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00:03 by the friends of the "Amazing Facts" ministry. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:14 Doug Batchelor: Bitterness and revenge is like an acid that 00:16 corrodes the container that holds it. 00:19 If you are good to those that are unkind to you, who will win 00:22 in the end? 00:24 God will bless you in the end. 00:29 Doug: You know, Jesus said that, "If your eye is 00:31 single, your whole body will be full of light." 00:35 Someone said once, "The eye is the window of the soul." 00:39 When you talk to a person, you typically look at their eyes, 00:44 and sometimes we have to tell our children, "Look at me when 00:47 I'm talking to you." 00:48 You would never tell a person, "Please look at my elbow when 00:51 I'm talking to you," because it seems like so much is 00:54 communicated through the eyes. 00:57 It is very fascinating to me how we're able to capture light and 01:01 images and depth faster than any camera that's been created and 01:07 transform those things into images and colors and meaning. 01:12 Someone said once that, "As much as 85% of what comes into your 01:17 brain everyday comes through your eyes." 01:21 Your eyes are not just physical, you can close your eyes and I 01:25 can speak words and you have a screen on your mind where you 01:28 see things. 01:29 You know what I'm talking about? 01:30 and you imagine. 01:32 So the eye is something beyond just the organ. 01:35 Paul says we need to be able to see what the world isn't looking 01:39 at that we might be able to see the unseen. 01:42 There's a great story in the Bible I'd like to look at, it's 01:45 all within one chapter. 01:47 And if you turn in your Bibles to the second book of Kings, 2 01:50 Kings chapter 6, and we'll start with verse 8--2 Kings chapter 6, 01:57 verse 8, and hopefully we will learn how we can have our 02:00 eyes opened. 02:02 This story talks about opening eyes and closing eyes and then 02:05 opening them again. 02:07 "Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and 02:12 he consulted with his servants, saying, 'My camp will be in such 02:16 and such a place.' 02:18 And the man of God," Elisha the prophet, he, "Sent to the King 02:22 of Israel, saying, 'Beware that you don't go down to this place, 02:26 for the Syrians are coming down there.' 02:29 Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which 02:31 the man of God had told," or warned him. 02:34 And, "He warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once 02:36 or twice." 02:38 Alright, so here's the story: King of Syria, they're warring 02:41 with the king of Israel, this had gone on for years. 02:43 Capital for Israel was Samaria, that was the northern capital 02:46 for the Israelites, the 10 tribes, Syrians's up there in 02:49 Damascus, and they were at war constantly. 02:53 And so the king of Syria said, "Well, I'm going to set up an 02:58 ambush for the King of Israel, and I'm going to set up a camp 03:03 in the spot and when he comes down we'll overpower him, we'll 03:06 take them." 03:07 And Elisha the prophet would send a messenger to the king of 03:10 Israel, and say, "You better be careful not to go through this 03:14 valley or down this road because the king of Syria is set up 03:17 there too ambush you." 03:19 You know, the secret to a successful battle, most 03:21 important thing is surprise; in a war, the element of surprise. 03:27 And so the king of Israel would send his spies and they'd come 03:30 back and say, "Sure enough, the Syrians are all gathered there, 03:33 ready to ambush you." 03:35 And he wasn't delivered once or twice, that means on several 03:38 occasions, every time the king of Syria had his secret war room 03:42 and they'd talk about how they're going to attack the king 03:44 of Israel, the king of Israel suddenly wouldn't go 03:47 there anymore. 03:49 And he was just so flummoxed by all of this, "How does the king 03:53 of Israel always know what I'm up to?" 03:56 Well, the first thing we should be aware of in this story is 03:58 that you've got a war going on and there's an enemy that is 04:02 seeking to ambush us. 04:06 Have you ever been ambushed by the devil? 04:09 He gets you when your--least expect it, temptation. 04:15 1 Peter 5, he said, "Be sober, be vigilant;" be on your guard, 04:20 "Because your adversary the devil is going around like a 04:23 roaring lion, seeking whom he might devour." 04:26 And we all know how lions work, they ambush. 04:30 Lions can't run very long, they can run fast for a short time 04:33 but they really depend on sneaking up on the prey and 04:37 catching them off-guard when they're not being watchful. 04:41 1 Timothy 3:7, said be careful, "Lest we fall into reproach and 04:46 the snare of the devil." 04:49 Devil wants to snare people, tries to catch them. 04:52 Now, how was it the king of Israel was able to avoid 04:55 these pitfalls? 04:58 The Word of God through Elisha the prophet gave him warning and 05:04 he listened to the warning. 05:06 Does God give us warnings in His Word to help us avoid being 05:10 ambushed by the devil? 05:12 Amen. 05:13 The Word is our weapon, and our safety depends on heeding the 05:19 Word of the Lord through His prophets and His law. 05:22 2 Chronicles 20:20, "Believe in the Lord your God, and you will 05:27 be established; believe His prophets, and you will prosper." 05:31 So, the king of Syria, he is just so confounded, "How is it 05:39 that the king of Israel always knows, he always knows what our 05:45 war plans are and when our ambush's going to be?" 05:48 "Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by 05:51 this thing; and he called his servants," his commanders and 05:54 captains, "And said, 'Will you not show me which one of us is 05:57 for the king of Israel?'" 05:58 Who's the traitor in our midst? 06:02 "And one of them said, 'None, my Lord, O king; Elisha, the 06:07 prophet who is in Israel, he 06:09 tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in 06:13 your bedroom.'" 06:14 He says, "Go and find out where he is, this is their 06:17 secret weapon. 06:20 I can't conquer the kingdom unless I get through Elisha 06:24 'cause he's thwarting all of my plans, so I'll go after him." 06:30 Why did the devil go after Jesus? 06:33 If the devil wants to destroy us, he's gotta get 06:35 through Christ. 06:38 And so he focuses on, the big problem in Israel was this 06:43 single prophet. 06:44 Now, in thinking about this, I can't help but wonder out of the 06:49 whole king of Israel, they had trained generals and captains 06:53 and sergeants and soldiers, they had their champions and men 06:56 of valor. 06:58 And the king of Syria is worried about the prophet. 07:05 Are you a threat to the devil? 07:11 You should be. 07:14 Has God had people on earth that were a threat to the devil? 07:19 When God said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant, Job?" 07:23 oh, just the name of Job just made the hackles go up on the 07:26 back of Satan's neck. 07:29 "Oh, not Job, I haven't been able to get anywhere with Job," 07:31 and Job was a threat to the devil. 07:34 Don't you want to be living the kind of life where God says, 07:37 "Have you considered My servant," put your name in 07:40 there, that you're living the kind of life that is a threat to 07:43 the devil? 07:45 But part of you is thinking, "I don't know that I want any 07:48 special attention from the devil, I'm already getting a 07:50 hard time." 07:51 So I'm sure, if you're like me, you feel that's like mixed, 07:55 that's a trick question. 07:58 Well, Elisha was a special threat because of his godliness 08:03 and his relationship with the Lord. 08:05 I hope we want that kind of relationship. 08:08 The king naturally reasoned if he could capture Elisha he could 08:12 overcome the people. 08:14 Now, even Christ quoted that Scripture, "Smite the shepherd, 08:17 and the sheep will scatter." 08:19 So they went after the shepherd of the people, the devil was 08:24 trying to attack the source of communication. 08:28 The way that God was communicating with the king was 08:31 through Elisha. 08:33 How does God communicate with us? 08:36 through prayer. 08:37 How do you think the devil weakens us? 08:40 cuts off our communication, gets us to neglect prayer, we're in 08:45 too big a hurry. 08:46 Matter of fact, Karen and I, this morning, here I'm the 08:48 pastor hurrying to go to church and teach everybody about God 08:51 and I'm running out the door. 08:52 Karen came to the garage to put some potluck food in there and I 08:54 thought, "We haven't prayed together." 08:57 And so, standing there in the garage, we stopped and prayed. 08:59 You know, we've got to pray together as a family. 09:02 We got so busy doing the work of the Lord we forgot to 09:04 pray together. 09:06 "Oh, but I'm doing God's work so it's okay if I 09:08 neglect communication." 09:10 No, we got to make sure the devil doesn't trick us with that 09:13 old trap. 09:16 So, the King says, "If we could just get Elisha," he said, "Go 09:19 and see where he is." 09:20 So they got these spies that are kind of roaming around, they're 09:23 inquiring, "Where is Elisha?" 09:26 They said, "Well, he's at Dothan right now." 09:28 "Therefore," the king of Syria, "He sent horses and chariots 09:34 with a great army." 09:35 Now, usually, chariots, that's like you've taken out the tanks. 09:38 "Horses and chariots and a great army," for this one 09:41 unarmed prophet. 09:44 Reminds me of when King Herod went to arrest Peter with 09:46 16 soldiers. 09:50 "And they came by night and they surrounded the city." 09:54 "We've got him now, no way of escape, he's surrounded." 10:00 Now, it would seem to me that the king of Syria would realize, 10:03 "If Elisha knows what things I say in my bed chamber, he's 10:06 going to know about this plan too, so what good is it 10:11 going to be?" 10:14 You know, the devil knows that the way to get to God's people 10:17 is he's got to go through Jesus, and so the King says, "I've got 10:19 to get Elisha." 10:22 That's why the devil wanted to kill Jesus, he thought, "If I 10:25 can get Christ to bow down to me then I'll have the world." 10:31 You know, "The sons of this world are more shrewd in their 10:34 generation than the sons of light." 10:36 And Christ has warned us, "I send you out as sheep in the 10:39 midst of wolves. 10:40 Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves." 10:44 So, during the night, the king of Syria with his, it says, "A 10:47 great army," probably wasn't his whole force but it's 10:50 significant, he's got chariots and horses, he's got a big 10:52 enough army to surround the city. 10:56 And maybe the dogs were barking early in the morning, they heard 10:58 all the horses out there kinda snorting, they're the first 11:01 to know. 11:02 And the servant of Elisha, now he's got a new servant because 11:05 you remember, in chapter 5, Gehazi was stricken 11:07 with leprosy. 11:09 Now we're in chapter 6 of 2 Kings, so this young man, he 11:12 doesn't maybe have the same kind of faith, he wakes up and he 11:16 says, "Okay, well it's probably time to get up and go draw some 11:18 water from one of the wells," and he goes out. 11:20 And the sun is just beginning to illuminate the sky and he sees 11:24 the glint of something shining and then he realizes, as eyes 11:28 adjust and he hears the horses and the murmuring of the men, 11:32 that the city is surrounded by an army. 11:37 And his heart seizes him with fear and he drops his bucket 11:41 there at the well and he runs inside and shakes and wakes 11:44 Elisha, says, "Master, alas, what will we do?" 11:49 And Elisha gets up like Jesus when he was woke in the storm 11:52 and he yawns and stretches and doesn't look at all worried. 11:57 And he walks to the window and he looks out and he sees the 12:02 soldiers out there, and he says to the young man, he says, 12:04 "C'mon, let me get a better view." 12:05 And they walk out on the roof and there from the roof he can 12:08 see the Syrian army all around the city. 12:13 And the young man says, "What will we do? 12:15 What will we do?" 12:17 So he said, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more 12:22 than those who are with them." 12:24 Now, if there was one thing that you can remember today I think 12:28 that'd be a great part of the sermon to remember, that when 12:31 you are afraid and you think that the problems are too big or 12:35 that you're outnumbered or there's no way of escape or 12:37 there are no solutions. 12:39 Does the Lord want us to live in fear? 12:43 How many times does Jesus say, "Do not be afraid"? 12:45 There in the storm, the disciples woke up Jesus and they 12:48 said, "We're afraid, we're dying," and he said, "Where's 12:52 your faith? 12:53 Why are you so afraid?" 12:54 "Fear not, fear not, fear not, I am with you," God said. 12:57 "When you go through the water I'm with you, when you go 12:59 through the fire I'm with you, when you go through the lion's 13:02 den I'm with you, through the Red Sea, through the Jordan." 13:07 He said, "I will never leave you or forsake you," but we forget 13:13 that we don't need to be afraid. 13:14 If we are walking with Christ, do you know that you and Jesus 13:18 are always the majority? 13:21 You don't ever have to be afraid. 13:23 He said, "Don't fear, those who are with us are more than those 13:27 who are with them." 13:30 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 13:32 free resource. 13:33 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 13:36 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 13:38 mobile device. 13:40 To get your copy of today's free gift, simply call us and ask for 13:43 the offer number shown on your screen or visit the web address 13:47 and download a digital copy, and be sure to select the Digital 13:51 Download option on the Request page. 13:53 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 13:56 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want, and most 14:00 important, to share it with others. 14:04 Doug: Now, Elisha, at this point is he concerned about 14:06 the Syrian army or is he concerned about the faith of 14:09 his servant? 14:11 Elisha wants to disciple his servant the same way that Elijah 14:18 discipled Elisha. 14:20 He says, "I want to build faith in him." 14:22 This is what they would call a teachable moment, "That was a 14:26 great teachable moment." 14:27 So one of the first things that Elisha's thinking about is, 14:30 "Here's this crisis, I'm going to show him I'm not afraid. 14:34 Because I walked with Elijah, and I know from being with 14:38 Elijah that, when God pulled aside the veil, I saw chariots 14:43 and horses of fire around Elijah, that if you're with 14:48 Elijah you have nothing to be afraid of." 14:50 And he said, "I need to teach you that if you're with God you 14:53 have nothing to be afraid of." 14:55 And Elisha said, "Oh Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he 14:59 may see." 15:01 Hence the title for this sermon. 15:03 Now, Elisha doesn't say, "Open my eyes," he didn't need his 15:07 eyes opened. 15:08 Jesus said, "Blessed are those who believe without seeing," but 15:13 sometimes we need some encouragement, and he said, 15:15 "Lord, he needs a lesson, open his eyes." 15:20 And behold, "The Lord open the young man's eyes, and he saw. 15:24 And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of 15:29 fire all around Elisha." 15:33 So, his eyes were opened, he felt much better. 15:35 Now Elisha walks out of the gates of the city. 15:38 It says, "The Syrians came down to him," I'm in 2 Kings 6:18, 15:42 and they think they're getting ready to put them in handcuffs 15:45 and Elisha prays again. 15:48 Elisha prays and he says, "Lord," "'Strike this people, I 15:51 pray, with blindness.' 15:54 And He struck them with blindness according to the word 15:56 of," the Lord. 15:58 So now the whole army goes blind, and I don't know if they 16:02 just got confused and they couldn't figure out while they 16:03 were there or if they physically when blind but now they can't 16:07 see anything, whole army struck blind. 16:10 You know, Jesus talked about, "The blind leading the blind." 16:13 Well, here you have a case of someone who can see leading a 16:16 blind army. 16:18 And so Elisha says to him, "You're not looking for me, 16:22 you're only looking for me because you're really trying to 16:24 get the king." 16:25 He said, "This is not the way, nor is this the city. 16:29 Follow me, and I'll bring you to the man who you seek." 16:34 Here you've got Elisha, he hooks his finger in the bridle of the 16:38 lead horse and he starts walking down the road between Dothan and 16:42 Samaria with an army in tow. 16:46 And all these Syrian soldiers are on their horses and they're 16:48 just totally confused about where they're going. 16:52 Wouldn't that have been something? 16:54 And as the guards are up on the walls they see dust in the 16:58 distance and they're wondering what's going on. 17:03 And they said, "There's an army coming, lock the gates, get 17:06 everyone, get your spears, prepare for battle." 17:10 And they said, "Yeah, it looks like the Syrian army's coming 17:12 but they don't look like they're in a war formation, they're just 17:16 walking down the road. 17:18 And if we're not mistaken, it looks like Elisha is 17:20 leading them." 17:22 And all the Hebrew soldiers gathered around the walls of 17:25 Samaria and they're looking at this very bizarre sight of 17:28 Elisha and his servant who's really having a good time now. 17:32 And he sees the prophet leading the army and he comes within the 17:37 gates and he yells up to the king of Israel, "Open 17:41 the gates." 17:43 King doesn't argue, they don't look like they're going to, they 17:46 have no arrows in their bows and they're not ready for battle. 17:49 They open the gates and into the capital city of the northern 17:52 kingdom they lead this army. 17:55 And they bring them all in and they shut the gates, and they're 17:57 there in the central courtyard of the city and Elisha prays, 18:02 you know, that prime moment. 18:04 He says now, "Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they 18:08 may see." 18:10 You know, it's only being led by Elisha, after being led by 18:12 Elisha that they could really see; it's only by following 18:17 Jesus that we ultimately see. 18:20 "And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and... 18:24 they were, inside Samaria!" 18:26 You know, this is a great-great story because here the 18:30 surrounders became the surrounded, they came to 18:35 surround Dothan, and the eyes of Elisha's servant are open, he 18:41 says, "All the chariots and horses of God are 18:43 surrounding you." 18:46 And then the soldiers are led inside Samaria. 18:49 They originally thought, "We've got them where we want them." 18:51 Now their eyes are open they're going, "Wow, talk about turning 18:54 the tables." 18:56 Now they are in the city, the king of Israel who they've been 18:59 trying to trap has surrounded them, and that's what that must 19:05 have been a great scene. 19:06 Finally, when they got their wits about them and all the 19:09 Hebrew soldiers are up on the walls and on the roofs and they 19:11 got their spears ready to launch and their arrows ready to fly 19:14 and they're just waiting, you know, the little laser beams are 19:17 on their targets and they're just ready for the word, and the 19:21 king looks to Elisha and says, "Shall I smite them now? 19:24 Shall I smite them now? 19:25 Just give the word, ready, aim, say it, fire." 19:28 And Elisha says, "No, you're not going to smite them, you've 19:33 captured them, you captured them all alive, you captured them 19:38 without firing an arrow." 19:40 So often, battles in the Bible, God gave deliverance and He 19:43 says, "You won't even have to fire an arrow," because, "The 19:47 angel of the Lord encamps round about those that fear Him." 19:51 And what did he say? 19:53 People think the Gospel is not in the Old Testament, it 19:56 certainly is. 19:57 Elisha said, "Set food and water before them, that they may 20:01 go to their master." 20:03 You know, the teaching of the Bible is, "You overcome evil 20:06 with good." 20:09 You don't get anywhere fighting evil with evil. 20:11 I think it was Gandhi that said, "If the whole world lives by the 20:13 principle of 'An eye for an eye,'" he said, "Soon the whole 20:17 world is blind." 20:19 The way you conquer evil is with kindness. 20:23 He said, "Give them food, they're probably hungry, give 20:25 them water, send them home, show them that you're not waging war 20:29 against them, they're waging war against you and 20:30 it's unprovoked." 20:33 So they made a big provision, a big feast. 20:35 You know, Proverbs says that Solomon said, "If your enemy is 20:38 hungry, give him bread to eat; if he's thirsty, give him water 20:41 to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head." 20:45 Now, it's not saying that in doing this you're going to, "I'm 20:47 going to burn them up," it means their conscience is going to 20:51 smite them and they're going to go, "Wow, man, they're being so 20:54 good to me and I'm being so bad to them." 20:57 Some of you might need to practice that, "Overcome evil 20:59 with good," in your families. 21:02 You've got somebody that's been given your hard time, you're 21:05 looking for a good way to get even? 21:08 Someone says something that is mean and you say, "I got a 21:10 good comeback." 21:12 I got to fight that all the time because, you know, I can think 21:14 of a clever comeback and do a, "Gotcha," but that's not what 21:19 Jesus would do. 21:20 "You have heard it said that, 'You shall love your neighbor 21:23 and hate your enemy!' 21:24 But I say to you, love your enemies," here Elisha is doing 21:28 that in the Old Testament, "Bless those who curse you, do 21:31 good to those who hate you, pray for those who spitefully use you 21:35 and persecute you." 21:37 You know, this to me is one of the hardest places to be a 21:39 Christian, is to love those that hate you, to be kind to those 21:44 who take advantage of you. 21:46 You've got stories, I've got stories of people that have done 21:48 maybe very mean things and it's hard to pray that God will love 21:53 and bless them, but isn't that what we should pray, for their 21:57 ultimate conversion? 21:59 "That you might be the sons of your Father in heaven; He makes 22:03 His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and He sends rain on 22:06 the just and the unjust." 22:10 I remember hearing a story about this old Scotsman that had just 22:14 a mortal enemy. 22:15 He just hated, he could not forgive. 22:17 His name was McClintock, McClintock's the old Scotsman. 22:21 He just spent all this time brooding, thinking of ways to 22:23 get even with his enemy that, you know, it was like a 22:26 long-standing feud that had happened with his neighbor 22:28 in town. 22:30 And one day, the angel appeared to him, said, "I got good 22:32 news, McClintock." 22:34 He said, "Anything you ask now, I will give you," said, "But 22:37 just know that whatever you ask for, I will give twice as much 22:42 to your enemy. 22:44 You ask for a pot of gold, I will give it to you, but your 22:46 enemy will get two pots of gold. 22:49 You ask for new horse, I will give him two new horses. 22:52 You ask for a home with 10 rooms, he gets a home with 22:55 20 rooms." 22:58 That bothered him so much, he was wringing his hands and 23:00 anxious and stewing about, "What do I want to ask for? 23:03 I don't want him to get it," and he just could not forgive. 23:06 And finally, he said, "I want you to strike me blind in 23:10 one eye." 23:15 Some people just never get it. 23:19 Proverbs 24:17, "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do 23:24 not let your heart be glad when he stumbles." 23:28 Peter says, 1 Peter 3:9, "Nor returning evil for evil or 23:32 reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing 23:36 that you were called to this, that you might inherit 23:39 a blessing." 23:40 If you are good to those that are unkind to you who will win 23:43 in the end? 23:44 God will bless you in the end, He'll bless you with peace for 23:48 one thing. 23:49 Because when you're always thinking, bitterness and revenge 23:53 is like an acid that corrodes the container that holds it. 23:57 If you have unforgiveness that you are nurturing in your heart, 24:00 it is corroding you. 24:03 So one of the first blessings that comes when you learn to 24:05 forgive and do good to those that, say, "Look, this is their 24:08 problem, I'm not going to feel about them the way they feel 24:10 about me," you'll receive a blessing and the wonderful thing 24:15 would be if they're converted in the process. 24:19 Someone said, "Make it a habit of getting even with people, 24:22 especially the ones who help you." 24:26 It says, "So he prepared a great feast for them; and they ate and 24:30 they drank, and he sent them away and they went to 24:33 their master." 24:34 Notice this part, "So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more 24:39 into the land of Israel." 24:41 What do you know. 24:42 Here the story starts, they're just going after the king of 24:45 Israel time and time again, their relentless, they will not 24:48 give up. 24:49 How did they finally stop the onslaught? 24:52 Love them, do something good for them, show them kindness as a 24:58 way to get even. 25:00 And now, how did Jesus overcome the evil in this world? 25:06 He overcame evil with good. 25:08 While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, He didn't 25:11 wait for us to love Him before He started loving us. 25:14 While we were His enemies He showed love for us and died for 25:19 our sins. 25:21 Why? 25:22 that the love of God might melt our hearts and that we can learn 25:25 to love Him in return. 25:27 That's what the story of the Gospel is. 25:32 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 25:35 free resource. 25:36 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 25:38 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 25:41 mobile device. 25:42 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, simply text 25:46 the keyword on your screen to 40544 or visit the web address 25:50 shown on your screen and be sure to select the Digital Download 25:54 option on the Request page. 25:55 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 25:59 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want, and most 26:02 important, to share it with others. 26:08 male announcer: Have you always wanted to be a Bible expert but 26:11 never knew where to start? 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