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Unlikely Instrument For Revival
2 Kings 7:1-16
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1 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,
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and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”
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2 So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”
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And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
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3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
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4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also.
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Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”
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5 And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp,
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to their surprise no one was there.
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6 For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army;
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so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!”
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7 Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they fled for their lives.
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8 And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing,
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and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went and hid it.
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9 Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent.
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If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
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10 So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, saying, “We went to the Syrian camp,
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and surprisingly no one was there, not a human sound—only horses and donkeys tied, and the tents intact.”
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11 And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king’s household inside.
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12 So the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “Let me now tell you what the Syrians have done to us.
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They know that we are hungry;therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,
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saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.”
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13 And one of his servants answered and said, “Please, let several men take five of the remaining horses which are left in the city.
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Look, they may either become like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; or indeed,
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I say, they may become like all the multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed; so let us send them and see.”
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14 Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”
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15 And they went after them to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in
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their haste. So the messengers returned and told the king.
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16 Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel,
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and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
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I. God often uses unlikely means.
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A. They were forgotten men, untouched, unloved, unclean
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Mark 1:4141 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
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B. They knew there must be a better way. v. 3, 5
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3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
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5 And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp,
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to their surprise no one was there.
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C. Their fears proved to be groundless
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II. God still could not use them
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A. They were still not where God wanted them v. 8
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8 And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing,
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and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went and hid it.
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B. They realized their responsibilities. V. 9
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9 Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent.
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If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
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III. Their report was not gladly received v. 12
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12 So the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “Let me now tell you what the Syrians have done to us.
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They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying,
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‘When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.”
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A. It’s a trick
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B. Then God’s promise was fulfilled v. 16
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16 Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel,
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and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.