Sermon
Pride's Potential for Pain
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Speaker: Nate Hilgenkamp
August 4, 2025 · 39 min
Summary
Naaman's healing from leprosy in 2 Kings 5 illustrates how pride blocks breakthrough while humility opens the door to God's favor. Through contrasting characters—a courageous servant girl, a prideful commander, a humble prophet, and an arrogant associate—the sermon teaches that breakthrough requires boldness, healing demands humility, and pride inevitably brings pain.
Highlights
You can either be coddled or you can be cured. When you have hurt, you don't get to determine how to be healed.
Pride distorts your perspective. In your life, low man wins because God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.
Their breakthrough may be on the other side of your boldness. Do you have people in your life who will be bold enough to tell you when you're going the wrong way?