1. ELISHA: A PROPHET OF GOD
1 Kings 19:15-21

2. WHO HE WAS
He was the son of Shaphat from Abel Mehola.

3. He was chosen by God to replace Elijah.

4. WHAT HE DID
The main thing that Elisha did was take up the mantle of Elijah (literally and figuratively) as the main goad against the false worship of Israel, and the evil of King Ahab.

5. He divided the water with Elijah’s mantle (2 Kings 2:14, 15)

6. He healed the waters at Jericho (2 Kings 2:19-22)

7. He cursed the mockers (2 Kings 2:23-25)

8. He commanded the means by which Moab would be defeated (2 Kings 3)

9. He increased the widows oil (2 Kings 4:1-7)

10. He blessed the Shunammite woman, twice! (2 Kings 4:8-37)

11. He cured his disciples from poison (2 Kings 4:38-41)

12. He fed a multitude during a famine (2 Kings 4:42-44; cp
He fed a multitude during a famine (2 Kings 4:42-44; cp. John 6; Mark 8)

13. He “healed” Naaman (2 Kings 5)

14. He floated the axe head (2 Kings 6:1-7)

15. He defended Israel against Syria (2 Kings 6:8-23)

16. He helped his servant see reality (2 Kings 6:16, 17)

17. He fed Samaria during a siege (2 Kings 6:24-7:20)

18. He warned the Shunammite woman of the famine and then got her land back for her (2 Kings 8:1-6)

19. He prophesied the death of Ben-Hadad and the rise of Hazael (2 Kings 8:7-15)

20. He tested King Joash on his own deathbed (2 Kings 13:14-19)

21. A dead man touched Elisha’s body and came back to life (2 Kings 13:20, 21)

22. WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM HIM
1. When God calls, it is best to answer (1 Kings 19:19-21).
Is. 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Luke 9:59, 60
Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”

23. 2. We too must “see” the invisible and not only the visible
2. We too must “see” the invisible and not only the visible (2 Kings 2:12-18; 3:14; 6:15-17).
2 Cor. 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

24. 3. Nothing done for the Lord is “little” or in vain.
(Purified waters of a great city) vs. (Helped a widow pay her debts)
(Fed multitudes during a famine) vs. (Floated a poor man’s axe head)
1 Cor. 15:58
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.
Titus 3:14
And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

25. 4. Sorrow and frustration are to be expected by the
4. Sorrow and frustration are to be expected by the followers of God (2 Kings 2:12; 8:11, 12; 13:16-19).
Is. 53:3-5
He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

26. So many lessons. Will we learn?