Eyes to See
Bible Text: 2 Kings 6:8-23 | Preacher: Alan Conner | Series: 2 Kings, 2007
Northwest Bible Church – Jan. 21, 2007 – 2 Kings Series – Worship Service – Alan Conner
2 Kings 6:8-23
Eyes to See
Intro:
GOD PROTECTS HIS PEOPLE.
a) God protected the king of Israel (vv. 8-10).
b) God protected Elisha (vv. 11-19).
1) The servant’s fear.
2) Elisha’s faith and calm.
3) Elisha’s prayer.
(a) The horses and chariots of fire.
(b) The Aramean army struck blind
Application: Let us praise God for His protection.
1John 4:4 Greater is He who is in you that he who is in the world
Psa. 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.
Psa. 121:8 The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.
Psa. 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.
2Th. 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
1Pet. 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
God protects His people. Everything that happens to us is according to His good and sanctifying purpose for our life
WE NEED PROTECTION.
SATAN
WORLD
FLESH
BLESSED ARE THE EYES THAT SEE CHARIOTS OF FIRE.
a) Believers need better vision.
b) How were his eyes opened?
1) BELIEVING IN THE WORD OF GOD (v. 16).
Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
Phil. 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
1Th. 5:23 ¶ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th. 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
Rom. 8:31 ¶ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Rom. 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Psa. 121:7 The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
Pet. 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Rom. 8 – Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
Rom. 6 – Sin shall not be master over you for you are not under law but under grace.
Psa. 16:8 I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
2) PRAYER (v. 17). “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.”
Only God can give us eyes to see His protection.
CONCLUSION