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Syria.</c> 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:11.059 Now<00:11:07.639><c> this</c><00:11:08.639><c> message</c><00:11:09.039><c> has</c><00:11:09.279><c> come</c><00:11:09.440><c> to</c><00:11:09.580><c> the</c><00:11:09.840><c> king</c><00:11:10.100><c> of</c><00:11:10.360><c> Syria,</c><00:11:10.860><c> the</c> 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:13.259 number<00:11:11.399><c> one</c><00:11:11.580><c> person</c><00:11:11.899><c> in</c><00:11:12.139><c> the</c><00:11:12.259><c> country.</c> 00:11:14.179 --> 00:11:16.399 And<00:11:14.379><c> you</c><00:11:14.559><c> see,</c><00:11:14.659><c> he</c><00:11:14.940><c> thought</c><00:11:15.120><c> a</c><00:11:15.360><c> lot</c><00:11:15.480><c> of</c><00:11:15.720><c> Naaman</c><00:11:15.919><c> because</c><00:11:16.220><c> they</c> 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.019 had<00:11:16.519><c> a</c><00:11:16.519><c> lot</c><00:11:16.720><c> of</c><00:11:16.919><c> very</c><00:11:17.259><c> good</c><00:11:17.820><c> victories</c><00:11:18.240><c> on</c><00:11:18.440><c> 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him</c> 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:10.340 10<00:13:09.320><c> talents</c><00:13:09.740><c> of</c><00:13:10.039><c> silver</c> 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:14.980 and<00:13:10.879><c> 6</c><00:13:11.299><c>,000</c><00:13:11.759><c> pieces</c><00:13:12.179><c> of</c><00:13:12.460><c> gold</c><00:13:12.740><c> and</c><00:13:13.039><c> 10</c><00:13:13.340><c> changes</c><00:13:13.799><c> of</c><00:13:14.059><c> raiment.</c> 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:20.100 That's<00:13:15.980><c> staggering</c><00:13:16.179><c> because</c><00:13:16.480><c> that's</c><00:13:18.759><c> a</c><00:13:18.820><c> great</c><00:13:19.340><c> sum</c><00:13:19.580><c> of</c><00:13:19.740><c> money.</c> 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:25.799 How<00:13:20.700><c> much</c><00:13:21.000><c> exactly</c><00:13:21.419><c> it</c><00:13:21.559><c> would</c><00:13:21.720><c> be</c><00:13:21.879><c> on</c><00:13:22.139><c> today's</c><00:13:24.200><c> tallies,</c><00:13:24.779><c> I</c><00:13:25.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:25.360><c> 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shows</c><00:13:39.740><c> what</c><00:13:39.940><c> they</c><00:13:40.259><c> thought</c><00:13:40.419><c> about</c><00:13:40.639><c> the</c><00:13:40.860><c> chief</c><00:13:41.080><c> captain.</c> 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.980 Naaman<00:13:42.539><c> was</c><00:13:42.960><c> absolutely</c><00:13:43.919><c> respected</c><00:13:44.700><c> in</c><00:13:45.100><c> Syria.</c> 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:49.480 But<00:13:46.240><c> it</c><00:13:46.440><c> also</c><00:13:46.740><c> means</c><00:13:47.299><c> they</c><00:13:48.120><c> respected</c><00:13:48.580><c> that</c><00:13:48.840><c> young</c><00:13:49.019><c> girl.</c> 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.899 Well,<00:13:50.220><c> they</c><00:13:50.340><c> never</c><00:13:50.600><c> take</c><00:13:50.759><c> any</c><00:13:50.980><c> notice</c><00:13:51.259><c> of</c><00:13:51.399><c> her,</c><00:13:51.940><c> let</c><00:13:52.039><c> alone</c><00:13:52.220><c> put</c><00:13:52.480><c> nearly</c><00:13:52.779><c> 10</c> 00:13:52.899 --> 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quite</c><00:14:08.519><c> a</c><00:14:08.740><c> journey</c><00:14:09.000><c> from</c><00:14:10.220><c> Damascus,</c><00:14:11.120><c> the</c><00:14:11.299><c> capital</c> 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:16.600 of<00:14:11.899><c> Syria,</c><00:14:13.840><c> to</c><00:14:14.200><c> Samaria,</c><00:14:14.919><c> which</c><00:14:15.159><c> is</c><00:14:15.580><c> in</c><00:14:16.000><c> Israel,</c> 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.100 would<00:14:17.000><c> be</c><00:14:17.259><c> something</c><00:14:17.600><c> like</c><00:14:17.919><c> 50</c><00:14:18.259><c> miles,</c><00:14:18.820><c> might</c><00:14:19.019><c> even</c><00:14:19.279><c> be</c><00:14:19.820><c> more</c> 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:21.320 like<00:14:20.500><c> 100</c><00:14:20.879><c> miles.</c> 00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:23.200 But<00:14:21.500><c> it</c><00:14:21.600><c> was</c><00:14:21.759><c> a</c><00:14:21.919><c> fair</c><00:14:22.019><c> distance.</c> 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:25.179 So<00:14:24.139><c> you've</c><00:14:24.320><c> got</c><00:14:24.320><c> to</c><00:14:24.419><c> put</c><00:14:24.519><c> all</c><00:14:24.659><c> this</c><00:14:24.820><c> together.</c> 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:31.299 You've<00:14:25.399><c> got</c><00:14:25.480><c> to</c><00:14:25.700><c> get</c><00:14:25.700><c> a</c><00:14:25.820><c> whole</c><00:14:25.960><c> lot</c><00:14:26.179><c> of</c><00:14:26.799><c> chariots</c><00:14:27.360><c> and</c><00:14:28.899><c> equipment</c><00:14:29.679><c> and</c><00:14:30.639><c> soldiers</c><00:14:31.059><c> and</c> 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:33.740 horses<00:14:31.700><c> and</c><00:14:32.120><c> get</c><00:14:32.259><c> them</c><00:14:32.440><c> all</c><00:14:32.659><c> with</c><00:14:32.820><c> their</c><00:14:33.059><c> food</c><00:14:33.240><c> and</c><00:14:33.460><c> so</c><00:14:33.600><c> forth.</c> 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:38.100 And<00:14:34.039><c> away</c><00:14:34.179><c> you</c><00:14:34.460><c> go</c><00:14:34.940><c> for</c><00:14:35.700><c> a</c><00:14:36.139><c> mission</c><00:14:36.539><c> which</c><00:14:37.080><c> is</c><00:14:37.299><c> on</c><00:14:37.440><c> the</c><00:14:37.720><c> advice</c> 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:44.840 of<00:14:38.419><c> a</c><00:14:38.600><c> young</c><00:14:38.820><c> girl</c><00:14:39.179><c> who</c><00:14:39.440><c> had</c><00:14:39.679><c> no</c><00:14:41.460><c> importance</c><00:14:42.340><c> in</c><00:14:43.000><c> Syria</c><00:14:43.480><c> at</c><00:14:43.940><c> all.</c> 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:50.059 But<00:14:45.960><c> the</c><00:14:46.259><c> king</c><00:14:47.000><c> so</c><00:14:47.879><c> much</c><00:14:48.240><c> thought</c><00:14:48.480><c> of</c><00:14:48.679><c> Naaman</c><00:14:49.039><c> that</c><00:14:49.279><c> he</c><00:14:49.440><c> actually</c><00:14:49.820><c> went</c> 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:52.720 ahead<00:14:50.360><c> with</c><00:14:50.539><c> this</c><00:14:50.740><c> and</c><00:14:50.860><c> got</c><00:14:51.019><c> all</c><00:14:51.279><c> this</c><00:14:51.480><c> ready.</c> 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mayest</c><00:15:05.240><c> recover</c><00:15:05.779><c> him</c><00:15:06.159><c> of</c><00:15:06.440><c> his</c><00:15:06.720><c> leprosy.</c> 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:11.639 So<00:15:09.480><c> kings</c><00:15:10.019><c> talk</c><00:15:10.659><c> to</c><00:15:10.820><c> kings,</c><00:15:11.100><c> you</c><00:15:11.340><c> see.</c> 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.460 So<00:15:12.639><c> this</c><00:15:12.899><c> king</c><00:15:13.179><c> of</c><00:15:13.320><c> Syria,</c><00:15:13.700><c> rather</c><00:15:14.120><c> than</c><00:15:14.340><c> send</c><00:15:14.500><c> a</c><00:15:14.580><c> message</c><00:15:15.000><c> to</c> 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:23.240 Elijah,<00:15:16.720><c> Elisha,</c><00:15:18.899><c> he</c><00:15:19.080><c> sends</c><00:15:19.279><c> it</c><00:15:19.460><c> to</c><00:15:19.580><c> the</c><00:15:19.759><c> king</c><00:15:20.799><c> of</c><00:15:22.200><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:26.080 Because<00:15:23.399><c> that's</c><00:15:23.639><c> how</c><00:15:23.919><c> kings</c><00:15:24.220><c> operate,</c><00:15:24.919><c> king</c><00:15:25.100><c> to</c><00:15:25.299><c> king,</c><00:15:25.860><c> not</c> 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:28.320 to<00:15:26.600><c> lower</c><00:15:26.759><c> people</c><00:15:27.019><c> down</c><00:15:27.320><c> the</c><00:15:27.539><c> line.</c> 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:34.139 But<00:15:30.320><c> eventually</c><00:15:30.879><c> the</c><00:15:32.000><c> matter</c><00:15:32.200><c> comes</c><00:15:32.519><c> to</c><00:15:32.720><c> the</c><00:15:32.860><c> king</c><00:15:33.039><c> of</c><00:15:33.360><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.480 Verse<00:15:34.820><c> 7,</c><00:15:35.320><c> It</c><00:15:35.320><c> came</c><00:15:35.600><c> to</c><00:15:35.779><c> pass</c><00:15:35.940><c> when</c><00:15:36.159><c> the</c><00:15:36.340><c> king</c><00:15:36.539><c> of</c><00:15:36.700><c> Israel</c><00:15:37.159><c> had</c> 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.779 read<00:15:37.840><c> the</c><00:15:38.019><c> 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of</c><00:16:07.919><c> a</c><00:16:07.919><c> nasty</c><00:16:08.500><c> turn</c><00:16:09.279><c> to</c> 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.779 gender<00:16:11.519><c> some</c><00:16:12.600><c> enmity</c><00:16:13.720><c> with</c><00:16:13.960><c> us.</c> 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.740 He<00:16:15.220><c> seeketh</c><00:16:15.600><c> a</c><00:16:15.860><c> quarrel,</c><00:16:16.240><c> see</c><00:16:16.419><c> at</c><00:16:16.559><c> the</c><00:16:16.580><c> end</c><00:16:16.720><c> of</c><00:16:16.840><c> verse</c><00:16:17.000><c> 7,</c><00:16:17.299><c> that's</c><00:16:17.539><c> how</c> 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:19.039 he<00:16:17.860><c> read</c><00:16:18.059><c> it.</c> 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:24.500 The<00:16:20.100><c> king</c><00:16:20.340><c> of</c><00:16:20.519><c> Israel,</c><00:16:21.600><c> rather</c><00:16:21.879><c> than</c><00:16:22.059><c> take</c><00:16:22.159><c> any</c><00:16:22.480><c> notice</c><00:16:22.799><c> of</c><00:16:23.000><c> the</c><00:16:23.179><c> message,</c><00:16:24.299><c> he</c> 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:27.899 just<00:16:24.799><c> thinks</c><00:16:25.039><c> this</c><00:16:25.340><c> is</c><00:16:25.820><c> a</c><00:16:25.940><c> game</c><00:16:26.159><c> that</c><00:16:26.419><c> the</c><00:16:26.539><c> king</c><00:16:26.759><c> of</c><00:16:27.240><c> Syria</c><00:16:27.580><c> is</c> 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:31.539 playing<00:16:28.200><c> against</c><00:16:28.720><c> him</c><00:16:29.120><c> and</c><00:16:29.559><c> trying</c><00:16:29.799><c> to</c><00:16:29.980><c> make</c><00:16:30.120><c> him</c><00:16:30.299><c> look</c><00:16:30.500><c> stupid.</c> 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:35.659 Well,<00:16:32.960><c> who's</c><00:16:33.299><c> going</c><00:16:33.419><c> to</c><00:16:33.500><c> look</c><00:16:33.659><c> stupid</c><00:16:34.080><c> in</c><00:16:34.360><c> the</c><00:16:34.480><c> end?</c> 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:43.600 So<00:16:37.419><c> in</c><00:16:37.759><c> his</c><00:16:38.159><c> fury</c><00:16:38.580><c> he</c><00:16:39.139><c> says,</c><00:16:39.639><c> verse</c><00:16:39.799><c> 7,</c><00:16:41.220><c> halfway</c><00:16:41.399><c> through,</c><00:16:43.379><c> Am</c> 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:49.139 I<00:16:43.799><c> God</c><00:16:44.320><c> to</c><00:16:44.840><c> kill</c><00:16:45.259><c> and</c><00:16:45.480><c> to</c><00:16:45.679><c> make</c><00:16:45.899><c> alive</c><00:16:46.500><c> that</c><00:16:47.399><c> this</c><00:16:47.740><c> man</c><00:16:48.000><c> doth</c><00:16:48.259><c> send</c><00:16:48.559><c> unto</c><00:16:48.860><c> me</c> 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:52.740 to<00:16:49.360><c> recover</c><00:16:49.860><c> a</c><00:16:50.200><c> man</c><00:16:50.399><c> of</c><00:16:50.580><c> his</c><00:16:50.899><c> leprosy?</c> 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:56.100 Wherefore<00:16:53.779><c> consider</c><00:16:54.220><c> I</c><00:16:54.460><c> pray</c><00:16:54.820><c> you,</c><00:16:55.039><c> and</c><00:16:55.179><c> see</c><00:16:55.299><c> how</c><00:16:55.480><c> he</c><00:16:55.779><c> seeketh</c> 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:59.919 a<00:16:56.419><c> quarrel</c><00:16:56.740><c> against</c><00:16:57.059><c> me.</c><00:16:57.519><c> He's</c><00:16:57.899><c> just</c><00:16:58.279><c> picking</c><00:16:58.580><c> a</c><00:16:59.000><c> fight.</c> 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:05.079 Well,<00:17:02.019><c> in</c><00:17:02.259><c> the</c><00:17:02.399><c> same</c><00:17:03.240><c> city</c><00:17:03.679><c> of</c><00:17:03.919><c> Samaria</c><00:17:04.359><c> where</c><00:17:04.559><c> the</c><00:17:04.740><c> king</c><00:17:04.940><c> of</c> 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:08.859 Israel<00:17:05.480><c> was,</c><00:17:06.400><c> was</c><00:17:06.500><c> where</c><00:17:06.779><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:07.380><c> the</c><00:17:07.559><c> prophets,</c><00:17:08.380><c> was</c><00:17:08.599><c> living.</c> 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:11.500 I<00:17:09.339><c> don't</c><00:17:09.559><c> know</c><00:17:09.680><c> if</c><00:17:09.740><c> it</c><00:17:09.859><c> was</c><00:17:09.859><c> 100</c><00:17:10.099><c> yards</c><00:17:10.400><c> down</c><00:17:10.619><c> the</c><00:17:10.779><c> way</c><00:17:11.000><c> or</c><00:17:11.160><c> 200</c> 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:13.799 yards,<00:17:12.099><c> but</c><00:17:12.359><c> they</c><00:17:12.640><c> were</c><00:17:12.779><c> both</c><00:17:13.039><c> in</c><00:17:13.319><c> Samaria.</c> 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:17.400 They<00:17:14.180><c> were</c><00:17:14.319><c> in</c><00:17:14.619><c> huge</c><00:17:15.079><c> cities</c><00:17:15.559><c> like</c><00:17:15.839><c> you</c><00:17:15.980><c> and</c><00:17:16.140><c> I</c><00:17:16.480><c> think</c><00:17:16.720><c> of</c><00:17:16.920><c> today.</c> 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:23.039 It<00:17:18.180><c> was</c><00:17:18.480><c> so,</c><00:17:18.920><c> in</c><00:17:19.140><c> verse</c><00:17:19.440><c> 8,</c><00:17:20.119><c> when</c><00:17:20.440><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:21.279><c> the</c><00:17:21.380><c> man</c><00:17:21.680><c> of</c><00:17:21.880><c> God,</c> 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:27.440 had<00:17:23.339><c> heard</c><00:17:23.720><c> that</c><00:17:23.980><c> the</c><00:17:24.079><c> king</c><00:17:24.319><c> of</c><00:17:24.440><c> Israel</c><00:17:24.839><c> had</c><00:17:25.140><c> rent</c><00:17:25.359><c> his</c><00:17:25.700><c> clothes,</c><00:17:27.319><c> that</c> 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:31.619 he<00:17:27.599><c> sent</c><00:17:27.900><c> to</c><00:17:28.140><c> the</c><00:17:28.259><c> king,</c><00:17:29.119><c> saying,</c><00:17:29.920><c> Wherefore</c><00:17:30.539><c> have</c><00:17:30.799><c> you</c><00:17:31.039><c> rent</c> 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:33.240 your<00:17:32.079><c> clothes?</c> 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:41.640 Let<00:17:35.519><c> this</c><00:17:35.880><c> man</c><00:17:36.339><c> come</c><00:17:36.880><c> now</c><00:17:37.180><c> to</c><00:17:37.400><c> me,</c><00:17:37.700><c> that</c><00:17:37.859><c> is</c><00:17:38.119><c> Naaman,</c><00:17:39.319><c> and</c><00:17:39.980><c> he</c><00:17:40.299><c> shall</c><00:17:40.519><c> know</c><00:17:40.859><c> that</c><00:17:41.000><c> there</c><00:17:41.220><c> is</c><00:17:41.440><c> a</c> 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.119 prophet<00:17:41.900><c> in</c><00:17:42.099><c> Israel.</c> 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:47.839 What<00:17:44.019><c> Elisha's</c><00:17:44.460><c> saying</c><00:17:44.779><c> is</c><00:17:44.980><c> no</c><00:17:45.180><c> use</c><00:17:45.420><c> going</c><00:17:45.579><c> to</c><00:17:45.740><c> the</c><00:17:45.799><c> king</c><00:17:46.000><c> of</c><00:17:46.119><c> Israel</c><00:17:46.440><c> to</c><00:17:46.640><c> get</c><00:17:47.160><c> a</c> 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:53.119 cure<00:17:47.980><c> of</c><00:17:48.220><c> leprosy,</c><00:17:49.680><c> but</c><00:17:49.779><c> there</c><00:17:50.019><c> is</c><00:17:50.519><c> a</c><00:17:50.859><c> prophet</c><00:17:51.200><c> in</c><00:17:51.440><c> Israel,</c><00:17:52.619><c> and</c><00:17:52.819><c> it's</c><00:17:53.019><c> of</c> 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.119 course<00:17:53.500><c> himself,</c><00:17:54.380><c> Elisha.</c> 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:59.440 And<00:17:55.960><c> if</c><00:17:56.119><c> he</c><00:17:56.339><c> comes,</c><00:17:57.400><c> he</c><00:17:57.579><c> will</c><00:17:57.819><c> learn</c><00:17:58.299><c> that</c><00:17:58.660><c> there's</c><00:17:58.900><c> a</c><00:17:59.099><c> prophet</c> 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:03.240 in<00:17:59.640><c> Israel,</c><00:17:59.940><c> not</c><00:18:00.160><c> a</c><00:18:00.359><c> king.</c><00:18:00.859><c> The</c><00:18:01.019><c> king</c><00:18:01.200><c> was</c><00:18:01.420><c> a</c><00:18:01.519><c> Ratback.</c><00:18:02.599><c> He</c><00:18:02.759><c> wasn't</c><00:18:03.039><c> a</c> 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.519 faithful<00:18:03.440><c> man</c><00:18:03.700><c> at</c><00:18:03.920><c> all.</c> 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:11.480 And<00:18:05.400><c> that's</c><00:18:06.519><c> an</c><00:18:06.680><c> Australian</c><00:18:07.140><c> term</c><00:18:07.420><c> I</c><00:18:08.599><c> like.</c><00:18:09.960><c> John</c><00:18:10.180><c> liked</c><00:18:10.460><c> it.</c> 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.559 It<00:18:13.319><c> was</c><00:18:13.539><c> so,</c><00:18:14.000><c> verse</c><00:18:14.180><c> 8,</c><00:18:14.839><c> that</c><00:18:14.900><c> when</c><00:18:15.279><c> Elisha,</c><00:18:15.880><c> the</c><00:18:15.920><c> man</c><00:18:16.160><c> of</c><00:18:16.359><c> God,</c> 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:20.920 had<00:18:16.759><c> heard</c><00:18:17.000><c> that</c><00:18:17.240><c> the</c><00:18:17.339><c> king</c><00:18:17.579><c> of</c><00:18:17.740><c> Israel</c><00:18:18.119><c> had</c><00:18:18.579><c> rent</c><00:18:18.859><c> his</c><00:18:19.160><c> clothes,</c><00:18:20.259><c> Wherefore</c><00:18:20.619><c> hast</c> 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.779 thou<00:18:21.119><c> rent</c><00:18:21.519><c> thy</c><00:18:21.839><c> clothes?</c><00:18:22.200><c> he</c><00:18:22.359><c> says.</c> 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:27.839 Let<00:18:23.160><c> him</c><00:18:23.359><c> come</c><00:18:23.700><c> to</c><00:18:23.980><c> me,</c><00:18:24.900><c> that</c><00:18:25.220><c> is</c><00:18:25.660><c> to</c><00:18:26.079><c> the</c><00:18:26.319><c> prophet</c><00:18:26.640><c> in</c><00:18:26.920><c> Israel.</c> 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:31.279 Well,<00:18:28.519><c> that's</c><00:18:28.819><c> a</c><00:18:28.960><c> bit</c><00:18:29.039><c> of</c><00:18:29.259><c> a</c><00:18:29.319><c> tough</c><00:18:29.460><c> one</c><00:18:29.640><c> for</c><00:18:29.859><c> the</c><00:18:29.960><c> king</c><00:18:30.140><c> of</c><00:18:30.299><c> Israel</c><00:18:31.059><c> to</c> 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.779 take,<00:18:31.839><c> isn't</c><00:18:31.839><c> it?</c> 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:39.619 In<00:18:33.339><c> Israel,</c><00:18:33.980><c> this</c><00:18:34.579><c> king</c><00:18:35.579><c> has</c><00:18:36.180><c> written</c><00:18:36.359><c> to</c><00:18:36.599><c> him</c><00:18:36.779><c> with</c><00:18:37.019><c> this</c><00:18:37.299><c> amazing</c><00:18:37.799><c> request,</c><00:18:39.539><c> and</c> 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:42.980 all<00:18:39.839><c> it's</c><00:18:40.099><c> done</c><00:18:40.240><c> is</c><00:18:40.440><c> bring</c><00:18:40.759><c> fury</c><00:18:41.180><c> to</c><00:18:41.480><c> the</c><00:18:41.619><c> king</c><00:18:41.819><c> of</c><00:18:42.079><c> Israel.</c> 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.819 And<00:18:43.279><c> now</c><00:18:43.480><c> he</c><00:18:43.539><c> gets</c><00:18:43.759><c> a</c><00:18:44.019><c> message</c><00:18:44.299><c> from</c><00:18:44.519><c> this</c><00:18:45.019><c> prophet</c><00:18:45.359><c> down</c><00:18:45.619><c> the</c> 00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:49.259 road,<00:18:46.779><c> and</c><00:18:46.859><c> he</c><00:18:46.960><c> says,</c><00:18:47.539><c> Just</c><00:18:47.599><c> a</c><00:18:47.839><c> moment,</c><00:18:48.259><c> before</c><00:18:48.759><c> you</c><00:18:49.000><c> tell</c><00:18:49.119><c> him</c> 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:52.259 to<00:18:49.440><c> go,</c><00:18:50.279><c> you</c><00:18:50.400><c> still</c><00:18:50.500><c> need</c><00:18:50.660><c> to</c><00:18:50.779><c> come</c><00:18:50.900><c> round</c><00:18:51.019><c> to</c><00:18:51.160><c> my</c><00:18:51.319><c> place.</c> 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.859 And<00:18:52.960><c> you'll</c><00:18:53.200><c> find</c><00:18:53.400><c> out</c><00:18:53.559><c> that</c><00:18:53.700><c> there's</c><00:18:53.900><c> a</c><00:18:54.059><c> God.</c><00:18:54.440><c> There's</c><00:18:54.579><c> a</c><00:18:54.740><c> God</c> 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:58.460 of<00:18:55.039><c> Israel,</c><00:18:55.539><c> and</c><00:18:55.599><c> there's</c><00:18:55.839><c> a</c><00:18:55.980><c> prophet</c><00:18:56.299><c> of</c><00:18:56.920><c> the</c><00:18:57.079><c> God</c><00:18:57.240><c> of</c><00:18:57.440><c> Israel</c><00:18:57.720><c> here.</c> 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:03.759 Well,<00:19:00.559><c> Naaman</c><00:19:00.779><c> did</c><00:19:01.019><c> it.</c><00:19:02.160><c> He</c><00:19:02.240><c> came</c><00:19:02.559><c> with</c><00:19:02.759><c> his</c><00:19:03.000><c> horses,</c><00:19:03.480><c> verse</c> 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.940 9,<00:19:04.059><c> and</c><00:19:04.240><c> with</c><00:19:04.460><c> his</c><00:19:04.740><c> chariot,</c><00:19:05.559><c> and</c><00:19:05.759><c> stood</c><00:19:05.980><c> at</c><00:19:06.160><c> the</c><00:19:06.339><c> door</c><00:19:06.559><c> of</c><00:19:06.779><c> the</c> 00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:08.480 house<00:19:07.220><c> of</c><00:19:07.559><c> Elisha.</c> 00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:12.980 That's<00:19:09.839><c> what</c><00:19:10.200><c> people</c><00:19:10.579><c> of</c><00:19:10.880><c> eminence</c><00:19:11.240><c> do.</c><00:19:11.680><c> They</c><00:19:11.720><c> don't</c><00:19:12.460><c> let</c><00:19:12.839><c> it</c> 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:16.000 get<00:19:13.099><c> out</c><00:19:13.299><c> of</c><00:19:13.400><c> the</c><00:19:13.539><c> car</c><00:19:13.720><c> themselves.</c><00:19:14.799><c> They</c><00:19:15.279><c> wait</c><00:19:15.519><c> for</c><00:19:15.720><c> people</c> 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.039 to<00:19:16.240><c> come</c><00:19:16.420><c> to</c><00:19:16.680><c> them.</c> 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:20.079 But<00:19:17.880><c> you</c><00:19:18.099><c> notice</c><00:19:18.400><c> that</c><00:19:18.700><c> Elisha</c><00:19:18.960><c> hasn't</c><00:19:19.220><c> gone</c><00:19:19.440><c> to</c><00:19:19.640><c> the</c><00:19:19.799><c> door,</c> 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.480 has<00:19:20.359><c> he?</c> 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:25.920 So<00:19:23.980><c> Naaman's</c><00:19:24.420><c> standing</c><00:19:24.619><c> at</c><00:19:24.839><c> the</c><00:19:24.980><c> door</c><00:19:25.140><c> of</c><00:19:25.299><c> Elisha,</c><00:19:25.640><c> and</c><00:19:25.700><c> he's</c> 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.579 not<00:19:26.099><c> doing</c><00:19:26.279><c> anything</c><00:19:26.619><c> to</c><00:19:26.880><c> sort</c><00:19:26.980><c> of</c><00:19:27.160><c> invite</c><00:19:27.420><c> him</c><00:19:27.579><c> to</c><00:19:27.700><c> come</c><00:19:27.960><c> in</c><00:19:28.119><c> to</c><00:19:28.279><c> have</c><00:19:28.500><c> a</c> 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.599 cup<00:19:28.799><c> of</c><00:19:28.920><c> coffee</c><00:19:29.140><c> or</c><00:19:29.299><c> something.</c> 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:34.480 He<00:19:30.400><c> just</c><00:19:30.859><c> gives</c><00:19:31.220><c> him</c><00:19:31.460><c> a</c><00:19:31.599><c> message,</c><00:19:32.779><c> simple</c><00:19:33.359><c> as</c><00:19:33.619><c> that.</c> 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.660 He<00:19:34.839><c> sent</c><00:19:34.980><c> a</c><00:19:35.160><c> message,</c><00:19:35.500><c> verse</c><00:19:35.759><c> 10,</c><00:19:36.019><c> unto</c><00:19:36.200><c> him,</c><00:19:36.579><c> saying,</c><00:19:37.160><c> Go</c><00:19:37.339><c> and</c> 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:39.279 wash<00:19:37.940><c> in</c><00:19:38.279><c> the</c><00:19:38.579><c> River</c><00:19:38.900><c> Jordan.</c> 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.259 Put<00:19:39.759><c> there</c><00:19:39.960><c> in</c><00:19:40.119><c> your</c><00:19:40.279><c> Bible,</c><00:19:41.220><c> River</c><00:19:41.420><c> Jordan,</c><00:19:41.839><c> because</c><00:19:42.039><c> that's</c> 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.539 what<00:19:42.420><c> it</c><00:19:42.619><c> means.</c> 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:47.319 And<00:19:43.839><c> go</c><00:19:44.039><c> and</c><00:19:44.259><c> wash</c><00:19:44.440><c> in</c><00:19:44.660><c> the</c><00:19:44.819><c> River</c><00:19:45.099><c> Jordan</c><00:19:45.480><c> seven</c><00:19:46.059><c> times.</c> 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:51.480 And<00:19:47.980><c> thy</c><00:19:48.180><c> flesh</c><00:19:48.480><c> shall</c><00:19:48.740><c> come</c><00:19:49.019><c> again</c><00:19:49.440><c> to</c><00:19:49.779><c> thee,</c><00:19:50.299><c> and</c><00:19:50.480><c> thou</c><00:19:50.740><c> shalt</c><00:19:50.980><c> be</c><00:19:51.319><c> clean.</c> 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:54.720 Now,<00:19:51.700><c> there's</c><00:19:51.900><c> quite</c><00:19:52.160><c> a</c><00:19:52.440><c> distance</c><00:19:52.740><c> between</c><00:19:53.180><c> Samaria</c><00:19:53.819><c> and</c><00:19:54.519><c> the</c> 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.440 River<00:19:54.940><c> Jordan.</c><00:19:55.579><c> It's</c><00:19:55.799><c> quite</c><00:19:56.000><c> a</c><00:19:56.220><c> trick.</c> 00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:59.339 In<00:19:57.319><c> those</c><00:19:57.599><c> days,</c><00:19:57.920><c> it</c><00:19:57.920><c> would</c><00:19:58.099><c> have</c><00:19:58.279><c> been</c><00:19:58.400><c> several</c><00:19:58.680><c> days</c><00:19:58.960><c> to</c><00:19:59.180><c> get</c> 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:01.000 there<00:19:59.640><c> from</c><00:19:59.839><c> Samaria.</c> 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.000 So,<00:20:02.420><c> all</c><00:20:02.500><c> right,</c><00:20:02.680><c> there's</c><00:20:02.799><c> a</c><00:20:02.920><c> fair</c><00:20:03.059><c> distance</c><00:20:03.519><c> in</c><00:20:03.720><c> it.</c> 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.859 But<00:20:04.940><c> if</c><00:20:05.099><c> you</c><00:20:05.259><c> could</c><00:20:05.420><c> get</c><00:20:05.640><c> free</c><00:20:05.940><c> from</c><00:20:06.160><c> a</c><00:20:06.400><c> disease</c><00:20:06.660><c> that</c><00:20:06.799><c> was</c><00:20:07.059><c> otherwise</c><00:20:07.359><c> going</c><00:20:07.599><c> to</c> 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.839 kill<00:20:08.019><c> you,</c> 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.119 then<00:20:09.500><c> it's</c><00:20:10.200><c> a</c><00:20:10.319><c> very</c><00:20:10.720><c> cheap</c><00:20:10.920><c> way</c><00:20:11.180><c> of</c><00:20:11.240><c> getting</c><00:20:11.480><c> right,</c><00:20:11.819><c> isn't</c><00:20:11.980><c> it?</c> 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:16.059 You<00:20:12.319><c> pay</c><00:20:12.519><c> that</c><00:20:12.740><c> medical</c><00:20:13.099><c> bill,</c><00:20:14.220><c> no</c><00:20:14.440><c> trouble</c><00:20:14.839><c> at</c><00:20:15.140><c> all.</c> 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:20.279 However,<00:20:18.440><c> Naaman</c><00:20:18.599><c> did</c><00:20:18.900><c> have</c><00:20:19.140><c> a</c><00:20:19.400><c> pride.</c> 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.099 And<00:20:20.900><c> he</c><00:20:21.099><c> thought,</c><00:20:21.519><c> Go</c><00:20:21.880><c> down</c><00:20:22.160><c> to</c><00:20:22.339><c> the</c><00:20:22.460><c> River</c><00:20:22.700><c> Jordan.</c> 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.259 Nah,<00:20:23.880><c> it's</c><00:20:24.119><c> just</c><00:20:24.339><c> like</c><00:20:24.640><c> a</c><00:20:24.759><c> muddy</c><00:20:24.940><c> stream.</c><00:20:25.460><c> And</c><00:20:25.700><c> it</c><00:20:25.839><c> is</c><00:20:26.000><c> for</c><00:20:26.160><c> a</c> 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.000 lot<00:20:26.339><c> of</c><00:20:26.500><c> the</c><00:20:26.680><c> year.</c> 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.440 It's<00:20:27.559><c> got</c><00:20:27.619><c> a</c><00:20:27.700><c> lot</c><00:20:27.779><c> of</c><00:20:28.119><c> brush</c><00:20:28.380><c> and</c><00:20:28.599><c> so</c><00:20:28.799><c> forth</c><00:20:28.940><c> around</c><00:20:29.259><c> it.</c> 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:32.680 It's<00:20:29.839><c> not</c><00:20:30.099><c> a</c><00:20:30.339><c> beautiful,</c><00:20:30.779><c> smooth,</c><00:20:31.660><c> lovely</c><00:20:32.019><c> river</c><00:20:32.319><c> like</c><00:20:32.519><c> you</c> 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.180 might<00:20:32.859><c> see</c><00:20:33.099><c> in</c><00:20:33.299><c> Canada,</c> 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:38.579 with<00:20:34.599><c> nice</c><00:20:34.980><c> banks</c><00:20:35.380><c> and</c><00:20:36.299><c> all</c><00:20:36.640><c> cared</c><00:20:36.920><c> for.</c><00:20:37.359><c> It's</c><00:20:37.579><c> not</c><00:20:37.759><c> like</c><00:20:38.039><c> that.</c> 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:43.160 And<00:20:39.000><c> it's</c><00:20:39.240><c> mostly</c><00:20:39.759><c> rather</c><00:20:40.359><c> muddy</c><00:20:40.680><c> in</c><00:20:41.019><c> its</c><00:20:41.720><c> surge</c><00:20:42.140><c> of</c><00:20:42.380><c> water.</c> 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:45.779 It's<00:20:43.680><c> called</c><00:20:43.799><c> the</c><00:20:44.079><c> descender.</c><00:20:44.460><c> That's</c><00:20:44.779><c> what</c><00:20:45.079><c> the</c><00:20:45.619><c> River</c> 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.440 Jordan<00:20:46.059><c> means,</c> 00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:49.660 because<00:20:46.759><c> it's</c><00:20:46.940><c> very</c><00:20:47.220><c> rapid</c><00:20:47.539><c> and</c><00:20:47.819><c> it</c><00:20:47.920><c> gets</c><00:20:48.240><c> quite</c><00:20:48.619><c> dirty.</c> 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:55.119 Naaman's<00:20:50.599><c> thinking</c><00:20:50.759><c> to</c><00:20:50.940><c> him,</c><00:20:51.119><c> So,</c><00:20:51.359><c> go</c><00:20:51.500><c> down</c><00:20:51.660><c> to</c><00:20:53.440><c> that</c><00:20:53.440><c> little</c><00:20:54.359><c> stream.</c> 00:20:55.119 --> 00:21:01.099 Why?<00:20:55.940><c> He</c><00:20:55.940><c> says,</c><00:20:56.359><c> Back</c><00:20:56.359><c> in</c><00:20:58.480><c> Damascus,</c><00:20:59.460><c> we've</c><00:20:59.599><c> got</c><00:20:59.720><c> these</c><00:20:59.960><c> beautiful</c><00:21:00.440><c> big</c><00:21:00.740><c> rivers,</c> 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:03.799 really<00:21:01.720><c> good,</c><00:21:02.079><c> great</c><00:21:02.339><c> rivers,</c><00:21:02.880><c> and</c><00:21:03.019><c> now</c><00:21:03.119><c> you</c><00:21:03.220><c> want</c><00:21:03.359><c> me</c><00:21:03.579><c> to</c><00:21:03.700><c> go</c> 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:05.480 in<00:21:03.920><c> this</c><00:21:04.200><c> muddy</c><00:21:04.420><c> stream.</c> 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:08.480 And<00:21:05.920><c> he</c><00:21:06.039><c> got</c><00:21:06.220><c> really</c><00:21:07.079><c> itchy</c><00:21:07.339><c> about</c><00:21:07.740><c> it.</c> 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:11.420 Stood<00:21:09.019><c> on</c><00:21:09.200><c> his</c><00:21:09.400><c> dicks</c><00:21:09.680><c> and</c><00:21:09.900><c> thought,</c><00:21:10.180><c> Blow</c><00:21:10.359><c> that,</c><00:21:10.680><c> I'm</c><00:21:10.779><c> not</c><00:21:10.940><c> going</c><00:21:11.059><c> to</c> 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:14.460 be<00:21:11.759><c> humiliated</c><00:21:12.539><c> by</c><00:21:13.059><c> such</c><00:21:13.279><c> a</c><00:21:13.559><c> request.</c> 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:20.160 Verse<00:21:16.440><c> 11,</c><00:21:16.880><c> Naaman</c><00:21:17.259><c> was</c><00:21:17.680><c> wroth,</c><00:21:18.539><c> and</c><00:21:18.859><c> he</c><00:21:19.019><c> went</c><00:21:19.240><c> away</c><00:21:19.619><c> and</c><00:21:19.920><c> said,</c> 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:25.779 Behold,<00:21:21.359><c> I</c><00:21:21.680><c> thought</c><00:21:22.180><c> he</c><00:21:24.339><c> will</c><00:21:24.660><c> surely</c><00:21:24.920><c> come</c><00:21:25.200><c> out</c><00:21:25.400><c> to</c><00:21:25.599><c> me.</c> 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:30.839 I'm<00:21:26.059><c> a</c><00:21:26.200><c> dignitary.</c><00:21:27.099><c> I'm</c><00:21:27.279><c> a</c><00:21:27.440><c> second</c><00:21:27.640><c> person</c><00:21:27.980><c> in</c><00:21:28.240><c> Syria,</c><00:21:28.859><c> visiting</c><00:21:29.359><c> their</c><00:21:29.779><c> country.</c> 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:34.960 And<00:21:31.420><c> stand</c><00:21:32.059><c> and</c><00:21:32.420><c> call</c><00:21:32.640><c> on</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:32.940><c> name</c><00:21:33.160><c> of</c><00:21:33.380><c> the</c><00:21:33.519><c> Lord</c><00:21:33.839><c> his</c><00:21:34.180><c> God,</c> 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.779 of<00:21:35.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:35.420><c> his</c><00:21:35.619><c> God.</c> 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:40.599 He<00:21:36.259><c> knew</c><00:21:36.480><c> the</c><00:21:36.740><c> name</c><00:21:37.079><c> of</c><00:21:37.420><c> Israel's</c><00:21:38.019><c> God.</c><00:21:38.700><c> Interesting.</c><00:21:40.079><c> How</c><00:21:40.339><c> did</c><00:21:40.460><c> he</c> 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.720 know<00:21:40.779><c> that?</c> 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:44.759 That<00:21:42.579><c> little</c><00:21:42.900><c> girl</c><00:21:43.099><c> must</c><00:21:43.400><c> have</c><00:21:43.559><c> said</c><00:21:43.640><c> a</c><00:21:43.819><c> few</c><00:21:43.940><c> things,</c><00:21:44.240><c> I</c><00:21:44.420><c> think,</c><00:21:44.740><c> in</c> 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.000 her<00:21:44.940><c> time.</c> 00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:50.480 To<00:21:47.180><c> call</c><00:21:47.539><c> on</c><00:21:47.819><c> the</c><00:21:47.980><c> name</c><00:21:48.240><c> of</c><00:21:48.460><c> the</c><00:21:48.599><c> Lord</c><00:21:48.799><c> his</c><00:21:49.099><c> God,</c><00:21:49.980><c> and</c><00:21:49.980><c> strike</c> 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:52.559 his<00:21:50.960><c> hand</c><00:21:51.380><c> over</c><00:21:51.799><c> the</c><00:21:52.079><c> place,</c> 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:56.720 and<00:21:53.380><c> recover</c><00:21:54.019><c> 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lived<00:22:05.539><c> in,</c> 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:08.420 which<00:22:05.880><c> was</c><00:22:06.119><c> Damascus,</c><00:22:06.680><c> the</c><00:22:06.880><c> capital</c><00:22:07.279><c> of</c><00:22:08.019><c> Syria.</c> 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:14.640 Are<00:22:09.200><c> not</c><00:22:09.740><c> the</c><00:22:09.980><c> rivers</c><00:22:10.400><c> Abana</c><00:22:11.259><c> and</c><00:22:11.619><c> Fapa,</c><00:22:12.920><c> rivers</c><00:22:13.279><c> of</c><00:22:13.519><c> Damascus,</c> 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.599 better<00:22:14.779><c> than</c><00:22:15.140><c> all</c><00:22:15.579><c> the</c><00:22:15.720><c> waters</c><00:22:16.039><c> of</c><00:22:16.220><c> Israel?</c> 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.519 It<00:22:16.859><c> must</c><00:22:17.019><c> be</c><00:22:17.220><c> true.</c><00:22:17.700><c> Absolutely</c><00:22:18.119><c> true.</c><00:22:18.660><c> Both</c><00:22:18.920><c> good</c><00:22:19.220><c> rivers.</c> 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:24.819 They<00:22:19.720><c> come</c><00:22:19.880><c> down</c><00:22:20.119><c> from</c><00:22:20.359><c> the</c><00:22:20.640><c> hills</c><00:22:20.960><c> in</c><00:22:22.480><c> the</c><00:22:22.819><c> north</c><00:22:23.240><c> of</c><00:22:23.420><c> that</c><00:22:23.619><c> country.</c> 00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:30.140 Then<00:22:26.599><c> are</c><00:22:26.799><c> all</c><00:22:27.079><c> the</c><00:22:27.259><c> waters,</c><00:22:27.819><c> yes,</c><00:22:28.480><c> verse</c><00:22:28.960><c> 12</c><00:22:29.539><c> as</c><00:22:29.720><c> well,</c><00:22:29.900><c> just</c> 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.500 to<00:22:30.299><c> finish.</c> 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:36.900 May<00:22:30.980><c> I</c><00:22:31.299><c> not</c><00:22:31.559><c> wash</c><00:22:31.900><c> in</c><00:22:32.240><c> them?</c><00:22:33.099><c> Can't</c><00:22:33.319><c> I</c><00:22:33.420><c> go</c><00:22:33.640><c> home</c><00:22:33.980><c> and</c><00:22:35.460><c> go</c><00:22:35.740><c> through</c><00:22:36.619><c> this</c> 00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.900 rather<00:22:37.319><c> undignified</c><00:22:38.079><c> process?</c> 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:42.519 Can't<00:22:39.660><c> I</c><00:22:39.700><c> go</c><00:22:40.059><c> home</c><00:22:40.400><c> and</c><00:22:40.680><c> wash</c><00:22:40.880><c> in</c><00:22:41.140><c> them</c><00:22:41.299><c> and</c><00:22:41.519><c> be</c><00:22:41.720><c> clean?</c> 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.920 So<00:22:43.779><c> he</c><00:22:43.900><c> turned</c><00:22:44.160><c> and</c><00:22:44.339><c> he</c><00:22:44.480><c> went</c><00:22:44.599><c> away</c><00:22:44.839><c> in</c><00:22:45.019><c> a</c><00:22:45.140><c> rush.</c> 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:48.839 We<00:22:46.240><c> do</c><00:22:46.400><c> some</c><00:22:46.680><c> silly</c><00:22:46.920><c> things</c><00:22:47.259><c> in</c><00:22:47.460><c> our</c><00:22:47.599><c> anger,</c><00:22:47.900><c> don't</c><00:22:48.000><c> we?</c><00:22:48.480><c> Some</c> 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.480 really<00:22:49.180><c> silly</c><00:22:49.440><c> things.</c> 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:56.700 He<00:22:52.160><c> was</c><00:22:52.559><c> insulted</c><00:22:53.160><c> by</c><00:22:53.599><c> the</c><00:22:54.480><c> simplicity</c><00:22:55.119><c> of</c><00:22:55.359><c> what</c><00:22:55.559><c> he</c><00:22:55.779><c> was</c><00:22:56.059><c> asked</c><00:22:56.279><c> to</c><00:22:56.519><c> do,</c> 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.740 and<00:22:56.880><c> he</c><00:22:57.039><c> did</c><00:22:57.240><c> not</c><00:22:57.420><c> want</c><00:22:57.539><c> to</c><00:22:57.680><c> do</c><00:22:57.880><c> that.</c> 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:03.940 It's<00:23:00.099><c> really</c><00:23:00.420><c> hard</c><00:23:00.680><c> to</c><00:23:00.960><c> see</c><00:23:01.779><c> exactly</c><00:23:02.559><c> how</c><00:23:02.880><c> he</c><00:23:03.180><c> felt,</c><00:23:03.400><c> but</c><00:23:03.720><c> it</c> 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:07.420 was<00:23:04.339><c> his</c><00:23:05.339><c> pride</c><00:23:05.779><c> that</c><00:23:05.960><c> was</c><00:23:06.180><c> really</c><00:23:06.500><c> hurt.</c> 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.839 However,<00:23:09.599><c> his</c><00:23:09.819><c> servants</c><00:23:10.259><c> who</c><00:23:10.539><c> had</c><00:23:10.759><c> come</c><00:23:10.900><c> with</c><00:23:11.140><c> him</c><00:23:11.380><c> obviously</c> 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.519 thought<00:23:12.180><c> a</c><00:23:12.279><c> lot</c><00:23:12.519><c> of</c><00:23:12.759><c> Naaman,</c> 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:16.539 and<00:23:14.019><c> they</c><00:23:14.240><c> could</c><00:23:14.519><c> see</c><00:23:14.759><c> that,</c><00:23:15.220><c> look,</c><00:23:15.220><c> if</c><00:23:15.359><c> there</c><00:23:15.559><c> is</c><00:23:15.799><c> a</c><00:23:15.960><c> chance</c> 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:20.319 that<00:23:17.319><c> this</c><00:23:17.619><c> works,</c><00:23:18.539><c> then</c><00:23:18.579><c> isn't</c><00:23:18.940><c> that</c><00:23:19.220><c> not</c><00:23:19.460><c> worth</c><00:23:19.940><c> it?</c> 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.539 Perhaps<00:23:20.960><c> they</c><00:23:21.180><c> thought</c><00:23:21.359><c> even</c><00:23:21.579><c> a</c><00:23:21.740><c> bit</c><00:23:21.839><c> more</c><00:23:22.059><c> than</c><00:23:22.279><c> that.</c> 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.619 Perhaps<00:23:23.220><c> they</c><00:23:23.559><c> also</c><00:23:23.960><c> thought</c><00:23:24.240><c> that</c><00:23:24.400><c> this</c><00:23:24.660><c> little</c><00:23:24.920><c> girl</c><00:23:25.099><c> that's</c><00:23:25.400><c> come</c> 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:28.900 from<00:23:26.200><c> Israel,</c><00:23:27.240><c> she's</c><00:23:27.720><c> done</c><00:23:27.859><c> some</c><00:23:28.119><c> amazing</c><00:23:28.579><c> things.</c> 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:31.319 She's<00:23:29.319><c> said</c><00:23:29.400><c> some</c><00:23:29.640><c> amazing</c><00:23:30.140><c> things,</c><00:23:30.460><c> and</c><00:23:30.599><c> her</c><00:23:30.700><c> way</c><00:23:30.920><c> of</c><00:23:31.140><c> life</c> 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:33.160 is<00:23:31.599><c> exceptionally</c><00:23:32.019><c> wonderful.</c> 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:36.359 I<00:23:33.720><c> wonder</c><00:23:33.940><c> if</c><00:23:34.019><c> that's</c><00:23:34.400><c> not</c><00:23:34.680><c> also</c><00:23:35.200><c> involved</c><00:23:35.759><c> in</c><00:23:35.980><c> it,</c><00:23:36.079><c> because</c> 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:38.480 they<00:23:36.680><c> stand</c><00:23:36.940><c> up,</c><00:23:37.480><c> straight</c><00:23:37.640><c> up,</c><00:23:37.920><c> and</c><00:23:38.000><c> say</c><00:23:38.140><c> to</c><00:23:38.279><c> Naaman,</c> 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.259 look,<00:23:39.140><c> don't</c><00:23:39.400><c> get</c><00:23:39.599><c> in</c><00:23:39.740><c> a</c><00:23:39.839><c> huff</c><00:23:40.000><c> about</c><00:23:40.259><c> this.</c> 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.819 Here's<00:23:41.980><c> an</c><00:23:42.220><c> opportunity.</c><00:23:43.339><c> If</c><00:23:43.500><c> you</c><00:23:43.700><c> were</c><00:23:43.819><c> asked</c><00:23:43.940><c> to</c><00:23:44.119><c> climb</c><00:23:44.319><c> this</c><00:23:44.500><c> great</c><00:23:44.799><c> mountain,</c><00:23:45.359><c> you'd</c><00:23:45.720><c> do</c> 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.119 it,<00:23:45.940><c> and</c><00:23:46.039><c> you</c><00:23:46.180><c> did</c><00:23:46.359><c> do</c><00:23:46.579><c> it.</c> 00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:49.200 He<00:23:47.480><c> was</c><00:23:47.619><c> a</c><00:23:47.759><c> man</c><00:23:47.900><c> of</c><00:23:48.140><c> prowess.</c> 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.160 Now<00:23:49.700><c> you're</c><00:23:49.940><c> asked</c><00:23:50.039><c> just</c><00:23:50.240><c> to</c><00:23:50.400><c> go</c><00:23:50.480><c> into</c><00:23:50.740><c> the</c><00:23:51.079><c> stream,</c><00:23:51.880><c> and</c><00:23:51.960><c> go</c> 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.599 into<00:23:52.380><c> the</c><00:23:52.680><c> stream</c><00:23:52.819><c> seven</c><00:23:53.180><c> times,</c><00:23:53.440><c> and</c><00:23:53.559><c> you're</c><00:23:53.799><c> fixed.</c> 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:59.059 Surely<00:23:55.359><c> that's</c><00:23:55.740><c> worth</c><00:23:56.779><c> the</c><00:23:57.480><c> healing</c><00:23:57.779><c> of</c><00:23:57.980><c> leprosy.</c> 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.519 Well,<00:23:59.700><c> they</c><00:23:59.880><c> were</c><00:24:00.039><c> good</c><00:24:00.319><c> servants,</c><00:24:00.880><c> weren't</c><00:24:00.980><c> they,</c><00:24:01.279><c> because</c> 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:03.200 that<00:24:01.700><c> was</c><00:24:01.900><c> a</c><00:24:02.079><c> good</c><00:24:02.240><c> argument.</c> 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:06.599 We<00:24:03.519><c> want</c><00:24:03.680><c> to</c><00:24:03.819><c> avoid</c><00:24:04.099><c> getting</c><00:24:04.400><c> in</c><00:24:04.660><c> a</c><00:24:04.759><c> huff,</c><00:24:05.720><c> and</c><00:24:06.000><c> saying</c><00:24:06.180><c> a</c><00:24:06.299><c> whole</c><00:24:06.480><c> lot</c> 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.319 of<00:24:06.819><c> silly</c><00:24:07.019><c> things,</c> 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:11.319 because<00:24:07.640><c> later</c><00:24:07.940><c> on</c><00:24:08.279><c> we</c><00:24:08.619><c> sometimes</c><00:24:09.099><c> have</c><00:24:09.339><c> to</c><00:24:09.559><c> eat</c><00:24:09.920><c> our</c><00:24:10.299><c> words.</c> 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:16.079 Be<00:24:12.279><c> careful</c><00:24:12.720><c> about</c><00:24:13.599><c> saying</c><00:24:13.900><c> things</c><00:24:14.259><c> when</c><00:24:14.460><c> you're</c><00:24:14.839><c> in</c><00:24:15.000><c> a</c><00:24:15.119><c> rage,</c> 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:21.220 or<00:24:17.299><c> when</c><00:24:17.500><c> your</c><00:24:19.019><c> reputation</c><00:24:19.599><c> is</c><00:24:20.059><c> in</c><00:24:20.259><c> doubt,</c> 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:25.079 or<00:24:21.440><c> somebody's</c><00:24:21.900><c> making</c><00:24:22.279><c> fun</c><00:24:22.740><c> of</c><00:24:22.900><c> you</c><00:24:23.079><c> as</c><00:24:23.279><c> it</c><00:24:23.599><c> seems</c><00:24:23.960><c> to</c><00:24:24.200><c> be.</c> 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:30.680 So<00:24:26.039><c> in</c><00:24:26.279><c> verse</c><00:24:26.440><c> 13,</c><00:24:28.380><c> halfway</c><00:24:28.819><c> through</c><00:24:29.140><c> that</c><00:24:29.400><c> verse,</c><00:24:29.660><c> it</c><00:24:29.660><c> says,</c> 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:34.779 my<00:24:30.859><c> father,</c><00:24:31.700><c> that's</c><00:24:32.299><c> the</c><00:24:32.880><c> servants</c><00:24:33.200><c> that</c><00:24:33.500><c> were</c><00:24:33.680><c> with</c><00:24:34.460><c> Naaman,</c> 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:37.980 which<00:24:35.539><c> means</c><00:24:35.819><c> again</c><00:24:36.180><c> that</c><00:24:36.339><c> they</c><00:24:36.640><c> respected</c><00:24:37.039><c> him,</c><00:24:37.400><c> didn't</c><00:24:37.619><c> they?</c> 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:40.339 My<00:24:38.640><c> father,</c><00:24:39.220><c> they</c><00:24:39.220><c> called</c><00:24:39.400><c> him.</c> 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:43.940 If<00:24:40.859><c> the</c><00:24:41.140><c> prophet</c><00:24:41.400><c> had</c><00:24:41.700><c> bid</c><00:24:41.900><c> thee</c><00:24:42.180><c> do</c><00:24:42.339><c> some</c><00:24:42.599><c> great</c><00:24:43.000><c> thing,</c><00:24:43.440><c> wouldst</c><00:24:43.940><c> thou</c> 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.819 not<00:24:44.079><c> have</c><00:24:44.279><c> done</c><00:24:44.440><c> it?</c> 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:48.279 How<00:24:45.420><c> much</c><00:24:45.720><c> rather</c><00:24:46.039><c> then,</c><00:24:46.859><c> that</c><00:24:46.920><c> he</c><00:24:47.180><c> said</c><00:24:47.400><c> to</c><00:24:47.660><c> thee,</c><00:24:47.940><c> wash</c><00:24:48.140><c> and</c> 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.720 be<00:24:48.519><c> clean?</c> 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.859 What<00:24:48.980><c> could</c><00:24:49.160><c> be</c><00:24:49.319><c> easier</c><00:24:49.680><c> than</c><00:24:50.000><c> that?</c> 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.059 Well,<00:24:52.480><c> here's</c><00:24:52.740><c> the</c><00:24:52.900><c> better</c><00:24:53.180><c> side</c><00:24:53.660><c> of</c><00:24:53.880><c> Naaman.</c> 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:59.900 He<00:24:56.039><c> immediately</c><00:24:56.720><c> took</c><00:24:57.079><c> the</c><00:24:57.400><c> advice</c><00:24:58.079><c> of</c><00:24:58.680><c> his</c><00:24:58.900><c> servants.</c> 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:05.319 Then<00:25:01.019><c> went</c><00:25:01.440><c> he</c><00:25:01.700><c> down,</c><00:25:02.960><c> and</c><00:25:03.079><c> dipped</c><00:25:03.259><c> himself</c><00:25:03.799><c> seven</c><00:25:04.200><c> times</c><00:25:04.700><c> in</c><00:25:05.039><c> Jordan,</c> 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:08.660 which<00:25:05.500><c> was</c><00:25:05.839><c> a</c><00:25:06.019><c> fair</c><00:25:06.160><c> way</c><00:25:06.460><c> away</c><00:25:07.039><c> from</c><00:25:07.539><c> Damascus.</c> 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:11.859 According<00:25:09.559><c> to</c><00:25:09.980><c> the</c><00:25:10.019><c> saying</c><00:25:10.299><c> of</c><00:25:10.579><c> the</c><00:25:10.700><c> man</c><00:25:11.000><c> of</c><00:25:11.180><c> God,</c><00:25:11.440><c> from</c> 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.720 Samaria<00:25:12.339><c> rather,</c> 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.500 according<00:25:13.500><c> to</c><00:25:13.819><c> the</c><00:25:14.099><c> saying</c><00:25:14.339><c> of</c><00:25:14.599><c> the</c><00:25:14.740><c> man</c><00:25:14.960><c> of</c><00:25:15.200><c> God,</c> 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:20.640 and<00:25:16.000><c> his</c><00:25:16.119><c> flesh</c><00:25:16.480><c> came</c><00:25:16.880><c> again</c><00:25:17.440><c> like</c><00:25:17.859><c> unto</c><00:25:18.200><c> the</c><00:25:18.440><c> flesh</c><00:25:19.000><c> of</c><00:25:19.619><c> a</c><00:25:19.819><c> little</c><00:25:20.059><c> child,</c><00:25:20.480><c> and</c> 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.920 he<00:25:20.779><c> was</c><00:25:21.079><c> clean.</c> 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.619 So<00:25:22.500><c> this</c><00:25:22.720><c> terrible</c><00:25:23.220><c> rash</c><00:25:23.559><c> of</c><00:25:24.220><c> leprosy</c><00:25:24.779><c> he</c><00:25:25.039><c> had</c><00:25:25.079><c> with</c><00:25:25.339><c> certain</c> 00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.599 parts<00:25:25.960><c> of</c><00:25:26.140><c> his</c><00:25:26.279><c> body,</c> 00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:29.480 or<00:25:26.960><c> knuckles,</c><00:25:27.460><c> or</c><00:25:27.500><c> whatever</c><00:25:27.759><c> else</c><00:25:28.480><c> it</c><00:25:28.759><c> might</c><00:25:28.880><c> be,</c><00:25:29.220><c> some</c><00:25:29.339><c> of</c> 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.460 his<00:25:29.559><c> toes</c><00:25:29.819><c> were</c><00:25:30.079><c> missing,</c> 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:33.279 all<00:25:31.059><c> that</c><00:25:31.220><c> was</c><00:25:31.480><c> fixed</c><00:25:31.920><c> in</c><00:25:32.299><c> a</c><00:25:32.460><c> flash.</c> 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:37.339 And<00:25:34.160><c> it</c><00:25:34.279><c> must</c><00:25:34.460><c> have</c><00:25:34.599><c> been</c><00:25:34.880><c> a</c><00:25:35.839><c> very</c><00:25:36.420><c> momentous</c><00:25:37.160><c> thing,</c> 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.099 because<00:25:37.740><c> you</c><00:25:37.980><c> could</c><00:25:38.359><c> go</c><00:25:38.619><c> under</c><00:25:38.819><c> the</c><00:25:38.980><c> water</c><00:25:39.200><c> six</c><00:25:39.599><c> times,</c><00:25:39.940><c> and</c> 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.359 would<00:25:40.220><c> you</c><00:25:40.339><c> be</c><00:25:40.579><c> clean?</c> 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:44.799 No,<00:25:42.819><c> not</c><00:25:43.180><c> in</c><00:25:43.380><c> the</c><00:25:43.539><c> first</c><00:25:43.819><c> time,</c><00:25:44.019><c> not</c><00:25:44.240><c> in</c><00:25:44.420><c> the</c><00:25:44.579><c> second.</c> 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.359 And<00:25:44.799><c> right</c><00:25:45.160><c> through</c><00:25:45.400><c> to</c><00:25:45.599><c> the</c><00:25:45.640><c> sixth,</c><00:25:46.119><c> no</c><00:25:46.460><c> change</c><00:25:46.839><c> at</c><00:25:47.079><c> all.</c> 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:50.519 It's<00:25:47.759><c> just</c><00:25:48.019><c> exactly</c><00:25:48.400><c> the</c><00:25:48.579><c> same</c><00:25:48.720><c> as</c><00:25:48.839><c> it</c><00:25:48.920><c> was</c><00:25:49.119><c> with</c><00:25:49.299><c> the</c><00:25:49.420><c> leprosy.</c> 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:53.220 And<00:25:50.819><c> he</c><00:25:50.880><c> went</c><00:25:51.079><c> in</c><00:25:51.259><c> the</c><00:25:51.440><c> seventh</c><00:25:51.779><c> time,</c><00:25:52.160><c> and</c><00:25:52.380><c> he</c><00:25:52.380><c> came</c><00:25:52.619><c> up,</c><00:25:53.180><c> and</c> 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.299 lo<00:25:53.400><c> and</c><00:25:53.420><c> behold,</c> 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:58.099 his<00:25:54.779><c> flesh</c><00:25:55.000><c> was</c><00:25:55.220><c> like</c><00:25:55.539><c> that</c><00:25:56.039><c> of</c><00:25:56.259><c> a</c><00:25:56.660><c> young</c><00:25:57.019><c> child.</c> 00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:00.460 As<00:25:58.799><c> it</c><00:25:59.039><c> says</c><00:25:59.220><c> at</c><00:25:59.420><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> end</c><00:25:59.680><c> of</c><00:25:59.759><c> verse</c><00:25:59.960><c> 14,</c> 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:03.160 his<00:26:00.799><c> flesh</c><00:26:01.099><c> came</c><00:26:01.420><c> again</c><00:26:01.779><c> like</c><00:26:02.059><c> unto</c><00:26:02.259><c> the</c><00:26:02.460><c> flesh</c><00:26:02.700><c> of</c><00:26:02.839><c> a</c><00:26:02.839><c> little</c> 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.900 child,<00:26:03.559><c> and</c><00:26:03.680><c> he</c><00:26:03.819><c> was</c><00:26:04.140><c> clean.</c> 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.640 How<00:26:05.539><c> would</c><00:26:05.640><c> you</c><00:26:05.839><c> feel?</c> 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:09.180 There's<00:26:07.700><c> a</c><00:26:07.819><c> ticket</c><00:26:08.019><c> to</c><00:26:08.279><c> life.</c> 00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:13.019 In<00:26:09.599><c> one</c><00:26:09.980><c> stroke,</c><00:26:11.140><c> he</c><00:26:11.279><c> has</c><00:26:11.480><c> been</c><00:26:11.740><c> healed</c><00:26:12.000><c> from</c><00:26:12.240><c> his</c><00:26:12.480><c> leprosy.</c> 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:18.279 Now,<00:26:13.799><c> leprosy</c><00:26:14.119><c> was</c><00:26:14.400><c> just</c><00:26:15.240><c> never</c><00:26:15.640><c> a</c><00:26:16.539><c> matter</c><00:26:16.819><c> of</c><00:26:17.019><c> being</c><00:26:17.400><c> healed.</c> 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.220 It<00:26:18.579><c> was</c><00:26:18.799><c> just</c><00:26:19.099><c> a</c><00:26:19.259><c> dreadful</c><00:26:19.619><c> disease</c><00:26:20.079><c> that</c><00:26:20.740><c> continually</c><00:26:21.299><c> went</c> 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:24.319 on<00:26:22.519><c> in</c><00:26:22.759><c> a</c><00:26:22.859><c> person's</c><00:26:24.000><c> being</c> 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:29.279 until<00:26:25.339><c> eventually</c><00:26:25.839><c> it</c><00:26:26.200><c> destroyed</c><00:26:26.640><c> that</c><00:26:26.980><c> person</c><00:26:27.359><c> in</c><00:26:27.960><c> a</c><00:26:28.339><c> flash.</c> 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:34.500 This<00:26:30.259><c> man</c><00:26:30.779><c> has</c><00:26:31.160><c> gone</c><00:26:31.339><c> under</c><00:26:31.680><c> the</c><00:26:31.900><c> water</c><00:26:32.200><c> seven</c><00:26:33.119><c> times,</c> 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:39.140 and<00:26:34.680><c> he's</c><00:26:34.880><c> come</c><00:26:35.079><c> up,</c><00:26:35.339><c> and</c><00:26:35.440><c> now</c><00:26:35.640><c> he's</c><00:26:36.160><c> clean</c><00:26:36.420><c> like</c><00:26:36.680><c> a</c><00:26:37.740><c> young</c><00:26:38.019><c> child.</c> 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:44.519 So<00:26:41.720><c> verse</c><00:26:41.980><c> 15,</c><00:26:42.960><c> what's</c><00:26:43.279><c> he</c><00:26:43.339><c> going</c><00:26:43.500><c> to</c><00:26:43.660><c> do?</c> 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.680 He's<00:26:44.900><c> full</c><00:26:45.140><c> of</c><00:26:45.339><c> gratitude.</c> 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.799 Naaman<00:26:46.900><c> is</c><00:26:47.220><c> a</c><00:26:47.299><c> man</c><00:26:47.539><c> of</c><00:26:47.839><c> honor,</c> 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:53.920 and<00:26:48.960><c> he's</c><00:26:49.500><c> exceedingly</c><00:26:50.299><c> joyous</c><00:26:51.680><c> with</c><00:26:52.000><c> his</c><00:26:52.259><c> new,</c><00:26:52.740><c> fresh</c><00:26:53.059><c> condition.</c> 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:57.140 We<00:26:54.140><c> can</c><00:26:54.400><c> only</c><00:26:54.759><c> imagine</c><00:26:55.359><c> how</c><00:26:55.980><c> he</c><00:26:56.259><c> felt.</c> 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:04.460 And<00:26:59.819><c> he</c><00:27:00.059><c> returned</c><00:27:00.460><c> to</c><00:27:00.880><c> Elisha,</c><00:27:02.599><c> who</c><00:27:02.759><c> is</c><00:27:02.920><c> described</c><00:27:03.299><c> right</c><00:27:03.539><c> through</c><00:27:03.799><c> this</c><00:27:04.099><c> as</c> 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:06.420 the<00:27:04.680><c> man</c><00:27:05.019><c> of</c><00:27:05.279><c> God.</c> 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:10.440 He<00:27:07.440><c> and</c><00:27:07.859><c> all</c><00:27:08.259><c> his</c><00:27:08.559><c> company,</c><00:27:08.920><c> they</c><00:27:09.119><c> were</c><00:27:09.500><c> all</c><00:27:09.819><c> in</c><00:27:10.019><c> it.</c> 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:14.819 It<00:27:10.880><c> was</c><00:27:11.140><c> a</c><00:27:11.480><c> happy</c><00:27:11.920><c> entourage</c><00:27:12.480><c> of</c><00:27:12.759><c> people</c><00:27:13.019><c> that</c><00:27:13.259><c> were</c><00:27:13.380><c> returning</c><00:27:13.799><c> to</c><00:27:14.480><c> Syria.</c> 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:18.200 They<00:27:15.359><c> were</c><00:27:15.680><c> just</c><00:27:16.059><c> absolutely</c><00:27:16.640><c> thrilled</c><00:27:17.180><c> with</c><00:27:17.420><c> what</c><00:27:17.619><c> had</c><00:27:17.880><c> happened.</c> 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:25.140 He<00:27:18.859><c> and</c><00:27:19.200><c> all</c><00:27:19.539><c> his</c><00:27:19.799><c> company,</c><00:27:20.819><c> and</c><00:27:22.140><c> they</c><00:27:22.339><c> came</c><00:27:22.579><c> and</c><00:27:22.900><c> stood</c><00:27:23.079><c> before</c><00:27:23.519><c> him.</c> 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:27.440 It<00:27:25.259><c> seems</c><00:27:25.579><c> that</c><00:27:25.779><c> he</c><00:27:26.019><c> sort</c><00:27:26.140><c> of</c><00:27:26.259><c> opened</c><00:27:26.380><c> the</c><00:27:26.559><c> door</c><00:27:26.700><c> this</c><00:27:27.039><c> time,</c> 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.440 and<00:27:27.980><c> he</c><00:27:28.240><c> said,</c> 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:32.480 Behold,<00:27:29.500><c> now</c><00:27:29.880><c> I</c><00:27:30.180><c> know</c><00:27:30.539><c> that</c><00:27:30.759><c> there</c><00:27:31.019><c> is</c><00:27:31.279><c> no</c><00:27:31.579><c> God</c><00:27:31.799><c> in</c><00:27:32.079><c> all</c><00:27:32.299><c> the</c> 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.279 earth,<00:27:32.799><c> said</c><00:27:32.940><c> Naaman.</c> 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:37.259 What<00:27:34.039><c> a</c><00:27:34.359><c> statement,</c><00:27:35.079><c> but</c><00:27:35.440><c> in</c><00:27:35.960><c> Israel.</c> 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:40.579 Now,<00:27:37.660><c> therefore,</c><00:27:38.200><c> I</c><00:27:38.380><c> pray</c><00:27:38.640><c> thee,</c><00:27:38.900><c> take</c><00:27:39.160><c> a</c><00:27:39.359><c> blessing</c><00:27:39.680><c> of</c><00:27:39.980><c> thy</c><00:27:40.140><c> servant.</c> 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:47.000 Remember<00:27:41.400><c> all</c><00:27:41.680><c> those</c><00:27:41.920><c> things</c><00:27:42.400><c> which</c><00:27:43.279><c> he</c><00:27:43.579><c> had</c><00:27:43.819><c> brought</c><00:27:44.319><c> to</c><00:27:45.819><c> Syria,</c> 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:50.019 that<00:27:47.900><c> tremendous</c><00:27:48.380><c> amount</c><00:27:48.680><c> of</c><00:27:48.880><c> money</c><00:27:49.119><c> in</c><00:27:49.319><c> verse</c><00:27:49.599><c> five,</c> 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:53.500 ten<00:27:50.579><c> talents</c><00:27:50.940><c> of</c><00:27:51.240><c> silver,</c><00:27:52.059><c> six</c><00:27:52.259><c> thousand</c><00:27:52.619><c> pieces</c><00:27:53.000><c> of</c><00:27:53.240><c> gold,</c> 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.859 and<00:27:53.759><c> ten</c><00:27:53.980><c> changes</c><00:27:54.380><c> of</c><00:27:54.619><c> raiment.</c> 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:59.160 So<00:27:55.380><c> he</c><00:27:55.480><c> brings</c><00:27:55.700><c> that</c><00:27:55.900><c> all</c><00:27:56.059><c> out</c><00:27:56.240><c> of</c><00:27:57.720><c> the</c><00:27:58.519><c> little</c><00:27:58.740><c> carts</c><00:27:58.940><c> that</c> 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.640 they<00:27:59.359><c> had</c><00:27:59.779><c> taken</c><00:28:00.099><c> across,</c> 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:05.119 and<00:28:01.220><c> he</c><00:28:01.400><c> puts</c><00:28:01.539><c> it</c><00:28:01.819><c> in</c><00:28:02.099><c> Elisha's</c><00:28:04.140><c> home.</c> 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:08.039 But<00:28:05.880><c> Elisha's</c><00:28:06.380><c> not</c><00:28:06.500><c> interested</c><00:28:06.940><c> in</c><00:28:07.140><c> the</c><00:28:07.279><c> money.</c> 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:12.240 He<00:28:08.539><c> wasn't</c><00:28:08.880><c> doing</c><00:28:09.119><c> that</c><00:28:09.380><c> because</c><00:28:10.099><c> of</c><00:28:10.500><c> the</c><00:28:11.059><c> personal</c><00:28:11.720><c> advance</c> 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.779 to<00:28:12.640><c> himself.</c> 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:20.299 Elisha's<00:28:16.599><c> response</c><00:28:17.240><c> was</c><00:28:17.859><c> surprising</c><00:28:18.720><c> to</c><00:28:19.400><c> Naaman.</c> 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:26.160 Verse<00:28:20.940><c> 16,</c><00:28:21.559><c> he</c><00:28:21.579><c> said,</c><00:28:22.460><c> As</c><00:28:22.619><c> the</c><00:28:22.920><c> Lord</c><00:28:23.279><c> liveth</c><00:28:23.859><c> before</c><00:28:24.480><c> whom</c><00:28:24.779><c> I</c><00:28:25.079><c> stand,</c><00:28:26.059><c> I</c> 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:28.500 will<00:28:26.380><c> receive</c><00:28:27.359><c> nothing.</c> 00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:32.180 And<00:28:29.160><c> he</c><00:28:29.319><c> urged</c><00:28:29.799><c> him</c><00:28:30.000><c> to</c><00:28:30.240><c> take</c><00:28:30.460><c> it,</c><00:28:30.720><c> but</c><00:28:30.900><c> he</c><00:28:31.019><c> wouldn't.</c> 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:34.799 Elisha<00:28:32.539><c> was</c><00:28:32.759><c> living</c><00:28:32.960><c> in</c><00:28:33.180><c> a</c><00:28:33.339><c> modest</c><00:28:33.619><c> home,</c><00:28:33.980><c> I'm</c><00:28:34.259><c> sure</c><00:28:34.460><c> a</c><00:28:34.539><c> very</c> 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.799 modest<00:28:35.140><c> home,</c> 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:39.779 but<00:28:36.359><c> he</c><00:28:36.480><c> was</c><00:28:36.819><c> not</c><00:28:37.059><c> going</c><00:28:37.259><c> to</c><00:28:37.480><c> take</c><00:28:37.619><c> that</c><00:28:37.839><c> money</c><00:28:38.339><c> from</c><00:28:39.480><c> Naaman.</c> 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:43.519 Why<00:28:40.119><c> not?</c><00:28:41.640><c> What</c><00:28:41.819><c> if</c><00:28:41.880><c> he</c><00:28:42.079><c> had</c><00:28:42.220><c> taken</c><00:28:42.559><c> the</c><00:28:42.740><c> money?</c> 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:47.299 What<00:28:44.259><c> if</c><00:28:44.380><c> Elisha</c><00:28:44.759><c> went</c><00:28:44.920><c> out</c><00:28:45.099><c> and</c><00:28:45.200><c> bought</c><00:28:45.299><c> a</c><00:28:45.420><c> new</c><00:28:45.599><c> house</c><00:28:46.079><c> the</c><00:28:46.279><c> next</c><00:28:46.640><c> day,</c><00:28:47.140><c> a</c> 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.720 new<00:28:47.500><c> car</c><00:28:47.779><c> or</c><00:28:47.960><c> something?</c> 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:52.759 What<00:28:50.140><c> would</c><00:28:50.319><c> it</c><00:28:50.460><c> have</c><00:28:50.579><c> done</c><00:28:51.420><c> to</c><00:28:51.740><c> the</c><00:28:51.920><c> miracle?</c> 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:57.160 There<00:28:53.880><c> would</c><00:28:54.059><c> have</c><00:28:54.240><c> been</c><00:28:54.660><c> double</c><00:28:55.019><c> motives</c><00:28:55.579><c> involved</c><00:28:56.819><c> in</c><00:28:57.000><c> it,</c> 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.400 wouldn't<00:28:57.279><c> it?</c> 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.740 Oh<00:28:57.660><c> yes,</c><00:28:57.920><c> he</c><00:28:57.920><c> wanted</c><00:28:58.180><c> to</c><00:28:58.400><c> heal</c><00:28:58.579><c> Naaman,</c><00:28:59.019><c> but</c><00:28:59.180><c> look,</c><00:28:59.380><c> he's</c><00:28:59.579><c> a</c> 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.940 rich<00:28:59.920><c> man</c><00:29:00.200><c> now.</c> 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.900 Look<00:29:01.500><c> what</c><00:29:01.640><c> he's</c><00:29:02.000><c> got.</c> 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:08.440 And<00:29:03.900><c> Elisha</c><00:29:04.299><c> the</c><00:29:04.519><c> prophet</c><00:29:04.740><c> was</c><00:29:06.740><c> faithful</c><00:29:07.140><c> enough</c><00:29:07.599><c> to</c><00:29:07.819><c> see</c><00:29:08.059><c> that</c><00:29:08.279><c> it</c> 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:11.339 would<00:29:08.740><c> destroy</c><00:29:09.599><c> his</c><00:29:10.180><c> reputation.</c> 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:14.980 He<00:29:11.759><c> wasn't</c><00:29:12.180><c> interested</c><00:29:12.779><c> in</c><00:29:13.640><c> present</c><00:29:13.980><c> wealth,</c> 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:20.279 but<00:29:15.599><c> he</c><00:29:15.720><c> was</c><00:29:16.099><c> pleased</c><00:29:16.559><c> to</c><00:29:16.880><c> see</c><00:29:17.539><c> the</c><00:29:18.079><c> recovery</c><00:29:18.920><c> of</c><00:29:19.819><c> Naaman.</c> 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:25.839 Now<00:29:20.380><c> Naaman's</c><00:29:23.920><c> a</c><00:29:23.960><c> bit</c><00:29:24.259><c> amazed</c><00:29:25.119><c> by</c><00:29:25.339><c> all</c><00:29:25.559><c> of</c><00:29:25.680><c> that.</c> 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:29.859 He<00:29:26.259><c> just</c><00:29:26.579><c> can't</c><00:29:26.880><c> understand</c><00:29:27.359><c> why</c><00:29:27.599><c> Elisha</c><00:29:27.960><c> hasn't</c><00:29:28.680><c> been</c><00:29:29.059><c> thankful</c><00:29:29.420><c> about</c> 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.599 the<00:29:30.059><c> things</c><00:29:30.299><c> that</c><00:29:30.519><c> he</c><00:29:30.759><c> brought.</c> 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:36.400 It<00:29:32.220><c> says</c><00:29:32.539><c> in</c><00:29:32.660><c> verse</c><00:29:32.859><c> 17,</c><00:29:34.279><c> that</c><00:29:34.339><c> Naaman</c><00:29:34.819><c> said,</c><00:29:35.240><c> Shall</c><00:29:35.480><c> there</c><00:29:35.700><c> not</c><00:29:35.960><c> then,</c><00:29:36.200><c> I</c> 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:40.480 pray<00:29:36.700><c> thee,</c><00:29:36.900><c> be</c><00:29:37.200><c> given</c><00:29:37.400><c> to</c><00:29:37.660><c> thy</c><00:29:37.880><c> servant</c><00:29:38.339><c> two</c><00:29:39.259><c> mules</c><00:29:39.880><c> burden</c> 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.859 of<00:29:40.920><c> earth?</c> 00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:45.380 For<00:29:42.220><c> thy</c><00:29:42.599><c> servant</c><00:29:42.960><c> will</c><00:29:43.220><c> henceforth</c><00:29:43.900><c> offer</c><00:29:44.279><c> neither</c><00:29:44.859><c> burnt</c> 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:49.039 offering<00:29:45.779><c> nor</c><00:29:46.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:47.140><c> unto</c><00:29:48.059><c> other</c><00:29:48.579><c> gods,</c> 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:51.859 but<00:29:49.799><c> unto</c><00:29:50.539><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:55.940 You<00:29:52.880><c> see,</c><00:29:53.160><c> he</c><00:29:53.160><c> did</c><00:29:53.500><c> know</c><00:29:53.680><c> the</c><00:29:53.779><c> name</c><00:29:54.039><c> of</c><00:29:54.279><c> the</c><00:29:54.380><c> other,</c><00:29:55.259><c> of</c><00:29:55.440><c> the</c><00:29:55.559><c> God</c><00:29:55.720><c> of</c> 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.539 Israel,<00:29:56.400><c> didn't</c><00:29:56.480><c> he?</c> 00:29:56.539 --> 00:30:00.859 He<00:29:56.660><c> used</c><00:29:57.000><c> it</c><00:29:57.259><c> in</c><00:29:57.440><c> verse</c><00:29:57.759><c> 11,</c><00:29:58.420><c> the</c><00:29:58.539><c> name</c><00:29:58.900><c> of</c><00:29:59.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:59.660><c> his</c><00:29:59.940><c> God.</c> 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:03.740 He<00:30:01.799><c> had</c><00:30:02.119><c> heard</c><00:30:02.339><c> that.</c><00:30:02.680><c> He</c><00:30:02.900><c> probably</c><00:30:03.160><c> had</c><00:30:03.339><c> heard</c><00:30:03.420><c> it</c><00:30:03.599><c> because</c> 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:05.019 of<00:30:03.859><c> that</c><00:30:03.960><c> little</c><00:30:04.140><c> girl.</c> 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.680 That<00:30:06.059><c> little</c><00:30:06.319><c> girl's</c><00:30:06.700><c> message</c><00:30:07.039><c> was</c><00:30:07.299><c> open.</c> 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:11.180 She<00:30:08.240><c> was</c><00:30:08.440><c> a</c><00:30:08.559><c> person</c><00:30:08.819><c> that</c><00:30:09.119><c> when</c><00:30:09.480><c> she</c><00:30:09.680><c> was</c><00:30:09.839><c> at</c><00:30:10.099><c> school</c><00:30:10.519><c> or</c><00:30:11.019><c> when</c> 00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.720 she<00:30:11.359><c> was</c><00:30:11.599><c> wherever</c><00:30:11.960><c> in</c><00:30:12.259><c> the</c><00:30:12.440><c> public,</c> 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:16.160 she<00:30:13.299><c> spoke</c><00:30:13.599><c> about</c><00:30:14.059><c> her</c><00:30:14.539><c> convictions.</c><00:30:15.099><c> Obviously</c><00:30:15.599><c> she</c><00:30:15.920><c> did.</c> 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.619 And<00:30:16.599><c> people</c><00:30:16.779><c> respected</c><00:30:17.259><c> her.</c> 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:20.119 She<00:30:18.319><c> was</c><00:30:18.579><c> a</c><00:30:18.579><c> diligent</c><00:30:19.019><c> girl,</c><00:30:19.359><c> what</c><00:30:19.460><c> she</c><00:30:19.640><c> was</c><00:30:19.660><c> asked</c><00:30:19.900><c> to</c><00:30:20.039><c> do.</c> 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:23.640 She<00:30:20.279><c> did</c><00:30:20.500><c> it</c><00:30:20.940><c> with</c><00:30:21.220><c> immediate</c><00:30:21.660><c> desire,</c><00:30:22.359><c> and</c><00:30:22.440><c> she</c><00:30:22.519><c> was</c><00:30:22.720><c> cheerful,</c> 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:27.240 and<00:30:23.839><c> she</c><00:30:23.960><c> was</c><00:30:24.200><c> a</c><00:30:24.420><c> very</c><00:30:25.039><c> wonderful</c><00:30:25.440><c> inspiration</c><00:30:26.059><c> in</c><00:30:26.759><c> the</c><00:30:26.980><c> house</c> 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.279 of<00:30:27.579><c> Naaman.</c> 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:31.079 And<00:30:28.599><c> a</c><00:30:28.680><c> lot</c><00:30:28.779><c> of</c><00:30:28.900><c> people</c><00:30:29.140><c> obviously</c><00:30:29.619><c> heard</c><00:30:29.859><c> about</c><00:30:30.119><c> that.</c> 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:37.319 And<00:30:32.619><c> so</c><00:30:33.220><c> Naaman</c><00:30:34.019><c> himself,</c><00:30:35.059><c> he</c><00:30:35.220><c> is</c><00:30:35.660><c> fully</c><00:30:36.000><c> aware</c><00:30:36.460><c> of</c><00:30:37.000><c> the</c><00:30:37.180><c> God</c> 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.519 of<00:30:37.519><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:42.299 For<00:30:38.920><c> henceforth</c><00:30:39.559><c> offer</c><00:30:39.819><c> neither</c><00:30:40.259><c> burnt</c><00:30:40.640><c> offering</c><00:30:40.980><c> nor</c><00:30:41.259><c> sacrifice,</c><00:30:41.940><c> he</c><00:30:42.160><c> says,</c> 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.740 now<00:30:42.619><c> unto</c><00:30:42.900><c> other</c><00:30:43.240><c> gods,</c><00:30:43.599><c> but</c><00:30:43.700><c> unto</c><00:30:44.299><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:44.839><c> the</c><00:30:44.980><c> God</c><00:30:45.140><c> of</c><00:30:45.400><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:48.579 Naaman's<00:30:46.859><c> a</c><00:30:46.940><c> converted</c><00:30:47.380><c> man.</c> 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:53.960 And<00:30:49.839><c> he</c><00:30:50.099><c> says,</c><00:30:51.079><c> I'm</c><00:30:51.420><c> going</c><00:30:51.619><c> home,</c><00:30:52.920><c> but</c><00:30:53.099><c> I'm</c><00:30:53.279><c> not</c><00:30:53.519><c> going</c><00:30:53.759><c> to</c> 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:56.500 worship<00:30:54.599><c> where</c><00:30:54.880><c> I've</c><00:30:55.240><c> worshipped</c><00:30:55.400><c> before.</c> 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.500 Where's<00:30:59.319><c> he</c><00:30:59.440><c> going</c><00:30:59.599><c> to</c><00:30:59.759><c> worship?</c> 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:07.640 Who's<00:31:06.019><c> he</c><00:31:06.240><c> going</c><00:31:06.380><c> to</c><00:31:06.619><c> see</c><00:31:06.819><c> when</c><00:31:06.980><c> he</c><00:31:07.079><c> gets</c><00:31:07.400><c> back?</c> 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:10.579 Who's<00:31:08.299><c> the</c><00:31:08.480><c> first</c><00:31:08.680><c> person</c><00:31:08.980><c> you'll</c><00:31:09.339><c> see?</c> 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:14.160 His<00:31:12.680><c> wife,</c><00:31:13.180><c> I</c><00:31:13.180><c> suppose.</c> 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.819 But<00:31:15.220><c> second,</c><00:31:16.539><c> he's</c><00:31:16.859><c> going</c><00:31:17.079><c> to</c><00:31:17.240><c> thank</c><00:31:17.380><c> that</c><00:31:17.559><c> little</c><00:31:17.819><c> girl,</c><00:31:18.119><c> isn't</c><00:31:18.279><c> he?</c> 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:23.220 His<00:31:19.460><c> heart</c><00:31:19.680><c> is</c><00:31:20.339><c> just</c><00:31:20.599><c> thumping</c><00:31:20.880><c> in</c><00:31:21.220><c> him</c><00:31:21.460><c> to</c><00:31:22.119><c> see</c><00:31:22.460><c> her</c><00:31:22.759><c> and</c><00:31:22.940><c> to</c> 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.700 thank<00:31:23.420><c> her</c><00:31:23.720><c> for</c><00:31:23.960><c> her</c><00:31:24.380><c> wise</c><00:31:24.640><c> advice.</c> 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.779 He<00:31:25.880><c> can't</c><00:31:26.359><c> comprehend.</c> 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:29.400 He's<00:31:27.079><c> the</c><00:31:27.200><c> only</c><00:31:27.359><c> man</c><00:31:27.539><c> in</c><00:31:27.680><c> the</c><00:31:27.839><c> world</c><00:31:28.039><c> that's</c><00:31:28.400><c> ever</c><00:31:28.720><c> got</c><00:31:29.059><c> out</c><00:31:29.279><c> of</c> 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:31.240 that<00:31:29.819><c> disease</c><00:31:30.220><c> of</c><00:31:30.480><c> leprosy,</c> 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:33.420 and<00:31:31.740><c> he</c><00:31:31.920><c> feels</c><00:31:32.119><c> as</c><00:31:32.440><c> fit</c><00:31:32.559><c> as</c><00:31:32.660><c> when</c><00:31:32.799><c> he</c><00:31:32.980><c> was</c><00:31:33.180><c> 30.</c> 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:38.640 He's<00:31:33.880><c> a</c><00:31:34.259><c> new</c><00:31:34.500><c> man</c><00:31:34.720><c> altogether,</c><00:31:35.559><c> and</c><00:31:36.299><c> he</c><00:31:36.380><c> wants</c><00:31:36.579><c> to</c><00:31:36.880><c> thank</c><00:31:37.119><c> that</c> 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.380 young<00:31:39.000><c> girl.</c> 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:47.640 But<00:31:39.720><c> she</c><00:31:40.000><c> doesn't</c><00:31:40.380><c> go</c><00:31:41.279><c> to</c><00:31:42.299><c> the</c><00:31:42.480><c> worship</c><00:31:42.880><c> of</c><00:31:43.079><c> the</c><00:31:43.160><c> gods</c><00:31:43.779><c> of</c><00:31:44.099><c> Samaria,</c><00:31:45.019><c> of</c><00:31:45.559><c> Syria.</c> 00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:51.039 She<00:31:49.380><c> has</c><00:31:49.599><c> her</c><00:31:49.839><c> own</c><00:31:50.059><c> worship.</c> 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.640 She<00:31:51.259><c> obviously</c><00:31:51.819><c> did.</c> 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:56.119 She<00:31:52.980><c> had</c><00:31:53.160><c> kept</c><00:31:53.380><c> her</c><00:31:53.740><c> worship</c><00:31:54.160><c> of</c><00:31:54.779><c> the</c><00:31:55.000><c> God</c><00:31:55.180><c> of</c><00:31:55.339><c> Israel</c><00:31:55.779><c> while</c> 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.539 she<00:31:56.339><c> was</c><00:31:56.680><c> in</c><00:31:56.880><c> captivity,</c> 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:01.099 and<00:31:58.579><c> she</c><00:31:58.779><c> was</c><00:31:59.019><c> not</c><00:31:59.220><c> going</c><00:31:59.400><c> to</c><00:31:59.579><c> change</c><00:31:59.799><c> that,</c><00:32:00.160><c> of</c><00:32:00.279><c> course.</c> 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:05.460 In<00:32:01.539><c> fact,</c><00:32:02.779><c> what</c><00:32:02.980><c> was</c><00:32:03.279><c> happening</c><00:32:03.660><c> in</c><00:32:04.400><c> Naaman's</c><00:32:04.900><c> house</c><00:32:05.160><c> is</c><00:32:05.299><c> that</c> 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.559 there<00:32:05.720><c> were</c><00:32:05.720><c> more</c><00:32:05.980><c> and</c><00:32:06.079><c> more</c><00:32:06.200><c> people</c> 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.920 interested<00:32:07.140><c> in</c><00:32:07.299><c> her</c><00:32:07.640><c> religion</c><00:32:08.160><c> rather</c><00:32:08.839><c> than</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c><00:32:09.220><c> gods</c><00:32:09.920><c> of</c> 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.039 the<00:32:11.859><c> Syrians.</c> 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:18.259 Though<00:32:14.440><c> she</c><00:32:14.619><c> was</c><00:32:14.859><c> young</c><00:32:15.140><c> and</c><00:32:15.319><c> though</c><00:32:15.480><c> she</c><00:32:15.660><c> was</c><00:32:16.680><c> just</c><00:32:17.240><c> a</c><00:32:17.339><c> servant</c><00:32:17.539><c> in</c><00:32:17.740><c> the</c><00:32:17.920><c> place,</c> 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:22.420 her<00:32:18.920><c> influence</c><00:32:19.400><c> had</c><00:32:20.400><c> permeated</c><00:32:21.200><c> that</c><00:32:21.539><c> home.</c> 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.859 So<00:32:23.000><c> when</c><00:32:23.140><c> he</c><00:32:23.259><c> came</c><00:32:23.579><c> home,</c><00:32:24.299><c> he</c><00:32:24.480><c> said,</c> 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:30.019 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from</c><00:32:55.920><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:58.539 This<00:32:56.839><c> is</c><00:32:57.000><c> a</c><00:32:57.079><c> lovely</c><00:32:57.339><c> flower</c><00:32:57.700><c> that</c><00:32:57.920><c> they</c><00:32:58.039><c> have</c><00:32:58.039><c> in</c><00:32:58.119><c> Israel</c><00:32:58.400><c> we</c> 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.319 don't<00:32:58.720><c> have</c><00:32:58.859><c> in</c><00:32:59.019><c> Syria,</c> 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:01.240 or<00:32:59.500><c> some</c><00:32:59.660><c> other</c><00:32:59.940><c> thing</c><00:33:00.160><c> that</c><00:33:00.299><c> people</c><00:33:00.579><c> do.</c> 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:06.660 This<00:33:02.440><c> man</c><00:33:02.799><c> took</c><00:33:03.319><c> two</c><00:33:03.859><c> heaps</c><00:33:04.380><c> of</c><00:33:04.779><c> soil</c><00:33:05.099><c> back</c><00:33:05.460><c> with</c><00:33:05.720><c> him.</c> 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.660 A<00:33:07.160><c> very</c><00:33:07.480><c> unusual</c><00:33:07.920><c> thing</c><00:33:08.160><c> to</c><00:33:08.380><c> do.</c> 00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:13.359 And<00:33:09.000><c> the</c><00:33:09.099><c> reason</c><00:33:09.400><c> was</c><00:33:10.019><c> he</c><00:33:10.420><c> had</c><00:33:10.880><c> changed</c><00:33:11.440><c> his</c><00:33:11.819><c> worship,</c><00:33:13.099><c> and</c><00:33:13.220><c> he</c> 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.599 admitted<00:33:13.640><c> that.</c> 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.900 And<00:33:15.380><c> in</c><00:33:15.440><c> fact,</c><00:33:15.640><c> he</c><00:33:15.779><c> made</c><00:33:16.039><c> provision</c><00:33:16.480><c> before</c><00:33:16.940><c> he</c><00:33:17.180><c> left</c><00:33:17.359><c> Israel</c> 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:19.200 to<00:33:18.319><c> take</c><00:33:18.559><c> that</c><00:33:18.920><c> earth,</c> 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:24.480 to<00:33:19.680><c> take</c><00:33:19.839><c> it</c><00:33:20.119><c> back</c><00:33:20.660><c> to</c><00:33:23.240><c> Damascus.</c> 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in</c><00:33:35.640><c> the</c><00:33:35.960><c> front</c><00:33:36.200><c> row,</c> 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.400 and<00:33:36.680><c> one</c><00:33:36.799><c> of</c><00:33:36.920><c> them</c><00:33:36.980><c> would</c><00:33:37.079><c> be</c><00:33:37.279><c> his</c><00:33:37.519><c> wife.</c> 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:42.299 She<00:33:38.759><c> would</c><00:33:38.960><c> just</c><00:33:39.200><c> be</c><00:33:39.460><c> so</c><00:33:39.859><c> thrilled</c><00:33:40.099><c> with</c><00:33:40.380><c> the</c><00:33:40.579><c> change</c><00:33:40.799><c> of</c><00:33:41.160><c> circumstances.</c> 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:45.299 What<00:33:43.160><c> about</c><00:33:43.359><c> the</c><00:33:43.599><c> soldiers</c><00:33:43.960><c> that</c><00:33:44.220><c> went</c><00:33:44.400><c> down?</c> 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:50.559 If<00:33:47.099><c> you</c><00:33:47.240><c> were</c><00:33:47.380><c> among</c><00:33:48.099><c> some</c><00:33:48.500><c> of</c><00:33:48.700><c> those</c><00:33:48.900><c> soldiers</c><00:33:49.400><c> that</c><00:33:50.180><c> went</c><00:33:50.339><c> down</c> 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.279 with<00:33:50.700><c> your</c><00:33:50.900><c> horse</c><00:33:51.140><c> and</c><00:33:51.240><c> your</c><00:33:51.420><c> chariot</c><00:33:51.720><c> and</c><00:33:51.839><c> so</c><00:33:52.079><c> forth,</c> 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.380 with<00:33:52.440><c> all</c><00:33:52.559><c> this</c><00:33:52.920><c> gold</c><00:33:53.140><c> and</c><00:33:53.380><c> silver,</c><00:33:53.799><c> and</c><00:33:53.900><c> came</c><00:33:54.079><c> back,</c> 00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.119 seen<00:33:54.859><c> the</c><00:33:55.000><c> whole</c><00:33:55.220><c> thing,</c><00:33:56.259><c> saw</c><00:33:56.480><c> it</c><00:33:56.599><c> the</c><00:33:56.640><c> six</c><00:33:56.839><c> times,</c> 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:01.420 and<00:33:57.359><c> the</c><00:33:57.500><c> seventh</c><00:33:57.799><c> and</c><00:33:58.140><c> 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baptism,</c><00:35:01.380><c> which</c><00:35:01.739><c> is</c><00:35:02.179><c> where</c><00:35:02.420><c> we</c><00:35:02.760><c> feel</c> 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:05.940 that<00:35:03.219><c> we</c><00:35:03.360><c> are</c><00:35:04.019><c> refreshed</c><00:35:04.539><c> in</c><00:35:04.880><c> life.</c> 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:12.139 This<00:35:07.820><c> man</c><00:35:08.219><c> has</c><00:35:08.500><c> been</c><00:35:09.260><c> through</c><00:35:10.719><c> a</c><00:35:11.019><c> circumstance</c><00:35:11.559><c> in</c><00:35:11.760><c> which</c><00:35:11.980><c> his</c> 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.599 whole<00:35:12.380><c> life</c><00:35:12.619><c> has</c><00:35:12.800><c> been</c><00:35:13.039><c> changed.</c> 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:16.139 And<00:35:14.360><c> I</c><00:35:14.500><c> think</c><00:35:14.639><c> you</c><00:35:14.820><c> would</c><00:35:15.000><c> have</c><00:35:15.099><c> had</c><00:35:15.219><c> many</c><00:35:15.480><c> of</c><00:35:15.599><c> those</c><00:35:15.800><c> soldiers</c> 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.559 that<00:35:16.420><c> say,</c> 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:20.039 well,<00:35:17.500><c> I'm</c><00:35:17.760><c> not</c><00:35:17.960><c> going</c><00:35:18.159><c> to</c><00:35:18.320><c> the</c><00:35:18.440><c> House</c><00:35:18.639><c> of</c><00:35:18.840><c> Riman</c><00:35:19.019><c> anymore</c><00:35:19.519><c> to</c> 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.619 worship<00:35:20.579><c> there</c> 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.159 because<00:35:22.760><c> obviously</c><00:35:23.159><c> he</c><00:35:23.400><c> could</c><00:35:23.599><c> do</c><00:35:23.880><c> nothing.</c> 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.760 That<00:35:24.559><c> God</c><00:35:24.760><c> does</c><00:35:25.139><c> not</c><00:35:25.460><c> work,</c><00:35:25.800><c> but</c><00:35:25.880><c> this</c><00:35:26.159><c> one</c><00:35:26.380><c> does.</c> 00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.539 So<00:35:26.980><c> we</c><00:35:27.119><c> saw</c><00:35:27.340><c> it.</c><00:35:27.639><c> We</c><00:35:27.820><c> were</c><00:35:28.000><c> there.</c> 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:30.179 I'm<00:35:29.139><c> sure</c><00:35:29.300><c> a</c><00:35:29.480><c> lot</c><00:35:29.519><c> of</c><00:35:29.579><c> people</c><00:35:29.860><c> would</c><00:35:30.079><c> say,</c> 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:32.559 but<00:35:30.380><c> this</c><00:35:30.800><c> is</c><00:35:31.119><c> really</c><00:35:31.360><c> what</c><00:35:31.639><c> happened</c><00:35:31.900><c> when</c><00:35:32.079><c> you</c><00:35:32.280><c> were</c><00:35:32.380><c> over</c> 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:35.639 there<00:35:33.360><c> in</c><00:35:34.500><c> Damascus?</c> 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:37.480 Shortest.<00:35:36.460><c> It</c><00:35:36.599><c> wasn't</c><00:35:36.820><c> like</c><00:35:37.159><c> that.</c> 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.820 And<00:35:38.159><c> they</c><00:35:38.340><c> would</c><00:35:38.519><c> witness.</c> 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.900 And<00:35:39.039><c> they'd</c><00:35:39.219><c> say,</c><00:35:39.480><c> well,</c><00:35:39.480><c> it</c><00:35:39.619><c> was.</c> 00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.440 You<00:35:40.300><c> certainly</c><00:35:40.460><c> knew</c><00:35:40.579><c> how</c><00:35:40.780><c> he</c><00:35:40.920><c> was</c><00:35:41.079><c> before.</c> 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.519 You'd<00:35:41.800><c> see</c><00:35:41.920><c> how</c><00:35:42.139><c> he</c><00:35:42.260><c> is</c><00:35:42.380><c> now.</c> 00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.960 And<00:35:42.800><c> we</c><00:35:42.880><c> were</c><00:35:43.059><c> there.</c> 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:47.480 That's<00:35:44.900><c> a</c><00:35:45.019><c> good</c><00:35:45.019><c> thing</c><00:35:45.179><c> there</c><00:35:45.260><c> was</c><00:35:45.480><c> a</c><00:35:45.579><c> number</c><00:35:45.760><c> of</c><00:35:45.860><c> people</c><00:35:46.159><c> there,</c><00:35:46.360><c> wasn't</c><00:35:46.619><c> it?</c> 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.219 So<00:35:48.039><c> the</c><00:35:48.320><c> story</c><00:35:48.719><c> is</c><00:35:48.980><c> a,</c><00:35:49.539><c> I</c><00:35:49.840><c> call</c><00:35:50.039><c> it,</c><00:35:50.820><c> I</c><00:35:50.940><c> don't</c><00:35:51.119><c> call</c><00:35:51.300><c> it</c><00:35:51.440><c> the</c><00:35:51.639><c> story</c><00:35:51.820><c> of</c><00:35:52.019><c> Naaman.</c> 00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:56.159 I<00:35:52.519><c> call</c><00:35:52.760><c> it</c><00:35:53.119><c> the</c><00:35:53.320><c> story</c><00:35:53.780><c> of</c><00:35:54.019><c> the</c><00:35:54.239><c> little</c><00:35:54.519><c> Israelite</c><00:35:55.119><c>-ish</c><00:35:55.420><c> maid.</c> 00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:59.980 Because<00:35:56.559><c> in</c><00:35:56.820><c> the</c><00:35:56.920><c> end,</c><00:35:57.260><c> she's</c><00:35:57.579><c> really</c><00:35:57.960><c> the</c><00:35:58.119><c> star</c><00:35:58.340><c> of</c><00:35:58.559><c> the</c><00:35:58.639><c> show,</c><00:35:58.880><c> isn't</c><00:35:59.079><c> she?</c> 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:03.940 She<00:36:01.019><c> stood</c><00:36:01.280><c> up.</c><00:36:01.559><c> She</c><00:36:01.820><c> stood</c><00:36:02.059><c> by</c><00:36:02.239><c> what</c><00:36:02.460><c> she</c><00:36:02.659><c> knew</c><00:36:02.800><c> was</c><00:36:03.059><c> right.</c> 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:06.980 And<00:36:04.440><c> when</c><00:36:04.579><c> our</c><00:36:04.760><c> children</c><00:36:05.000><c> go</c><00:36:05.219><c> to</c><00:36:05.519><c> school</c><00:36:06.199><c> and</c><00:36:06.699><c> they're</c><00:36:06.920><c> in</c> 00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.840 other<00:36:07.280><c> company,</c> 00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:11.800 sometimes<00:36:08.699><c> we</c><00:36:10.159><c> unfortunately</c><00:36:10.980><c> have</c><00:36:11.300><c> to</c><00:36:11.539><c> be,</c> 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:16.039 we<00:36:12.780><c> have</c><00:36:13.039><c> to</c><00:36:13.179><c> ensure</c><00:36:13.679><c> that</c><00:36:13.940><c> our</c><00:36:14.159><c> children</c><00:36:14.400><c> know</c><00:36:14.659><c> how</c><00:36:14.840><c> to</c><00:36:15.159><c> stand</c><00:36:15.440><c> up</c> 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:18.780 and<00:36:16.420><c> stand</c><00:36:16.599><c> up</c><00:36:16.840><c> for</c><00:36:16.980><c> the</c><00:36:17.119><c> things</c><00:36:17.300><c> of</c><00:36:17.599><c> Israel,</c><00:36:18.280><c> stand</c><00:36:18.400><c> up</c><00:36:18.579><c> for</c> 00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:20.059 the<00:36:18.880><c> covenant</c><00:36:19.260><c> of</c><00:36:19.500><c> Israel</c> 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:23.199 and<00:36:20.599><c> for</c><00:36:20.780><c> the</c><00:36:20.900><c> Lord</c><00:36:21.079><c> Jesus</c><00:36:21.539><c> Christ</c><00:36:21.960><c> and</c><00:36:22.599><c> the</c><00:36:22.840><c> baptism</c> 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:29.519 which<00:36:23.500><c> can</c><00:36:23.739><c> give</c><00:36:23.920><c> to</c><00:36:24.159><c> us</c><00:36:24.420><c> life</c><00:36:25.059><c> in</c><00:36:26.320><c> otherwise</c><00:36:27.000><c> very</c><00:36:27.460><c> difficult</c><00:36:28.119><c> circumstances.</c> 00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:32.780 I<00:36:30.019><c> think</c><00:36:30.159><c> that's</c><00:36:30.420><c> one</c><00:36:30.599><c> of</c><00:36:30.719><c> the</c><00:36:30.840><c> most</c><00:36:30.960><c> beautiful</c><00:36:31.659><c> stories</c><00:36:32.219><c> in</c> 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.659 the<00:36:32.900><c> Bible.</c> 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:39.239 I<00:36:35.800><c> am</c><00:36:36.320><c> interested</c><00:36:36.699><c> to</c><00:36:36.940><c> know</c><00:36:37.099><c> that</c><00:36:37.460><c> in</c><00:36:37.980><c> Syria</c><00:36:38.340><c> they've</c><00:36:38.739><c> had</c><00:36:38.880><c> for</c> 00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.980 many,<00:36:39.820><c> many</c><00:36:39.980><c> centuries</c><00:36:40.400><c> of</c><00:36:40.719><c> time,</c> 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:44.139 they've<00:36:41.260><c> had</c><00:36:41.460><c> a</c><00:36:41.679><c> Jewish</c><00:36:42.199><c> community.</c> 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:47.780 It's<00:36:44.380><c> had</c><00:36:44.500><c> its</c><00:36:44.739><c> own</c><00:36:45.039><c> place</c><00:36:45.280><c> of</c><00:36:45.539><c> worship</c><00:36:45.780><c> and</c><00:36:46.000><c> so</c><00:36:46.260><c> forth</c><00:36:46.440><c> in</c><00:36:46.659><c> Damascus.</c> 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:51.280 And<00:36:48.059><c> I</c><00:36:48.280><c> just</c><00:36:48.519><c> wonder,</c><00:36:49.960><c> because</c><00:36:50.219><c> things</c><00:36:50.500><c> in</c><00:36:50.719><c> the</c><00:36:50.860><c> Middle</c><00:36:51.079><c> East,</c> 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.880 they<00:36:51.559><c> happen</c><00:36:51.719><c> very</c><00:36:52.300><c> slowly</c><00:36:52.519><c> over</c><00:36:52.760><c> a</c><00:36:52.900><c> long</c><00:36:53.139><c> period</c><00:36:53.440><c> of</c><00:36:53.719><c> time.</c> 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:56.780 It's<00:36:54.039><c> not</c><00:36:54.199><c> like</c><00:36:54.579><c> Canada</c><00:36:54.920><c> and</c><00:36:55.139><c> Australia</c><00:36:55.519><c> where</c><00:36:55.699><c> they're</c><00:36:56.059><c> knocking</c><00:36:56.059><c> things</c><00:36:56.340><c> over</c> 00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.780 and<00:36:57.420><c> building</c><00:36:57.699><c> new</c><00:36:58.019><c> things</c><00:36:58.179><c> all</c><00:36:58.400><c> the</c><00:36:58.559><c> time.</c> 00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.059 No,<00:36:59.519><c> something</c><00:36:59.820><c> that's</c><00:37:00.719><c> established</c><00:37:01.280><c> is</c><00:37:01.559><c> established</c> 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:05.579 and<00:37:02.239><c> just</c><00:37:02.599><c> stays</c><00:37:03.159><c> there</c><00:37:03.599><c> for</c><00:37:03.980><c> centuries</c><00:37:04.360><c> of</c><00:37:04.679><c> time.</c> 00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:10.019 And<00:37:06.340><c> I</c><00:37:06.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:06.780><c> be</c><00:37:07.059><c> surprised</c><00:37:07.780><c> if</c><00:37:08.139><c> that</c><00:37:08.400><c> Jewish</c><00:37:08.719><c> community</c> 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:12.980 goes<00:37:10.780><c> right</c><00:37:11.139><c> back</c><00:37:11.340><c> to</c><00:37:11.539><c> the</c><00:37:11.739><c> time</c><00:37:11.940><c> of</c><00:37:12.119><c> that</c><00:37:12.300><c> little</c><00:37:12.559><c> girl</c> 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:16.599 when<00:37:13.900><c> she</c><00:37:14.159><c> stood</c><00:37:14.360><c> up</c><00:37:14.559><c> for</c><00:37:14.739><c> her</c><00:37:14.980><c> beliefs</c><00:37:15.300><c> in</c><00:37:15.579><c> a</c><00:37:15.719><c> foreign</c><00:37:15.940><c> country</c> 00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:19.340 and<00:37:17.219><c> that</c><00:37:17.400><c> eventually</c><00:37:17.840><c> affected</c><00:37:18.260><c> other</c><00:37:18.639><c> people</c><00:37:18.920><c> when</c><00:37:19.099><c> they</c> 00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.260 saw<00:37:19.599><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> miracles</c> 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:22.559 that<00:37:20.639><c> happened</c><00:37:20.780><c> through</c><00:37:21.079><c> the</c><00:37:21.280><c> God</c><00:37:21.400><c> of</c><00:37:21.639><c> Israel.</c> 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:26.860 And<00:37:23.500><c> so</c><00:37:23.639><c> that</c><00:37:24.119><c> would</c><00:37:24.440><c> have</c><00:37:24.559><c> been</c><00:37:24.780><c> establishment</c><00:37:25.460><c> of</c><00:37:26.579><c> an</c> 00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:29.960 Israel<00:37:27.500><c>-thinking</c><00:37:28.500><c> community.</c> 00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:33.019 And<00:37:30.820><c> if</c><00:37:30.980><c> there</c><00:37:31.159><c> were</c><00:37:31.320><c> other</c><00:37:31.559><c> Jews</c><00:37:32.000><c> that</c><00:37:32.360><c> were</c><00:37:32.480><c> in</c><00:37:32.619><c> Damascus,</c> 00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.880 that's<00:37:33.380><c> where</c><00:37:33.500><c> they</c><00:37:33.699><c> would</c><00:37:33.900><c> have</c><00:37:34.139><c> gone.</c> 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:37.880 And<00:37:35.400><c> then</c><00:37:35.519><c> there</c><00:37:35.659><c> were</c><00:37:35.860><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:36.300><c> that</c><00:37:36.559><c> came</c><00:37:36.800><c> like</c><00:37:37.059><c> the</c><00:37:37.300><c> soldiers,</c> 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:40.860 like<00:37:38.460><c> Naaman</c><00:37:38.780><c> himself</c><00:37:39.380><c> and</c><00:37:39.619><c> his</c><00:37:39.900><c> wife,</c> 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:45.739 and<00:37:41.380><c> they</c><00:37:41.599><c> all</c><00:37:42.000><c> established</c><00:37:42.539><c> a</c><00:37:43.139><c> different</c><00:37:43.420><c> and</c><00:37:44.199><c> truly</c><00:37:44.480><c> correct</c><00:37:45.360><c> form</c> 00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.219 of<00:37:46.019><c> judgment.</c> 00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.619 Any<00:37:46.619><c> questions?</c> 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.780 You<00:37:49.599><c> want</c><00:37:49.780><c> to</c><00:37:49.920><c> go</c><00:37:50.019><c> to</c><00:37:50.099><c> Damascus</c><00:37:50.539><c> now?</c> 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:52.519 Oh,<00:37:51.000><c> look,</c><00:37:51.199><c> don't</c><00:37:51.420><c> you?</c> 00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:56.099 It's<00:37:54.599><c> a</c><00:37:54.679><c> wonderful</c><00:37:55.099><c> story.</c> 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.940 Thank<00:37:57.679><c> you</c><00:37:57.900><c> very</c><00:37:58.079><c> much.</c> 00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:33.679 Thank<00:38:33.179><c> you.</c>