Homilist 2 Kings 5:11-12 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand… I. THE CAUSES WHICH INDUCED NAAMAN TO REJECT THE REMEDY PRESCRIBED BY ELISHA. 1. He expected a direct communication of supernatural influence (ver. 11). 2 He sought, in the means appointed, that virtue which belonged to the promise of God (vers. 10-12). 3. He shrank from the humiliation involved, as he conceived, in the use of those means (vers. 12, 13). II. THE UNREASONABLENESS OF HIS CONDUCT. 1. It was not for him to dictate the method of his recovery. 2. He Ought to have tried the means before denouncing them. 3. He should have sacrificed his feelings to his good. The whole case teaches: — 1. The influence of self-government. 2. The value of faithful counsel. 3. The advantages of religious knowledge. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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