His Words Are Life

2 Kings 3:18 - 5:19

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:16 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you for joining with me again today.
00:22 We're reading one of my favorite stories in the bible,
00:24 but before we continue, let's pray together.
00:26 Dear God, thank you so much for your blessings. Thank you
00:31 for the blessings you give us that we are aware of,
00:33 and for the many blessings that we don't notice
00:36 the way we should. Please open our eyes and make us more
00:39 grateful, and then help us to find ways to pass your blessing
00:42 on to others. We love you so much and thank you for loving us
00:45 Please be with us now as we read. Amen.
00:48 The story that we're reading is found in 2nd Kings.
00:51 And it's the story of how the king of Israel and the king of
00:54 Edom, and king Jehoshaphat went out to make war with the king of
00:59 Moab and they got lost in the desert. And as they were
01:02 lost with all of their armies, and all of their animals,
01:04 they called for a prophet of the Lord and Elisha came and said to
01:09 them, Make this valley full of ditches and you won't see
01:13 wind and you won't see rain, but valley is going to flow with
01:16 water. You're not going to see any natural reason for it, but
01:19 God is going to provide a blessing for you and he says
01:21 this is a small thing for the Lord. Let's continue reading,
01:24 2nd Kings, chapter 3, and beginning with verse 18.
01:29 This is the King James Version. And this is but a light thing
01:33 in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites
01:35 also into your hand. And ye shall smite every fenced city,
01:39 and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop
01:43 all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land
01:46 with stones. And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat
01:50 offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by
01:54 the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
01:58 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come
02:01 up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to
02:04 put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
02:07 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone
02:11 upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water
02:14 on the other side as red as blood: And they said,
02:18 This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
02:21 smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
02:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
02:28 up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them:
02:32 but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their
02:36 country. And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece
02:39 of land cast every man his stone and filled it; and they stopped
02:43 all the wells of water and felled all the good trees:
02:45 only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof, howbeit
02:50 the slingers went about it, and smote it. And when the king of
02:53 Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him
02:58 700 men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king
03:02 of Edom: but they could not. Then he took his eldest son
03:06 that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a
03:08 burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation
03:12 against Israel and they departed from him, and returned to their
03:16 own land. Continuing in 2nd Kings,
03:19 chapter 4, this is the King James Version.
03:21 Now their cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons
03:28 of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband
03:32 is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord:
03:36 and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons
03:40 to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do
03:44 for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?
03:47 And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house,
03:51 save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad
03:57 of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
04:01 and when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee
04:05 and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels,
04:09 and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from
04:14 him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought
04:17 the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass,
04:21 when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son,
04:23 bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a
04:27 vessel more and the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man
04:32 of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt,
04:34 and live thou and thy children of the rest.
04:38 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem,
04:43 where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.
04:47 And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither
04:51 to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now,
04:56 I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us
05:00 continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee,
05:04 on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table,
05:08 and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh
05:12 to us, that he shall turn in thither. And it fell on a day,
05:16 that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber,
05:19 and lay there. And he said to Gehazi his servant,
05:22 Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood
05:27 before him. And he said unto him, Say now unto her,
05:31 Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care;
05:35 what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for
05:40 to the king, or to the captain of the host?
05:44 And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. And he said,
05:49 What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered,
05:53 Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said,
05:58 Call her. And when he had called her,
06:00 she stood in the door. And he said, About this season,
06:04 according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son.
06:08 And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie
06:12 unto thine handmaid. And the woman conceived, and bare a son
06:17 at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the
06:20 time of life. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day,
06:25 that he went out to his father to the reapers.
06:27 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said
06:32 to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken
06:36 him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees
06:39 till noon, and then died. And she went up, and laid him
06:44 on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him,
06:47 and went out. And she called unto her husband, and said,
06:50 Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the
06:52 asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
06:56 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him today?
07:00 it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said,
07:04 It shall be well. Then she saddled an ass, and said to
07:08 her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding
07:12 for me, except I bid thee. So she went and came unto the man
07:16 of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of
07:20 God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
07:24 Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: Run now,
07:27 I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well
07:30 with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with
07:32 the child? And she answered, It is well. And when she came
07:37 to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet:
07:41 but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God
07:45 said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her:
07:48 and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
07:51 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,
07:57 Do not deceive me? Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins,
08:01 and take my staff in thine hand and go thy way: if thou meet
08:04 and man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not
08:08 again, and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
08:12 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth,
08:16 and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose,
08:21 and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them,
08:24 and laid the staff upon the face of the child;
08:26 but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went
08:30 again to meet him, and told him saying The child is not awakened
08:34 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was
08:38 dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut
08:42 the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
08:45 and he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth
08:49 upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands
08:52 upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child;
08:55 and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned,
09:00 and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched
09:04 himself upon him: and the child sneezed 7 times, and the child
09:09 opened his eyes. And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this
09:13 Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto
09:17 him, he said, Take up they son. Then she went in, and fell at
09:22 his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son,
09:26 and went out. And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a
09:31 dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting
09:34 before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot,
09:39 and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. And one went
09:43 out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
09:46 and gathered therof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred
09:51 them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
09:53 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass,
09:57 as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out,
10:00 and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot.
10:03 And they could not eat thereof. But he said, Then bring meal.
10:08 and he cast it into the pot and he said, Pour out for the people
10:12 so that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
10:15 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought
10:20 the man of God bread of the firstfruits, 20 loaves of barley
10:25 and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, give
10:28 unto the people, that they may eat. And his servitor said,
10:33 What, should I set this before hundred men? He said again,
10:36 Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord,
10:40 They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. So he set it before
10:44 them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word
10:47 of the Lord. Continuing in 2nd Kings,
10:50 chapter 5. This is the King James Version.
10:52 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria,
10:57 was a great man with his master and honorable, because by him
11:02 the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty
11:05 man in valor, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone
11:10 out by companies, and had brought away captive out of
11:13 the land of Israel a little maid and she waited on Naaman's wife.
11:17 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the
11:22 prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his
11:25 leprosy. And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and
11:29 thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
11:31 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter
11:36 unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him
11:40 ten talents of silver, and 6,000 pieces of gold,
11:43 and 10 changes of raiment. And he brought the letter
11:46 to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come
11:49 unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant
11:53 to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
11:56 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the
11:59 letter, that he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill
12:03 and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a
12:06 man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see
12:09 how he seeketh a quarrel against me. And it was so, when Elisha
12:14 the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his
12:17 clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast
12:20 thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall
12:23 know that there is a prophet in Israel. So Naaman came with his
12:28 horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house
12:31 of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,
12:35 Go and wash in Jordan 7 times, and thy flesh shall come again
12:40 to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth
12:45 and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come
12:49 out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God,
12:52 and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12:54 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than
12:57 all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
13:00 So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near
13:06 and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had
13:10 bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it?
13:14 how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash,
13:18 and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times
13:23 in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God:
13:26 and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child
13:30 and he was clean. And he returned to the man of God,
13:34 he and all his company, and came and stood before him and he said
13:37 Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in
13:42 Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy
13:46 servant. But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand
13:52 I will receive none. And he urged him to take it;
13:56 but he refused. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray
14:00 thee, be given to thy servant 2 mules' burden of earth?
14:03 for thy servant will henceforth offer neither
14:05 burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,
14:08 but unto the Lord. In this thing the Lord pardon thy
14:12 servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon
14:15 to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself
14:18 in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of
14:21 Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.
14:24 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him
14:29 a little way. Thank you for joining with me.
14:32 Please join me again next time. Goodbye.


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