🎙️ The Holy Word | When Obedience Doesn’t Make Sense
đź“Ť New Life Worship Center
🎤 Pastor Roderick Ingram
📖 Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1–14
In this compelling episode of The Holy Word, Pastor Roderick Ingram delivers a powerful message drawn from the story of Naaman, a mighty Syrian commander whose military success could not cure his personal affliction with leprosy.
This sermon explores the tension between human logic and divine instruction, showing how pride, offense, and misplaced trust can delay healing and breakthrough. Naaman struggled not because the instruction was difficult—but because it didn’t make sense to him. God’s command was simple: wash in the Jordan River seven times. Obedience required humility, trust, and surrender beyond personal preference.
Pastor Ingram challenges listeners to confront their own forms of “leprosy”—hidden sins, habits, or struggles—and reminds us that obedience is the key that unlocks healing, freedom, and transformation. True breakthrough comes not from understanding everything, but from trusting God completely.
This episode calls believers to move past pride, stop relying on human systems for God-sized problems, and walk in obedience—even when it doesn’t make sense.
🔑 Episode Highlights
External success does not guarantee internal freedom
Pride and offense can delay God’s promises
Obedience is required even when God’s instructions seem simple or illogical
Trusting God means obeying without full explanation
Healing and freedom follow complete obedience
Obedience leads to authentic worship and spiritual transformation
⏱️ Episode Outline
0:00–2:00 – Welcome & Scripture Introduction
2:00–15:00 – Naaman’s success vs. his hidden condition
15:00–25:00 – Misplaced trust in human authority
25:00–37:00 – Pride, offense, and resisting obedience
37:00–47:00 – Obedience that unlocks healing
47:00–54:00 – Lessons on humility and trust
54:00–1:00:00 – Healing leads to worship
1:00:00–1:06:00 – Practical application & closing
✨ Listen. Obey. Experience freedom.
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