Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
CLASSIC SERMON OUTLINES — Alexander Maclaren
B. God's Method.
1. God's method with Naaman. It was like God to contradict the desire
A. A Reason for Naaman's Rejection of the Requirement for Cleansing.
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Pride Overcoming Want
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SERMON SIX
PRUDENCE AND FAITH
And Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?" And the man of God answered, "The Lord is able to give thee much more than this."
—I] CHRONICLES 25:9
WHEN Amaziah came to the throne he immediately began to aim at conquests. In order to strengthen himself he hired "a hundred thousand eee men of valor" out of Israel for a ees ps o silver. siuasae not with Israel and that the alliance is not permissible for him. Instead of yielding to the prophet's advice, Amaziah parries it with this misplaced question.
I. A MISPLACED QUESTION.
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