Elijah had been taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire. Now Elisha receives a double portion of the power of the Spirit of God (2 Kings 2:9-14).
Elijah had met King Ahab and the prophets of Baal, and God answered with fire, proving himself to be the true God (1 Kings 18:24).
The prophets of Baal are killed and God sends rain (1 Kings 18:40-46).
Then Jezebel threatens Elijah (1 Kings 19:2), and he flees in fear, a man just like us (James 5:13-18).
The LORD releases Elijah and sends Elisha in his place. As Elisha returns to Bethel from the Jordan, 42 boys come out, mocking him, and he called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD (2 Kings 2:23-25).
The power of life and death is in the tongue (Proverbs 18:21).
These young men are under the curse of Deuteronomy 21:18-23.
The Old and New Covenants are contrasted in 2 Corinthians 3:3-11.
Condemnation and death mark the Old Covenant, from the man who was stoned for picking up sticks on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-36), to the rebellious son of Deuteronomy 21:18-23).
Leviticus 20:10-11 mandates death by stoning, especially in the case of incest, yet 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 instructs he be disfellowshipped from the Church, "so that the sinful nature may be destroyed, and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord."
When the man repented, 2 Corinthians 2:5-6 instructed that he be restored to full fellowship in the church.
In John 8:7, the Lord Jesus ordered that only someone who had never sinned could stone this woman.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
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