2. 2 KINGS 3 VALUABLE LESSONS

3. THE REWARD – VSS 1 - 20 STARTED WITH A REBELLION BY MOAB ISRAEL, JUDAH AND EDOM JOINED FORCES AGAINST MOAB THEY CAME TO A WILDERNESS WITH NO WATER MANY MEN, CATTLE AND BEASTS

4. WORK FOR THE WATER.. GOD SPOKE TO THEM THROUGH ELISHA THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO DIG DITCHES IF THEY DID GOD WOULD FILL THE DITCHES WITH WATER THEY DID, AND GOD FULFILLED HIS PROMISE

5. LESSON LEARNED.. EFFORT HAS TO BE PUT FORTH FOR THE REWARD WHAT ABOUT SALVATION TODAY? MANY WANT THE REWARD, WITH NO EFFORT THE BASIS OF SALVATION IS GRACE IS A MAN SAVED APART FROM WORKS TODAY? NO – JAMES 2: 22FF IS A MAN SAVED BY WORKS TODAY? NO ROMANS 3: 27-28; 4: 4-5 SALVATION IS CONDITIONAL

6. MANY BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE.. THE MOABITES SAW RED LOOKING TOWARD THE ENEMY CAMP AND WANTED TO BELIEVE IT WAS BLOOD THEY WERE “DEAD WRONG” THEY WERE DESTROYED

7. LESSON LEARNED TODAY.. SPIRITUALLY, MANY PEOPLE TODAY HAVEN’T CHANGED MUCH THEY WANT TO BELIEVE THEY ARE SAVED.. OR, THERE IS NO GOD.. OR, THEY WILL BE AROUND TOMORROW ETC…

8. LESSON LEARNED (CONTINUED).. THESE ARE SELF-DECEPTIVE – 1 COR 3: 18 WILL BELIEVE A LIE – 2 THESS 2: 10-12 JEREMIAH 17:9 JOHN 9 : 40-41

9. CONCLUSION… DO YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE SAVED? IS IT JUST A FEELING OR IS IT BASED ON SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT SALVATION? LOOK FOR THE TRUTH IN GOD’S WORD AND OBEY IT