2 Kings 7:3–10 KJV 1900

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

A Portrait Of Salvation

Outside The Gates

Men and women who are lost without hope all the trust in others or the world to supply their needs.

2 Kings 7:3 KJV 1900

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Why sit we here until we die?

If you are stuck in a mode, doing the same thing everyday of your life, you are slowly dying just as the lepers were.

Ephesians 2:1–3 KJV 1900

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Ephesians 2:4 KJV 1900

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

An Act Of Faith

2 Kings 7:4 KJV 1900

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

The the world as lost as you are. There is no satisfaction in it.

Faith is stepping out into the unknown, its trusting in the guiding influence of the Holy Ghost.

Romans 10:9 KJV 1900

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:10 KJV 1900

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

With the mind or the thoughts wherewith are given you by the Holy Ghost to trust and believe in God guidance. It called believing faith. Believing in the redemption of Jesus which thoughts were formulated by God through his Spirit.

The thought to go to the camp of the enemy did not come from satan it came from God and it took an effort of faith or trust to do it.

True Salvation

2 Kings 7:5–6 KJV 1900

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

2 Kings 7:

God will take care of the enemies of your life.

God will supply all your needs.

With God you will have more than enough.

What Happen After You Get Saved

2 Kings 7:8 KJV 1900

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

Your time.

Your skills

Your finances

2 Kings 7:9 KJV 1900

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

We do not well.

This is a day of good tidings.

Its not time to hold you peace.

4. They did not wait until morning, they became a soul winner and a giver before morning break.

5. This is true salvation.