Sunday 29h September 2024 PM
Bible Reading - 2 Kings 6:8-23
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10) Opening Eyes
2 Kings 6:8-23
“Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 2 Kings 6:16
for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
God protected Israel
Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.” But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there.” 2 Kings 6:8-9
And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice. 2 Kings 6:10
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. Proverbs 19:21
And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing, and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?” And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.” 2 Kings 6:11-12
God protected Elisha
“Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 2 Kings 6:15
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:17
And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. 2 Kings 6:18
And he led them to Samaria. 2 Kings 6:19
God protected Syrian army
He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.” 2 Kings 6:22
So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel. 2 Kings 6:23