Naaman Series Sub-Title: But….No more buts

Scripture reading: Luke 4:27 & 2 kings 5:1-27

Jesu anoti iye pana Luke 4:27 there were many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Kwaive kuine vanhu vazhinnji kwazvo vaiva vaine maperembudzi kuIsrael mumazuva aProphet Elisha but vese ivavo havana kuporeswa kunzwe kweNaaman wekuSyria. Izvi zvinobva zvandipa mubvunzo kuti seiko Mwari vasina kuporesa vamwe vanhu vese vaiva nemaperembudzi vekuIsrael why did GOD choose to heal Naaman instead, izvi zvinotoda kuti tiende kune nyaya yacho yaNaaman so that we consider what happened. There are many lessons dzatinowana kubva pakuporeswa kwaNaaman. & muMharidzo dzinotera tinenge tichiFocuser pane iyo nyaya yaNaaman, hence title yekuti Naaman series.

Naaman anga ari commander weArmy yekuSyria, he was a great man pamberi paMambo wake nekuti kubudikidza naiye Jehovha akapa mambo weSyria kukunda. Aiva murwi ane simba noumhare, a mighty man in valour. CV raNaaman rinotanga zvakanaka kwazvo tichiudzwa nezvehukuru wake, ndiCaptain weArmy wekuti even his king considered him to be great, he had lead his army to victories hongu yatanga zvakanaka introduction yaNaaman but pane rimwe word rinoshandiswa rinobva rachinja the whole story…Bible rinoshandisa word rekuti “BUT” muchishona panoshandiswa “ASI”… ipo pana but ipapo ndipo panobva our sub-title yekuti “BUT……NO MORE BUTS”

ukaona pese panoiswa word chibva waziva kuti nyaya yava kuchinja, usually ukaona paiswa word rekuti but, rinenge riripo to oppose zvambotaurwa pekutanga, word rekuti but rinoshandiswa to draw attention to something which is very important kupfura zvambenge zvataurwa.

Ukaona sentence ratanga neGood news and rozoita “but” kumberi ziva kuti after the word but kurikuuya bad news. Muyenzaniso, ndinogona kuti….ndawana nzvimbo yekuUniversity BUT handina mari yeFees, ndatenga hupfu wekuti tibike sadza BUT hakuna magetsi, ohh fone yacho umufonere mune airtime yakawanda BUT haina battery. maBhazi ekuenda kumusha ariko BUT vakwidza busfare yacho. iri word rekuti But iri rine nyaya.

Taudzwa nezve good news dzaNamaan, BUT, kwabva kwauya word rekuti BUT and after that a sad statement,,hanzi naBible but he was a leper, asi aiva nemaperembudzi…eish..yambotanga zvakanaka nyaya yacho, but yazotaurwa zvinorwadza. Yatanga zvakanaka chapter iyi being told that Naaman was the captain of the army, he was a great man, honourable BUT he was a leper.

Zvinogona kuitika kuti munhu anokuudza nezveLife yake and inotanga yakanaka nyaya yacho, very pleasing, very good, BUT pozoiswa word rekuti BUT and the whole story changes, ndakadzidza kwazvo ndikaita degree rangu with flying colours BUT handishande, a have a good paying job, with company house, company car BUT husiku handirare ndinoshanyirwa nezvinhu zvandisinganzwisise kuhope, ndakachata white wedding, it was the best wedding ever yakabuda even nemuNewspaper, BUT marriage yacho haina mufaro,,,,,yatanga zvakanaka nyaya asi pazoiswa word rekuti BUT, the whole story changed.

Zvinopedzisira kutaurwa zvinosuwisa more than zvatanga kutaurwa, the latter statement has more impact than the former
Naaman semukuru weArmy its obvious kuti anenge akapfeka uniform yakasiyana nemamwe masoja, anenge aine nyembe dzisina vamwe but pasi peUniform apo pane maperembudzi. Nice uniform but the sick is rotting. Pasi peUniform pane nyaya. Chakafukidza maperembudzi iUniform ine nyembe. Nice car but pasi peUniform mukati memoyo munhu haana mufaro, a nice mansion but pasi peUniform marriage yacho haina mufaro, nice university/school but pasi peUniform anzwa nekufoira. Very beautiful but pasi peUniform no marriage, very educated but pasi peUniform hapana basa…Uniform yaNaamana yakanaka hayo but underneath pane maperembudzi.

Usually unogona kuwana zvimwe zvese but poita one area inokushayisa mufaro, you can be a great man like Naaman but kana zvasvika panyaya yeLeprosy hauna mufaro. Vanokuona vari kure vanenge vachiti inga zvavo ine Naaman vanofamba nemaChariots, vane nyembe dzinotyisa, vanotungamira hondo vachihwina, vanoremekedzwa naMambo, but vanhu ivavo they do not know that this man is battling with leprosy, anetsekana nemaperembudzi.

Vanhu vanogona kuyemura hupenyu hwako from afar, but iwewe zvako deep inside wanetseka nechivi, wanetseka nezvinhu zvakasiyana siyana, to the extent that you no longer find joy in anything else because of that single thing chirikukunetsa.

but let me reassure you kuti naJesu, He can change nyaya iyoyo ikangoita a wonderful testimony from start to the end without any buts, Jesus is able to change life yako kusvika pasisina maButs anosuwisa. God healed Naaman zvekuti kana tavakuda kutaura nezvake we will have to remove word riya rekuti but and replace it with something else. Muyenzaniso, before healing yaMwari tinogona kufamba tichiti, Naamman was a captain of the army, who was very great but he was a leper, but kana Mwari vachinge vapindira, there will be no more buts, tinosandura that statement and it becomes, Naaman was a captain of the army who was very great AND God healed him from leprosy…inenge yatosanduka nyaya yacho because paita kupindira kwaMwari.

Mwari vakagona kusandura Address yeMurume uye aiva neLegion yemaDemon, ainge ava mugari wekumakuva but after deliverance akadzokera into the city. That woman had spent 12 years aine chirwere chekubuda kweropa but paakabata mupendero wenguo yaJesu, the blood stopped flowing. Razaro vainge vatomuisa muguva kare but Jesu akadanhidzira akati Lazarus come forth and akabuda kubva muguva imomo. Mukadzi uye akabatwa achipfeva, vanhu vainge vatoronga zvekumutemha nematombo kusvika afe, but after Jesu apindira, hakuna kana dombo 1 rakamutema. Kana Jesu achinge apindira, He can remove iwo maBut arikuunza nyaya inosuwisa,,,allow Him to control your life uone kuti zvinoramba zvakadaro here

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