No One Left Behind
Yesterday, here at Pleasant Hill, I had the opportunity to deliver the message from God’s Word with a sermon entitled, “No One Left Behind” from 2 Kings 6-7. I find it so interesting to examine the way the four lepers in 2 Kings 7 chose to get out of their seats, take a risk of entering the enemy’s camp, and they found a multitude of blessings from the Lord, including food, gold & silver, and water. The went from leprosy to luxury in a matter of moments.
As I think about the three questions the lepers had to face, and you & I have to face, I feel a sense of urgency to reach the dying culture in which I live to see that no one is left behind. The four lepers found all of these wonderful things while their own people within the city walls whom abandoned them and ostracised them were starving and thirsting to death. As a matter of fact, in 2 Kings 6, we learn they were buying the heads of donkeys and dove dung for mass amounts of money in order to have something to eat. The four lepers discovered the camp of the Syrian army, the very army that cut off all food and water supplies and surrounded the city walls, but the Lord scared the evil army away from their camp abruptly as they left all of their supplies.
The four lepers were gorging themselves with food, wearing fine jewelry and clothing they found in the abandoned Syrian camp, then realized their own people were on the verge of death. Here are the three questions they faced, and you & I face with people who do not know Christ:
(1) Am I aware of those who are left behind?
(2) Do I care about those who are left behind?
(3) Will I share with those who are left behind?
November 1st is the Pleasant Hill FRIEND DAY. Invite someone to Friend Day at Pleasant Hill, or if you aren’t an attendee of PHBC, invite someone to your church, and do your part to ensure that not one lost person you come across will be left behind the pearly gates of Heaven.
May we work together to Reach East TN, America, and the World for Jesus Christ!
Blessings,
Pastor Jeremy
