Just One Thing

2 Kings 5:1, “Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper.” 

Naaman had it all. A position of power and prestige as the captain of the Syrian forces, a large military armed with soldiers at his command. A great man by all accounts with favor from his superior. He had the reputation of being a fine soldier himself. Through his leadership many victories in battle went his way which led to an accumulation of great wealth. Here was a man with pretty much everything except for just one thing. He was a leper, and that was raining on his parade, spoiling his life in many ways. Naaman obeyed the instructions from a man of God, Elisha, the prophet in Israel. He experienced a miracle and was healed from that one thing. 

Naaman’s physical condition pictures humanity’s spiritual condition. A sin nature, an empty spot in life, a whole in the soul. A spiritually lost condition, far from God. Regardless of where that person lives, whether rich or poor, no matter their ethnicity, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

 You can be healed from sin. Follow the instructions in the Bible to, “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:31). A simple act of faith and you are forgiven, cleansed spiritually, and your sins washed away through the precious blood of Jesus, the Great Physician.

 My friend, don’t allow just one thing to ruin an otherwise good life. There is only one cure, it’s not in a bottle or a pill, it’s in a name, JESUS. 

The Pastor’s Pocket

Pastor Bruce Freeman

 

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