2 kings 5 ppt (3 nov)
Transcript of 2 kings 5 ppt (3 nov)
2 K i n g s 5 - 2 P a r t s
• Part 1: verses 1-19 - Naaman’s healing —A leper cured from leprosy.
• Part 2: verses 20-27 - Gehazi’s curse —An Israelite cursed with leprosy.
N A A M A N
• Worldly significance – a ‘great’ man with a ‘great’ problem (v. 1).
• ‘Great’ kings could not help (vv. 4-7).
• Words of an insignificant servant pointed to a prophet of the GREAT God (vv. 2-3).
• The prophet’s instructions offended his ‘greatness’ (vv. 11-12).
N A A M A N
• Humility – healed after he was willing to become ‘insignificant’ and follow ‘insignificant’ instructions (vv. 13-14).
• Salvation - A gentile who received God’s favour (v. 1), is healed (v. 14) and worships God as Lord of all the world (v. 15).
• Transformation - from a ‘great’ leper to ‘your servant’ (vv. 15, 17-18).
2 K i n g s 5 - 2 S e r v a n t s
• Part 1: The nameless Israelite servant girl
• Part 2: The named servant of Elisha, Gehazi
t h e n a m e l e s s s e r v a n t g i r l
• Captive of war - victim of hardship & pain, a slave.
• Servant of Naaman’s wife.
• Insignificant in every way - age, gender, status.
t h e n a m e l e s s s e r v a n t g i r l
• Remembered her beliefs.
• Courage to speak up about what she believed.
• Motivated by genuine care for those in need.
• Her words of truth reached kings and led to Naaman’s healing and salvation.
G E H A Z I
• Servant of the prophet (v. 20, cf. 2 Kings 4).
• Very likely played a role in the miracle (v. 10).
• Witnessed miracles done by the power of God.
• Very likely worshipped God.
G E H A Z I
• Motivated by a hunger for worldly significance (v. 26).
• Greed: “W.I.I.F.M”—What’s In It For ME (v. 20)?
• His words of deception and lies led to curses on himself and his descendants (v. 27).
• Transformation: from a prophet’s servant to a leper.
2 K i n g s 5 - 2 S a y i n g s
“My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from
him what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him
and get something from him.”
“If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
P h i l i p p i a n s 2 : 5 - 8
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied
himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming
obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
M a r k 1 0 : 4 5
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life
as a ransom for many.”
2 K i n g s 5 - 2 C h a l l e n g e s
1. LOVE God : Looking Inward
PURSUE God’s significance in spite of my insignificance – past, pain, fears.
Whose significance am I living for / am I running after?
2 K i n g s 5 - 2 C h a l l e n g e s
2. LOVE Others : Looking Outward
PROCLAIM God’s significance.
Release others to do the same.
Listen to God speaking through the insignificant people He has placed in my life.