“And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, ‘Am I God to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.’” (II Kings 5:7)
The only exercise some folks get is “jumping to conclusions.” That seems to be the case of the king of Israel upon the receipt of the letter from the king of Syria. He was so upset he even tore his clothes. “He must be trying to pick a fight with me,” he said
Have you been around people who thought they could find some hidden meaning in everything you said or did? The king of Israel had that problem, at least in this instance.
Neither the king of Syria, nor the king of Israel was clear in his communication to the other one. When we are communicating the Gospel message of the cleansing of sin by the blood of Jesus we must be clear and say what we mean and mean what we say.
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