Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-11


 against you. Though this man was an enemy to Gods chosen people, yet God is willing to heal him, if he will obey conditions. That is one of the great marvels of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It doesn't matter how far down the man gets, no matter how he blasphemes God, God is willing to heal. and to forgive, and to cleanse if you are yelling to obey. Though your sins are as scarlet, they sflaif be as white as snow. Then again, For the son of God came, not to cali the Righteous, but. sinners to repentence.a I can prove it to you, also by expe-. rience. ,4 And the second, point that I want to make is this, that God takes no account of your station in life. Of course, this man was {. a great imam
 The Bible admits it, and honorable, and a mighty Ssl1lan of valor. The Bible admith all of that. but the Bi- Eble insists on saying after itrall, But he was a Ieper.a As it is there. let me Ifut it here. Granted you are a moral man, a good father to your children, and a good husband to your wife, and that the men in town look up to you and respect your word but in the final analysis, if you are out side of God and of Christ, you are a 1eper. As it is there, let me put it here. Grant that you are a good wife, and good mother to your children. and that the women in your city vie with each other in opening their homes to you, but if you are out of God and an out of Christ, you are, in the final analysis, leper. Ed- ucated? Yes, but an educated leper, Winsome?s Yes, but; still a ieper. And when Naaman heard the con l ditions for cleansing he got mad. l Sometimes it is a very healthy thing | to get mad. Some of you come here might after night and you never get mad, glad or sad. You are like an old ditch puddle. There is no rise or l fall. Naaman lost his temper and
 said, T thought because of my posi- 1 tion, he would surely come out and heal me-" And he turned away in 9
 rage, but his servants went to him and said, Why he hasn't asked you
 to do much. He hasn't asked you for
 nickel, and you have brought a
 half million dollars to give him if
 he wanted it, and you have come
 one hundred and fifty miles to see
 him, Why not do it?' Then Naaman ! lost shis pride and said way not ?? And he went down into the river and having lost his temper, and lost his
 pride, then he lost his leprosy. and that is the way God always heals
 Naaman's flesh came back again, moi
 as the flesh of full grown man, but
 as the flesh of little child, pure l wholesome and sweet. The finest l touch of all the whole story is that when Naaman finds he is healed, he 1 goes to Elisha and says "How much? ?
 And when he finds that the prophet doesn't want anything. he says to him
 Please give me enough dirt that twt mules can carry" That was a re- markable request. wasn't it? Bu Naamon said, being the next man tt the King of Syria, when the Kins goes to worship his gods in the hous, of Rimmon, I have to go with him and I am not going to worship thos' I gods any more, becauseN now, I knov I there is no God in all the world bu :, in Israel, and if you will give me thi
 dirt, I will build a little altar in tn house of Rimmon to the God of Is E rael so that when go in with m.
 master, I shall see there, that alta and remember what God has done flo me. As Kip1ing says, Lest we for
 get"