Down Is Up | Clip 2

• like to turn to the Old Testament to second Kings chapter 5 and look for a moment at the story of a man who thought he could come to God in a big way. Uh this is about the third sermon I ever heard when I got in touch with Pentecostal people and it was a tremendous anointed message on Nailman and I’ve always remembered the picture.
• We just look at certain aspects of the story beginning at the first verse of 2 Kings chapter 5. Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram or Syria. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram.
• He was a valiant soldier but he had leprosy. How many people there are in whose lives there’s a but he had everything but he was a commander of the army. He was highly regarded. was a valiant soldier, but he had this horrible, unclean, incurable disease, leprosy. He had in his home a little Jewish girl that had been taken captive by the Syrian bands.
• And this Jewish girl was a really a model of of the grace of God. Instead of being resentful against those who had taken her captive, she was concerned about them. And she said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria, that’s Elisha, he would cure him of his leprosy.” Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said.
• “By all means go,” the king of Aram said. He didn’t want to lose one of his best officers. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Non left. I love this. taking with him 10 talents of silver, 6,000 speckles of gold, and 10 sets of clothing. He came to God in a big way. My Bible here says that 10 talents of silver um is about £750.