Sermon Tone Analysis

How to Pay your Debts

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?

tell me, what hast thou in the house?

And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?

tell me, what hast thou in the house?

And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel.

And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more.

And the oil stayed.

Then she came and told the man of God.

And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel.

And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more.

And the oil stayed.

Then she came and told the man of God.

And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

In this story we read about a widow a wife of the sons of the Prophets that died and left her with debt.

In this story we read about a widow a wife of the sons of the Prophets that died and left her with debt.

We are left to guess as who he was.

According to history the antiquities of the jewsit was Obadiah the governor of Ahab's house who was also one of the sons of the prophets a servant to Elijah.

We are left to guess as who he was.

According to history the antiquities of the jewsit was Obadiah the governor of Ahab's house who was also one of the sons of the prophets a servant to Elijah.

We do know he was a servant to Elisha we know he feared the Lord.

And if it was Obidiah he feared the Lord greatly.

We are not told how he died we are only told about the mess he left behind

We do know he was a servant to Elisha we know he feared the Lord.

And if it was Obidiah he feared the Lord greatly.

We are not told how he died we are only told about the mess he left behind

He died in debt he died broke he died with nothing to show for his name and no way to make provision for the kids to which he was a father too

And what the debt was a result of And I do not know if this man was ignored by the people he ministered to or he was a bad stewart History said this debt was incurred by feeding the hundred prophets of the Lord in the caves.

He died in debt he died broke he died with nothing to show for his name and no way to make provision for the kids to which he was a father too

God did not tell him to go into debt and what we know about the sons of the prophets is they were apprentices and made a lot of mistakes they put wild gourds into their soup they lost their ax heads.

They needed a lot of instruction.

This must have been a wild gourd decision.

And what the debt was a result of And I do not know if this man was ignored by the people he ministered to or he was a bad stewart History said this debt was incurred by feeding the hundred prophets of the Lord in the caves.

He loved the Lord and his family was in a mess and just because a man loves the Lord does not mean he knows much about money and this was his case.

God did not tell him to go into debt and what we know about the sons of the prophets is they were apprentices and made a lot of mistakes they put wild gourds into their soup they lost their ax heads.

They needed a lot of instruction.

This must have been a wild gourd decision.

He loved the Lord but that did not Shield him from problems or poverty and she loved the Lord and it did not Shield her

Your poor decisions affect your family.

thier family was in a mess and just because a man loves the Lord does not mean he knows much about money and this was his case.

death exposes problems that are already there.

When He died and she started looking through the paperwork there was no pleasant surprises.

Your poor decisions affect your family.

death exposes problems that are already there.

She found out a couple of things

When He died and she started looking through the paperwork there was no pleasant surprises.

There was no Money

She found out a couple of things

There was debt

She was liable her husbands debts were transferred to her.

There was no Money

There was debt

It was secured debt her two sons were going to be foreclosed on.

You know what her instructions were concerning that debt?

She was liable her husbands debts were transferred to her.

It was secured debt her two sons were going to be foreclosed on.

Then she came and told the man of God.

And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

Every Christian ought to pay his debts.

And yet there are many of us who have debts that we don’t realize.

Many of you say, “Well, I’m solvent; I don’t owe anybody anything.”

Well, in the spiritual sense, you may be a much greater debtor than you realize.

You know what her instructions were concerning that debt?

We Have a Debt to an Unsaved World

Then she came and told the man of God.

And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

But I didn't get the debt.

It's almost seven years I can just file bankruptcy.

It's going to drop off of Credit Karma

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Every Christian ought to pay his debts.

And yet there are many of us who have debts that we don’t realize.

Many of you say, “Well, I’m solvent; I don’t owe anybody anything.”

Well, in the spiritual sense, you may be a much greater debtor than you realize.

We owe the gospel to this world, don’t we?

We do!

Your next-door neighbor—you’re a debtor to him.

The person across the street, the person in the next city, the person across the ocean—we are debtors.

And so we have a debt that we need to pay to the unsaved.

We need to bring the gospel of Jesus to them.

I heard a story a long time ago about some immigrants who were going from the east coast of America to the west coast of America.

And they were going by wagon train, back in the pioneer days of our country, and they found themselves out there in that great, vast wasteland called the Great American Desert.

And they ran out of food and they ran out of water.

And water was even more needful than food.

And it looked like they were going to die there in the wilderness.

We Have a Debt to an Unsaved World

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

And one man, who was the leader of the wagon train, said, “I have a plan.”

And he took three of the strongest men; he took three of the strongest horses that they had left; and he took their precious supply of water and filled the canteens of these men with water.

And he said to one man, “You go in this direction”; to another one, “You go in this direction”; to another one, “You go in this direction”—“and see if you can find water.