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Now pay close attention little children it's somebody you ought to know. Yeah it's all

about a man that walked on earth nearly 2,000 years ago.

The general of the Syrian Army, Naman, had a problem.

He was suffering from leprosy.

And the solution was in Israel, in the hands of Elisha the prophet, the man of God.

Elisha gives him the solution, go wash in the Jordan seven times and you will be healed and

Naman doesn't like what he hears and yet at long last namean complies and is

healed. What is that story really about? Welcome back to issues etc. I'm Todd

Wilkin joining us to teach a Sunday school lesson on Naman and Elisha in 2nd Kings Chapter 5, Pastor Tom Baker, he's host of a radio show called Law and Gospel.

For almost 30 years he met monthly to prepare his Sunday school teachers for the classroom.

Tom, welcome.

Thank you.

What do we need to know about Israel and Syria to understand this lesson?

Well, Naman, who is a commander of the army of the king of Syria.

That was a Gentile area.

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