2 Kings 5:9 14

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2 Kings 59 14

• Naaman wanted to be saved from his leprosy.
• His cure Immerse seven times in the Jordan river

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The Mighty Jordan River
How can this muddy creek save me?
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2 Kings 59 14

• Naaman wanted to be saved from his leprosy.
• His cure Immerse seven times in the Jordan river
• How can this muddy creek save me?

• Servant Why dont you just do the simple thing
  Elisha says to do?
• Naaman does, and is fully healed.

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What Saved Naaman?

• Was it the Jordan River, or did God save him?
• Was it Naamans work of dipping in the water, or
  was it Gods power?
• Does dipping seven times in a small river earn
  Divine Healing, or did healing come by the grace
  of God?

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What Saved Naaman?
Naaman was healed by Gods grace, but first he
had to obey.
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What Saved Naaman?

• Dipping in the Jordan saved him not the removal
  of dirt from his flesh, but an appeal to God for
  a healed body.

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What Saves Us?

• Baptism now saves you-- not the removal of dirt
  from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good
  conscience.
• (1 Peter 321)

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Ephesians 24 5

• But God, being rich in mercy, because of His
  great love with which He loved us, even when we
  were dead in our transgressions, made us alive
  together with Christ (by grace you have been
  saved)

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Ephesians 28 9

• For by grace you have been saved through faith
  and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of
  God not as a result of works, that no one should
  boast.

Does dipping in water save us, or is it Gods
power and grace?
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What Saves Us?

• Baptism now saves you-- not the removal of dirt
  from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good
  conscience.
• (1 Peter 321)

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James 217 - 20

• Faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by
  itself. But someone may say, "You have faith,
  and I have works show me your faith without the
  works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
• You believe that God is one. You do well the
  demons also believe, and shudder. But are you
  willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that
  faith without works is useless?

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Mark 1616

• He who has believed and has been baptized shall
  be saved but he who has disbelieved shall be
  condemned.

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Acts 238

• Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you
  be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins.

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Acts 2216

• Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins,
  calling on His name.'