Sermon Series: 2 Kings 1961 - 1962

The Rapture of Elijah

Date: November 26th, 1961  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-15  |  Topics: Death, Elijah, Faith, Rapture, Spirit

And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to dContinue Reading


The Spirit and the Power of Elijah

Date: December 3rd, 1961  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 3:11  |  Topics: Elijah, Jesus, John The Baptist, Transfiguration

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.


Is It Well With Thee?

Date: December 10th, 1961  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-37  |  Topics: Blessing, Elisha, Faith, Hospitality, Women

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shContinue Reading


Naaman The Leper

Date: January 14th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-14  |  Topics: Elisha, Faith, Humility, Leprosy, Naaman, Pride

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. AndContinue Reading


Seeing the Invisible

Date: January 28th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-17  |  Topics: Assurance, Chariot, Deliverance, Elisha, Faith, Hearing, Hope, Reality, Seeing, Spiritual, Vision

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his serContinue Reading


The Story of Four Lepers

Date: February 4th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 6-7  |  Topics: Abundance, Famine, Fear, Leprosy

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: andContinue Reading


Like the Driving of Jehu

Date: February 11th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 9-10  |  Topics: Ahab, Elisha, Jezebel, Motivation

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flContinue Reading


Mixed-Up Religion

Date: February 25th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 17:13-23  |  Topics: Baal, Dagon, Religion, Salvation

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with tContinue Reading


The Tragic Sin of Good King Hezekiah

Date: March 4th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 18-20  |  Topics: Assyria, Exile, Hezekiah, Pride, Sin

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in piecesContinue Reading


Sin God Will Not Forgive

Date: March 11th, 1962  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 21:4  |  Topics: Evil, Forgiveness, Prayer, Repentance, Sin

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.