GOOD NEWS IN BAD TIMES (7 OF 8)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: 2 Kings 6:24, 2 Kings 7:20
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Good News in Bad Times (7 of 8)
Series: Elisha
Josh Malone
2 Kings 6:24-7:20
Dark days ... hard times ... are a certainty in life. Every person, every place, every time has them. Now they are not all equal. Some recessions are worse than others, some pandemics are worse than others, some diseases are worse than others. All people, places, and times face challenges ... because of the fallenness of the world. - In face, those times remind us just how fallen/broken the world is. People respond to the brokenness in the world in different ways. Some people look around at all the tragedy and they conclude ... ‘‘There is no God.’’ Some simply try their best to ignore the brokenness ... they focus on the good things and try not to think too deeply about the other ... and they sort of drink deeply of distraction. The believer in Christ is to be the one who runs to God ... rests in God ... believes God ... even in the brokenness, the mess, and the hurt. The believer in Christ knows brokenness comes from sin ... and that God is at work to redeem ... and that a better day is coming. In today’s text ... we see Israel facing a terribly difficult day. They are under siege and famine has hit Samaria. It’s a dark time ... but in the midst of it Elisha communicates hope ... how will it be received? How are to respond to God and His Word in the midst of fallenness and brokenness?
24 Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. 26 Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, ‘‘Help, my lord, O king!’’ 27 And he said, ‘‘If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?’’ 28 And the king asked her, ‘‘What is your trouble?’’ She answered, ‘‘T ...
Series: Elisha
Josh Malone
2 Kings 6:24-7:20
Dark days ... hard times ... are a certainty in life. Every person, every place, every time has them. Now they are not all equal. Some recessions are worse than others, some pandemics are worse than others, some diseases are worse than others. All people, places, and times face challenges ... because of the fallenness of the world. - In face, those times remind us just how fallen/broken the world is. People respond to the brokenness in the world in different ways. Some people look around at all the tragedy and they conclude ... ‘‘There is no God.’’ Some simply try their best to ignore the brokenness ... they focus on the good things and try not to think too deeply about the other ... and they sort of drink deeply of distraction. The believer in Christ is to be the one who runs to God ... rests in God ... believes God ... even in the brokenness, the mess, and the hurt. The believer in Christ knows brokenness comes from sin ... and that God is at work to redeem ... and that a better day is coming. In today’s text ... we see Israel facing a terribly difficult day. They are under siege and famine has hit Samaria. It’s a dark time ... but in the midst of it Elisha communicates hope ... how will it be received? How are to respond to God and His Word in the midst of fallenness and brokenness?
24 Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. 26 Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, ‘‘Help, my lord, O king!’’ 27 And he said, ‘‘If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?’’ 28 And the king asked her, ‘‘What is your trouble?’’ She answered, ‘‘T ...
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