They Can Teach Us Something 

They Can Teach Us Something 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 6.25.23 

 Each person we meet has the to teach us something. 

Proverbs 9:9 (NLT)

9 Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.

Wrong Attitude of Learning

Attitude                                                                                                                                                  Attitude   

Right Attitude of Learning

attitude

Do I approach people with a desire to learn from them? 

HOW TO LEARN FROM OTHERS… 

Desire to .

2 Kings 5:1 (NLT)

1 The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the Lord had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy. 

2 Kings 5:2 (NLT)

2 At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid. 

2 Kings 5:3-5 (NLT)

3 One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.” 

4 So Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said. 

5 “Go and visit the prophet…”

“When the pupil is ready the teacher will appear.” – Plato 

Develop relationships with potential

2 Kings 5:5-7 (NLT)

5 “Go and visit the prophet,” the king of Aram told him. “I will send a letter of introduction for you to take to the king of Israel.” So Naaman started out, carrying as gifts 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing. 

6 The letter to the king of Israel said: “With this letter I present my servant Naaman. I want you to heal him of his leprosy.” 

7  When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? Why is this man asking me to heal someone with leprosy? I can see that he’s just trying to pick a fight with me.” 

2 Kings 5:8-9 (NLT) 

8 But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent this message to him: “Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel.” 

9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha’s house. 

Proverbs 13:20 (NLT)

20 Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

Drop the . 

Matthew 23:11–12 (NLT)

11 The greatest among you must be a servant. 

12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

2 Kings 5:10-12 (NLT) 

10 But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.” 

11 But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the Lord his God and heal me! 

12 Aren’t the rivers of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn’t I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage. 

James 4:6 (NLT)

… “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Deepen relationships with . 

2 Kings 5:13-14 (NLT) 

13 But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’ ” 

14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child, and he was healed!

WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LEARN FROM OTHERS. 

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