There is a great spiritual battle which often attends the preaching of the word of God. In this text that we are studying tonight we see that this battle is taken up with the establishing of the honor which is due to God’s word as it is preached by His prophet. In our case and our times, it can be just the same as in Elisha’s day; that the honor which should be given to God, by the hearing of a preacher of the word of God, is not only not given, but the preacher himself is made fun of and mocked. This is what was happening here as Elisha came towards Bethel. Some youths came out of the city and they mocked him. And Elisha placed upon them the curse of the bears. This curse was God’s defending the honor of His prophet. And what I want to do tonight is to 1st of all – Explain the nature of their sin. Then 2nd – To explain Elisha’s look to these youths. And 3rd – To explain the curse that he pronounced upon them.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
