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Gehazi Makes a Wrong Choice | Learning Honesty from 2 Kings 5 | Bible Story for Kids · Wonderfully Made: Bible Stories for children

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  Hello friends! Welcome back to Wonderfully Made,
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  Bible Stories for Children. I'm so glad you're
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  here. Last time, we heard about Naaman. Naaman
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  was a powerful commander who came to Elisha looking
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  for healing. At first, he did not want to obey.
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  But when he humbled himself and followed God's
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  instruction, God healed him. Naaman returned
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  home thankful for what God had done. But not
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  everyone responded to God's kindness in the same
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  way. Today, we'll hear about a servant named
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  Gehazi, a secret plan, and why honesty matters
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  to God. Are you ready? Let's jump in. Naaman
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  had been healed. He had offered gifts to Elisha
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  as a way of showing thanks. But Elisha would
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  not accept them. The healing had come from God.
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  So Naaman left and began his journey home. Gehazi
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  was Elisha's servant. He had seen everything
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  that had happened. He knew how God had healed
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  Naaman. But Gehazi began thinking about the gifts
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  Naaman had offered. He wanted some of them for
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  himself. So he made a secret plan. Without telling
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  Elisha, he hurried after Naaman. When Naaman
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  saw Gehazi coming, he stopped to meet him. Gehazi
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  told Naaman a story that was not true. He asked
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  for silver and clothing. Naaman gladly gave them
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  to him. Gehazi took the gifts and returned home.
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  Then he hid them away. He hoped no one would
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  know what he had done. Afterward, Gehazi went
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  to Elisha. Elisha asked him where he had been.
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  But Gehazi was not honest. He tried to hide the
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  truth. Yet God had shown Elisha what had happened.
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  Nothing was hidden from God. Elisha knew about
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  the gifts. He knew about the lie. And he knew
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  about the secret plan. Elisha told Gehazi that
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  he had acted wrongly. God had been kind to Naaman.
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  But Gehazi had tried to use that kindness to
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  gain something for himself. Because of his dishonesty,
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  Gehazi faced serious consequences. He got the
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  skin disease Naaman had been healed from. What
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  had begun as a secret desire had led him further
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  and further away from what was right. Let's think
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  about this story together. Why do you think Gehazi
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  wanted the gifts? What happened after Ghazi chose
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  to tell a lie? Can we hide things from God? Why
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  is it important to be honest, even when no one
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  else seems to know? Sometimes wrong choices begin
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  with small thoughts in our hearts. But honesty
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  helps us walk in God's ways. God sees what is
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  hidden, and he wants us to love what is true.
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  Thanks for joining me today. Next time on Wonderfully
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  Made, we'll hear about a borrowed axe. A problem
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  that seemed impossible to fix. And a surprising
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  reminder that God cares about even the small
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  troubles in our lives. Until then, remember,
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  you are wonderfully made. Bye for now.