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Obedience Anyway
Obedience Anyway
Rick Boyne
Supplemental Passage: "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (John
14:15 NASB)
Introduction: In the 1984 movie, “Karate Kid,” the character Daniel Larusso gives himself to
learn karate from Mr. Miagi. Mr. Miagi gives him a series of menial tasks to perform such as
waxing a car, painting a house, etc. Larusso gets angry and impatient that he isn’t learning
karate, but has become his “servant.” Mr. Miagi shows him that he has actually been in
strength training and Larusso is amazed to see that he can do it.
I. Extraordinary situation
b. The little captive girl told about a prophet who could cure
b. The king wrote the king of Israel asking him to heal Naaman
c. The king of Israel was distraught because he knew he couldn’t heal leprosy
d. Elisha heard about it and told the king to send Naaman to him
a. Naaman obeyed the word of the prophet and went to the Jordan river
b. He dipped himself 7 times
e. Wanted some dirt from Israel to take home so he could continue to worship God.