Elijah Taken Up to Heaven - 1. Elijah prepares to depart, vv1-2 - 2. Elisha silences the prophets, vv3-6 - 3. Elijah crosses the Jordan, vv7-8 - 4. Elisha asks a double portion, vv9-10 - 5. Elijah went up by a whirlwind, vv11-12
Elisha Succeeds Elijah - 1. Elisha takes up the mantle, vv13-14 - 2. Elisha's ministry to the fifty, vv15-18 - 3. Elisha casts salt in the water, vv19-22 - 4. Elisha curse upon the forty-two, vv23-25
II. GRASPING ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Elisha's Double Portion of God's Spirit 2 Kings 2:9 - a. foreshadows a powerful gospel salvation - b. John 14:16-17; Rom 8:9-11 - c. Matt 28:20; 1 Jn 5:12 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 15-18 - a. foreshadows a personal gospel salvation - b. John 20:24-29 - c. Matt 16:13-17 2 Kings 2:19-22 - a. foreshadows a necessary gospel salvation - b. Rom 3:23; Jer 33:6 - c. 1 Cor 1:21 2 Kings 2:23 - a. foreshadows a resistance to gospel salvation - b. 1 Cor 1:18; 3:19 2 Kings 2:24 - a. foreshadows a judgment upon gospel rejection - b. Matt 25:29-30
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Jon Cardwell was saved by God’s grace on June 3, 1985 while serving in the military as a deep sea diver in the U.S. Navy. The call to ministry came 8 years later when he was invited to serve the Lord in the Philippine mission field. Jon’s entry into pastoral ministry came...
