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2 Kings 5:1-27
INTRODUCTION:
A- God always rewards commitment and obedience.
B- Failure to obey always leads to pain and suffering.
C- You and I need to be obedient:
1- Because God is God.
2- Because he is a wise God and requires only what is best for us.
3- Because of our love and devotion to God.
D- There are three possible answers to the question “are you doing what God wants you to do?”
1- Yes, I am doing all God wants me to do.
2- No, I am not doing what God wants me to do.
3- Yes, but I am not doing all God wants me to do.
a.
There is no such thing as “sort of” obeying God.
b.
Partial obedience is disobedience.
T.S.: Notice five principles from our text.
I- OUR NEEDS ARE OFTENTIMES GOD'S OPPORTUNITIES.
(2 Kings 5:1-3)
A- Successes do not erase our needs.
(2 Kings 5:1)
2 Kings 5:1 (NLT)
The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the Lord had given Aram great victories.
But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy.
1- Naaman was successful and honored, but had a tremendous need.
a. Naaman needed healing.
(1) He had a disease for which there was no cure.
(2) The disease was destructive and fatal.
2- Success is great, honor is good, but needs cannot be met by such.
a.
Notice all that Naaman had:
· Money
· Friends
· Family
· Servants
· Position
· Honor
3- In spite of all that Naaman had, he still suffered need - he was a leper.
B- Salvation can only come from God. (2 Kings 5:2-3)
1- Naaman 's salvation could only come from God.
a- He could not save himself.
b- His king could not save him.
c- His friends and family could not save him.
2- Our deepest needs are God's opportunities to save us.
a- It is when we recognize our weakness and inability that God provides exactly what we need.
· When we recognize the depth of our own lostness, God takes the opportunity to save us from our sins.
· When we admit our own weakness, it is then that God displays his strength and power.
II- OBEDIENCE MAY OFTEN REQUIRE WHAT SEEMS TO BE IMPRACTICAL AND UNREASONABLE.
(2 Kings 5:10)
2 Kings 5:10 (NLT)
But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River.
Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”
A- Sometimes God's solution is something we don't want to hear.
1- Sometimes the solution seems too simple.
a- The solution seemed too simple and impractical to Naaman.
· He thought that he needed something more spectacular.
o He thought that the prophet should have to come out and wave his hand over him or speak some type of magical incantation in his presence.
o He complained about the river by Elisha to affect his healing.
2- Sometimes this solution seems to me too difficult.
a.
Our problems are sometimes the result of broken relationships.
· With God
· With others
b.
It seems too difficult to deal with interpersonal issues as God commands.
(1).
It takes a willingness to set aside our pride to be the first to seek to make amends.
(2).
God’s word give us his instructions.
(Matthew 6:12, 14-15)
Matthew 6:12 (NLT)
and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
Matthew 6:14–15 (NLT)
“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
(1 John 4:20)
1 John 4:20 (NLT)
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
III- FAILURE TO OBEY MAY COST US THE VERY THING WE DESIRE.
(2 Kings 5:11-13)
A- Problems that cause us to disobey:
1- Naaman’s response to Elisha’s directive are a perfect illustration of our responses to God’s direction.
a. Pride
b.
Anger
c. Unbelief
B- Partial obedience is disobedience.
1- If Naaman had not gone down into the Jordan river seven times, he would not have been healed.
2- Key truth to remember:
“Obedience is doing
· what God says to do,
· when God says to do it,
· how God says to do it.”
3- God would rather that we obey than to make any type of offering.
(1 Samuel 15:22-23)
1 Samuel 15:22–23 (NLT)
22 But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice?
Listen!
Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
C- Be careful of the counsel you seek.
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