2. RIDICULOUS PROVISION

3. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
1 The wife of a
man from the
company of the
prophets cried
out to Elisha,
“Your servant
my husband is
dead,

4. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
and you know
that he revered
the LORD. But
now his creditor
is coming to take
my two boys as
his slaves.

5. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
2 Elisha replied
to her, “How can
I help you? Tell
me, what do you
have in your
house?”

6. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
“Your servant
has nothing
there at all,” she
said, “except a
small jar of
olive oil.”

7. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
3 Elisha said,
“Go around and
ask all your
neighbors

8. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
for empty jars.
Don’t ask for just
a few.

9. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
4 Then go
inside and shut
the door behind
you and your
sons.

10. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
Pour oil into all
the jars, and as
each is filled,
put it to one
side.”

11. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
5 She left him
and shut the
door behind her
and her sons.

12. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
They brought
the jars to her
and she kept
pouring.

13. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
6 When all the
jars were full,
she said to her
son, “Bring me
another one.”

14. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
But he replied,
“There is not a
jar left.” Then
the oil stopped
flowing.

15. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
7 She went and
told the man of
God, and he
said,

16. 2
KINGS
4:1-7
“Go, sell the oil
and pay your
debts. You and
your sons can
live on what is
left.”

17. EXODU
S 21:2
"If you buy a
Hebrew servant,
he is to serve you
for six years. But in
the seventh year,
he shall go free,
without paying
anything.

18. PROVER
BS 22:7
The rich rule
over the poor,
and the
borrower is
servant to the
lender.

19. PROVER
BS
28:12
When the
righteous
triumph, there is
great elation;
but when the
wicked rise to
power, men go
into hiding.

20. WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE WHAT YOU
REALLY WANT, GOD
IS WHAT YOU REALLY
NEED.

21. If you pay
attention to
these laws and
are careful to
follow them,
DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13

22. then the LORD
your God will
keep his
covenant of love
with you, as he
swore to your
forefathers.
DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13

23. then the LORD
your God will
keep his
covenant of love
with you, as he
swore to your
forefathers.
DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13

24. then the LORD
your God will
keep his
covenant of love
with you, as he
swore to your
forefathers.
DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13

25. DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13
He will love
you and bless
you and increase
your numbers.
He will bless the
fruit of your
womb, the crops
of your land

26. DEUTORO
NOMY
7:12-13
-yourgrain, new
wine and oil--the
calves of your herds
and the lambs of
your flocks in the
land that he swore to
your forefathers to
give you.

27. JOEL
2:18-19
Then the LORD
will be jealous
for his land and
take pity on his
people.

28. JOEL
2:18-19
The LORD
will reply to them:
`I am sending you
grain, new wine
and oil, enough to
satisfyyou fully;
neveragain will I
make you an object
of scorn to the
nations.

29. REASONS WHY ELISHA ASKS
HER TO SHUT THE DOOR

30. NO
DISTURBANCE

31. To show to the
widow’s
children the
testimony and
power of God
their father
have served.

32. God will
display His
Power and
faithfulness.

33. DEUTORO
NOMY
10:17-18
17For the LORD
your God is God
of gods and Lord of
lords, the great
God, mighty and
awesome, who
shows no partiality
and accepts no
bribes

34. DEUTORO
NOMY
10:17-18
18He defends
the cause of the
fatherless and
the widow, and
loves the alien,
giving him food
and clothing.

35. EXODUS
22:22-23
22"Do not
take
advantage of a
widow or an
orphan.

36. EXODUS
22:22-23
23 If you do
and they cry
out to me, I
will certainly
hear
their cry.

37. 2
CORINTH
IANS
4:7
Butwe have
this treasure in
jarsof clayto
show thatthisall-
surpassing power
is from God and
not from us.

38. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU
DON’T HAVE MUCH?

39. STOP WAITING
FOR WHAT
YOU WANT AND
START WORKING
WITH WHAT
YOU HAVE.

40. 2
KINGS
4:2
Elisha replied to
her, "How can I
help you? Tell me,
what do you have
in your house?"
"Your servant has
nothing there at
all," she said,
"except a little oil."

41. OFFER GOD
WHAT
YOU HAVE AND
TRUST HIM TO
GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU NEED.

42. OFFER GOD
WHAT
YOU HAVE AND
TRUST HIMTO
GIVEYOU WHAT
YOU NEED.

43. 2
KINGS
4:3-7
Elisha said, "Go
around and ask
all your
neighbors for
empty jars.
Don't ask for just
a few.

44. 2
KINGS
4:3-7
4 Then go
inside and shut
the door behind
you and your
sons. Pour oil
into all the jars,
and as each is
filled, put it to
one side.”

45. 2
KINGS
4:3-7
5 She left him
and shut the
door behind her
and her sons.
They brought
the jars to her
and she kept
pouring.

46. 2
KINGS
4:3-7
6 When all
the jars were full,
she said to her son,
“Bring me another
one.” But he
replied, “There is
not a jar left.” Then
the oil stopped
flowing.

47. 2
KINGS
4:3-7
7 She went and
told the man of
God, and he said,
“Go, sell the oil
and pay your
debts. You and
your sons can live
on what is left.”

48. 2
CORINTHI
ANS 4:7
7 But we have
this treasure in
jars of clay to
show that this
all-surpassing
power is from
God and not
from us.