4 Lepers

2 Kings 6:24-33 & 7:1-9, 16-20
4 Lepers
-the enemy of Israel, Syria, has surrounded Israel and a famine has occurred

-the siege though will end
2 Statements & 2 Solutions

2 Statements

(1) THERE IS A FAMINE IN THE LAND – 2 Kings 6:25

-there is a famine in the land in the U.S.

a.)Christianity is losing its influence in our society

-the church must get on fire for the Lord immediately

b.) there is a lack of interest in the Word of God
-the Word of God must be devoured

-when there is a famine, people will eat about anything
(2) WER ARE UNDER SEIGE BY THE ENEMY – 2 Kings 6:24

-we are not fighting against people, but against powers of hell

-the isms of society

-we can defeat the enemy through the authority we have in Jesus Christ

***A WORD FROM THE LORD — 2 Kings 7:1-2

-there will be a divine intervention
-there are 3 divine interventions coming to our world

1. the second coming of Jesus Christ

2. the divine intervention of the church if to gets on fire for Jesus

What can the body of Christ do to bring about a divine intervention on earth in these last days?
(1) WE MUST BE UNITED TOGETHER IN PURPOSE – 2 Kings 7:5,8

-the purpose of these 4 lepers was to get food or they would die

-the purpose of the body of Christ is the GC – Great Commission

-the Lord will use lepers to do this and every believer is a leper….
4 men and they were lepers…..

a. under construction/flawed/weak/unfinished works
b. the lepers talked about 3 things – v4

(1) Past – if we go back to the city – we will die

(2) Present – if we stay right where we are, we will die

(3) if we move forward, we will live
(2) INVADE THE CULTURE – 2 Kings 7:5

4 represents the 4 directions – north, south, east, west
WHY INVADE?
v9 – we invade because we have good news

vs8-9 we invade to build the Kingdom of God