2. THE LIFE OF
ELISHA
The Miracle of Bread
Lesson 10  03/08/17

3. Introduction:
The poisonous pottage – the flour represented the Lord Jesus and His Word, which is the only antidote to the many poisons of the enemy.

4. Introduction:
The poisonous pottage – the flour represented the Lord Jesus and His Word, which is the only antidote to the many poisons of the enemy.
The miracle bread – the bread and grain represent the Savior and His Word as the answer to spiritual famine.

5. Introduction:
The poisonous pottage – the flour represented the Lord Jesus and His Word, which is the only antidote to the many poisons of the enemy.
The miracle bread – the bread and grain represent the Savior and His Word as the answer to spiritual famine.
Our responsibility to trust God to multiply what He has given us as we share Him with others.

7. The sons of the prophets were called on to believe God
The sons of the prophets were called on to believe God. Let’s consider these questions as we relate this lesson to our own lives:
 What are some of our needs which we need to trust the Lord to provide?

8. The sons of the prophets were called on to believe God
The sons of the prophets were called on to believe God. Let’s consider these questions as we relate this lesson to our own lives:
 What are some of our needs which we need to trust the Lord to provide?
 What are some of our responsibilities?

9. 42 Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.”
43 But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?”
2 Kings 4:42-43

10. He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’” 44 So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.
2 Kings 4:44

11. 2 Kings 4:42a
42 Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack.

12. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
The man from Baal-Shalisha represents a faithful believer who gave of his substance , but the Lord knew him and would never forget him.

13. Hebrews 6:10-11
10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

14. 1 Corinthians 15:58
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

16. John 3:26
26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!”

17. John 3:27-29
27 John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

18. “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

19. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
As the servants and instruments of the Lord, we should never call attention to ourselves, but to the Savior we represent; because He alone is sufficient for the needs of mankind.

22. B`u~l A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP (2 Kings 4:42a)
The term “baal” means “owner, husband, or master.” In the verb form …
B`u~l
It was used of the true God to express His relationship to Israel as the Master or Husband with whom they were in a covenant relationship.

23. Jeremiah 3:14, esv
14 Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

24. Jeremiah 31:31-32
31 ”Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah – 32not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.”

25. Deuteronomy 28:15
15 But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you …

26. The Lord who multiplies.
A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
The term “baal” means “owner, husband, or master.”
The word “shalishah” means “third” and can stand for the idea of “multiplicity.”
The Lord who multiplies.

27. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
The term “baal” means “owner, husband, or master.”
The word “shalishah” means “third” and can stand for the idea of “multiplicity.”
He came to the “man of God” who stood opposed to the prophets and worship of Baal.

28. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
He came to the “man of God” who stood opposed to the prophets and worship of Baal.
He brought the first-fruits of his crop as an act of faith that God would keep His promises.

29. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
He brought the first-fruits of his crop as an act of faith that God would keep His promises.
God takes the faith of one believer and uses them as a demonstration of His steadfast love, as well as, a means of encouragement and hope.

30. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
God takes the faith of one believer and uses them as a demonstration of His steadfast love, as well as, a means of encouragement and hope.
The man didn’t bring a great amount, he just brought what he had.

31. A LESSON IN FAITH, LOVE & STEWARDSHIP
(2 Kings 4:42a)
The man didn’t bring a great amount, he just brought what he had.
The loaves speak of Jesus as the Bread of Life, and the grain as the seed of His Word.

32. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
42 And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.”od was real by doing two things:
He was going to meet their need for food.
He was going to use this as an opportunity to illustrate and reinforce important spiritual truth.

33. Romans 8:28, 32
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

34. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
real by doing two things:
He was going to meet their need for food.
He was going to use this as an opportunity to illustrate and reinforce important spiritual truth.

35. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
It taught them who and what God was to them as teachers of His Word.
real by doing two things:
He was going to meet their need for food.
He was going to use this as an opportunity to illustrate and reinforce important spiritual truth.

36. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
It taught them who and what God was to them as teachers of His Word.
It was an analogy of God’s power and provision for them. need reinforce important spiritual truth.

37. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
It taught them about their responsibility to God.
important spiritual truth.

38. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
It taught them about their responsibility to God.
It illustrates their vertical responsibility to God; need reinforce important spiritual truth.

39. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
This was an opportunity to teach and demonstrate two important truths:
It taught them about their responsibility to God.
It illustrates their vertical responsibility to God; and their responsibility to others in breaking and sharing the Bread of Life with them and in sowing the seeds of the Gospel.need reinforce important spiritual truth.

40. THE COMMAND OF ELISHA (2 Kings 4:42b)
We are often inadequate in our responsibilities and ministries due to the confinement of our perspective and vision which keep us from seeing how the power of God can multiply the little that we have.
reinforce important spiritual truth.

41. THE CONFINEMENT OF THE ATTENDANT
(2 Kings 4:43a)
43But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?”

42. THE CONFINEMENT OF THE ATTENDANT
(2 Kings 4:43a)
Measuring our ability, capability, or success in any aspect of the ministry by our own puniness automatically confines us, resulting in confusion and defeat.

43. THE CONFINEMENT OF THE ATTENDANT
(2 Kings 4:43a)
Measuring our ability, capability, or success in any aspect of the ministry by our own puniness automatically confines us, resulting in confusion and defeat.
The key lesson in this passage is that God wants us to learn to measure life by His infiniteness which is beyond measure.

44. THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PROPHET
(2 Kings 4:43b)
43He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’”

45. THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PROPHET
(2 Kings 4:43b)
Elisha wanted the prophets to learn to measure their lives, their work, and their challenges, not by the size of their problems
or their own resources, but by the
greatness of God.

46. THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PROPHET
(2 Kings 4:43b)
“Thus says the Lord,” stands as an illustration of our need to know and understand the principles and promises of the Word; then count upon them for the provision
of God.

47. THE CONSEQUENCE OF OBEDIENCE
(2 Kings 4:44)
44So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.

48. THE CONSEQUENCE OF OBEDIENCE
(2 Kings 4:44)
Until God’s people learn the moral necessity to believe and obey the Scriptures, there is going to be spiritual famine, confusion, and confinement in our lives and ministries.

49. THE CONSEQUENCE OF OBEDIENCE
(2 Kings 4:44)
God’s provision is always more than enough for the real needs of our lives.

50. THE CONSEQUENCE OF OBEDIENCE
(2 Kings 4:44)
The needs were provided for just as God had promised.