The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-21
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson In the international Series
for October 23. loo4-"Flisha
and NaamRn."
prepared by the Highway and BY
way" Preaoher.)

aims n syria WAS great man with hls
master. and honorable because by him ne
Lord had given ce.iyerance unto IS sia. 10
was also mighty man IA Na.oI. bot Le "as
leper
. And the syrlans Had gone on, IS come
penles. and htd brought away captive oDt
" the land ~ lsIae. .itt.e maid, and sac
waited on Naaman wife.
). And she s,.ll uhto Ter mistress. Mould
COD my lorA were with the prophet MAT
Is N samar.a, for he would recover hln. II
his .eprosy
a. And one weut "a ana tD.d Dts .csd. say
ing. Thus and thus said the maid lat "a
VI the land ~ Israel
;. And TIE king II Syria said. Go Co. 80,
and VII send a letter unto ,hc king Of
Israel And hc departed and took with him
ten ta4elts Ct silver. and six thousand
pieces OK god. and ten changes OF raj
mcnt.
G. And be brought the letter to tie kine
OF Isaac, say Ing. Now. when ms .e'tcf
is clme unto thee. behold l have herewith
sent Naaman ms servant 70 tlcr THAR tiou
may est recover him Of Lis icprosN
T. And b. came % pass. when IKE king ~
Israe haG read the ctter. that he rent lis
clothes, and said. Am ! God. u kiI and
u make a..Nc. tnat THIS man doth send
unto ne TO recover a man OF. has .eprosy
Wherefore consider pray you ana see
how De setketl "a quarrel agar 50 me-.
s. And 10 Vas SD. when l4sla ,he man n
CID lad heard tAat the kins ~ Israel had
rent MS clothes. that ne sent 10 tle hing.
Eaylag Wherefore hast t.oa rent ny
clOflcs? Let him come ROW 10 me. ard 20
sha. know ina. there is a prophet ia lsfacl.
O. So NaamAn came wlth has horses and
wish las chariot. ANA stood at t.e door u
tie house II Elisha.
j.. Art Elisha sent "a messenger unto
j. st. I4.fI. .atHH lt4. Won
times. ANA thy flesh shall come assam 20
thee, and thou shalt be clean.
IA. But NaamAn WAS Wvoth. and went
away. ana said. Behold. thought lie
VII. surrey come cut to me ane STAND, a. i
ca. aD the name ~ the Lord LIS cod ana
strike his hand over tLc pace. Nh- ielofsF
tie .eper.
IL Are NOT ALBANIA ana Pharpar rivers u
Damascus. better tlau a.l the waters OK
Israc.? May ! LOT wash IA them, ana ne
sean? 50 he turned ana we-t away ~ a
rage.
-. And his servants came near ard spake
unt0 him ana SAID. My father re
prophet had b.l thee 20 some great Ting.
Wou.drst thou not have done ~ 49,"
much rather tLcn. when he sai.h Hnso t-ee-
W ash. and be c.ean2
Il. Then went ic down. and dipped l.m-
ser seven tunes lu Jordan. according ~ ne
saying n tie man VI God an1 iis flesh
came again like unto he iiesA oi h.l.e
Child, 4ld be was clean.
sCRlPTUl,AL sECTION.-AA OF CHAP
Ter ,
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Hcal ne. @ Lord. and
shat bee Heated. save ne. and ] sha.. 20
saved '-J,r l5A
TIME -Iu about TIE eighth year Of Jc-
horam. klng ~ Israel.
PLACE Damascus. Samaria and i'f1s
III Jordan. about V miles from Samar.a.
Story OF Salvation Illustrated.
A Hopeless Case (V. ia great gen
eral-A king iayorite-A distinguished
man-An honorable mana man o!
yalor-BUT a LEPER.
All the power, al the distinction an
the honor. all the success which tie
world may give to man cannot cover
I'D that little word OF three letters But.
Naaman had everything the world could
eiye-but he was a leper. There is a
But that stands between every soul
and peace OF mind aud true haappiness.
No matter what this world may say OF a
soul. God has to add. But he is a sin
ner The case is hopeless.
The Glad TiGines us 2-D.-There
was another. But a bright one. which
had TO be reckoned with in Naaman' S
life. Naaman was leper, BUT there
was a Hebrew maid in his household
that knew God and God S power 20 save.
Man is a sinner. Rom. 3 %; John l. S;
BUT Jesus has come ready to cleans
end mighty 70 save. John 1.9, Heb.
a:25.
A.. tr,,.,hfo ,foseapcar "Ca ptivn o,-.
OF Israel little maid"-God
is pleased TO use very humble means
sometimes. She was only little He
brew slave but she had a message. IL
vas 0) A simple message. She knew
the true God She knew OF His servant
Elisha. and these two thoughts were
the theme Of her message co A posi-
tive message "He would recover him
OF his leprosy" There were no ifs. ands
or butts about H. The simple. positive
Gospel message is the most powerful.
The Quest for Help (ys. 5-9).-Naa-
man went with CD Credentials from the
King (2) Great treasure But Naaman
had 20 learn that Gods favor could not
be bought Thorei is nothing the soul can
DO 70 merit God Saving grace. lsa, GAS.
Conditions of Deliverance (N- lW So
simple Seven dips IN Jordan and then
healing. The way OF salvation Is 50
simple. 50 easy so sure Repentance
'or sin. Faith IN Christ as Saviour. That
Naaman had arranged in his own mind
lust how he was TO be healed is evident
from verse IL. How common is this
mistake.
The Peril Of Pride (Vs 1l-l2).-"N aa-
man was wroth and went away" Al,
how many souls quarrel with God be-
cause pride bars their way to salvation.
God is no respecter Of persons We
aust ali come as needy, helpless sin
ners. or not at all.
The Dellverance (vs 1910 Thank
God there we're wise servants In Naa-
mans retinue TO advise him. Thank
God Naaman had sense enough TO listen
and courage enough-to need Naaman
obeyed the prophets orders and WAS
cleansed And when man is ready TO
obey God, delivtrance always comes
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