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INTRODUCTION:
A- BACKGROUND
B-
I- WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN ALWAYS BE TRUSTED.
(2 Kings 2:15-18)
A- It is possible to recognize God’s power without trusting him.
(2 Kings 2:15-16)
1- The group of prophets recognized God’s power on Elisha.
a- The even verbalized their belief in God’s power in the life of Elisha.
b- They bowed before Elisha in recognition of God’s power in His life.
2- The group of prophets (or at least their leaders) obviously had some theological and practical deficiencies.
a- They had already admitted that they knew that God was going to take Elijah.
(2 Kings 2:5-6)
b- They had a poor concept of God - believed that God would have treated his servant contemptably.
(1) They said they thought that the Spirit of God might have “left him on some mountain or in some valley.”
(2)They thought Elijah might need to be rescued by them.
3- They believed in God’s power, but did not trust Him to do good and right.
4- Sometimes people believe that God is powerful, but do not trust in Him.
a- Recognize his creative power, but doubt his sustaining power.
(Colossians 1:15-17)
b- Recognize his saving power, but do not trust in Him to provide their needs.
(Colossians 1:23-27)
(Philippians 4:19)
B- God will always prove to be worthy of our trust.
(2 Kings 2:17-18)
1- God proved himself worthy of trust to the group of the prophets.
2- God has given us assurance that he is absolutely worthy of our trust.
a- He will always do what he promises.
(1 Corinthians 1:9)
(Titus 1:2)
(Hebrews 6:18)
Hebrews 6:18 (NLT)
18 So God has given both his promise and his oath.
These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie.
Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
II- WE SERVE A GOD WHO REDEEMS CIRCUMSTANCES.
(2 KINGS 2:19-22)
A- We are to bring our needs to the Lord.
(2 Kings 2:19)
1- The leaders of the town of Jericho recognized that they had a problem for which there was no human solution.
2- The leaders of Jericho recognized that God could solve their problem.
3- The leaders of Jericho made the important step of asking God to solve their problem.
4- You and I need to follow their example.
a- Recognize our own helplessness to solve our problems.
(Job 6:13)
b- Recognize that God can solve our problem.
(Psalm 40:17)
c- Ask God to solve our problem.
(Hebrews 4:16)
B- We are to follow the Lord’s instructions, even when they make no earthly sense.
(2 Kings 2:20-21)
1- The instructions given by Elisha made no sense.
a- the bottom-line: It was not the salt that healed the water spring, it was God!
2- God’s directions often do not make earthly sense.
a- We must remember that God’s ways are beyond our understanding.
(Isaiah 55:8)
b- We are to simply trust and obey His instructions.
(Luke 6:46)
III- WE SERVE A GOD WHO DESERVES OUR RESPECT.
(2 Kings 2:23-25)
A- Demonstrating disrespect for God is a dangerous thing.
(2 Kings 2:23)
1- The young me who met Elisha disrespected God and therefore disrespected his prophet.
a- The English translations almost universally mis the fact that these were young men (not boys or children) who knew what they were doing.
(Solomon was at least twenty years old when he commenced to reign, and yet he calls himself נַעַר קָטֹן (1 Kings 3:7).
Jeremiah also calls himself a נַעַר at the time of his calling to be a prophet, Jer.
1:6, 7,
likewise Joseph was so called at a time when he was at least seventeen years old (Gen.
37:2).
It is also shown by 1 Kings 12:8, 10, 14, where the young counsellors of Rehoboam are called יְלָדִים,
b- Bethel was one of the nation’s centers of Baal worship.
(1 Kings 12:29)
c- These young men were likely worshippers of Baal who held God and His prophet in distain.
d- “Baldy” was a term of derision and scorn.
To call someone “baldy” or bald-headed was an insult.
These young men were intentionally insulting God’s servant and God himself.
(In general, to make bald the head was a sign of dishonor and disgrace (Isai.
3:17; 15:2))
2- There is a danger in hanging around with people who are irreverent toward the Lord.
(Psalm 1:1)
(1 Corinthians 15:33)
B- Judgment is sure for those who position themselves in opposition to God. (2 Kings 2:24-25)
1- Elisha pronounced judgment (cursed) upon them - God carried out the judgment.
a- God vindicated his servant and God’s name at the same time.
b- There could be no doubt who was God or who His servant was!
2- God will judge those who position themselves in opposition to himself!
(Revelation 20:11-15)
(Revelation 21:8)
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