1193. Hazael Murders Ben-Haded — 2 Kings 8:7-15

1193.

​1. Hazael Murders Ben-Haded
 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 8:7-15
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Someday We Will Understand 

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 1. Stop, listen to your heart beating.
2. Remind yourself, God is God, you are not.
3. Do you find the verses offensive?
4. Are you hurt by the violence, the sin, the pain of the story?
5. Do you read a verse or reference or even a story that just does not make sense to you? Or is there an action that Jesus, God, The Holy Spirit does in one of these that you can't understand a reason it is there?
6. As you ponder and search your heart, you might be surprised at something that is revealed deep within you.
7. However, our hearts cannot be trusted in matters of faith. We sometimes must take a step out whether it makes sense, feels good, or helps us. Faith is walking into trusting the God who IS, not the God we want Him to be.
8. When we come to this point. Ask God to reveal to you His heart. It might take years. But He will bring you to that point.
9. Close your eyes and thank Him for 'helping you in your unbelief.' (Mark 9:24)

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7. Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come, 
8. the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the LORD, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"

9. So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"

10. And Elisha replied, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover.' But actually the LORD has shown me that he will surely die!" 
11. Elisha stared at Hazael with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy. The the man of God started weeping.
12. "What's the matter, my lord?" Hazael asked him. 
Elisha replied, "I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!"
13. Hazael responded, "How could a nobody like me ever accomplish such great things?"

Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram."
14. When Hazael left Elisha and went back the king aked him, "What did Elisha tell you?"
And Hazael replied, "He told me that you will surely recover."
15. But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king's face until he died. Then Hazael became the next king of Aram.
2 Kings 8:7-15 NLT

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