FLAT SQUIRRELS
FLAT SQUIRRELS Throughout the Old Testament, Jewish law mandated that Leprosy and its subsequent disfigurement was an indication of “uncleanness” and sin… leading to ostracism from society and public life. Since those afflicted with the disease were forced to live outside the city, they would historically band together in small groups, often surviving by whatever means they could. 2Kings 6:24-7:20 details an event where Syria besieged Samaria resulting in a great famine. There were four leprous men at the entrance of the city gate. They were in a great dilemma: They were forbidden by strict law, upon penalty of death, from entering the city They could go to the camp of the Syrians and be killed They could stay where they were and starve “and they said one to another, ‘ WHY SIT WE HERE UNTIL WE DIE? ’” (2Ki7:3KJV) PASSIVITY is a constant CHOICE OF INDECISION that GIVES AWAY YOUR POWER… …allowing circumstances and others to make the decis...
