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MAKE ROOM (3)

by Jeff Ecklund

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-10
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Title: Make Room (3)
Series: Not Be Shaken
Author: Jeff Ecklund
Text: 2 Kings 4:8-10


Over the last few weeks we have experienced such an amazing move and Presence of God I felt like I should continue in the Not Be Shaken series for one more Sunday.

I believe what we have experienced is described in the Hebrew word for "glory" = Kabod
Kabod = masc. glory, honor, divine presence. Often refers to manifestations of the presence of God in the tabernacle or temple; can also refer to the reputation or character of God or, occasionally, men.

The term kabÙd very often occurs together with the divine name (jehovah, yhwh); God's kabÙd is sometimes framed as an attribute that God possesses, while at other times it is framed as his actual presence

Lanier, G. R. (2014). Glory. In D. Mangum, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, & R. Hurst (Eds.), Lexham Theological Wordbook. Lexham Press.

I've heard and read testimonies from people that have never experienced the Presence of the Lord in this dimension and honestly...don't know how to respond to it!

This is a passage that I believe helps us to know how to respond when God is moving strongly in our lives.

I love to read the stories of revivals in the past...and the communities that were transformed because of them...

During the Welsh Revival, the culture was so transformed that new mules had to be secured to work in the coal mines: The old mules wouldn't respond to miners who no longer cursed and abused the animals!

There were Sunday school reforms, prisoner reforms, the abolition of slavery...all in response to people who encountered God in an amazing way...

A "kabod" way if you will...

We were created to be responsive people right?!

I've preached on this passage a few years back (one of my favorites) so to some people it may be a reminder...

To others it may be fresh and new, but's it's one of my favorites in the bible about a woman who responds to God moving in her life.

I don't believe ...

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