An Untamed God

Written by Ed Allen
Sunday, 02 October 2005 07:54

General Sermons

Sermon Notes

2 Kings 2:19-25

Healing of the Water

    ¹⁹ The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."

    ²⁰ "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

    ²¹ Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " ²² And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

Elisha Is Jeered

    ²³ From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" ²⁴ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. ²⁵ And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

God is untamed. He sometimes acts differently than we would expect.

• God's judgment is frightening. (see also Acts 5:1-11)
• God's grace is amazing -- and even overcomes His judgment.