Announcer:
BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS;
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EXPERIENCE THE POWER
WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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TODAY, PASTOR PEARSON'S
MESSAGE IS ENTITLED SURPRISES
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AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.
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(theme music)
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO
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THE BOOK OF LUKE.
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LUKE, CHAPTER 4.
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WE'LL TAKE JUST A LITTLE,
TINY BEGINNING OF THE SERMON,
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AND THEN WE'LL GO TO, WELL,
I'M GIVING YOU ADVANCE NOTICE,
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WE'RE GOING TO SECOND
KINGS, CHAPTER 5 AFTER THAT.
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SO, IF YOU NEED A LITTLE
TIME TO FIND SECOND KINGS,
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CHAPTER 5, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO SKIP TO LUKE.
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BUT THAT'S WHERE
WE'LL BE AFTERWARDS.
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SO, WE'RE IN LUKE, CHAPTER
4, AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 27.
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HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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AND MANY LEPERS WERE
IN ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF
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ELISEUS, THE PROPHET.
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AND NONE OF THEM WAS CLEANSED
SAVING NAAMAN, THE SYRIAN.
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WE'VE ENTITLED OUR
STUDY FOR TONIGHT "SURPRISES
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AND DISAPPOINTMENTS."
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU
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ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN YOUR NAME.
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WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR
JESUS AND WHAT HE DOES IN OUR
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PRESENCE TO GIVE US
COURAGE TO BUILD OUR FAITH.
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AND NOW, TONIGHT, ONCE AGAIN,
I DARE NOT GO FORWARD UNTIL
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I HAVE THE ASSURANCE
THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US.
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YOU HAVE SAID THAT WHERE
TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED
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IN YOUR NAME, YOU WILL
BE IN THE MIDST OF THEM.
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SO, ALL AROUND THE
GLOBE, WHEREVER THE DOWN-LINK
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SITES ARE TONIGHT,
FATHER BE THERE WITH EVERYONE.
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AND I PRAY THAT BECAUSE
OF IT WE SHALL EXPERIENCE THE
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POWER IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
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THIS IS A MARVELOUS STORY.
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IF I GET CARRIED
AWAY, AND SOMETIMES I DO, I
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HOPE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
CULTURES WHO RESPOND TO THE
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WORD OF GOD IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
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SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY QUIET.
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I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
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IN FACT, MY RULE IS VERY SIMPLE.
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YOU DON'T TELL ME HOW TO PREACH,
I WON'T TELL YOU HOW TO RESPOND.
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BUT I PROMISE YOU
THIS ONE GETS ME EXCITED.
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YOU RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS GENTLEMAN IS MOST OFTEN
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REFERRED TO AS NAAMAN.
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THERE'S A LITTLE DIP IN
THAT NAME THAT I'VE HAD TO PUT.
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I AM FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
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MY TONGUE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY
SPEAK IN THE CADENCE THAT'S
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KNOWN IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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SO, IF I REVERT TO NAAMAN, YOU
WON'T BE MAD AT ME, WILL YOU ?
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IT'S A CULTURAL THING.
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BUT NAAMAN IS A
MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR.
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HE'S A MILITARY STRATEGIST.
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THROUGH HIM GOD HAS
GIVEN SOME AMAZING TALENTS.
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NOW, SOMEBODY WILL SAY GOD WAS
NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE SYRIANS.
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YOU CAN'T SAY THAT GOD BLESSED
NAAMAN WHEN HE WAS AGAINST
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THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
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AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO
THINK IF YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE,
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YOU'RE NOT ON GOD'S SIDE.
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I BELIEVE GOD GIVES BLESSINGS
TO PEOPLE ON EVERY SIDE
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OF EVERY EQUATION.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY
TALENT, EVERY SKILL COMES
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FROM THE HAND OF GOD.
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YOU DECIDE HOW YOU USE IT.
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SO, ALLOW ME, IF YOU WILL,
TO BELIEVE THAT EVEN NAAMAN,
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WHILE HE WAS ON THE
WRONG SIDE TO US, STILL HAD TO
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GET HIS SKILLS FROM GOD.
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HE HAD WON MANY VICTORIES.
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HE UNDERSTOOD HOW TO GO
IN SKILLFULLY, PERHAPS USE
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THE PHALANX AND SURROUND
THE ENEMIES, SO THAT BEFORE
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THEY EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, HE WAS UPON THEM.
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AND THE KING OF SYRIA, BENADAD,O
TALK ABOUT HOW POWERFUL WAS
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WITH THAT KIND OF THING.
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SO, FORGIVE ME IF I THINK THAT
WHEN THEY SAW HIM COMING THERE
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WAS A, HEY, HEY, HEY.
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HEY LOOK.
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THERE HE IS.
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WHO ?
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NAAMAN.
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COMING IN HIS CHARIOT.
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YOU EVER SEE A
CHARIOT LIKE THAT ?
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YEAH, LOOK AT
HIM, HERE HE COMES.
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NOW, YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
WHEN I GROW UP, I'M GOING
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TO BE JUST LIKE NAAMAN.
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HE WAS A MAN OF VALOR.
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HE WAS A MAN OF POWER.
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WHEN YOU GET POWER,
MONEY USUALLY FOLLOWS IT.
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SO, I WOULD SUGGEST TO
YOU THAT WHEN HE SHOWED UP HE
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WORE CLOTHING THAT
BETOKENED HIS PLACE IN LIFE.
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THAT'S USUALLY HOW IT GOES.
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THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A
CHINK IN NAAMAN'S ARMOR.
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WITH ALL OF THE POWER
THAT HE HAD, HE ALSO HAD A
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DISEASE THAT WAS AN AWFUL
DISTRACTION TO WHO HE WAS.
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HE WAS A LEPER.
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NOW, I COULD DESCRIBE
IT IN FAIRLY GOOD DETAIL.
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I THINK I CAN MAKE SOME
OF YOU EVEN GET A LITTLE
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NAUSEAUS BECAUSE I'VE
STUDIED WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
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I KNOW THAT
COLORATION OF THE SKIN AND HOW
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THE COLORS CHANGED.
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I KNOW THAT THE HAIR
THAT WAS NORMALLY ON THE BODY
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WOULD ALSO CHANGE COLOR.
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I COULD EXPLAIN THINGS
IN DETAIL THAT WOULD BE
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A LITTLE HARD TO STAND.
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SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT
LEPROSY WAS NOT ANYTHING
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YOU WANTED TO HAVE.
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IT MIGHT BE EQUIVALENT
TO SOME OF THE DISEASES
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WE KNOW NOW THAT CARRY
A SOCIAL STIGMA WITH THEM.
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AND SO, EVEN THOUGH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, THE BOYS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
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EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS
AND WHAT HE HAD DONE, WHEN THEY
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THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING CLOSE TO
HIM, SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY, YEAH,
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BUT DON'T GET CLOSE TO HIM.
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WHY NOT ?
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HE'S GOT LEPROSY.
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AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T
KNOW HOW THAT THING MOVES.
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IT MIGHT, YOU MIGHT GET IT.
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IT MIGHT COME OFF OF HIM.
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SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HOW QUITE TO TAKE HIM.
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HERE WAS A MAN WITH ALL
OF THIS POWER AND YET HE
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HAS THIS PROBLEM THAT
DETRACTS FROM WHO HE IS.
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IF ANYBODY HAD THE RESOURCES
TO BE HEALED, IT WAS NAAMAN.
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I HAVE NO QUESTION IN MY
MIND THAT HE WENT TO THE BEST
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PHYSICIANS THAT SYRIA HAD.
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WHEN YOU'VE GOT MONEY, YOU
CAN GET THE BEST MEDICAL CARE.
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YOU CAN TRAVEL ANYWHERE.
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YOU CAN GO WHERE THE
DOCTORS ARE, OR YOU CAN
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PAY TO FLY THEM IN TO YOU.
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE
RESOURCES, IT'S DIFFICULT.
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BUT THIS MAN COMMANDED
EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDED.
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SO, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
HE HAD TRIED EVERY PHYSICIAN.
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THEN, AFTER YOU RUN OUT
OF PHYSICIANS YOU, WELL,
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TODAY YOU WOULD GET
ON LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION
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AND WATCH INFOMERCIALS.
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AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF
THEM THAT TELL YOU HOW TO
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CURE PRACTICALLY ANYTHING.
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YOU'RE NOT SURE
WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT.
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THEY SAY IF YOU USE THIS
PILL OR THIS POWDER, OR IF
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YOU GET INTO THIS REGIMEN.
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BUT MAYBE HE HAD EVEN TRIED
THINGS, NOT ON TELEVISION, OF
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COURSE, BUT SOMEBODY WOULD COME
AND SAY, NAAMAN, I'VE HEARD OF A
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CURE AND YOU OUGHT TO TRY THAT.
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PERHAPS EVEN THOSE FOLKS
WITH THOSE OLD WIVES' TALES.
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YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU
EVER HEARD SOME OF THOSE ?
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YOU'D BETTER BE
CAREFUL WITH THEM.
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SOME OF THEM MAYBE
BE TRUE, BUT OTHERS WILL
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HAVE YOU DOING THINGS THAT
YOU KNOW THAT YOU OUGHT NOT DO.
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EVEN WHEN YOU BEGIN TO START
WITH THEM, A BELL OUGHT TO RING
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IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD AND
TELL YOU YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
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BUT IF YOU ARE WEARY
OF YOUR ILLNESS, YOU WILL
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TRY PRACTICALLY
ANYTHING TO GET RID OF IT.
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SO, IN THIS HOUSE, THERE
WAS A THEME THAT WAS THERE.
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AND THE THEME COULD NOT
BE IGNORED BECAUSE THE MAN
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OF THE HOUSE, WITH ALL OF
HIS POWER, EVERY TIME HE MOVED
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YOU LOOKED AT HIM YOU
SAW SPOTS ON HIS SKIN AND YOU
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RECOGNIZE THAT AS HE MOVED
HE MAY HAVE A TWISTED JOINT.
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AND SOMEBODY WOULD
SAY, THAT'S SO SAD.
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NAAMAN IS A LEPER.
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WELL, IN ONE OF THE RAIDS THAT
THE SYRIANS WOULD OFTEN CONDUCT
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SOMEONE WENT INTO ISRAEL,
AND THIS IS A VERY SAD STORY.
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THEY SNATCHED FROM HER HOME,
A LITTLE GIRL, TOOK HER FROM HER
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FAMILY, BROUGHT HER INTO SYRIA.
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AND SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
PRECOCIOUS IN SOME KIND
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OF WAY, BECAUSE SHE ENDS
UP IN THE HOUSE OF NAAMAN.
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IF SHE WERE LAZY, SHE
WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THERE.
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I OUGHT TO PAUSE
TO PUNCTUATE THAT.
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I KNOW PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO
ARE PRAYING FOR WONDERFUL THINGS
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TO HAPPEN IN THEIR LIVES.
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AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
GOD FEEDS THE BIRDS, BUT HE DOES
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NOT THROW WORMS IN THEIR NEST.
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IF YOU WANT A JOB, YOU
OUGHT TO GO WHERE JOBS ARE.
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ON A MONDAY MORNING, YOU
SHOULD NOT BE IN YOUR BED
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STILL ASLEEP, THINKING THAT
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO KNOCK ON
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YOUR DOOR AND SAY, HEY, I HEARD
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
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THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT HAPPENS.
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GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS,
BUT YOU OUGHT TO BE IN THE
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VICINITY OF ANSWERS.
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SO, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR
A JOB, BE WHERE JOBS ARE.
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IN FACT, YOU'VE GOT
TO SHOW SOME INITIATIVE.
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GOD DOES NOT REWARD
PEOPLE WHO ONLY PRAY.
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UNTIL YOU HAVE PRAYED, THERE
IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN
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YOU CAN DO EXCEPT PRAY.
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BUT WHEN YOU HAVE PRAYED, YOU
OUGHT TO BEGIN TO MOVE AT THE
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DICTATES OF GOD, BECAUSE
GOD REWARDS THOSE WHO KNOCK, WHO
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SEEK, THOSE WHO ARE MOVING IN
THE DIRECTION THAT HE DIRECTS.
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THIS LITTLE GIRL MUST HAVE
BEEN QUITE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY
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SAID, LOOK, YOU ARE PERFECT.
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WE'RE GOING TO SEND
YOU TO A NICE HOUSE.
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I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE BEING
HERE, BUT SINCE YOU'VE GOT TO BE
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HERE ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO SEND
YOU TO THE HOUSE OF LORD NAAMAN.
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AND WHEN YOU GET THERE,
YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT YOU'LL BE
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SURROUNDED BY WEALTH AND LUXURY.
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NOW, REALITY CHECK.
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YOU TAKE ME FROM MY HOME.
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TAKE ME FROM MY COUNTRY,
TAKE ME FROM MY FAMILY, AND
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THEN YOU THINK I'M GOING
TO GET EXCITED ABOUT GOING
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TO SOME SOLDIER'S HOUSE ?
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I'M SO GLAD THAT I
WAS NOT IN THE SPOT WHERE
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THIS LITTLE GIRL IS.
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BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF
I WOULD HAVE BEEN SO QUICK
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TO MOVE AT GOD'S COMMANDS.
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I THINK I WOULD HAVE HAD
A MOMENT WHERE I WOULD HAVE
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BEEN TOO BITTER TO RESPOND.
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BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU, IF THEY PUT ME IN THAT
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HOUSE, I MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT,
AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE, I WISH
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HIS HAND WOULD DROP OFF.
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BRING ME OVER HERE.
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I MEAN, A SLAVE IN HIS HOUSE.
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I WISH HIS LEG WOULD
FALL OFF AND HE'D GO SIDEWAYS
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AND SINK SOMEWHERE.
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BUT WHEN HE CAME BY I
WOULD KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO SAY,
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HELLO THERE, LORD NAAMAN.
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HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING ?
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BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING ?
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THE POWER OF JESUS CAN
KEEP YOU FROM BECOMING BITTER IN
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THE WORST OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
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PAIN IS INEVITABLE.
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MISERY IS OPTIONAL.
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NOBODY HAS TO BE MISERABLE.
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IN FACT, YOU CAN TELL ME ALL
ABOUT YOUR SITUATION TONIGHT.
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AND I'M SURE IF WE GAVE
EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY
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WE'D TALK EACH OTHER
DOWN TO THE DREGS, WE'D CHASE
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EACH OTHER TO SOME
RIVER AND JUMP IN CORPORATELY.
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOU
MAY BE SURROUNDED BY NEGATIVE
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SITUATIONS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GET BATHED IN NEGATIVITY.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN
BITTER JUST BECAUSE YOUR
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SITUATION IS BITTER.
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IN FACT, I POSIT IT TO YOU
THAT JESUS IS SO POWERFUL THAT
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HE CAN FIND YOU IN A TERRIBLE
SITUATION AND HIS LOVE CAN
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PIPE INTO YOUR MIND AND
INTO YOUR HEART UNTIL YOU ARE
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DIFFERENT THAN WHERE YOU ARE.
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ANYBODY CAN BE MISERABLE
IN THE MIDST OF MISERY.
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IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS JESUS TO BE DIFFERENT THAN
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YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
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AND I SUGGEST TO YOU
THAT YOU OUGHT NOT LANGUISH
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WHERE YOU ARE.
00:13:23.03\00:13:24.40
IN FACT, THERE IS SOMEBODY
HERE TONIGHT WHO COULD TELL US,
00:13:24.40\00:13:26.83
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO HOME.
00:13:26.83\00:13:29.40
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
00:13:29.40\00:13:30.30
PICK UP A LITTLE
JESUS BEFORE YOU GO HOME.
00:13:30.30\00:13:32.93
TAKE HIM HOME WITH YOU.
00:13:32.93\00:13:34.60
IN FACT, LET HIM
GO HOME BEFORE YOU.
00:13:34.60\00:13:38.03
LET HIM GET THERE
BEFORE YOU ARRIVE.
00:13:38.03\00:13:41.13
AND I PROMISE YOU THAT EVEN
IF JESUS DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR
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SITUATION, HE WILL CHANGE
YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU REACT TO
00:13:44.30\00:13:48.26
YOUR SITUATION DIFFERENTLY.
00:13:48.26\00:13:50.63
DO YOU SEE IT ?
00:13:50.63\00:13:51.90
THAT'S THE POWER OF JESUS.
00:13:51.90\00:13:53.63
SO, THIS LITTLE GIRL
IS NOT QUITE LIKE I AM.
00:13:53.63\00:13:56.80
I ADMIT IT.
00:13:56.80\00:13:58.53
ONE DAY IT COMES TO HER THAT
MAYBE NO DOCTOR IN SYRIA CAN
00:13:58.53\00:14:03.46
HEAL NAAMAN, BUT SHE REMEMBERS
THAT THERE WAS A PROPHET, A
00:14:03.46\00:14:09.76
PROPHET IN HER HOMELAND,
WHO HAD POWER BEYOND PHYSICIANS.
00:14:09.76\00:14:16.90
WELL, THAT'S SOME INFORMATION
THAT I MIGHT HAVE KEPT.
00:14:16.90\00:14:20.66
BECAUSE I'M BEING HONEST
WITH YOU, HERE I AM IN A FOREIGN
00:14:20.66\00:14:23.26
LAND AND A FOREIGN HOUSE AND
I'VE GOT TO DO WHAT THEY SAY.
00:14:23.26\00:14:26.30
BUT THIS YOUNG LADY WAS SO
MOVED BY THE POWER OF JESUS
00:14:26.30\00:14:31.13
THAT SHE SUGGESTS TO SOMEBODY,
YOU KNOW, IF HE REALLY WANTS
00:14:31.13\00:14:35.56
TO BE HEALED, I KNOW A MAN.
00:14:35.56\00:14:40.10
YOU KNOW, A PREACHER OUGHT
NOT EVER SAY THINGS LIKE THAT
00:14:40.10\00:14:42.36
BECAUSE I'M TEMPTED TO
TAKE OFF ON "I KNOW A MAN," BUT
00:14:42.36\00:14:45.93
WE'LL DO THAT LATER ON.
00:14:45.93\00:14:48.66
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
I RECOGNIZED IT WHEN I PASSED.
00:14:48.66\00:14:52.66
I KNOW SOMEBODY.
00:14:52.66\00:14:54.70
AND SHE SAYS TO MAYBE THE
WIFE, MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER
00:14:54.70\00:14:58.43
SERVANTS, IF HE REALLY WANTS
TO BE HEALED, THERE'S A MAN
00:14:58.43\00:15:02.73
IN ISRAEL WHO MOVES BY POWER
THAT IS GREATER THAN HE IS.
00:15:02.73\00:15:08.23
AND SOMEBODY BEGAN,
WELL, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
00:15:08.23\00:15:10.30
WHISPERING.
00:15:10.30\00:15:11.86
AT THE OFFICE WHERE YOU WORK.
00:15:11.86\00:15:14.03
DON'T THEY DO IT ?
00:15:14.03\00:15:15.80
BAD NEWS MOVES VERY QUICKLY.
00:15:15.80\00:15:17.93
GOOD NEWS MOVES EVENTUALLY.
00:15:17.93\00:15:22.23
AND SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, DID
ANYBODY TELL HIM, THE LITTLE
00:15:22.23\00:15:26.63
GIRL, YOU KNOW THE LITTLE GIRL ?
00:15:26.63\00:15:28.36
NICE LITTLE GIRL.
00:15:28.36\00:15:29.53
SHE DIDN'T GET MAD.
00:15:29.53\00:15:30.63
I'M SHOCKED.
00:15:30.63\00:15:32.03
BECAUSE IF I WAS
THAT LITTLE GIRL, I'D BE
00:15:32.03\00:15:34.43
CRYING ALL DAY LONG.
00:15:34.43\00:15:35.60
BUT SHE'S GOT SOMETHING IN
HER THAT JUST KEEPS HER KIND OF
00:15:35.60\00:15:37.63
BOUNCING AROUND AND EVEN THOUGH
SHE'S AWAY FROM HER FAMILY
00:15:37.63\00:15:41.46
AND HER PARENTS, SHE STILL
HAD THE POWER IN HER THAT KEEPS
00:15:41.46\00:15:44.90
HER FROM TURNING BITTER.
00:15:44.90\00:15:45.83
AND INCIDENTALLY, THE
LITTLE GIRLS SAYS SHE KNOWS
00:15:46.80\00:15:48.60
SOMEBODY WHO COULD HEAL
LORD NAAMAN OF HIS LEPROSY.
00:15:48.60\00:15:53.50
WILL SOMEBODY GO TELL HIM ?
00:15:53.50\00:15:54.46
WELL, I'M SCARED TO TELL
HIM, BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T
00:15:54.46\00:15:56.66
WORK, HE MIGHT
THINK I'VE FAILED HIM.
00:15:56.66\00:15:59.03
SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM ?
00:15:59.86\00:16:00.60
WE'LL LET HER TELL HIM.
00:16:00.60\00:16:02.40
SHE'LL DO IT.
00:16:02.40\00:16:04.16
MAYBE SHE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY.
00:16:04.16\00:16:08.16
EXCUSE ME, LORD NAAMAN.
00:16:08.16\00:16:12.16
I KNOW IT'S NOT
NATURAL FOR ME TO LIKE YOU. . .
00:16:12.16\00:16:19.90
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I
WOULD RATHER BE AT HOME, BUT
00:16:19.90\00:16:25.36
SINCE I'M HERE, I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A MAN
00:16:25.36\00:16:30.13
IN MY HOME COUNTRY WHO
MOVES BY THE POWER OF MY GOD.
00:16:30.13\00:16:35.70
AND THIS MAN COULD
HEAL YOU OF YOUR LEPROSY.
00:16:35.70\00:16:39.96
NOW, THE TITLE OF THE SERMON IS
"SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS."
00:16:39.96\00:16:45.36
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
THROUGH SOME SURPRISES FIRST.
00:16:45.36\00:16:47.83
MY FIRST SURPRISE IS THAT THE
LITTLE GIRL DIDN'T TURN BITTER.
00:16:47.83\00:16:53.33
MY SECOND SURPRISE IS
THAT A MAN SO POWERFUL IN SYRIA
00:16:53.33\00:16:59.20
WOULD LISTEN TO A PRESCRIPTION
FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS
00:16:59.20\00:17:03.93
OF ANOTHER NATION.
00:17:03.93\00:17:08.20
DO YOU SEE IT ?
00:17:08.20\00:17:09.63
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE
CHRISTIANS, BUT THEY WILL ONLY
00:17:09.63\00:17:12.50
LIKE YOU IF YOU ARE LIKE THEM.
00:17:12.50\00:17:16.10
THIS IS NOT THE
POINT TO BE QUIET.
00:17:16.10\00:17:18.16
YOU REVEALED
SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF.
00:17:18.16\00:17:21.80
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT
THEY ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, THAT
00:17:21.80\00:17:25.86
THEY ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:17:25.86\00:17:28.23
AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT
YOU ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD,
00:17:28.23\00:17:32.23
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
IN CHRIST WE ARE ALL ONE.
00:17:32.23\00:17:41.13
I MIGHT NOT NATURALLY
GRAVITATE TOWARDS YOU.
00:17:41.13\00:17:46.00
I MIGHT NOT IMMEDIATELY
THINK THAT YOU'RE THE GREATEST
00:17:46.00\00:17:48.46
PERSON I EVER MET.
00:17:48.46\00:17:49.86
BUT IF I DISCOVERED THAT JESUS
MADE YOU, THAT JESUS SAVED YOU,
00:17:49.86\00:17:56.00
IF I NOTICE IN YOU NOTHING
THAT DRAWS ME TO YOUR NATURALLY,
00:17:56.00\00:18:01.23
BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU
BELONG TO HIM, YOU ARE FAMILY.
00:18:01.23\00:18:07.63
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN ?
00:18:07.63\00:18:09.60
ARE YOU GOING TO ASK FOR
A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ?
00:18:09.60\00:18:19.60
YOU THINK THEY'VE GOT
ZONING REGULATIONS IN HEAVEN ?
00:18:19.60\00:18:23.53
ALL YOU FOLKS GO THAT WAY.
00:18:23.53\00:18:25.30
ALL OF YOU GO THAT WAY.
00:18:25.30\00:18:26.70
HEY, I'VE GOT A FUNNY
FEELING WE'RE GOING TO
00:18:26.70\00:18:28.66
ALL BE TOGETHER THERE.
00:18:28.66\00:18:30.83
SO, MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO STOP
TRYING TO GO TO HEAVEN IF YOU
00:18:30.83\00:18:33.13
CAN'T STAND PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT JUST LIKE YOU, BECAUSE
00:18:33.13\00:18:35.66
IN CHRIST, WE ARE ONE.
00:18:35.66\00:18:39.26
SO, I'M SURPRISED, PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED THAT NAAMAN SAYS,
00:18:39.26\00:18:45.86
BRING HER IN HERE.
00:18:45.86\00:18:47.06
LET ME LISTEN TO HER.
00:18:47.06\00:18:48.06
BUT YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM, YOU CAN
00:18:48.06\00:18:50.23
DROP ALL OF THAT
STUFF ABOUT NATIONAL ORIGIN.
00:18:50.23\00:18:54.86
WHEN YOU REALLY NEED
HELP, NATIONAL ORIGIN DOES NOT
00:18:54.86\00:18:58.20
APPEAR ON YOUR RADAR.
00:18:58.20\00:19:00.43
SO THE FIRST SURPRISE IS THAT HE
ACCEPTS IT FROM THIS DEAR ONE.
00:19:00.43\00:19:04.56
NOW, THE SECOND ONE IS
THAT WHEN NAAMAN DECIDES THAT HE
00:19:04.56\00:19:09.26
WANTS TO ACT ON IT, AND DON'T
LET ME PASS BY TOO QUICKLY THAT
00:19:09.26\00:19:13.76
THE FAITH OF A LITTLE
GIRL, ENGENDERS FAITH IN AN OLD
00:19:13.76\00:19:21.80
SOLDIER, WHICH ENGENDERS
FAITH IN THE KING OF SYRIA.
00:19:21.80\00:19:28.93
FAITH SPREADS.
00:19:28.93\00:19:32.03
FAITH IS CONTAGIOUS.
00:19:32.03\00:19:35.20
IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH,
YOU OUGHT TO SHARE FAITH.
00:19:35.20\00:19:39.00
YOU OUGHT TO LET
IT OUT, AND DON'T BE
00:19:39.00\00:19:41.23
EQUIVOCATING WHEN YOU DO IT.
00:19:41.23\00:19:43.00
SAY IT AND MEAN IT.
00:19:43.00\00:19:44.86
STAND ON IT.
00:19:44.86\00:19:46.23
DON'T BACK DOWN.
00:19:46.23\00:19:47.50
LET IT BE YOUR
STORY AND STICK TO IT.
00:19:47.50\00:19:50.83
IF YOU KNOW WHAT GOD CAN
DO, DON'T KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
00:19:50.83\00:19:57.73
THE LITTLE GIRL SAYS, I BELIEVE.
00:19:57.73\00:19:59.86
NAAMAN SAYS,
OKAY, THEN, I BELIEVE.
00:19:59.86\00:20:03.00
GETS IN CONTACT WITH THE KING.
00:20:03.00\00:20:04.43
HE SAYS, ALL RIGHT
THEN, I'LL BELIEVE.
00:20:04.43\00:20:07.30
FAITH IS CONTAGIOUS.
00:20:07.30\00:20:09.10
NOW, NAAMAN SAYS,
LOOK, WRITE THE LETTERS.
00:20:09.10\00:20:12.40
I WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT.
00:20:12.40\00:20:13.43
SEND THE LETTERS TO THE
KING OF ISRAEL, AND LET HIM
00:20:13.43\00:20:17.20
KNOW THAT I WANT TO COME
OVER AND FIND THIS PROPHET.
00:20:17.20\00:20:20.90
I WANT TO FIND THIS ONE
WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO, IN
00:20:20.90\00:20:24.23
A SUPERNORMAL
WAY, HANDLE MY DISEASE.
00:20:24.23\00:20:27.96
NOW, AMAZINGLY, THIS
IS INTERESTING TO ME.
00:20:27.96\00:20:31.70
THE KING OF SYRIA CATCHES FAITH.
00:20:31.70\00:20:35.03
THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHO
OUGHT TO HAVE FAITH--AHH, HEY,
00:20:35.03\00:20:42.20
JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT
YOUR MEMBERSHIP AT SOME CHURCH
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.76
DOES NOT MAKE YOU HOLY.
00:20:44.76\00:20:50.83
JUST BECAUSE YOUR GRANDMOTHER
WAS A CHRISTIAN, IT DOESN'T
00:20:50.83\00:20:53.10
PASS DOWN THE GENETIC STRUCTURE.
00:20:53.10\00:20:55.93
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE IDENTIFIED
WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
00:20:55.93\00:20:58.93
OUGHT TO BE FAITHFUL
DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE FAITH.
00:20:58.93\00:21:01.66
FAITH IS AN INDIVIDUAL
THING THAT COMES THROUGH THE
00:21:01.66\00:21:04.60
POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD.
00:21:04.60\00:21:06.50
FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND
HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:21:06.50\00:21:10.13
AND YOU'VE GOT
TO GET IT YOURSELF.
00:21:10.13\00:21:12.43
YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON
IT SPREADING TO YOU.
00:21:12.43\00:21:14.96
IT SPREADS, BUT YOU OUGHT
TO GET IT FOR YOURSELF THROUGH
00:21:14.96\00:21:18.76
THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:21:18.76\00:21:21.10
SO, THE KING OF ISRAEL SAYS,
LET'S SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING,
00:21:21.10\00:21:25.10
GENTLEMEN, WAKE UP.
00:21:25.10\00:21:28.46
BENADAD IS TRYING TO CREATE SOME
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT SO HE
00:21:28.46\00:21:32.56
CAN HAVE A PRETEXT FOR WAR.
00:21:32.56\00:21:36.33
WELL, THE WORD GOT
OVER TO THE PROPHET.
00:21:36.33\00:21:40.53
AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO
UNDERSTAND THOUGH IS THAT
00:21:40.53\00:21:44.06
THE KING DIDN'T HAVE
FAITH, PROPHET SAID, HEY, WHAT'S
00:21:44.06\00:21:46.96
THE SITUATION ?
00:21:46.96\00:21:48.46
WELL, THERE'S A GREAT SOLDIER IN
SYRIA WHO WANTS TO COME HERE SO
00:21:48.46\00:21:52.83
YOU CAN HEAL HIM, AND OUR
KING SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT IT TO
00:21:52.83\00:21:56.03
HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT MIGHT
CAUSE AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT.
00:21:56.03\00:22:00.40
PROPHET SAID, BRING THE MAN.
00:22:00.40\00:22:02.46
BRING HIM IN HERE.
00:22:02.46\00:22:03.83
WE DON'T NEED ANY
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS.
00:22:03.83\00:22:06.96
THE POWER OF GOD IS
ABLE TO WORK ON ISRAELITES
00:22:06.96\00:22:09.90
AS WELL AS SYRIANS.
00:22:09.90\00:22:11.60
GOD CAN HEAL
ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES.
00:22:11.60\00:22:15.16
DO YOU BELIEVE IT ?
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.70
THERE ARE NO
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.90
YOU THINK GOD WON'T WORK
ON SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY COME
00:22:19.90\00:22:22.83
FROM SOME DIFFERENT NATION ?
00:22:22.83\00:22:25.00
SO LISTEN, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT THE PROPHET SEIZED ON IT.
00:22:25.00\00:22:30.86
THE KING SAW IT AS A CHALLENGE.
00:22:30.86\00:22:33.30
THE PROPHET SAW
IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
00:22:33.30\00:22:36.03
PUT ME IN THE
CATEGORY WITH THE PROPHET.
00:22:36.03\00:22:39.20
WHEN A PROBLEM
ARISES, IT'S NOT A CHALLENGE.
00:22:39.20\00:22:43.83
WITH GOD, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
00:22:43.83\00:22:46.50
IN FACT, WHEN YOU HAVE A
TEST, YOU OUGHT TO GET EXCITED
00:22:46.50\00:22:49.83
BECAUSE YOU KNOW GOD IS ABLE.
00:22:49.83\00:22:54.16
SO, IF GOD IS ABLE,
THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO
00:22:54.16\00:22:56.43
FIND OUT IS HOW HE'S
GOING TO DO WHAT HE CAN DO.
00:22:56.43\00:22:59.96
BECAUSE HE HAS THE POWER.
00:22:59.96\00:23:02.06
AND SO, I'M TELLING
YOU THAT WE'VE GOT A MOMENT
00:23:02.06\00:23:05.40
HERE WHERE THE
PROPHET IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
00:23:05.40\00:23:08.23
NOW, THE SECOND THING THAT
SURPRISES ME, INCIDENTALLY,
00:23:08.23\00:23:11.80
IS THAT NAAMAN, THOUGH
HE IS POWERFUL, DOES NOT RUN
00:23:11.80\00:23:16.63
OFF ON HIS OWN.
00:23:16.63\00:23:19.06
I'M GOING TO SAY
THIS SO CAREFULLY.
00:23:19.06\00:23:22.30
THERE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO
LOVE JESUS, BUT THEY CAN'T GET
00:23:22.30\00:23:27.06
ALONG WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS.
00:23:27.06\00:23:38.73
BECAUSE EVERYTHING
THEY DO IS UNILATERAL.
00:23:38.73\00:23:42.16
YOU KNOW ?
00:23:42.16\00:23:43.03
NOBODY'S GOING TO
TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
00:23:43.03\00:23:44.63
I'M IN CHRIST.
00:23:44.63\00:23:49.03
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU
CHECK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ?
00:23:49.03\00:23:50.80
I DON'T HAVE TO CHECK
WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
00:23:50.80\00:23:53.73
I'VE GOT JESUS IN ME, JUST
LIKE SHE'S GOT JESUS IN HER.
00:23:53.73\00:23:58.06
I DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANYBODY.
00:23:58.06\00:23:59.53
I MOVE ON MY OWN.
00:23:59.53\00:24:03.66
AND THAT'S WHY IN MANY
RELIGIOUS GROUPS YOU CAN
00:24:03.66\00:24:05.76
BARELY KEEP THEM TOGETHER.
00:24:05.76\00:24:07.86
THEY ARE LIKE MERCURY.
00:24:07.86\00:24:09.66
YOU CAN'T HOLD THEM TOGETHER
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
00:24:09.66\00:24:12.66
PEOPLE WHO HAVE JESUS IN THEIR
LIVES WHO RECOGNIZE THAT JESUS
00:24:12.66\00:24:16.73
HAS PLACED PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY.
00:24:16.73\00:24:19.23
AND SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T
CONFLICT WITH THUS SAYETH
00:24:19.23\00:24:22.43
THE LORD, YOU OUGHT TO
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY.
00:24:22.43\00:24:32.90
SO WATCH THIS.
00:24:32.90\00:24:34.76
THE WORD COMES.
00:24:34.76\00:24:36.90
AND MY THIRD SURPRISE
IS THAT A POWERFUL MAN LIKE
00:24:36.90\00:24:41.73
NAAMAN WOULDN'T SAY, UH,
SOMEONE GO AND PICK UP ELISHA.
00:24:41.73\00:24:49.70
TAKE MY
CHARIOT--NO, NOT THE BEST ONE.
00:24:49.70\00:24:56.60
YOU'RE GOING TO ISRAEL.
00:24:56.60\00:24:57.66
I UNDERSTAND THE ROADS ARE NOT
PARTICULARLY IN GREAT REPAIR.
00:24:57.66\00:25:00.83
TAKE AIR FORCE 2,
AND GO PICK HIM UP.
00:25:00.83\00:25:10.00
BRING HIM HERE AND
GIVE HIM EVERY RESPECT.
00:25:10.00\00:25:13.66
BUT, I NEED HEALING.
00:25:13.66\00:25:15.20
BRING HIM.
00:25:15.20\00:25:16.36
LOOK, IF YOU REALLY NEED HEALING
FROM GOD, WHY DOES THE HEALING
00:25:16.36\00:25:19.23
HAVE TO COME TO YOU ?
00:25:19.23\00:25:21.40
SO I'M SURPRISED, I AM
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT HERE'S
00:25:21.40\00:25:25.03
A POWERFUL PERSON THAT DOESN'T
TRY TO BRING EVERYTHING TO HIM.
00:25:25.03\00:25:28.60
HE'S NOT LIKE THOSE
PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WHO ORDER
00:25:28.60\00:25:33.06
EVERYTHING AND
EXPECT IT IN A FEW HOURS.
00:25:33.06\00:25:36.26
OVERNIGHT EXPRESS.
00:25:36.26\00:25:37.90
WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING
FROM JESUS, WHY DON'T YOU
00:25:37.90\00:25:40.00
GO WHERE JESUS IS ?
00:25:40.00\00:25:41.66
WHY DON'T YOU GO AND SEEK HIM ?
00:25:41.66\00:25:43.56
WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT ?
00:25:43.56\00:25:45.03
NAAMAN SURPRISES ME BECAUSE
HE DOESN'T TRY TO CONTROL
00:25:45.03\00:25:48.63
THE SITUATION.
00:25:48.63\00:25:50.50
NAAMAN SURPRISES ME
BECAUSE AFTER HE GETS THERE,
00:25:50.50\00:25:55.06
AND, YOU FORGIVE ME.
00:25:55.06\00:25:56.33
I SEE THIS STUFF.
00:25:56.33\00:25:57.56
I FEEL LIKE I'VE
BEEN THERE, SO I SEE THE
00:25:57.56\00:26:01.30
PREPARATIONS THAT ARE MADE.
00:26:01.30\00:26:03.63
THE SILVER THAT
THEY PUT TOGETHER.
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.03
ONE BIBLICAL SCHOLAR SAID IT
WAS AT LEAST $50,000 WORTH OF
00:26:06.03\00:26:11.00
SILVER THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.53
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT WOULD BE WORTH NOW.
00:26:12.53\00:26:14.50
BUT THEY PUT TOGETHER
A PURSE FOR THE PROPHET.
00:26:14.50\00:26:16.96
AND THEY GET INTO
THE CHARIOT AND THEY MAKE
00:26:16.96\00:26:19.06
SURE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT.
00:26:19.06\00:26:20.46
I CAN SEE IT HAPPENING.
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YOU DON'T TRAVEL ALONE IF YOU
ARE A GREAT CELEBRATED GENERAL.
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YOU HAVE HANGERS-ON.
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YOU HAVE
MID-MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONARIES.
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SO IF YOU'RE
RIDING IN YOUR HUMMER. . .
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YOU'VE GOT A FEW CHEVY
SUBURBANS UP FRONT, AND A
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FEW CHEVY SUBURBANS IN BACK.
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FORGIVE ME.
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MY IMAGINATION WORKS THIS WAY.
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THE DESIRE OF AGES--THE
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SPIRITUAL LEADER THE WORLD
HAS EVER KNOWN, JESUS CHRIST.
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DESIRE OF AGES GOES IN DEPTH
INTO EVENTS SURROUNDING THE
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LIFE OF JESUS, GIVING YOU MORE
MEANING AND A CLEARER PICTURE
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HIM, EVEN TO THIS DAY.
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