INHERITANCE FROM A DYING MAN (4 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Kings 13:14-23
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Inheritance From a Dying Man (4 of 5)
Series: These Are the Days of Elisha
Jeff Strite
2 Kings 13:14-23
OPEN: Tomorrow is Memorial Day and it's a very special day. It's a day to remember our military - those who've died in war. It was originally called ''Decoration Day'' and it was started shortly after the end of the Civil War, but no one seems to know when the tradition began. One of the earliest Memorial Day ceremonies was held by freed African Americans down in the South. It became a national holiday in 1971, and (ever since that year) on the last Monday in May people have decorated the graves of those who've died in war.
It's called Memorial Day.
A day to Memorialize - to remember - those who've fought and died for the United States over the years. It declares that their deaths and their sacrifice mean something to us. It declares that we take what they've done seriously and we don't want to forget what they did for us.
In our text today, we read about a man who died, and who's death is MEMORIALIZED by God so that we don't forget what he did. His name was Elisha. And this chapter tells us a lot about what Elisha DID just before he died!
2 Kings 13:14 tells us ''when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ''My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!''
Now Joash (also known as Jehoash) reigned over the northern 10 tribes of Israel for 16 years, and 2 Kings 13:11 tells us ''He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam...''
So, he's not a very nice guy. He was a man who did evil things. God wasn't all that important to Joash, and yet Joash likes Elisha (the Prophet of God). And when he hears that Elisha is dying he rushes to his side and weeps over him. Joash may not have cared much about Elisha's God... but he loved Elisha.
And so, here we have Elisha on his deathbed - and h ...
Series: These Are the Days of Elisha
Jeff Strite
2 Kings 13:14-23
OPEN: Tomorrow is Memorial Day and it's a very special day. It's a day to remember our military - those who've died in war. It was originally called ''Decoration Day'' and it was started shortly after the end of the Civil War, but no one seems to know when the tradition began. One of the earliest Memorial Day ceremonies was held by freed African Americans down in the South. It became a national holiday in 1971, and (ever since that year) on the last Monday in May people have decorated the graves of those who've died in war.
It's called Memorial Day.
A day to Memorialize - to remember - those who've fought and died for the United States over the years. It declares that their deaths and their sacrifice mean something to us. It declares that we take what they've done seriously and we don't want to forget what they did for us.
In our text today, we read about a man who died, and who's death is MEMORIALIZED by God so that we don't forget what he did. His name was Elisha. And this chapter tells us a lot about what Elisha DID just before he died!
2 Kings 13:14 tells us ''when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ''My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!''
Now Joash (also known as Jehoash) reigned over the northern 10 tribes of Israel for 16 years, and 2 Kings 13:11 tells us ''He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam...''
So, he's not a very nice guy. He was a man who did evil things. God wasn't all that important to Joash, and yet Joash likes Elisha (the Prophet of God). And when he hears that Elisha is dying he rushes to his side and weeps over him. Joash may not have cared much about Elisha's God... but he loved Elisha.
And so, here we have Elisha on his deathbed - and h ...
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