God’s Cure For the

World’s Worst Disease

“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy
diseases”
Psalm 103:3
KING
NAAMAN
 Christ died for
• Christ died for our SINS - I Cor. 15:3
• Christ died for the UNGODLY - Romans 5:6
• Christ died for US - Romans 5:8
• Christ died for ALL, that they which live should not henceforth live unto
themselves, but- unto him who died for them, and rose again
 I. Admitted He was a Leper
• Must admit that YOU are a SINNER
• Lost & Doomed
• Without CHRIST we can do nothing
• Luke 18:13-14 – “ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much
as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to
me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than
the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be [d]humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
 II. Ask Definitely For a Cure
• We must have CONCERN in the welfare of souls
• Unconcern is so unlike Jesus.
• Jesus was concerned about rich folks who had no concern for folks like Lazarus
• Jesus was concerned about the young man who preferred riches to the high and
holy possibilities of the Christian life
• Jesus was concerned about religious people who preferred the fringes of
spiritual matters to the heart — the shallows to the deeps.
 And the Lord said, “To what then shall I liken the
men of this generation, and what are they like? They
are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling
to one another, saying:
‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance;
We mourned to you, and you did not weep.’

Luke 7:31-32
III. Acknowledgment of His Inability To Cure
Himself
• And the Syrians had gone out on[a] raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land
of Israel. She [b]waited on Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were
with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 2 Kings 5:2-3
• Like Joseph in Egypt, like Daniel in Babylon, this captive little maid was the instrument of making
God known among the heathen. Thus a cure for the curse was pointed out, but the cure for the
curse was not born of his own ability.
• And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land
of Israel.” Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So
he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of
clothing. 2 Kings 5:4-5
“For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9
Only by faith in Christ is your earliest, latest
and only refuge
IV. Repentance
 IV. Repentance
• Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he
departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten
changes of clothing. Then he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, Now be
advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you
may heal him of his leprosy. And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that
he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man
to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel
with me.” So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his
clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him
come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 2 Kings 5:5-8
So many seek salvation in the wrong place. Some who seek
salvation go to the king instead of to the prophet—and are
disappointed. Some seek salvation from their sins in good
deeds, acts of kindness, or honesty, or abstinence from
outrageous conduct. But they cannot there find forgiveness
and a new heart. What can wash away my stain? Nothing but
the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing
but the blood of JESUS.”
 2 Kings 5:10-12
• “So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot and stood at the
door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,
Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee,
and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on
the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better
than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?”
 What does that mean for you?
• “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).
• “I am come to call sinners to repentance” (Matt. 9:13).
• I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more
than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance” (Luke15:7).
• “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47).
• “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath
God exalted with his right hand to be a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins” (Acts 5:30, 31).
Repentance means a change of mind resulting in a change
of conduct. The Greek word “straphate” means to turn
around at once and take the opposite direction. It means if
you have been going the direction and traveling the
direction Satan points, that you will turn around and go the
direction Jesus points and travel the road Jesus asks. If you
have been saying no to Jesus, you will acknowledge the
folly of such and say yes. If you are in darkness, you will
go to the Light of the world for light.
 V. Belief In The Promise of The Prophet
• “And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan
seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be
clean”
• By human force, you cannot make men believe. By human force, you
cannot force the harness on anybody and compel them to work. By human
force, you cannot make a man repent. But you can tell people how they
can be saved — cured of sin and receive salvation. This Elisha did.
 What does that mean for you?
• You must believe the Word of God.
• “The wicked shall be turned into hell” Believe that!
• “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). Believe that!
• “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not
the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).
Believe that!
 VI. Dipping Under The Water
• “Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan according to the saying of the man of
God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” 2 Kings 5:14
• Not what he thought but what God said He would do, believing that only the means of God’s
appointment could succeed. In truthful response, he was taking God at His word, having no objection
now to the ease and simplicity of the requirement.
• God was not asking of him the great thing — some deed of prowess befitting the mighty man of
valor, some fatiguing journey by way of pilgrimage. God said: “Go and wash in Jordan seven times.”
So the proud Naaman, the haughty conqueror, yields. He got down in the river — not ankle deep or
knee deep or waist deep, but completely under. And not just one time or four or six but seven times.
Not only in the journey to the river, but in the repeated dippings was Naaman’s faith put to a test.
 VII. Public Obedience
• So publicly he showed his submission to Elisha’s directions. As on a
public highway, he came from Syria’s capital to Israel’s capital so along a
public road he went the thirty miles from Elisha’s house to the Jordan
river.
 What does that mean for the sinner?
• “It is a faithful saying … if we deny him he will also deny us” (II Tim. 2:12).
• “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in
heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in
heaven” (Matt.l0:32,33).
• Come kneel to him who came down from the heights of deity to the depths of humanity for you. Come
in public and accept Him who received the wages of sin which He did not earn that you might receive
eternal life which you do not deserve. Come to Him who was numbered with .the transgressors that you
might be numbered with the redeemed. Come ito Him whose blood appeases every storm, heals every
wound, blots out every sin, removes every curse, makes a heavy chain into a gentle yoke.
 VIII. Promptness
• Not an hour, not a minute, did he procrastinate. Not once did he make delaying excuse. Not
once did have the put-off attitude. Not once did he say, “Tomorrow.” The time is Now
• “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.” Hebrews 4:7
• Tomorrow, a word never written in the almanac of Time, may be too late to win that friend
or loved one or neighbor to faith in Christ. Tomorrow, always written in Satan’s almanac,
may toe too late to brighten the dark road which some with fear and trembling travel.
• For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have
helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2
Corinthians 6:2 - NOW on the Son has everlasting life
As a Christian, will you Now forsake the vain things that
charm you most? Are you willing to decrease that Christ
may increase until He fills the whole of your horizon?
Will you say goodbye to preoccupation of every kind?
Will you serve with zeal for Christ’s honor and the
conversion of men? Will you help perpetuate His
rescuing and redeeming activities?
 Things Naaman did to be cured
I. Admitted He was a Leper
II. Ask Definitely for a cure
III. Acknowledgement of His Inability to cure Himself
IV. Repentance
V. Belief in the Promise of the Prophet
VI. Dipping under water
VII.Public Obedience
VIII.Promptness
 Life Application
Be not held in the dangerous bondage of indecision; act as though TODAY was the
decisive hour of human history for you. “Now perform the doing of it.” “Now hear the
word of the Lord.” “Now amend your ways and your doing.” “Now … it is high time to
awake out of sleep.” “Turn ye Now from your evil ways.” “Do this Now . . . and deliver
thyself.” TODAY, which is your Saviour as to the question of TIME, is often crucified
between two thieves — Yesterday and Tomorrow. Yonder clock says ‘TODAY.” Yonder
calendar says “TODAY.” Yonder sick bed says “TODAY.” Yonder plane crash says ‘TO-
DAY.” Yonder train wreck says ‘TO-DAY.” Yonder funeral procession says “TODAY.”
Your own heart beat says “TO-DAY.” ‘Tomorrow” found only in the fool’s calendar when
it comes to the soul’s destiny, is when the idle man works, the fool reforms, the unbeliever
trusts, the thief becomes honest, the drunkard sober, the libertine pure.
 Happy
Sabbath! God
bless us all!