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All right, my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the Book of Second 
Kings and I warned you, this one

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is a doozy. 
And it's a doozy because it's 

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value is innumerable. 
It's one of my favorite books of

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the Bible. 
Yes, I say that with every book,

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but I got to tell you, you are 
going to love this one. 

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Now I want to just say this 
right off the bat, if you want 

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more in depth understanding of 
the Book of Second Kings, you 

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can go to jamescadiz.com where I
do the full teaching and I 

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promise you, you will love 
absolutely every bit of it. 

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Now what I really love about the
Book of Second Kings is how it 

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chronicles the lives of some 
people that in my opinion are 

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the most remarkable you will 
ever hear of and you will ever 

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see in human history. 
Perhaps one of my favorite, of 

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course, would be the prophet 
Elijah. 

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And I got to tell you he was an 
anointed man. 

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He had a greater anointing than 
that of his predecessor, which 

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would be Elijah. 
And we're going to learn a story

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about how the power of God can 
make all the difference in a 

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world, and I think, by the way, 
in a very Dark World. 

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And I want you to understand 
this. 

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This is a beautiful 
encapsulation of what it means 

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to look at this chapter and to 
understand the bigger picture of

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the book. 
Now, this book comes with a 

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warning, and I want you to 
understand this. 

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And we talked about what 
happened with the northern and 

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southern Kingdom. 
At one point, Israel was unified

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under Almighty God. 
God was their first king. 

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And then the first human king 
would have been Saul. 

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Then after Saul, it would have 
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After David, it would have been 
Solomon. 

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After Solomon would have been 
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And of course, Rehoboam was the 
Last King to rule Israel as a 

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unified Kingdom. 
And of course there was some 

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ugly things that happened in 
their division. 

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Jeroboam, of course, ruled the 
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And of course we know that 
Rehoboam ruled the southern 

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Kingdom of Judah. 
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Judah had a lot more righteous 
kings, they did not fall until 

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much later. 
Israel fell much faster and it 

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was terrible when they fell. 
It was a terrible fall. 

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Of course, don't get me wrong, 
the fall of the southern Kingdom

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was absolutely terrible. 
I guess it culminated to the 

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third of the three sieges that 
was done by King Nebuchadnezzar.

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The one of course that we know 
of historically was the one that

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ended on the 9th of 586 BC when 
about 500,000 men, women and 

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children were killed in 
Jerusalem. 

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Now the thing that's interesting
is the fall of both of these 

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nations were warned adamantly by
God and God said you walk away 

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from me, you stray for me. 
There will be consequences. 

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And 2nd Kings unfortunately 
documents this. 

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Well, the very beginning of 
Second Kings probably up until 

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around chapter 10 or 11 will 
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And then of course, near the end
of kings, second Kings, you will

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see the fall of Judah and it is 
heartbreaking. 

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And by the way, we know a lot 
about what happened there. 

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But I don't want to focus on 
that. 

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I want to focus on what I 
believe may be one of the very 

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important themes of the book of 
Second Kings and it really is 

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the heart of it all. 
Now before we do that, I want to

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just simply say we are in Second
Kings chapter 6 for those of you

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that want to follow along and I 
promise you it is well worth the

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wait. 
So stand by and listen to the 

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story. 
I just to give you a little bit 

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of background, instead of going 
through all the different types 

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of technical things and the 
dates and the times, the 

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northern Kingdom of Israel is 
divided from the southern 

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Kingdom of Judah. 
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There's a lot of crazy bad 
things happening, but they still

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both have a common enemy. 
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Now the king of Syria was 
plotting against Israel, and you

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have to understand this. 
Every single time he would plot 

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against Israel, Israel seems to 
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going on and get away from the 
consequence and in many cases 

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even have victory. 
Well, finally the king of Syria 

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gets really, really mad and he 
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says, what in the world is going
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Who's the rata? 
Who's the person that's 

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snitching? 
I want to find out who he is. 

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One guy goes up to him and he. 
Says look, King. 

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I hate to tell you this. 
But look, no one's ratting on 

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you, King. 
Look, there's this guy, his name

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is Elisha. 
He's the prophet of God. 

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And look, I'm telling you this 
right now, King, if you're 

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having a conversation in your 
bedroom with your wife, he knows

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because God is telling him all 
about this. 

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Now I I would think. 
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This is just like my thought. 
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would say. 
Oh man, I. 

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Better I better find this guy 
and I better repent and you 

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know, no, he finds this guy 
wants to find this guy and he 

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wants to run him down. 
He wants to kill him like no 

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joke. 
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because this is what he says in 
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Six, it says. 
This and he said, go and spy 

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where he is that I may send and 
fetch him and and it was told of

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him saying, behold, he is in 
Dawson. 

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Now there's some interesting 
history with Dawson and a lot of

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very interesting stuff with his 
predecessor that we could talk 

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about there. 
There's a lot of stuff in Jewish

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history that you can learn 
about, but that's not the point 

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of this story. 
Let's go to verse 14. 

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It says this. 
Therefore he sent to their 

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horses and Chariots and a great 
host, and they came by night, 

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and compass the city about. 
And when the servant of the man 

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of God was risen early and gone 
forth, behold, a host compass 

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the city, both with horses and 
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And his servant said unto him, 
Alas, my master, how shall we do

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so? 
Interesting. 

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There's a little bit of a panic 
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I think it's really, really 
important. 

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And the master says this, this 
is Elijah. 

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He goes to him and he said, fear
not, for they that be with us 

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are more than they that be with 
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OK, let's let me give you a 
picture of what's going on here.

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It is an early morning, and 
Elisha the prophet, he has many 

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servants that are with him. 
And one of the servants wake up 

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early in the morning, probably 
while Elisha is still sleeping. 

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And he goes out and he does some
of the stuff that he's supposed 

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to be doing. 
He's going and he's pulling 

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food, or he's working on the 
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know, whatever it is he's doing.
As he gets outside, he looks and

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he sees this massive Syrian 
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that is surrounding them and he 
freaks out and he goes to Elisha

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and he says, man, what in the 
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This is scary. 
Elisha. 

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We're we're in big trouble. 
And Elisha turns to him and he 

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says this. 
He says, hey, don't fear and 

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I'll tell you why you don't want
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You don't want to fear because 
they that are with us are more 

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than they that be with them. 
So the servants. 

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Confused, he's wondering what's 
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Now I want to stop. 
And say this because I think 

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this is critical. 
I think this is super important.

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There are many of us right now 
looking at the enemies of God 

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surrounding us. 
We're seeing so much evil 

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happening at the time that I'm. 
Recording this. 

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We are embarking upon the week 
that we are going to see some of

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the preliminary testimony for 
the trial of the murder of 

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Charlie Kirk, one of my dear 
little brothers. 

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I can't even believe I'm saying 
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And as I look around, it seems 
as though the armies are 

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surrounding us. 
The evil is dark, the room seems

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to be getting darker, and it 
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I've ever seen it before. 
But there's a part of me inside 

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my heart that says fear not Why?
Because the one who was with us 

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is far. 
Greater than that. 

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Who is with them? 
So look what happens in verse. 

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17 Elisha prayed. 
Look what it says, Elisha. 

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Prayed and said, Lord, I pray 
thee, open his eyes, that he may

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see. 
And the Lord opened his eyes, or

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opened the eyes of the. 
Young man, and he saw and behold

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the. 
Mountain was full of. 

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Horses and Chariots of fire 
round about Elisha. 

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One Angel, 1 Angel destroyed 
185,000 elite Assyrian soldiers 

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overnight. 
There was an army of angels that

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were protecting them. 
There was an army of angels. 

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And I can tell you with great 
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I can tell you with a a sense of
real awareness, because I can 

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feel it, that those same angels 
that were protecting Elisha and 

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his servant are protecting you. 
They're protecting me today. 

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They're protecting us. 
Look at what happens. 

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And when they came down to him, 
Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and

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said, Smite this people, I pray 
thee with blindness. 

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And he smote them with 
blindness, according to the word

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of Elisha. 
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And Elisha said unto them, This 
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the city. 
Follow me, and I will bring you 

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to the man whom you seek. 
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capital of Israel, their 
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And it came to pass when they 
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Elisha said, Open the eyes of 
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and the Lord open their eyes, 
and they saw, and behold, they 

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were in the midst of Samaria. 
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Elisha, when he saw them, My 
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Shall I smite them? 
And he answered, Thou shalt not 

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smite them. 
What is thou smite? 

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Those who thou has taken captive
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set bread and water before them,
that they may eat and drink, and

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go to their master. 
And he prepared great provision 

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for them. 
And when they had eaten and 

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drunk, he sent them away, and he
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So the bands of Syria came no 
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Land of Israel Oh, I love the 
lesson the power of. 

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God is with. 
Elisha. 

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Elisha directs. 
Them right into the camp of 

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their enemy and when they get 
right into the. 

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Enemy. 
What happens? 

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They get fed and they get. 
Clothed in some cases. 

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That's what some people believe 
when it talks about provision 

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for them. 
And they had eaten, they had 

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drank water, and then they were 
sent out. 

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Back to their camp. 
And guess what? 

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They were never harassed again, 
at least for quite some time. 

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And I think the lesson is 
powerful. 

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The powerful lesson that we gain
from this is we have confidence.

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God is with. 
Us the. 

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Army that surrounds us to 
protect us is far greater than 

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the army that surrounds them, 
and we speak from a place of. 

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Advantage and strength. 
And no. 

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Matter how dark things are 
becoming. 

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No matter how ugly they feel. 
God has a bigger plan and he has

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a bigger purpose and if we will 
trust him, and if we will watch 

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him, and if we. 
Will follow him, and if we will 

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cling to him. 
We'll find great victory. 

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Even to the point that as our 
enemies come before our very 

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midst, we'll be able to. 
Clothe them and feed them and 

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shelter them. 
And send them back on their 

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merry way, knowing that we could
have completely annihilated 

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them. 
But we didn't. 

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Because the goodness of God 
speaks. 

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Greater than any method we 
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Ever bring. 
So let's trust him because God's

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good. 
One last thing I want to ask you

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to do. 
Pray for next week please. 

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Pray that God's favor. 
Would be upon all that are 

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seeking justice and that the 
lies that continue to get 

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communicated would be completely
annihilated and I'm praying for 

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you that the Lord will bless you
that in times of fear he will 

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know you are being surrounded by
the almighty God and his armies 

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he's faithful and he's good and 
I'm going to tell you this right

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now because I think it's so 
important more than ever in this

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time and day we have to learn to
trust him why because his 

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goodness and mercy will last 
forever God bless you guys I'm. 

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Proud of you. 
Keep on keeping on. 

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And this upcoming week, actually
next week, we got another Q&A. 

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Looking forward to it. 
Love you guys, God bless you.