But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.But Naaman was angry, and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
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… went away angry and said, I thought. I thought, I thought, well, put it back on the scripture screen, boys, that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot, this guy had it down to a science what God was supposed to do for him. He had it down to the detail. Here's how it's going to go. He's going to come. He's going to stand. He's going to wave. He's going to say. He's going to pray. It's going to go. He's going to come. He's going to stand. He's going to wave. It's going to go. He's going to come. He's going to stand. He's going to wave. It's going to go, and he's visualizing it the whole time. This is going to be great, man. I have the favor of God. I have the blessing of God. I'm Naaman. I'm Naaman. You know my Naaman? I'm Naaman. Tell him Naaman is here. Knock, knock, knock. It's Naaman. You know the one you got the letter about from Joel? Yeah, yeah, him. I'm Naaman. I'm here at the door. Open up. Knock, knock. It's Naaman. He's going to come. He's going to stand. He's going to wave. …
… Go and wash in the Jordan seven times and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean. Naaman became furious and went away and said, But indeed I said to myself, he shall surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord of his God. This is preconceived ideas of when you come to church, what God's supposed to do. And God says, I ain't doing none of that. I'm not doing it your way. I'm not going to do it like you and your mind say I have to do it. I am, I don't, my ways are not your ways. but this is a man who's dying and needs help but he's going to tell God how he's supposed to do it call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand and swoon you know, act like a healing evangelist or something and get out here and his hand over the place of my wounds and heal the leprosy he wants me to go jump in the river and dip seven times and I'll stop reading other than to say verse 13 and the servant came near and spoke to him and said my father if the prophet would have told you to do something great would you not have done it how much more then when he says to you wash and be clean so the man went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan according to the saying of the man of God and his flesh …
… He didn't even go out to meet him. Naaman was furious, went away, thought, he'll come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. He needed a whole lot more fanfare than a messenger telling him to go dunk himself seven times in the muddy Jordan. That was humiliating. What's wrong with the Abana and the Farpar, the rivers of Damascus? I wash in them?" So he turned and went away in a rage. He was not yet willing to understand his bankruptcy, destitution, and hopelessness. He had to humble himself. Well, his servants came to him in verse 13 and said, If the prophet had asked you to do some great thing, you would have done it. How much more then when he says, Wash and be clean. So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. In verse 15, he said, there's no God in all the earth, only the God of Israel. Sinners have to be humbled. …