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“Gird Yourselves with Lowliness of Mind”The Watchtower—1974 | July 1
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7. How did Naaman react to Elisha’s instructions?
7 Was Naaman pleased to learn how easy it was for him to get cured from his leprous condition? No; rather, the account continues by saying: “At this Naaman grew indignant and began to go away and say: ‘Here I had said to myself, “To me he will come out all the way and will certainly stand and call upon the name of Jehovah his God and move his hand to and fro over the place and actually give the leper recovery.”
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“Gird Yourselves with Lowliness of Mind”The Watchtower—1974 | July 1
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8. What was Naaman’s pride causing him to lose sight of and that his servants helped him to consider?
8 It looked as if Naaman’s pride was going to prevent him from being cured. He was not pleased by the poor reception he received nor by such a simple remedy. It seemed as if he was more interested in some pomp and ceremony attached to the cure than in the actual cure itself. Pride was about to interfere with obedience to the instructions of God’s prophet.
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