Bible Lesson: Miracles Of The Old
Testament: Miracle Of Purifying Poisoned Food.
Occasion: Sons Of The Prophets
Eat Miracle Food.
Location: Gilgal
Bible Text:
II Kings 4:38-41 NLT
38 Elisha now returned to Gilgal,
and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets
was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on
the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”
39 One of the young men went out
into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild
gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing
they were poisonous.
40 Some of the stew was served to
the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man
of God, there’s poison in this stew!” So they would not
eat it.
41 Elisha said, “Bring me some
flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all
right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.
II Kings 4:38-40
NLT
38 Elisha now returned to Gilgal,
and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets
was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on
the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”
39 One of the young men went out
into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild
gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing
they were poisonous.
40 Some of the stew was served to
the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man
of God, there’s poison in this stew!” So they would not
eat it.
The young followers, sons of the prophets, who were under the
guidance of Elisha, were hungry.
Elisha told them, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some
stew for the rest of the group.”
A young man went out to seek out any vegetables, if any he could find,
to help make a stew. And to his luck and surprise, there were some
gourds, that no one else had seen (in famine) so he gladly filled his
lap with as many as he could carry.
Wait a minute, there's a lesson here.....wait on it....
Selah in the musical book of Psalms, because many were sung, was a musical pause, that meant to “stop and listen,” or to “stop and think
on this.”
Poison in the pot, well, it has to be said, as if we didn't know it.
Friends, all
the good intentions in the world doesn't mean its good, or life giving!
(Well, OK, read it a few times.)
In 1150 A.D. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux wrote, the so well remembered
proverb.
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
If what your church teaches isn't in the Word Of God, then it is a
Tradition Of Men, and not
The Truth of The Word!
Mark 7:8 KJV
For laying
aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men..."
Colossians 2:8
KJV
Beware lest any
man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition
of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Well, how can you know if your church is correct or not?
Our spiritual instruction, had better be accurate and truthful, or we
as a people, will find ourselves in the wrath of God, and not His
blessings.
And pity the pour soul, who abrogates his spiritual responsibility to
the good faith of others,
blindly believing the authenticity of their spiritual instruction.
Acts 17:10-12 NLT The Noble Bereans.)
10 That very
night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived
there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11 And the
people of Berea were more open-minded (Noble-KJV) than those in
Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They
searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were
teaching The Truth.
12 As a result,
many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Friend, there is a lot of stew in the pot!
Wherever you look someone has a religious book, movie, radio, or T.V.
Promotion.
It's a spiritual mine field out there!
And yes, the poisonous ones lead to death, spiritual death!
II Kings 4:38 NLT
One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds..."
Why had the young man found so many gourds, to his surprise? He did so because they were poisonous!
And it is no, different in our world today, there is poison, and it is plentiful.
How can one know what to believe?
Acts 17:10-12 NLT The Noble Bereans.)
10 That very
night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived
there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11 And the
people of Berea were more open-minded (Noble-KJV) than those in
Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They
searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were
teaching the truth.
12 As a result,
many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Have your King James Bible, by your side and commit yourself to read,
at least a chapter a day.
Yes, there are a thousand other versions out there, all demanding to
be read, but there is only one Standard, and that dearest friend is The Holy King James Bible.
Yes, having other versions may make some obscure passage more
understandable, but never,
never let them be your “Standard,” of Truth, as the King James
Bible!
Your spiritual health, is no ones responsibility, …..................
but your own!
Neglect it, abrogate its care and keeping to others, because you have
better things to do,.......
than prepare one day to reap the reward of
blind allegiance!
Eternal Life (Existing, lasting, forever; without end.) is a very,
serious thing! A wrong choice, may “not,” be remade, or done
over!
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
"... it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
If you want
to live, know what you eat!
II Kings 4:41
NLT
Elisha said, “Bring me some
flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all
right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.
How many a dear soul, has said, “all my life I was taught this, I
was taught that, but now I know that what I was taught, was all an
error.”
John 8:31,32 KJV
31 Then said
Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word,
then are ye My disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall
know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith
unto him, I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by Me.
Thank God, there is healing for those who have been poisoned!
Thank God, there is a deliverer, life giving healer, His name is The
Lord Jesus Christ,
God the eternal Father's eternal Son.
Isaiah 42:6,7
KJV
6 I the Lord
have called thee..."
7 To open the
blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that
sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isaiah 58:6 KJV
Is not this the
fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo
the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free..."
Isaiah 61:1 KJV
The Spirit Of
The Lord God is upon me; because The Lord hath anointed Me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to them that are bound;
Luke 4:18,19 KJV
18 The Spirit
Of The Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the
gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach
the acceptable year of The Lord.
John 8:36 KJV
If The Son
therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 1:1-4 KJV
1 In the
beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was
God.
2 The same was
in the beginning with God.
3 All things
were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was
made.
4 In Him was
Life; and The Life was The Light of men.
