Transcript THE COMMITMENT OF ELISHA 1 Kings 19:13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his.

THE COMMITMENT OF ELISHA
1 Kings 19:13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that
he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out
and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a
voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing
here, Elijah?" 14 And he said, "I have been very
zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the
children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant,
torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets
with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to
take my life." 15 Then the LORD said to him: "Go,
return on your way to the Wilderness of
Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as
king over Syria.
16 "Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi
as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat
of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in
your place. 17 "It shall be that whoever escapes
the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever
escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. 18
"Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all
whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every
mouth that has not kissed him."
1 Kings 19:19 So he departed from there, and
found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and
he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by
him and threw his mantle on him. 20 And he left
the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let
me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again,
for what have I done to you?" 21 So Elisha
turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen
and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh,
using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the
people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed
Elijah, and became his servant.
Luke 9:59 Then He said to another, "Follow Me."
But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my
father." 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury
their own dead, but you go and preach the
kingdom of God." 61 And another also said,
"Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and
bid them farewell who are at my house." 62 But
Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to
the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom
of God."
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus passed on from there, He
saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax
office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he
arose and followed Him.
Mark 1:16 And as He walked by the Sea of
Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother
casting a net into the sea; for they were
fishermen. 17 Then Jesus said to them, "Follow
Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."
18 They immediately left their nets and followed
Him. 19 When He had gone a little farther from
there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, who also were in the boat
mending their nets. 20 And immediately He
called them, and they left their father Zebedee in
the boat with the hired servants, and went after
Him.
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, who
worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus,
and have no confidence in the flesh, 4 though I
also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone
else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I
more so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the
stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew
of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church;
concerning the righteousness which is in the law,
blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me,
these I have counted loss for Christ.
Luke 18:22 So when Jesus heard these things, He
said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that
you have and distribute to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
23 But when he heard this, he became very
sorrowful, for he was very rich. 24 And when
Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He
said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to
enter the kingdom of God! 25 "For it is easier for
a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for
a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall
be added to you.
Luke 18:28 Then Peter said, "See, we have left all
and followed You." 29 So He said to them,
"Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has
left house or parents or brothers or wife or
children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30
"who shall not receive many times more in this
present time, and in the age to come eternal life."
Matthew 13:18 " Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
19 "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and
does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and
snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who
received seed by the wayside. 20 "But he who received
the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word
and immediately receives it with joy; 21 "yet he has no
root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when
tribulation or persecution arises because of the word,
immediately he stumbles. 22 "Now he who received seed
among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares
of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the
word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 "But he who
received seed on the good ground is he who hears the
word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and
produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
2 Timothy 4:10 for Demas has forsaken me,
having loved this present world,
2 Timothy 1:15 This you know, that all those in
Asia have turned away from me, among whom
are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Ephesians 4:17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the
Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their
understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of
God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of
the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling,
have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all
uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you have not so
learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have
been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you
put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man
which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that
you put on the new man which was created according to
God, in true righteousness and holiness.
2 Timothy 2:3 You therefore must endure
hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No
one engaged in warfare entangles himself with
the affairs of this life, that he may please him
who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 And also if
anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned
unless he competes according to the rules. 6 The
hard-working farmer must be first to partake of
the crops. 7 Consider what I say, and may the
Lord give you understanding in all things.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in
the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on
the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with
truth, having put on the breastplate of
righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with
the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above
all, taking the shield of faith with which you will
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked
one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18
praying always with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the saints –
Philippians 3:8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss
for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain
Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own
righteousness, which is from the law, but that which
is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is
from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the
power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by
any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the
dead. 12 Not that I have already attained, or am
already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold
of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to
those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward
the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are
mature, have this mind; and if in anything you
think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have
already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let
us be of the same mind.