Double Portion – #8 What is your reputation? How do people know you? Let’s see how people know Elisha. Read 2 Kings 3:9-12. So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them. Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?” And one of…

Double Portion – #7 After you have just save a city, what would your next actions be? For Elisha, he dealt with disrespect. Read 2 Kings 2:23-25. Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord . Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number. He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from…

Double Portion – #6 Now the Elisha has taken Elijah’s place, what is the first thing he does? You like to response to a plea from the local people. Read 2 Kings 2:19-22. Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my Lord sees; but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.” He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. He went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord , ‘I have purified these waters; there shall…

Double Portion – #5 Elisha picks up where Elijah left off. Read 2 Kings 2:13-18. He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan. He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, “Where is the Lord , the God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over. Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him…

Double Portion – #4 Why did I name this series double portion? Because when we start studying the life of Elisha, we must first start by studying the life of Elijah. As Elijah was teaching and training and leading Elisha, he came to the point where it was time for Elijah’s ministry on Earth to be over. What Elisha asked for during that time changed the course of the rest of his ministry. Read it 2 Kings 2:7-12. Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. Elijah took his mantle and folded…

Double Portion – #3 We skip ahead a bit until the next time we see Elisha. Now, rest assured, he has been with Elijah throughout all the various miracles and messages that Elijah has shared. But now we see him mentioned again in 2 Kings 2:1-6. And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here please, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to…

Double Portion – #2 As we continue looking at the life of Elisha, we see the character of who he is and how completely he devoted himself to following the Lord and Elijah. Read 1 Kings 19:19-21. So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for…

Double Portion – #1 Elisha, an amazing prophet of God. God used him in mighty ways and allowed him to gave a double portion of Elijah’s spirit. We’re going to spend time looking at his life. We see him first in 1 Kings 19:15-18. The Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword…