Emphasis Preaching Journal
A)Naaman was...
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Naaman was a leper. His story, reported in 2 Kings 5, and his encounter with the prophet Elisha, have parallels to the story of Christ with the leper reported in Mark's Gospel. Naaman was a mighty man, but had this horrible disease which is often used in Scripture as a figure of speech representing sin in one's life. He sought for help because he had heard, through a housemaid, that the Lord of Israel would heal him. He was healed when he began to practice faith in the Lord as he washed himself in the Jordan River.
Naaman was a leper. His story, reported in 2 Kings 5, and his encounter with the prophet Elisha, have parallels to the story of Christ with the leper reported in Mark's Gospel. Naaman was a mighty man, but had this horrible disease which is often used in Scripture as a figure of speech representing sin in one's life. He sought for help because he had heard, through a housemaid, that the Lord of Israel would heal him. He was healed when he began to practice faith in the Lord as he washed himself in the Jordan River.
