Naaman - A Mighty Man, But He Was A Leper
Miles Seaborn
2 Kings 5:1-19
INTRO. Friday in Cebu City, begging day for arrested lepers. Missing fingers, noses, ears, slap-stick walk that tells of ligaments and joints gone bad. Jesus day - day of the Old Testament. the most dreaded disease. Lived by themselves. Made to gather their robes around them, cover their faces, cry as they go, ''Unclean! Unclean!'' Called the living death. No more dreadful disease know to man - Leprosy. Now God's Word tells a story in 14 eloquent verses that are the epitome of art and style - gripping. Exciting, pathetic, yet all do not come today to learn literary grace, but to find salvation for our souls. Listen as God's Word tells its story!
(Read Verses 1-15a)
Now let's break it down to bit size pieces. No more relative story to our generation today to you and to me than this simple experience.
I. THE CONDITIOONS - 2 Kings 5:1
1. As the world looked at Naaman (Externally) There seemed to be no problem. Captain of the host of the king of Syria. Head of the army. Man of position, his word law. Answerable only to the king. There is a good chance he was ''the certain man,'' named in 1 Kings 22:34 who shot an arrow and killed King Ahab and turned the tide of battle to the Syrians. A great man with his master or before his master. Respected by the king. Honorable. With his power and position he could have been a despot! Could hold his head up. (lift his face) A mighty man in valor. A person of human resources.
Courage - He had so much going his way. So much seemingly for which to live. But he was a leper.
2. As he really was-God's vision-His vision (internally)
1) But he was a leper. Everything was negated by that one terrible fact! Leprosy used by God to teach his people what a terrible thing sin really is.
Why so terrible. Today less know about leprosy than most any disease. Dr. Ricker in Cebu, world's most extensive laboratory, ...
Miles Seaborn
2 Kings 5:1-19
INTRO. Friday in Cebu City, begging day for arrested lepers. Missing fingers, noses, ears, slap-stick walk that tells of ligaments and joints gone bad. Jesus day - day of the Old Testament. the most dreaded disease. Lived by themselves. Made to gather their robes around them, cover their faces, cry as they go, ''Unclean! Unclean!'' Called the living death. No more dreadful disease know to man - Leprosy. Now God's Word tells a story in 14 eloquent verses that are the epitome of art and style - gripping. Exciting, pathetic, yet all do not come today to learn literary grace, but to find salvation for our souls. Listen as God's Word tells its story!
(Read Verses 1-15a)
Now let's break it down to bit size pieces. No more relative story to our generation today to you and to me than this simple experience.
I. THE CONDITIOONS - 2 Kings 5:1
1. As the world looked at Naaman (Externally) There seemed to be no problem. Captain of the host of the king of Syria. Head of the army. Man of position, his word law. Answerable only to the king. There is a good chance he was ''the certain man,'' named in 1 Kings 22:34 who shot an arrow and killed King Ahab and turned the tide of battle to the Syrians. A great man with his master or before his master. Respected by the king. Honorable. With his power and position he could have been a despot! Could hold his head up. (lift his face) A mighty man in valor. A person of human resources.
Courage - He had so much going his way. So much seemingly for which to live. But he was a leper.
2. As he really was-God's vision-His vision (internally)
1) But he was a leper. Everything was negated by that one terrible fact! Leprosy used by God to teach his people what a terrible thing sin really is.
Why so terrible. Today less know about leprosy than most any disease. Dr. Ricker in Cebu, world's most extensive laboratory, ...
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