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Sermon Summary: "The Cleansing of Naaman" Sermon Summary: In this sermon, Andy Armstrong uses the biblical story of Naaman, a Syrian commander who was healed of leprosy by the prophet Elisha, to illustrate the concept of spiritual blindness and the importance of humility. He compares Naaman's physical illness to our spiritual ailments, highlighting how our outward struggles can often mirror deeper, internal issues. Andy begins by discussing the concept of colorblindness, using it as an analogy for spiritual blindness. He explains that just as a colorblind person may be unaware of certain colors, we can also be blind to the depths and extent of our own sin. He then introduces Naaman, a powerful and respected man who was afflicted with leprosy. Naaman's journey to Elisha for healing becomes a metaphor for our own spiritual journeys. The sermon delves into Naaman's inner brokenness, which is revealed to be pride. Despite his outward success and status, Naaman's pride blinds him to his need for God's help. Andy emphasizes that God often uses humbling experiences to challenge our pride and bring us closer to Him. He highlights how Naaman's encounter with Elisha, who treats him with humility and disregard for his social status, serves as a powerful lesson in humility. The sermon then explores the cure for Naaman's leprosy and its parallels to our spiritual healing. Andy emphasizes that the cure is simple, free, and exclusive. Just as Naaman needed to wash in the Jordan River seven times, we must repent of our sins and believe in Jesus Christ for salvation. He highlights the importance of accepting God's diagnosis and surrendering our pride to Him. The sermon concludes by discussing Naaman's response to his healing. Andy emphasizes that Naaman's experience is a model for our own spiritual journeys. Just as Naaman was transformed by his encounter with God, we too can experience profound change when we humble ourselves and submit to His will. Bible References: 2 Kings 5:1-17 Key Points: Spiritual blindness can prevent us from seeing the depths of our own sin.Pride is a common obstacle to spiritual growth.God often uses humbling experiences to challenge our pride.The cure for our spiritual ailments is simple, free, and exclusive.We must humble ourselves and submit to God's will for our lives. Transcript Wow. Is my mic on? Are we good? Can you hear me okay? Great stuff. Such a privilege to be here, guys. I'm dumbfounded by your worship. I just really, really enjoyed that. Really enjoyed that. I thought it was never going to end, which I was glad about. It's just brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. So we're going to be delving into the Word today. Hope you've got your Bibles with you. Don't worry if not because I've produced a PowerPoint. It's great. Okay. I'm going to time myself so I don't overrun, which is a good thing. Okay. So the first slide, if you could put that up. Now many of you or some of you might be colorblind. I'm not so sure. So the way you know is you look at a particular image and you can see whether you can see numbers in those images. So it might be up there. Don't worry if it's not. Okay. But if you're colorblind, you cannot appreciate a child's crayon drawing. Or maybe you don't really appreciate a sunset. But you never know that there is an issue because you don't really know what a sunset looks like. And you may be completely unaware of this. So have a look at those. See if you can pick out the numbers in there. So it's more serious, isn't it? It's more serious if you can't distinguish a red stop light when you're driving. Or a green for that. Okay. So maybe some of you get in revelation that you're colorblind today. I was testing myself while I was producing this. See, colorblindness is a great analogy for spiritual blindness. And we might say, well, I'm born again. I'm not spiritually blind. But actually, we can all still have blind areas in our spiritual walk. So someone who suffers with colorblindness can get on fine in life and you don't actually miss those colors that you've never seen. But you're missing vital parts of obvious things around you. And sin is the same. We can be blind to the depths and extent of our internal sin. Yet others can see it. And that's a beautiful thing about being married. My wife sees my sin better than I do. I'm blind to it in many respects. And we're all blind in different extents, aren't we? I want to talk about a man in just that condition. Okay. In the Bible. Now this man, you might think, is this a man who would be chosen by God? So this guy was a soldier. He was a violent man. He committed murder and he kidnapped people. Is he a prime candidate for salvation? Possibly not. Let's listen about it. Let's read about him. Okay. This is 2 Kings 5 verses 1 to 17. Now Naaman was a commander of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, ...
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