(extracted from 'who is Gbenga') ‘ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha (the man of God) … followed after Naaman.’ (2kings 5:20,21) Show me your friend …, so the saying goes. (and we know who you are) we could tell who Gbenga was from the kind of friend he kept. ‘Gbenga a friend of Gehazi in other words is Gbenga a follower of Gehazi. He followed the pattern of Gehazi, his ways and deeds. Who then is Gehazi is the question. From the introduction of this session, we see that Gehazi is a servant. The world says ‘ordinary servant’ – servants are not ordinary. Like Gbenga, Gehazi was a servant of the man Elisha. He saw nothing good in serving. The benefits were not fast coming. So he sought to follow the noble man of the earth; to get the bags of gold and silver they were carrying. He left his office, his purpose without any order. He thought he was the boss of himself not recognising that someone had the authority over him. So he followed Naaman. ‘why’ to get the riches f...
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