15/04/2024
*The Blessing of Honoring a Man of God*
Scripture Reference: 2 Kings 4 (NIV)
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. 9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”
11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’”
She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”
14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked.
Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.16 “About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.”
“No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”
17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Major Sermon Points
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1. __Recognize the Man of God_
2. _Bless the Man of God_
3. _Receive Blessings through the Man of God__
1. *Recognize the Man Of God*
9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.”
In the day and age we live, there’s a lot going on in Churches. It seems people are doctrinal focused, what I mean is denominational focused, rather than Jesus focused. It is very important that we pay very particular attention to what scripture says and practice the methodology, principle, commandment and system of God which is stated in his book, The Holy Bible.
