDN'T BE THIRTY
PERCENT IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:49:18.05\00:49:21.96
SEVEN. BUT HE
WASN'T HEALED IN DEGREES.
00:49:21.99\00:49:24.16
HE WAS STILL A HUNDRED PERCENT
SICK - HE WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT
00:49:24.19\00:49:28.00
SICK WHEN HE WENT DOWN THE
SIXTH TIME. IS THAT CORRECT?
00:49:28.03\00:49:32.93
BUT WHEN HE CAME UP
THEN, THEN HE WAS HEALED.
00:49:32.97\00:49:37.71
DO NUMBERS MATTER TO GOD?
WHEN GOD TOLD JOSHUA 'MARCH
00:49:37.74\00:49:41.78
AROUND JERICHO SEVEN TIMES'
DID THE MIRACLE HAPPEN AFTER SIX
00:49:41.81\00:49:46.18
TIMES? >>NO.
00:49:46.21\00:49:47.85
>>NO. AND IT
WASN'T UNTIL NAAMAN DID
00:49:47.88\00:49:50.92
IT THE SEVENTH
TIME THE BLESSING CAME.
00:49:50.95\00:49:53.56
WHEN GOD SAYS
'REMEMBER THE SEVENTH DAY.
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.02
I BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY.' SOME
PEOPLE THINK THAT SEVENTH-DAY
00:49:55.06\00:49:57.36
ADVENTISTS ARE A LITTLE
FASTIDIOUS AND PARTICULAR OR
00:49:57.39\00:50:00.23
LEGALISTIC. BUT DOES
GOD SHOW IN THE BIBLE
00:50:00.26\00:50:04.27
THAT WHEN HE GIVES A
NUMBER HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS?
00:50:04.30\00:50:06.94
AND HE SAYS, 'I
BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY.
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.50
YOU REMEMBER THE SEVENTH
DAY.' HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
00:50:09.54\00:50:11.34
SO DON'T EVER
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
00:50:11.37\00:50:13.68
SO AS SOON AS HE'S HEALED HE'S
SO HAPPY - DO YOU REALIZE HE'S
00:50:13.71\00:50:17.65
HALFWAY TO
DAMASCUS? BUT WHAT DOES HE DO?
00:50:17.68\00:50:19.38
HE RETURNS TO THE MAN
OF GOD TO GIVE THANKS.
00:50:19.41\00:50:23.42
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHEN
JESUS HEALED THOSE TEN LEPERS
00:50:23.45\00:50:26.92
AND ONE OUT OF THE
TEN RETURNED TO THANK HIM.
00:50:26.96\00:50:30.73
WAS THE ONE WHO RETURNED
TO GIVE THANKS AN ISRAELITE?
00:50:30.76\00:50:35.06
WHAT WAS HE? >>A SAMARITAN.
00:50:35.10\00:50:39.03
>>A SAMARITAN. SO
NAAMAN, LIKE THAT SAMARITAN -
00:50:39.07\00:50:42.84
THE GENTILE - HE
RETURNS TO THANK THE MAN OF GOD.
00:50:42.87\00:50:47.41
WHAT'S THE REASON THAT WE GIVE,
OUT OF OBLIGATION OR THE LORD
00:50:47.44\00:50:51.95
LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER?
NAAMAN COMES BACK, HE COULD HAVE
00:50:51.98\00:50:54.62
GONE HOME. HE
NEVER GOT AN INVOICE YET.
00:50:54.65\00:50:56.92
HE SHOULD SAY, 'I'LL WAIT FOR
THE CHECK - THE BILL TO COME IN
00:50:56.95\00:50:58.69
THE MAIL FOR MY HEALING.'
HE GOES BACK, HE WANTS TO THANK
00:50:58.72\00:51:01.32
GOD. HE WANTS TO PRAISE GOD.
00:51:01.36\00:51:03.19
AND HE REALIZES THAT THE GOD
OF ISRAEL IS A - NOT ONLY A TRUE
00:51:03.22\00:51:06.93
GOD, THE TRUE GOD. HE
GOES BACK AND HE SAYS,
00:51:06.96\00:51:10.27
'INDEED, I KNOW' - THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SAVED BY, WE'VE GOT TO
00:51:10.30\00:51:13.64
PERSONALLY KNOW THROUGH PERSONAL
CONVERSION AND CLEANSING.
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.77
WE HAVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT OUR LEPROSY IS TAKEN AWAY.
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.91
NOT ONLY DID GOD HEAL
HIM, IT SAYS SOMETHING ELSE.
00:51:18.94\00:51:22.18
IT SAYS HIS FLESH WAS RESTORED
- THAT MEANS IF HE WAS MISSING
00:51:22.21\00:51:25.25
FINGERS OR TOES, THEY POPPED
BACK INTO PLACE AND IT CAME LIKE
00:51:25.28\00:51:29.08
- NOT JUST ANY
FLESH, BUT WHAT KIND?
00:51:29.12\00:51:31.35
>>A BABY. >>LIKE A
CHILD - WHICH LOOKS
00:51:31.39\00:51:33.22
REALLY STRANGE ON A
SOLDIER, DOESN'T IT?
00:51:33.25\00:51:34.82
I CAN JUST PICTURE THIS SOLDIER
CELEBRATING WITH NAAMAN AND
00:51:34.86\00:51:39.73
PRAISE TO GOD HE COMES OUT,
HE'S CLEAN, HIS LEPROSY'S GONE,
00:51:39.76\00:51:41.80
THEY'RE ALL JUMPING
AROUND. THEY'RE CELEBRATING.
00:51:41.83\00:51:43.90
THEY'RE SHOUTING AND
THEN THEY LOOK AT HIM AND SAY,
00:51:43.93\00:51:45.77
'WOW, IT LOOKS
SOFT. CAN I TOUCH IT?'
00:51:45.80\00:51:48.10
THE GENERAL - LIKE
A LITTLE CHILD'S SKIN.
00:51:48.14\00:51:51.74
WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN.
00:51:51.77\00:51:54.91
WHEN YOU'RE HEALED OF
LEPROSY YOU'RE BORN AGAIN.
00:51:54.94\00:51:57.78
'EXCEPT YOU BECOME AS
LITTLE CHILDREN.' THAT'S WHAT A
00:51:57.81\00:52:01.08
CHRISTIAN IS - A
SOLDIER WITH BABY SKIN, RIGHT?
00:52:01.12\00:52:04.35
FLESH CAME - HOW MANY WOMEN
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OINTMENT
00:52:04.39\00:52:08.16
THAT DID FOR THEM WHAT THE
JORDAN RIVER DID FOR NAAMAN,
00:52:08.19\00:52:12.13
AMEN? WOULDN'T THAT SELL?
00:52:12.16\00:52:13.83
THERE'S A NAME - WE CALL IT
'NAAMAN'S OINTMENT.' AND YOU'VE
00:52:13.86\00:52:20.14
GOT A STORY TO SELL IT.
SO HE GOES BACK AND HE SAYS -
00:52:20.17\00:52:25.47
HE SAYS TO ELISHA - NOW,
DOES ELISHA COME OUT AND SEE HIM
00:52:25.51\00:52:31.58
THIS TIME? >>YES.
00:52:31.61\00:52:33.72
>>NOW IT'S FACE TO FACE BECAUSE
HE'S CLEANSED FROM HIS LEPROSY.
00:52:33.75\00:52:35.85
WILL WE SEE JESUS FACE TO FACE?
AND HE SAYS, 'TAKE SOMETHING.'
00:52:35.88\00:52:39.89
HE URGES HIM TO TAKE MONEY.
HE SAYS, 'I WON'T TAKE IT.' NOW
00:52:39.92\00:52:43.16
COULD ELISHA HAVE USED THAT TO
HELP THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS?
00:52:43.19\00:52:46.59
>>SURE. >>SURE. HE WASN'T RICH.
00:52:46.63\00:52:48.43
WHY DID HE REFUSE TO TAKE
IT? THE SAME REASON THAT JOSEPH
00:52:48.46\00:52:53.84
REFUSED TO TAKE MONEY WHEN HIS
BROTHERS TRIED TO PAY FOR THE
00:52:53.87\00:52:56.77
FOOD. BECAUSE
SALVATION IS A GIFT.
00:52:56.81\00:52:58.47
YOU CANNOT PAY FOR
IT. IT'S NOT OF WORKS.
00:52:58.51\00:53:00.44
IT'S A GIFT OF GOD.
WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT PRICE.
00:53:00.48\00:53:04.05
THAT'S WHY WHAT GEHAZI DID
LATER WAS SO OFFENSIVE TO GOD.
00:53:04.08\00:53:08.85
HE WAS CURSED WITH LEPROSY
BECAUSE HE TRIED TO PUT A PRICE
00:53:08.88\00:53:11.12
ON IT AND GOD HAD INTENDED IT TO
BE A SYMBOL OF THE FREE GIFT OF
00:53:11.15\00:53:14.99
CLEANSING. AND THEN
NAAMAN SAYS, 'PLEASE
00:53:15.02\00:53:18.09
GIVE ME SOME DIRT FROM ISRAEL
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND
00:53:18.13\00:53:22.36
I'M GOING TO KNEEL AND I'M GOING
TO PRAY AND I'M GOING TO WORSHIP
00:53:22.40\00:53:24.43
ON THE DIRT OF THE GOD OF
ISRAEL.' ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
00:53:24.47\00:53:27.27
A LITTLE WHILE AGO HE WAS
DISMISSING THE WATERS OF ISRAEL
00:53:27.30\00:53:30.97
- 'WHO WANTS THE
WATERS OF ISRAEL?'
00:53:31.01\00:53:33.11
NOW HE'S READY TO TAKE
HOME THE DIRT OF ISRAEL.
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.74
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? AND
THEN HE - HE ASKS FOR MERCY.
00:53:34.78\00:53:40.72
HE SAID, 'NOW, THE KING IS
GETTING OLD AND WHEN HE GOES TO
00:53:40.75\00:53:45.65
WORSHIP RIMMON, HE
ALWAYS LEANS ON MY HAND.
00:53:45.69\00:53:48.69
WILL YOU PLEASE FORGIVE ME,
BECAUSE I EXPECT HIM TO STILL
00:53:48.72\00:53:52.39
NEED ME TO HOLD HIM UP AS HE
GOES AND HE BOWS TO RIMMON IN
00:53:52.43\00:53:55.06
HIS TEMPLE.' AND YOU
KNOW WHAT ELISHA SAID TO HIM?
00:53:55.10\00:53:58.50
'GO IN PEACE.' HE REALIZED,
'LOOK, YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY.
00:53:58.53\00:54:01.97
YOU'VE JUST
RENOUNCED THE GODS OF SYRIA.
00:54:02.00\00:54:04.07
YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE GOD OF
ISRAEL AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
00:54:04.11\00:54:07.18
IN A HARD PLACE IN YOUR
SITUATION AND GOD UNDERSTANDS.'
00:54:07.21\00:54:11.11
NOW THAT TELLS ME
SOMETHING ABOUT THE LORD.
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>>AMEN. >>THAT GOD
IS A PRACTICAL GOD.
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SO NAAMAN BECOMES
THE FOURTH MISSIONARY.
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HE NOW GOES BACK - SO YOU'VE
GOT THE LITTLE MAID, YOU'VE GOT
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GEHAZI WHO BECOMES A MISSIONARY
- NOW WHEN GEHAZI APOSTATIZED
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AND HE BECAME GREEDY LIKE JUDAS,
DID NAAMAN'S CLEANSING GO AWAY?
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EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THE
MESSENGERS THAT GOD USED TO HEAL
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NAAMAN WAS CORRUPT, THE
CLEANSING STILL STAYED - BECAUSE
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IT'S NOT THE MESSENGER, IT'S THE
MESSAGE, RIGHT? AND THE LITTLE
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MAID, THE SERVANTS OF
NAAMAN, THE SERVANT OF ELISHA,
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AND NOW NAAMAN. WHEN
HE IS HEALED HE GOES BACK
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INTO SYRIA - THE GENERAL - AND
HE BECOMES A MISSIONARY FOR THE
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WHOLE COUNTRY, TALKING ABOUT THE
GOD OF ISRAEL. AND SO THIS ALL
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HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE
CLEANSING. GO AHEAD READ FOR US
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- I THINK THIS IS OUR
LAST VERSE - 1 JOHN 5:2 AND 3.
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>>"BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE
THE CHILDREN OF GOD, WHEN WE
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LOVE GOD, AND
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD,
THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS:
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AND HIS COMMANDMENTS
ARE NOT BURDENSOME."
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>>NO BURDEN IN THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
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AS SOON AS NAAMAN WAS CLEANSED
HE WANTED TO WORSHIP AND OBEY
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THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND HE
BECAME A MISSIONARY FOR GOD.
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THIS IS A WONDERFUL STORY OF HOW
GOD USES PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES -
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YOU NOTICE - ONE MAN'S
CONVERSION - HE GOT A MESSAGE
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FROM THREE DIFFERENT
PEOPLE. IT'S NOT ANY ONE PERSON.
00:55:40.24\00:55:43.41
ONE PERSON SOWS, ANOTHER PERSON
REAPS, SOMEONE CULTIVATES AND
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IT'S LIKE FARMING, EVERYBODY
WORKS TOGETHER AND IT MIGHT BE
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ONE PERSON THAT'S CONVERTED FROM
SEVERAL PEOPLE COOPERATING AND
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WORKING AS MISSIONARIES.
AND THEN THAT PERSON BECOMES A
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MISSIONARY AS SOON AS THEY
ARE CLEANSED. WONDERFUL STORY.
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ANYWAY, WE HAVE A FREE
OFFER WE WANT TO REMIND YOU OF.
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IF YOU DID NOT CATCH IT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE BROADCAST IT'S
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CALLED LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
AND ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CALL
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866-788-3966. WE'LL
SEND THIS TO YOU - IT'S
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866-STUDY-MORE. GOD
BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, UNTIL WE
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CAN STUDY HIS WORD
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THUNDER) (CREAKING DOOR)
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>>THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY
TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS CAN
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BE FOUND IN FOLKLORE IN NEARLY
EVERY COUNTRY AND CULTURE.
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THE EGYPTIANS BUILT PYRAMIDS TO
HELP GUIDE THE SPIRITS OF THEIR
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LEADERS. ROME
SANCTIONED HOLIDAYS TO
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HONOR AND APPEASE THE
SPIRITS OF THEIR DEAD.
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EVEN THE BIBLE TELLS OF A KING
THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT THE
00:56:52.21\00:56:56.44
SPIRIT OF A DECEASED PROPHET.
TODAY, ANCIENT FOLKLORE OF
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SPIRITS AND APPARITIONS HAVE
GONE FROM MERE SUPERSTITIONS TO
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MAINSTREAM
ENTERTAINMENT AND REALITY.
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SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
INVESTIGATE STORIES OF HAUNTINGS
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AND SIGHTINGS, TRYING TO PROVE
ONCE AND FOR ALL THE EXISTENCE
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OF GHOSTS. EVEN
WITH ALL THE NEW-FOUND
00:57:17.20\00:57:22.64
TECHNOLOGY AND CENTURIES
OF STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
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THERE IS STILL
NO CLEAR-CUT ANSWER.
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SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE?
WHY DO THESE STORIES PERSIST?
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DOES IT EVEN MATTER? WE
INVITE YOU TO LOOK INSIDE AND
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FIND OUT FOR
YOURSELF. VISIT GHOSTTRUTH.COM .
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RESOURCES VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM
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