Bishop Noel Jones - Wednesday Bible Study - August 5, 2026

Main message: God often uses unlikely, marginalized people (like the four lepers in 2 Kings 7) to bring deliverance, and true faith is a spiritual sense that compels action — get up, move toward the blessing, and don’t let past circumstances keep you from trusting God.

Key points:

• The four lepers in 2 Kings 7 illustrate that God can deliver a nation through those who are overlooked or disenfranchised.
• Faith is a spiritual means of connecting to God (independent of social status, finances, or background) and “comes by hearing the word of God.”
• Biblical examples (lepers, the centurion, the Canaanite woman, the bleeding woman, the paralytic, Rahab, Zacchaeus, Miriam, Gehazi) show outsiders or desperate people often demonstrate bold faith.
• True faith must move you to action — don’t sit passively; march into the place where the blessing or provision is, even if it looks like enemy territory.
• Desperation and need can produce revelation and steadfastness; don’t let past failures or public shame dictate your future.

Scriptures mentioned: 2 Kings 7, Leviticus 19, Romans (quote of “faith cometh by hearing...”); references to Gospel accounts (stories of Jesus healing a leper, the centurion, the Canaanite woman, the woman with the issue of blood, the paralytic, the feeding of the 5,000), Rahab, Miriam, Gehazi, Zacchaeus.