1 00:00:01,860 --> 00:00:04,660 Now, Naaman was the captain of the hosts 2 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:05,420 of Syria. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,860 He was a great man with his master. 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,680 He was honorable because the Lord had actually 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,860 helped him to subdue many nations. 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,020 He was a mighty man and very brave, 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,120 but he was a leper. 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,240 And the Syrians had gone out by companies 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,980 and brought away captives out of the land 10 00:00:30,980 --> 00:00:31,400 of Israel. 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,000 And a little maid happened to be the 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,640 servant of his wife. 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,880 And she said, it's too bad your husband 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,100 isn't with a prophet there in Israel because 15 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:46,080 he could heal him of his leprosy. 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,380 And so it was told to Naaman and 17 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:53,840 he told the king that there was a 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,560 prophet in Israel that could cure him of 19 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,600 his leprosy. 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,500 And so the king of Syria, Ben-Hadad, 21 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:07,020 sent a formal letter to the king of 22 00:01:07,020 --> 00:01:09,540 Israel and sent Naaman down. 23 00:01:09,660 --> 00:01:11,500 And in the letter it said, I want 24 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,980 you to heal my general of this leprosy. 25 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,160 So when the king of Israel saw Naaman 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,700 come in, knew who he was, this captain 27 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:23,560 of the Syrian hosts and all, and when 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,780 he gets this note, I want you to 29 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:28,360 heal this guy of his leprosy, the king 30 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,400 just became excited and concerned. 31 00:01:32,540 --> 00:01:33,780 He said, look how this guy's trying to 32 00:01:33,780 --> 00:01:34,400 pick a fight. 33 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,480 Am I God that I can heal him 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:37,100 of his leprosy? 35 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:39,400 You know, the guy's just looking for trouble. 36 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:40,740 He's trying to start a fight. 37 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,200 And so the king had torn his clothes 38 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,200 and was all upset. 39 00:01:45,580 --> 00:01:48,140 And word came to Elisha of how the 40 00:01:48,140 --> 00:01:50,200 king was so upset because of this demand. 41 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,860 And he said, send him down to me 42 00:01:52,860 --> 00:01:55,440 and he will know that there is a 43 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,180 God in Israel. 44 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:00,600 And so Naaman came to Elisha's house. 45 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,460 And Elisha didn't even go out to meet 46 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:07,419 him, but sent his servant Gehazi out with 47 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:09,759 the orders, go down to the Jordan River 48 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:12,560 and just dip in the Jordan River seven 49 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,140 times. 50 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:15,400 And after you've dipped seven times, you'll be 51 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,660 cleansed of your leprosy. 52 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:22,180 So Naaman became enraged. 53 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:31,350 He said, that guy didn't even have the 54 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:34,170 graciousness to come out and meet me himself. 55 00:02:34,910 --> 00:02:36,710 Sent a servant out to me. 56 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,320 And then tells me to duck in that 57 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:42,860 Jordan River. 58 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,140 We've got better rivers up in Damascus. 59 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:48,280 And he headed home in a rage, just 60 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:48,780 mad. 61 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,940 And as they were going along, one of 62 00:02:51,940 --> 00:02:55,200 his servants said to him, you know, had 63 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,360 that prophet told you to do some great 64 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:05,380 deed, you know, go out and slay the 65 00:03:05,380 --> 00:03:07,140 dragon and get the seven golden apples. 66 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,680 Had he given you some great deed to 67 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,920 do, you would be glad to do it 68 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,820 because it's just such a simple thing. 69 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:23,420 Why don't you try it? 70 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,200 What's it going to hurt? 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,940 And so they came to the Jordan River 72 00:03:28,940 --> 00:03:33,300 and Naaman dipped himself in the Jordan River. 73 00:03:33,660 --> 00:03:36,060 And when he came up the seventh time, 74 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:39,800 his flesh was pink like a baby's flesh. 75 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:41,420 The leprosy was gone. 76 00:03:43,150 --> 00:03:44,470 He was so excited. 77 00:03:44,770 --> 00:03:46,850 He headed back to the prophet's house because 78 00:03:46,850 --> 00:03:49,710 he was loaded down with all kinds of 79 00:03:49,710 --> 00:03:52,610 gifts that the king of Syria had sent. 80 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:58,110 And he came to Elisha and he sought 81 00:03:58,110 --> 00:04:02,610 to give to Elisha some of these gifts 82 00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:04,250 that he had brought from Syria. 83 00:04:04,710 --> 00:04:07,210 And Elisha said, no, I don't want your 84 00:04:07,210 --> 00:04:07,630 gifts. 85 00:04:07,850 --> 00:04:08,410 Keep them. 86 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:21,050 Now, in coming back, he acknowledged that there 87 00:04:21,050 --> 00:04:24,550 was no God in all the earth, but 88 00:04:24,550 --> 00:04:25,110 in Israel. 89 00:04:25,370 --> 00:04:26,610 I know that, he said. 90 00:04:27,830 --> 00:04:29,970 I pray that you'll take this blessing. 91 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:32,710 But Elisha said, as the Lord lives before 92 00:04:32,710 --> 00:04:35,010 whom I stand, I will receive nothing. 93 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:38,230 And Naaman urged him to take it, but 94 00:04:38,230 --> 00:04:38,930 he refused. 95 00:04:39,310 --> 00:04:43,400 Now, I told you that a fellow that 96 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,060 would have this kind of a gift would 97 00:04:45,060 --> 00:04:45,880 have problems. 98 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:55,820 And unfortunately, some people who have had a 99 00:04:55,820 --> 00:05:01,680 ministry of healing or whatever have been guilty 100 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:07,080 of using that to enrich themselves. 101 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,660 People become very excited when they see God 102 00:05:14,660 --> 00:05:15,180 work. 103 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,440 They want to lavish the servant of God 104 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:20,180 with gifts. 105 00:05:21,860 --> 00:05:25,120 But here is Elisha refusing the gift. 106 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:31,040 Rightfully so. 107 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,440 He didn't heal Naaman. 108 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:33,700 The Lord healed Naaman. 109 00:05:33,860 --> 00:05:36,320 Why should Elisha receive a gift for it? 110 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:40,190 And the guy urged him, but still he 111 00:05:40,190 --> 00:05:40,890 refused. 112 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:45,670 In the healing of Naaman, we find some 113 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:46,570 interesting things. 114 00:05:46,730 --> 00:05:52,030 And one of them is that typically, we 115 00:05:52,030 --> 00:05:57,090 all of us really have difficulty with just 116 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,010 accepting the grace of God. 117 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,620 We would all of us like to do 118 00:06:02,620 --> 00:06:04,740 some great, wonderful thing for the Lord. 119 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,360 You know, I would like to go out 120 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,600 and conquer a thousand giants or something. 121 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,980 I want to do some great thing for 122 00:06:13,980 --> 00:06:17,180 God, just to receive from God the simplicity 123 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:19,120 with which God gives to me. 124 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,320 And the fact that He gives to me 125 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,120 so freely and in such a simple way 126 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,260 that I can't get any credit for it. 127 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:36,300 Somehow I would like to deserve or earn 128 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:40,840 God's blessings, but I can't. 129 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:47,460 I can only receive by grace the goodness 130 00:06:47,460 --> 00:06:48,080 of God. 131 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,640 And salvation is such a simple thing. 132 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,090 The Lord says, just believe on the Lord 133 00:06:58,090 --> 00:07:00,990 Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. 134 00:07:01,150 --> 00:07:02,910 Oh, how simple it is. 135 00:07:03,470 --> 00:07:05,870 But we rebel against that simplicity. 136 00:07:07,290 --> 00:07:09,030 No, Lord, I'm going to serve you and 137 00:07:09,030 --> 00:07:10,410 I'm going to go out and witness and 138 00:07:10,410 --> 00:07:11,610 I'm going to pray and I'm going to 139 00:07:11,610 --> 00:07:11,890 do this. 140 00:07:11,910 --> 00:07:13,770 And I'm telling God all of the things 141 00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:15,550 that I'm going to do for Him because 142 00:07:15,550 --> 00:07:16,610 of what He's done for me. 143 00:07:18,490 --> 00:07:21,310 It's awfully hard to accept grace gracefully, isn't 144 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:21,610 it? 145 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:26,030 Just to accept the fact that God loves 146 00:07:26,030 --> 00:07:29,790 me and to receive His gifts gracefully. 147 00:07:32,190 --> 00:07:38,570 Now, the servant Gehazi, when he saw Elisha 148 00:07:38,570 --> 00:07:42,430 turning down these gifts, he began to think, 149 00:07:42,710 --> 00:07:46,890 Wow, what I could do with just a 150 00:07:46,890 --> 00:07:48,010 little bit of that loot. 151 00:07:50,780 --> 00:07:57,760 I could buy an olive orchard, a vineyard. 152 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,800 I could hire me some servants. 153 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:03,540 Man, I could be set up if I 154 00:08:03,540 --> 00:08:05,120 just had a little bit of that loot. 155 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:08,280 And he started thinking of what he could 156 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:14,260 do with some of that reward that Naaman 157 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:15,160 was offering. 158 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:25,300 And so, he went chasing after Naaman. 159 00:08:28,190 --> 00:08:30,030 And they said, hey, it looks like the 160 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:31,350 servant of the prophet's coming. 161 00:08:32,710 --> 00:08:34,770 And so he said, let's wait, maybe something's 162 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:35,289 gone wrong. 163 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:37,830 And when Gehazi came up, they said, is 164 00:08:37,830 --> 00:08:38,370 everything fine? 165 00:08:38,370 --> 00:08:40,409 And Naaman said, yeah, everything's fine, except that 166 00:08:40,409 --> 00:08:43,550 my master had a couple of young prophets 167 00:08:43,550 --> 00:08:45,330 come in and they didn't have much. 168 00:08:45,390 --> 00:08:47,250 And so, he'd like a couple of changes 169 00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:49,190 of apparel for them and a talent of 170 00:08:49,190 --> 00:08:49,530 silver. 171 00:08:51,070 --> 00:08:52,990 And Naaman said, oh, here, take a couple 172 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:53,970 of talents of silver. 173 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:56,130 And he was happy to give it to 174 00:08:56,130 --> 00:08:56,330 him. 175 00:08:58,250 --> 00:09:00,270 And in fact, they sent a fellow back 176 00:09:00,270 --> 00:09:01,350 carrying it back. 177 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:04,960 But when they got to the gate of 178 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,780 the city, Gehazi said, that's great, I'll take 179 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:07,320 it from here. 180 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,620 And he took it and put it in 181 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:09,200 his house. 182 00:09:11,380 --> 00:09:12,720 And came whistling in. 183 00:09:15,990 --> 00:09:17,270 Elisha said, where have you been? 184 00:09:18,550 --> 00:09:20,410 He said, I didn't go anywhere. 185 00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:24,330 And he said, did not my spirit go 186 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:24,750 with me? 187 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:35,260 When you received, when you went out to 188 00:09:35,260 --> 00:09:38,640 their chariot and stopped them, and you received 189 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:43,790 the money, and you received the garments, and 190 00:09:43,790 --> 00:09:46,330 the olive yards, and the vineyards, and the 191 00:09:46,330 --> 00:09:47,810 sheep, and the oxen, and the men's servants, 192 00:09:47,910 --> 00:09:48,350 and the maidservants. 193 00:09:48,350 --> 00:09:50,310 Now, you see, he starts to read his 194 00:09:50,310 --> 00:09:51,230 mind at this point. 195 00:09:51,270 --> 00:09:53,850 Or he starts to discern what was on 196 00:09:53,850 --> 00:09:54,330 his heart. 197 00:09:57,300 --> 00:09:58,660 These are the things he thought he would 198 00:09:58,660 --> 00:09:59,420 buy with the money. 199 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,220 The olive yards, and vineyards. 200 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,920 He's going to have servants of his own. 201 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,100 He was going to buy some oxen, and 202 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,060 he was going to buy some sheep. 203 00:10:09,220 --> 00:10:10,380 He was going to set himself up. 204 00:10:12,020 --> 00:10:14,720 And the prophet starts laying out the things 205 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,120 that he had in mind to do with 206 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:16,520 this money. 207 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,800 And he said, the leprosy that was upon 208 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,780 Naaman is going to be upon you and 209 00:10:23,780 --> 00:10:24,580 your family. 210 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:28,680 And so Gehazi went out from his presence, 211 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:30,300 a leper. 212 00:10:33,450 --> 00:10:35,550 Now, the sons of the prophet said, hey, 213 00:10:35,890 --> 00:10:37,530 we have a hard time living, you man, 214 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:39,350 you live too straight. 215 00:10:40,490 --> 00:10:42,230 We need to build us a house to 216 00:10:42,230 --> 00:10:43,850 live in down by Jericho. 217 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:46,950 And so he said, fine, go down to 218 00:10:46,950 --> 00:10:47,870 Jericho and build you a house. 219 00:10:47,870 --> 00:10:49,390 They said, well, come down and help us. 220 00:10:49,470 --> 00:10:50,970 And so he went down to Jericho with 221 00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:51,130 them. 222 00:10:51,970 --> 00:10:54,610 And they were felling some trees by the 223 00:10:54,610 --> 00:10:55,590 Jordan River. 224 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,630 And one fellow's axe head flew off and 225 00:10:59,630 --> 00:11:00,510 went in the water. 226 00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:03,350 And he said, oh, no, I borrowed that 227 00:11:03,350 --> 00:11:04,050 axe head. 228 00:11:05,510 --> 00:11:07,130 Elisha said, well, where did it fall in? 229 00:11:07,230 --> 00:11:08,070 He said, over in there. 230 00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:15,720 So Elisha took a stick and cast it 231 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,320 into the river, and the iron floated. 232 00:11:18,420 --> 00:11:19,560 And he said, grab it. 233 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,040 And so he grabbed the axe head. 234 00:11:23,740 --> 00:11:26,280 Now, the king of Syria was warring against 235 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:26,840 Israel. 236 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,640 And he had a meeting of his generals. 237 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:33,660 Now he said, in such and such a 238 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,260 place, we will set up camp and we 239 00:11:35,260 --> 00:11:36,960 will ambush the king of Israel when he 240 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:37,540 comes by. 241 00:11:38,820 --> 00:11:40,960 So Elisha sent to the king and warned 242 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,920 him of the ambush that Ben-Hadad had 243 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:43,320 sent. 244 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:45,880 And he saved Ben-Hadad from the ambush. 245 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,180 I mean, he warned the king of Israel. 246 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,120 And he saved the king of Israel from 247 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,380 the traps that Ben-Hadad had sent more 248 00:11:52,380 --> 00:11:54,320 than once, more than twice. 249 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,160 And so Ben-Hadad figured that someone of 250 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:05,160 his upper council had to be leaking the 251 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:05,620 secrets. 252 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:07,740 There was a security leak somewhere. 253 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,380 And so he called his generals and he 254 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:12,180 said, okay, which of you guys is for 255 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:12,740 my enemy? 256 00:12:13,860 --> 00:12:15,660 And they said, none of us. 257 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,160 But there's a prophet over there in Israel. 258 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,860 You can't talk to your wife in your 259 00:12:19,860 --> 00:12:22,800 bedroom, but he knows what you're saying to 260 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:23,020 her. 261 00:12:26,570 --> 00:12:29,170 And he said, go and bring him back 262 00:12:29,170 --> 00:12:30,090 a captive. 263 00:12:31,410 --> 00:12:33,130 So they said, well, he's in Dothan. 264 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:35,190 And so the Syrian army came to the 265 00:12:35,190 --> 00:12:37,550 city of Dothan and circled the city of 266 00:12:37,550 --> 00:12:41,490 Dothan with their horses, chariots, and a great 267 00:12:41,490 --> 00:12:42,990 company of men. 268 00:12:42,990 --> 00:12:46,430 And they came by night and circled the 269 00:12:46,430 --> 00:12:46,710 city. 270 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:49,530 So in the morning when Gehazi, the servant 271 00:12:49,530 --> 00:12:54,140 of Elisha, got up and went out, he 272 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:57,280 looked and he saw the Syrian army had 273 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,920 circled the city of Dothan. 274 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,620 And he went running back in, woke up 275 00:13:02,620 --> 00:13:04,240 Elisha and said, we've had it. 276 00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:08,760 We're surrounded by the Syrian army. 277 00:13:11,170 --> 00:13:13,490 And Elisha said, don't be afraid. 278 00:13:15,030 --> 00:13:17,890 There are more with us than are with 279 00:13:17,890 --> 00:13:18,150 them. 280 00:13:19,710 --> 00:13:22,010 And then he prayed, O Lord, open up 281 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:25,650 his eyes that he may see. 282 00:13:27,610 --> 00:13:30,070 And the Lord opened the eyes of Gehazi, 283 00:13:30,390 --> 00:13:33,770 the servant of Elisha, and he saw the 284 00:13:33,770 --> 00:13:37,450 chariots of fire round about Elijah and about 285 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:38,950 the Syrian army. 286 00:13:43,260 --> 00:13:46,320 Spiritual insight, it sure makes a difference on 287 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,000 our whole outlook in life. 288 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,340 Lord, open our eyes that we might see 289 00:13:51,340 --> 00:13:55,080 the truth, that we might not just see 290 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,140 the obvious physical things, but that we might 291 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:00,580 see the spiritual realities. 292 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,660 For many times in the physical realm it 293 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:07,840 looks like sure, certain defeat, unless you can 294 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,820 see it in the spiritual realm and you 295 00:14:09,820 --> 00:14:11,840 know there is a sure, certain victory. 296 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,380 If we look only at the flesh and 297 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:17,020 at the physical, we are prone many times 298 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:19,660 to be filled with fear and with despair, 299 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,320 hopelessness, because it looks like things are hopeless. 300 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,720 That's only because we're looking at the things 301 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,580 which are seen. 302 00:14:26,860 --> 00:14:28,480 But Paul said, we look at the things 303 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:29,520 which are not seen. 304 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:31,160 They are the eternal things. 305 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,880 Now it speaks of the men of the 306 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,600 Old Testament in the 11th chapter of Hebrews, 307 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,660 as it talks about these great men of 308 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:38,060 faith. 309 00:14:39,180 --> 00:14:41,880 And in referring to the deeds and the 310 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,700 exploits of these great men of faith, it 311 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:49,700 says, and they endured as seeing the invisible. 312 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,540 What was the secret of their endurance? 313 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,480 What was the secret of their power? 314 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:56,680 What was the secret of their ability to 315 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,920 go through all of the things that they 316 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,640 had to go through and all the things 317 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:00,980 they endured? 318 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,300 Because they could see beyond just the obvious 319 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:05,120 physical things. 320 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,720 Because they could see the realm of the 321 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:11,080 Spirit, they endured as seeing the invisible. 322 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:18,980 Men who have spiritual insight actually see so 323 00:15:18,980 --> 00:15:19,740 much more. 324 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,280 And that is why their lives are so 325 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,140 stable and so secure. 326 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:27,700 Even though the world around them may be 327 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:35,180 shaking, yet because they can see spiritually, they 328 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:35,940 are not shaken. 329 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,240 Then Elijah prayed to the Lord and he 330 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,700 said, Smite these people, I pray thee, with 331 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:45,280 blindness. 332 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,540 And the Syrian army was smitten with blindness. 333 00:15:48,780 --> 00:15:51,460 And Elisha said, This isn't the place you 334 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:53,420 fellows wanted, I'll lead you to the place 335 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:54,100 you want to go. 336 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,600 And he led them to the city of 337 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,360 Samaria, into the gates of the city, and 338 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,980 to the king of Samaria. 339 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,100 And he said, Now Lord, open up their 340 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:06,400 eyes. 341 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,500 And when they opened their eyes, they found 342 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,240 they were in the center of Samaria and 343 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,740 they were surrounded by the Samaritan army. 344 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,500 And the king of Samaria was all excited. 345 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:16,200 He didn't know what to do. 346 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,600 Shall I smite them? 347 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:18,500 Shall I smite them? 348 00:16:18,580 --> 00:16:20,200 And Elisha said, No. 349 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,460 He said, If you'd taken them as prisoners 350 00:16:22,460 --> 00:16:23,720 of war, you'd feed them. 351 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:25,220 He said, So feed them and send them 352 00:16:25,220 --> 00:16:25,520 home. 353 00:16:26,140 --> 00:16:27,940 So he prepared a great feast for them, 354 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,140 fed them, sent them home. 355 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,020 And they didn't come for Elisha again. 356 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,480 Now it came to pass after this, though, 357 00:16:38,660 --> 00:16:42,840 that Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, gathered 358 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,200 together his host and brought them up to 359 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,320 Samaria and he set up a siege, cutting 360 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,180 off Samaria. 361 00:16:51,380 --> 00:16:54,480 And there was a great famine in Samaria. 362 00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:00,180 So bad that a donkey's head was sold 363 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:04,859 for 80 pieces of silver and a pint 364 00:17:04,859 --> 00:17:08,700 of dove's dung sold for five pieces of 365 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:09,140 silver. 366 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:12,400 And as the king of Israel was walking 367 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,180 along the wall, a woman cried unto him, 368 00:17:19,220 --> 00:17:21,319 saying, Help, my lord, O king. 369 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:22,300 And he said, What do you want me 370 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:22,780 to do? 371 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,540 Sweep up the barn floor for you or 372 00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,900 get the culls out of the winepress? 373 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:30,260 What ails you? 374 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,080 And she said, This woman yesterday said, Give 375 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,040 me your son that we may eat him 376 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,040 today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 377 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,600 And so yesterday we ate my son, and 378 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,220 now she's hid her son. 379 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Make her produce him so we can eat 380 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:49,680 him. 381 00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:54,670 And when the king heard this, he tore 382 00:17:54,670 --> 00:17:57,230 his clothes and he said, God help me, 383 00:17:58,030 --> 00:18:00,370 if I don't have the head of Elisha 384 00:18:00,370 --> 00:18:02,070 the prophet by tomorrow. 385 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,650 Now it is interesting. 386 00:18:06,110 --> 00:18:09,130 It is because of the fact that this 387 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:12,410 king was leading the people into idolatry that 388 00:18:12,410 --> 00:18:14,090 they were having these problems. 389 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,920 And yet he wants to blame God and 390 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,920 the servant of God for the problems. 391 00:18:23,860 --> 00:18:26,160 How irrational can a person be? 392 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,260 But it is interesting how many times when 393 00:18:29,260 --> 00:18:31,680 a person has problems, they want to strike 394 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,040 out at a servant of God. 395 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,240 They want to blame you. 396 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:36,580 They think you've been praying for them or 397 00:18:36,580 --> 00:18:36,860 something. 398 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,480 And, you know, they really get angry with 399 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,600 you because of the problems that have come 400 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,200 into their lives. 401 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,160 When the problems are there because they have 402 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,260 forsaken the Lord. 403 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,800 But that's just a part of the irrationality 404 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:53,460 of people. 405 00:18:54,180 --> 00:18:56,460 And so he was blaming the prophet of 406 00:18:56,460 --> 00:18:56,700 God. 407 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:58,820 God help me, tomorrow I'm going to have 408 00:18:58,820 --> 00:18:59,560 that guy's head. 409 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,510 And so Elisha was sitting in his house 410 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,290 and some of his friends with him. 411 00:19:06,790 --> 00:19:08,530 And as they were sitting there talking, he 412 00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:10,610 said, How about that? 413 00:19:11,810 --> 00:19:13,590 Look what that son of a murderer is 414 00:19:13,590 --> 00:19:14,370 going to do now. 415 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:16,630 He's sending a guy down here to get 416 00:19:16,630 --> 00:19:17,150 my head. 417 00:19:19,910 --> 00:19:21,750 He said, when he gets to the door, 418 00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:23,930 pin him, hold him fast. 419 00:19:24,990 --> 00:19:27,650 For behold, the feet of his master are 420 00:19:27,650 --> 00:19:28,690 right behind him. 421 00:19:29,830 --> 00:19:31,550 And so this guy came running up on 422 00:19:31,550 --> 00:19:32,810 the porch and the guys opened the door 423 00:19:32,810 --> 00:19:33,950 and held him, pinned him. 424 00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:38,710 And the king came up. 425 00:19:43,130 --> 00:19:44,870 And Elisha said, hear the word of the 426 00:19:44,870 --> 00:19:45,310 Lord. 427 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:50,010 Thus saith the Lord, tomorrow about this time, 428 00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:55,770 they will be selling a bushel of fine 429 00:19:55,770 --> 00:19:58,490 flour for 65 cents. 430 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:08,760 And two bushels of barley for 65 cents 431 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,800 right in the gates of Samaria. 432 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,760 Now the prime minister, the guy upon whom 433 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,640 the king leaned, said to the prophet of 434 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:22,420 God, If God would open up windows in 435 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:24,280 heaven, could such a thing be? 436 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,300 Now it is interesting that so often we 437 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:36,300 try to figure out how God can do 438 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:37,300 His work. 439 00:20:38,180 --> 00:20:40,980 God gives us a glorious promise, but I 440 00:20:40,980 --> 00:20:42,340 want to know, how is He going to 441 00:20:42,340 --> 00:20:42,680 do it? 442 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:45,720 I've got to be able to somehow figure 443 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:46,680 it out in my mind. 444 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,240 Now the Bible says, My God shall supply 445 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,500 all your needs according to His riches in 446 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,080 glory by Christ Jesus our Lord. 447 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,840 Oh, that's great. 448 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:57,540 But how is He going to supply? 449 00:20:57,540 --> 00:21:03,370 You know, I've got the bills coming. 450 00:21:03,490 --> 00:21:04,510 How is He going to meet the bills 451 00:21:04,510 --> 00:21:04,950 this way? 452 00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:07,030 How is He going to do it? 453 00:21:07,150 --> 00:21:09,090 As though I need to know the methods. 454 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:15,150 Now, I'm always trying to figure out how 455 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:16,990 God can meet my needs. 456 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,800 I'm always trying to figure out a way 457 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,000 by which God might answer my prayers. 458 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,760 And when I figure out a way by 459 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,240 which God might answer them, then my prayers 460 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,240 are usually direction prayers rather than direct prayers. 461 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,360 My prayer turns into my solution. 462 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,360 Oh Lord, I've got it worked out. 463 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,000 If you'll just do this and this and 464 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,800 this Lord, then it's going to come. 465 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:48,900 You know, it'll happen. 466 00:21:55,220 --> 00:21:57,320 But God doesn't always follow my directions. 467 00:21:58,020 --> 00:21:59,360 And that's where we have problems. 468 00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:03,690 Because if He isn't following my directions, then 469 00:22:03,690 --> 00:22:04,710 I get upset with Him. 470 00:22:04,710 --> 00:22:08,230 I don't think He wants to help me. 471 00:22:08,270 --> 00:22:09,270 I don't think He wants to answer my 472 00:22:09,270 --> 00:22:09,710 prayer, you know. 473 00:22:09,850 --> 00:22:10,170 Why? 474 00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:11,430 Because He's not following my directions. 475 00:22:11,550 --> 00:22:12,550 I've got it all worked out the way 476 00:22:12,550 --> 00:22:13,290 God's going to do it. 477 00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:22,720 Rather than just direct prayers, I'm telling God 478 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:23,920 how to do His business. 479 00:22:28,830 --> 00:22:30,870 And so, this guy tried to figure out, 480 00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:36,270 rationalize how in the world, when they're selling 481 00:22:36,270 --> 00:22:43,650 a donkey skull for 80 pieces of silver, 482 00:22:43,650 --> 00:22:45,050 how in the world they're going to be 483 00:22:45,050 --> 00:22:50,290 selling fine flour for 65 cents tomorrow. 484 00:22:51,950 --> 00:22:53,890 God could go around and open up windows 485 00:22:53,890 --> 00:22:55,590 in heaven and dump flour all over the 486 00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:55,970 place. 487 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:01,590 And so, mocking the promise of God. 488 00:23:02,550 --> 00:23:04,890 Now, this is through unbelief. 489 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:09,450 He mocked the promise of God because of 490 00:23:09,450 --> 00:23:10,130 his unbelief. 491 00:23:10,730 --> 00:23:13,650 Because he could not figure out in his 492 00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:16,330 mind a way by which God might do 493 00:23:16,330 --> 00:23:17,830 what God said He was going to do. 494 00:23:24,230 --> 00:23:27,550 Now, I often cannot figure out how God 495 00:23:27,550 --> 00:23:28,270 is going to do things. 496 00:23:28,330 --> 00:23:29,490 And that's when I really panic. 497 00:23:31,010 --> 00:23:32,750 As long as I can figure out a 498 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:34,190 way by which God might do it, I'm 499 00:23:34,190 --> 00:23:35,050 usually in good shape. 500 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,660 But when they've made the Reader's Digest drawing 501 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:44,860 and my number wasn't drawn in the Grand 502 00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:46,880 Suisse, now how God going to do it? 503 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,460 He's failed me. 504 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,020 I had it all worked out. 505 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,700 All He had to do is pull my 506 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:52,660 number out of the box. 507 00:23:59,260 --> 00:24:00,140 He couldn't see. 508 00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:01,900 Now, I want you to know that God 509 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,620 has resources that you know nothing about, and 510 00:24:04,620 --> 00:24:06,440 God has ways of working of which you 511 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,800 have not even thought. 512 00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:11,680 God says, My ways are not your ways. 513 00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:13,880 My ways are beyond your finding out. 514 00:24:14,140 --> 00:24:15,280 My thoughts are not your thoughts. 515 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:17,380 My ways are beyond your finding out. 516 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,020 It isn't up to me to discover or 517 00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:22,100 to know or to figure out how God 518 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:22,900 is going to do His work. 519 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:24,240 It's only to believe that God is going 520 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,380 to work, because He said He would. 521 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,220 And if God said He's going to do 522 00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:29,980 it, He's going to do it. 523 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:34,820 But this fellow, through unbelief, mocked the promise 524 00:24:34,820 --> 00:24:36,420 of God, and the Prophet said unto him, 525 00:24:36,940 --> 00:24:38,440 Fellow, let me tell you something. 526 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:42,160 You'll see it, but you won't eat it. 527 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,420 God's going to work in spite of your 528 00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:47,300 unbelief, but you're not going to partake. 529 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,900 And that's one tragic thing about unbelief. 530 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:53,000 So often, it keeps you from partaking even 531 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,660 after God has done His work. 532 00:24:59,460 --> 00:25:01,120 Now, God has done a glorious work of 533 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:03,180 salvation for you, but many people have not 534 00:25:03,180 --> 00:25:04,940 partaken of that glorious work of God through 535 00:25:04,940 --> 00:25:05,420 unbelief. 536 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,640 Unbelief keeps you from God's work in your 537 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:09,980 life. 538 00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:12,940 And you can see the work of God, 539 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,320 but not partake of it. 540 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,860 You can see what God has done. 541 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:18,880 He did what He promised He'd do, but 542 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,440 you yourself cannot partake because of unbelief. 543 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,260 So, how unbelief can rob you of the 544 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:26,060 things of God and the blessings of God. 545 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:27,660 You're going to see it, but you won't 546 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:28,240 eat it. 547 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:34,680 Now, that night, outside of the wall of 548 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,380 Samaria, there were four leprous men living in 549 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:38,340 the garbage dump. 550 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,460 In those days, leprosy was such a loathsome 551 00:25:42,460 --> 00:25:45,120 disease that the people were ostracized from the 552 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,160 community, and they were forced to live apart 553 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:48,960 from the community. 554 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,420 When people approached them, they had to start 555 00:25:51,420 --> 00:25:54,180 crying out, unclean, unclean, so people wouldn't get 556 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:54,740 too near. 557 00:25:56,060 --> 00:25:58,620 Now, these people usually lived outside of the 558 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:01,180 city wall, outside of the area of the 559 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:03,440 wall where the people would dump their garbage. 560 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,640 And they would survive off of the garbage 561 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,340 that was dumped over the wall. 562 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,760 But the famine was so bad in Samaria, 563 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,320 they weren't dumping garbage, they were selling it. 564 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:20,440 Nothing coming over the wall, and these guys 565 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,980 are really getting hungry. 566 00:26:23,220 --> 00:26:24,420 Of course, you can imagine what it is 567 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:26,480 if they're eating babies in the city, what 568 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,840 it would be trying to survive off of 569 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,060 what's thrown over the wall. 570 00:26:32,450 --> 00:26:35,270 These four guys sitting there starving to death, 571 00:26:36,010 --> 00:26:39,190 one of them looked at the others and 572 00:26:39,190 --> 00:26:44,410 he said, Why just sit here till we 573 00:26:44,410 --> 00:26:44,790 die? 574 00:26:45,550 --> 00:26:46,850 That's a good question. 575 00:26:50,790 --> 00:26:52,330 Why just sit here till we die? 576 00:26:55,060 --> 00:26:57,680 In other words, if I don't do anything, 577 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:58,980 I'm going to die. 578 00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:02,610 Just sitting here, I'm going to die. 579 00:27:02,770 --> 00:27:04,510 Why just sit here till I die? 580 00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:11,610 Now, there's no sense going into Samaria, for 581 00:27:11,610 --> 00:27:15,090 they're starving in Samaria, so they can't give 582 00:27:15,090 --> 00:27:16,190 us any food in there anyhow. 583 00:27:16,190 --> 00:27:18,370 Let's go over to the camp of the 584 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:24,460 Syrians, and if they kill us, we haven't 585 00:27:24,460 --> 00:27:26,240 lost a thing, because we're going to die 586 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:26,600 anyhow. 587 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,520 But it's possible that they'll have mercy on 588 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,140 us and give us a crust of bread. 589 00:27:35,230 --> 00:27:38,930 So, these four fellows were taking a venture 590 00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:40,430 sort of in faith. 591 00:27:42,650 --> 00:27:45,910 But it's on that philosophy, you've got nothing 592 00:27:45,910 --> 00:27:47,710 to lose and everything to gain. 593 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,290 I mean, if they kill us, what have 594 00:27:51,290 --> 00:27:51,710 we lost? 595 00:27:51,710 --> 00:27:53,090 We're going to die here anyhow. 596 00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:54,690 We're starving to death. 597 00:27:55,070 --> 00:27:56,850 So, if they kill us, we haven't lost 598 00:27:56,850 --> 00:27:57,330 a thing. 599 00:27:59,230 --> 00:28:02,150 But they might feed us, you don't know. 600 00:28:03,630 --> 00:28:05,810 And so, they headed toward the camp of 601 00:28:05,810 --> 00:28:06,490 the Syrians. 602 00:28:08,550 --> 00:28:10,270 Four leprous men. 603 00:28:12,330 --> 00:28:15,170 Now, God worked a miracle. 604 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,880 As these four leprous men were clanging down 605 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,880 the road to the camp of the Syrians, 606 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:30,420 in that evening darkness, the Syrians thought they 607 00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:37,860 heard the sound of chariots and horses and 608 00:28:37,860 --> 00:28:38,880 a multitude of men. 609 00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:42,540 And they said, Oh, the king of Samaria 610 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:45,260 has hired the Egyptians and they're coming up 611 00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:46,000 against us. 612 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:47,320 Let's get out of here. 613 00:28:48,820 --> 00:28:50,220 And they started running. 614 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:51,120 And the guy said, Hey, where are you 615 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:51,360 going? 616 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:52,820 The Egyptians are coming. 617 00:28:52,820 --> 00:28:55,980 Oh, you know, and they started off. 618 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,540 And pandemonium broke out in the camp of 619 00:28:59,540 --> 00:29:03,980 Syria as the guys all took off, running 620 00:29:03,980 --> 00:29:07,660 back towards the Jordan River and across up 621 00:29:07,660 --> 00:29:08,940 into the Golan into Syria. 622 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,860 So, by the time these four leprous men 623 00:29:13,860 --> 00:29:17,040 got to the first tent, there was nobody 624 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:17,460 around. 625 00:29:20,340 --> 00:29:22,240 So, one guy opened up the tent flap 626 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,880 and he said, Wow, look at that. 627 00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:27,620 Table set with food. 628 00:29:28,780 --> 00:29:30,380 And man, these guys pounced on it and 629 00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:31,640 began to scarf it up. 630 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,680 And some of the treasures that were lying 631 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:38,940 around in the tent, the guys dug a 632 00:29:38,940 --> 00:29:39,960 hole and began to bury it. 633 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:41,900 Someone ran to another tent and said, Come 634 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:43,160 on over here, another tent. 635 00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:44,620 And they ran over there and started grabbing 636 00:29:44,620 --> 00:29:45,800 things and burying them. 637 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,280 And one of the fellows suddenly stopped and 638 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,500 said, Wait a minute. 639 00:29:52,580 --> 00:29:53,700 We're doing wrong. 640 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,260 If we keep this up, mischief is going 641 00:29:57,260 --> 00:29:58,260 to come on us. 642 00:30:00,210 --> 00:30:03,550 For just right over close by in the 643 00:30:03,550 --> 00:30:06,930 city of Samaria, people are starving to death 644 00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:07,350 tonight. 645 00:30:08,650 --> 00:30:10,370 And if we are out here and we 646 00:30:10,370 --> 00:30:12,230 just keep this to ourselves and we just 647 00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:14,690 gorge ourselves but don't let them know, then 648 00:30:14,690 --> 00:30:15,930 mischief is going to happen to us. 649 00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:18,190 We better go back and tell them that 650 00:30:18,190 --> 00:30:20,010 there's plenty of food for everybody. 651 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:23,890 So, they came back to the wall of 652 00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:26,110 Samaria and the guard was up there pacing 653 00:30:26,110 --> 00:30:29,010 back and forth looking for the Syrians, pulling 654 00:30:29,010 --> 00:30:31,590 his belt tight, feeling the hunger pangs. 655 00:30:32,590 --> 00:30:34,730 These guys called up and they said, Hey 656 00:30:34,730 --> 00:30:41,770 man, the Syrian camp is empty and there's 657 00:30:41,770 --> 00:30:44,770 plenty of food for everybody enough to feed 658 00:30:44,770 --> 00:30:45,610 the whole city. 659 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,260 And so the guard ran to the king 660 00:30:50,260 --> 00:30:51,900 and he said, I've just received a report. 661 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,080 The Syrian camp is empty and there's plenty 662 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,160 of food for everybody. 663 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,060 And the king said, It's a trap. 664 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,160 Don't let anybody go out. 665 00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:05,700 Lock the gates. 666 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,780 Those Syrians, they're sly people. 667 00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:12,480 They know how hungry we are so they've 668 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,680 just pulled back into the bushes and they're 669 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,820 hiding back in the bushes and they're waiting 670 00:31:16,820 --> 00:31:18,220 for us to open the gates to the 671 00:31:18,220 --> 00:31:19,340 city and come flooding out. 672 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:20,780 And as soon as we open the gates, 673 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:22,680 then they'll come pouring in and they're going 674 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:23,320 to wipe us out. 675 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:24,500 Don't let anybody go. 676 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:30,260 Look again at the tragedy of unbelief. 677 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,700 Here God has provided just like He promised 678 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:35,860 He would, but unbelief keeps them from even 679 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:39,500 partaking of God's glorious provisions. 680 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,140 One fellow said, King, there are five horses 681 00:31:45,140 --> 00:31:47,060 left in town that haven't been eaten. 682 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:50,060 Why don't you let five of us guys 683 00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:51,920 go out and we will scout around and 684 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,160 see if we can find any of the 685 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:53,500 Syrians. 686 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,860 So the king says, Alright, go. 687 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,640 And so these guys got on the five 688 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,760 remaining horses in town and they went riding 689 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,680 down toward the Jordan River and they came 690 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,080 back in the morning and said, It's true, 691 00:32:04,180 --> 00:32:05,720 King, there's not a Syrian around on this 692 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:06,580 side of the Jordan River. 693 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,200 All the way to the Jordan River we 694 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,120 found sandals and coats and stuff that they 695 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:11,840 threw off so they could run faster. 696 00:32:13,340 --> 00:32:14,060 They're gone. 697 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,780 And so the king said to this guy 698 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:24,080 that he leaned upon, sort of his prime 699 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,060 minister, who the day before had said to 700 00:32:26,060 --> 00:32:27,920 the prophet of God, If God would open 701 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,420 windows in heaven, could such a thing be? 702 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,940 The king says, You go down and you 703 00:32:30,940 --> 00:32:32,540 watch the gate as the people go in 704 00:32:32,540 --> 00:32:32,900 and out. 705 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:35,540 So this guy went down to watch the 706 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:37,480 gate and the people in their hurry and 707 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,240 in their desire to get out trampled him 708 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:39,780 to death. 709 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,520 So the word of the prophet came to 710 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:42,880 pass. 711 00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:46,890 He saw it, but he didn't eat it. 712 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:51,490 The tragic price of unbelief. 713 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:04,170 Now, Elisha's speaking to the woman whose son 714 00:33:04,170 --> 00:33:05,830 had been restored to life and he said, 715 00:33:05,890 --> 00:33:08,950 You better get out of here because there's 716 00:33:08,950 --> 00:33:11,370 going to be a seven-year famine in 717 00:33:11,370 --> 00:33:12,050 this area. 718 00:33:12,050 --> 00:33:14,870 And so she left and she moved down 719 00:33:14,870 --> 00:33:17,690 to the area of the Philistines and stayed 720 00:33:17,690 --> 00:33:19,110 there for seven years. 721 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:22,890 Now, after the seven years, she came back 722 00:33:22,890 --> 00:33:25,270 from the land of the Philistines and she 723 00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:28,030 found that people had moved into her house 724 00:33:28,030 --> 00:33:31,310 and onto her property and taken over her 725 00:33:31,310 --> 00:33:31,730 land. 726 00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:35,430 Now, it so happened that the king at 727 00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:38,290 this time was talking with Gehazi, the servant 728 00:33:38,290 --> 00:33:42,430 of Elisha, and Gehazi was telling him all 729 00:33:42,430 --> 00:33:45,350 of the miracles that Elisha had performed. 730 00:33:47,630 --> 00:33:50,270 And the woman was coming to the king 731 00:33:50,270 --> 00:33:54,450 and going to seek that he give her 732 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:55,550 her land back and all. 733 00:33:56,230 --> 00:33:59,370 And so Gehazi was telling her about this 734 00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:01,870 woman that had this son and how the 735 00:34:01,870 --> 00:34:03,310 son died and was healed and all. 736 00:34:03,650 --> 00:34:05,990 And at the same time, she came up 737 00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:08,090 to the king to see if she could 738 00:34:08,090 --> 00:34:08,810 get her land back. 739 00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:11,870 And Gehazi said, as the Lord liveth, this 740 00:34:11,870 --> 00:34:12,530 is the woman. 741 00:34:12,690 --> 00:34:13,250 This is her. 742 00:34:13,350 --> 00:34:14,610 This is the one I was telling you 743 00:34:14,610 --> 00:34:14,969 about. 744 00:34:16,050 --> 00:34:18,170 And so the king inquired, this is the 745 00:34:18,170 --> 00:34:18,449 boy. 746 00:34:18,510 --> 00:34:20,429 This is the boy that was healed and 747 00:34:20,429 --> 00:34:20,630 all. 748 00:34:20,730 --> 00:34:21,989 It was dead and is healed. 749 00:34:22,690 --> 00:34:28,010 And so, the king had her land restored 750 00:34:28,010 --> 00:34:30,690 to her plus all of the fruits from 751 00:34:30,690 --> 00:34:32,650 the field from the time that she had 752 00:34:32,650 --> 00:34:33,010 left. 753 00:34:33,949 --> 00:34:38,050 Now, Elisha came to Damascus. 754 00:34:38,630 --> 00:34:42,610 Now, up into the area of Ben-Hadad, 755 00:34:43,210 --> 00:34:45,449 the king of Syria who was very sick. 756 00:34:47,310 --> 00:34:50,370 And they told Ben-Hadad that Elisha has 757 00:34:50,370 --> 00:34:51,050 come on up. 758 00:34:51,850 --> 00:34:53,850 So, he sent Haziel. 759 00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:58,780 Now, you'll remember that last week as we 760 00:34:58,780 --> 00:35:04,020 were studying Elijah's flight down to Mount Horeb 761 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:07,400 when he was hiding in the cave and 762 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,160 the Lord said, what are you doing here, 763 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:09,820 Elijah? 764 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,800 Elijah said, I've been jealous for God and 765 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,240 they have broken your covenant and they've broken 766 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,040 down your alders and they've killed your prophets 767 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:19,920 and I'm the only one left. 768 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,180 The Lord said, no, what are you doing 769 00:35:22,180 --> 00:35:22,420 here? 770 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,360 He's doing nothing. 771 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:24,760 And God says, now look, get out of 772 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:24,880 here. 773 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:28,480 Go up to Damascus and anoint Haziel to 774 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,420 be king over Syria. 775 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,560 Now, this is some time later. 776 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:38,080 Elisha is up in Syria and the king, 777 00:35:38,380 --> 00:35:40,980 Ben-Hadad, is sick. 778 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,000 And he sends Haziel, the one that Elijah 779 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,700 had anointed to be the king over Syria, 780 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,660 he sent him to Elisha to inquire whether 781 00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:52,160 or not the king was going to recover 782 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,160 from this illness. 783 00:35:54,060 --> 00:35:56,480 And so, Haziel came to Elisha and he 784 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,540 said, the king wants to know if he's 785 00:35:58,540 --> 00:35:59,960 going to recover from the illness. 786 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:03,340 And Elisha just stood staring at him. 787 00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:08,100 And he said, well, what's wrong? 788 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,900 And he said, well, he said, the king 789 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:13,780 will surely recover from the illness, but he's 790 00:36:13,780 --> 00:36:14,440 going to die. 791 00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:20,830 And he kept staring at him. 792 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:31,480 And he began to weep. 793 00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:35,000 And Haziel was very uncomfortable. 794 00:36:36,740 --> 00:36:38,980 So, he said, why are you weeping, my 795 00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:39,240 Lord? 796 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,580 And he answered because he said, I know 797 00:36:42,580 --> 00:36:46,460 the evil that you will do to the 798 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:47,380 children of Israel. 799 00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:51,520 You're going to set their strongholds on fire. 800 00:36:52,980 --> 00:36:54,980 Their young men will you slay with a 801 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:57,980 sword and you will dash their children and 802 00:36:57,980 --> 00:36:59,900 rip up the pregnant women. 803 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:05,720 And Haziel said, am I a dog? 804 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,060 That I should do these horrible things? 805 00:37:09,980 --> 00:37:12,800 And Elisha answered, the Lord hath showed me 806 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,280 that you're going to be the king over 807 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:15,760 Syria. 808 00:37:17,780 --> 00:37:21,280 Now, again, here is that marvelous spiritual insight 809 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,480 as Elisha could see what the future held, 810 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,280 what this man, Haziel, was going to be 811 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,060 doing to the children of Israel. 812 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,380 This is much like when Jesus was on 813 00:37:33,380 --> 00:37:34,660 the Mount of Olives and He was looking 814 00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:38,680 at Jerusalem on the day of His triumphant 815 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:39,080 entry. 816 00:37:39,540 --> 00:37:42,040 And as He began to weep, He said, 817 00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:44,840 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if you'd only known what belonged 818 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:45,800 to your peace in this day. 819 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,100 It's hid from your eyes. 820 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:49,640 And now, desolation is going to come. 821 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,600 Your children are going to be slain in 822 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,080 the streets. 823 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,420 And He was weeping as He could see 824 00:37:54,420 --> 00:37:56,960 what lay in store for this city that 825 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,440 was before Him as He was there on 826 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,320 the Mount of Olives overlooking the city. 827 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,840 He could see the devastation that was coming. 828 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:04,900 And He wept over it. 829 00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:07,400 So here the prophet Elisha could see what 830 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,120 this man was going to do. 831 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,140 The horrible devastation. 832 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:13,040 The atrocities. 833 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:14,920 And He began to weep. 834 00:38:14,980 --> 00:38:16,280 And of course, the guy was embarrassed. 835 00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:17,940 He said, am I a dog that I 836 00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:19,040 would do these kind of things? 837 00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:21,260 He said, the Lord has shown me you 838 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:22,960 are going to be the king over Syria. 839 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:25,740 Well, he went back to Ben Hadad and 840 00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:27,500 he said, what did the prophet say? 841 00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:30,200 And he said, the prophet said, you would 842 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,700 surely recover from this illness. 843 00:38:31,820 --> 00:38:33,800 But he took a wet blanket and he 844 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,840 smothered Ben Hadad. 845 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:43,580 And Haziel became the king over Syria. 846 00:38:46,070 --> 00:38:51,660 Now in the fifth year of Joram, the 847 00:38:51,660 --> 00:38:58,800 son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat, then being the king 848 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,200 of Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, the 849 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,460 king of Judah began to reign. 850 00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:06,480 So here's where you've got these two Jehorams 851 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:06,940 reigning. 852 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,160 One is the son of Ahab. 853 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:10,920 The other is the son of Jehoshaphat. 854 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,540 Jehoshaphat and Ahab were sort of co-conspirators. 855 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,740 They were friends and perhaps they decided to 856 00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:19,820 name their sons the same names. 857 00:39:20,820 --> 00:39:22,840 He was 32 years old when he began 858 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,460 to reign and he reigned for eight years 859 00:39:24,460 --> 00:39:25,020 in Jerusalem. 860 00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:27,460 But he walked in the way of the 861 00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:32,360 kings of Israel because he actually married the 862 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,460 daughter of Ahab. 863 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:40,180 And thus the idolatries in all of the 864 00:39:40,180 --> 00:39:43,740 northern kingdom were now introduced into Judah, the 865 00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,480 southern kingdom through Jehoram. 866 00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:48,780 He was a wicked, evil king and he 867 00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:50,380 did evil in the sight of the Lord. 868 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,380 But the Lord would not destroy Judah for 869 00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:54,440 David's sake. 870 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:58,780 Now in his days the Edomites revolted against 871 00:39:58,780 --> 00:39:59,440 Judah. 872 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,620 And he came down to smite them but 873 00:40:02,620 --> 00:40:04,960 he himself was put to flight by the 874 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:05,620 Edomites. 875 00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:09,840 And then Libna joined in the revolt against 876 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:10,780 Judah. 877 00:40:13,050 --> 00:40:15,410 And Jehoram slept with his fathers and was 878 00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:17,370 buried in the city of David. 879 00:40:17,750 --> 00:40:21,290 And Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 880 00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:27,270 Now Ahaziah would be then a relationship to 881 00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:29,290 Ahab and Jezebel. 882 00:40:30,730 --> 00:40:34,410 He's sort of the grandson. 883 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:38,570 And in the twelfth year of Jehoram, the 884 00:40:38,570 --> 00:40:41,270 son of Ahab, king of Israel, did Ahaziah, 885 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:44,210 the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, begin 886 00:40:44,210 --> 00:40:44,610 to reign. 887 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:46,050 He was 22 years old. 888 00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:49,830 When he began to reign, he reigned only 889 00:40:49,830 --> 00:40:51,070 for one year. 890 00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:54,490 His mother's name was Athaliah. 891 00:40:54,650 --> 00:40:55,970 She was a wicked woman. 892 00:40:55,970 --> 00:40:57,990 She was the daughter of Omri, the king 893 00:40:57,990 --> 00:40:58,490 of Israel. 894 00:40:59,050 --> 00:41:00,930 And he walked in the way of the 895 00:41:00,930 --> 00:41:03,290 house of Ahab, did evil in the sight 896 00:41:03,290 --> 00:41:05,510 of the Lord, as did the house of 897 00:41:05,510 --> 00:41:07,610 Ahab, for he was the son-in-law 898 00:41:07,610 --> 00:41:09,830 of the house of Ahab. 899 00:41:11,110 --> 00:41:13,210 And he went with Jehoram, the son of 900 00:41:13,210 --> 00:41:15,350 Ahab, to the war against Hazael, the king 901 00:41:15,350 --> 00:41:18,950 of Syria, and Ramoth Gilead and the Syrians 902 00:41:18,950 --> 00:41:20,490 wounded Jehoram. 903 00:41:21,210 --> 00:41:23,670 And king Jehoram went back to be healed 904 00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:26,670 in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians 905 00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:29,790 had given to him when he fought against 906 00:41:29,790 --> 00:41:31,110 Hazael, the king of Syria. 907 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:33,910 And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king 908 00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:39,220 of Judah, went down to see Jehoram, the 909 00:41:39,220 --> 00:41:42,220 son of Ahab, in Jezreel because he was 910 00:41:42,220 --> 00:41:42,760 sick. 911 00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:51,700 And so, Azahiah went up to see the 912 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:55,740 king to sort of comfort him in his 913 00:41:55,740 --> 00:41:56,120 sickness. 914 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,400 Now, next week we will pick up at 915 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,640 chapter 9 and we will move on as 916 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,700 these two kings are assassinated as they are 917 00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,680 visiting there. 918 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:12,760 And so, Jehu becomes the king over Israel 919 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,800 and a new king over Judah. 920 00:42:18,690 --> 00:42:19,670 So, we stand. 921 00:42:35,950 --> 00:42:37,550 David said, Thy word have I hid in 922 00:42:37,550 --> 00:42:38,910 my heart, O Lord, that I might not 923 00:42:38,910 --> 00:42:39,930 sin against Thee. 924 00:42:43,290 --> 00:42:46,550 Also, the entrance of Thy word giveth light. 925 00:42:48,010 --> 00:42:50,350 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 926 00:42:50,490 --> 00:42:51,730 a light unto my path. 927 00:42:54,910 --> 00:42:58,170 And may God enrich Your knowledge of Himself 928 00:42:58,490 --> 00:43:00,630 through the study of His word. 929 00:43:02,750 --> 00:43:07,750 And may we learn the value of commitment 930 00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:08,630 to God. 931 00:43:11,140 --> 00:43:18,420 And may we learn the dangers of unbelief. 932 00:43:19,790 --> 00:43:23,790 May God teach us through the word how 933 00:43:23,790 --> 00:43:26,410 to walk with Him in faith. 934 00:43:27,830 --> 00:43:32,030 And may God grant to us spiritual insights. 935 00:43:33,170 --> 00:43:38,940 In these days to come especially, in which 936 00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:41,520 evil days are going to wax worse and 937 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,720 worse, if you don't have spiritual insight, you're 938 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:45,980 going to be going under. 939 00:43:46,620 --> 00:43:50,880 May God grant to you that spiritual insight 940 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,260 that you can see behind the scenes. 941 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,480 You can see what the others aren't seeing. 942 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,600 That you can see that God is working 943 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,300 and that His hand is actually in these 944 00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:05,100 things that are transpiring and God is bringing 945 00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:08,100 to pass His will and His purposes for 946 00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:10,440 Jesus is coming very soon. 947 00:44:11,380 --> 00:44:13,740 And may God grant to you great spiritual 948 00:44:13,740 --> 00:44:17,220 insight as we move into this dark period 949 00:44:17,220 --> 00:44:19,420 of the history of the United States. 950 00:44:19,980 --> 00:44:22,800 May you be sustained by the power of 951 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,700 the Spirit and by the hope that is 952 00:44:26,700 --> 00:44:28,880 ours through the word of God.