Old Testament Law and Rebellious Children, Part 1

Sermons by Bob Vincent and Others

Elijah had been taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire. Now Elisha receives a double portion of the power of the Spirit of God -2 Kings 2-9-14-. --Elijah had met King Ahab and the prophets of Baal, and God answered with fire, proving himself to be the true God -1 Kings 18-24-. --The prophets of Baal are killed and God sends rain -1 Kings 18-40-46-.--Then Jezebel threatens Elijah -1 Kings 19-2-, and he flees in fear, a man just like us -James 5-13-18-. --The LORD releases Elijah and sends Elisha in his place. As Elisha returns to Bethel from the Jordan, 42 boys come out, mocking him, and he called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD -2 Kings 2-23-25-. --The power of life and death is in the tongue -Proverbs 18-21-.--These young men are under the curse of Deuteronomy 21-18-23.--The Old and New Covenants are contrasted in 2 Corinthians 3-3-11.--Condemnation and death mark the Old Covenant, from the man who was stoned for picking up sticks on the Sabbath -Numbers 15-32-36-, to the rebellious son of Deuteronomy 21-18-23-.--Leviticus 20-10-11 mandates death by stoning, especially in the case of incest, yet 1 Corinthians 5-1-5 instructs he be disfellowshipped from the Church, -so that the sinful nature may be destroyed, and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.---When the man repented, 2 Corinthians 2-5-6 instructed that he be restored to full fellowship in the church.--In John 8-7, the Lord Jesus ordered that only someone who had never sinned could stone this woman.