Sunday, December 22, 2013

Normalizing Christianity

2 Kings 5:7 KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

Within the story of Naaman:
  • The slave girl is confident in the ministry of Elisha
  • The King of Israel is at a loss as to how to help
  • Elisha is unimpressed with Naamans position but positive about God's ability 
  • Naaman is convicted their is no other God
  • His men are careful counsellors, giving him good advice
  • Gahazi is drawn into the temptation of worldly reward. 
Each of us responds to the circumstances of life and the working of God differently. This is the reason we need to establish ourselves in the reading of meditation on and obeying of the Word of God. It "normalizes" the various human responses so that, regardless of what our own tendencies might be, we behave in a way that is godly.


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