Zane Hodges

Luke 15:8-10; 1 Timothy 3:14-15 
Just Because There Is a Need 
Zane C. Hodges 
November 1992 
 
There are three words to remember when looking at the parable of the lost coin: value, diligence and joy. Repentance has nothing to do with the reception of the free gift of eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ. What is the point of repentance? Repentance is the condition for fellowship with God. Repentance from our sins is the condition for living lives in harmony with Jesus Christ. If you don’t repent, you are out of fellowship with Jesus Christ your Savior and Lord. The parable of the lost coin is a story about a Christian who has wandered away from the path that God wants them on, and the only way the Christian can come back is to repent of his sins and return to God. Whatever is done to the glory of God in the Christian church all over the world, it is done by the power and working of the Holy Spirit of God. 
 
Other passages mentioned: Acts 16:31; John 6:47; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 5:14; Proverbs 31. Note, this message is a partial recording that ends around 32 minutes.

Luke 15:8-10; 1 Timothy 3:14-15
Just Because There Is a Need
Zane C. Hodges
November 1992

There are three words to remember when looking at the parable of the lost coin: value, diligence and joy. Repentance has nothing to do with the reception of the free gift of eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ. What is the point of repentance? Repentance is the condition for fellowship with God.  Repentance from our sins is the condition for living lives in harmony with Jesus Christ.  If you don’t repent, you are out of fellowship with Jesus Christ your Savior and Lord.  The parable of the lost coin is a story about a Christian who has wandered away from the path that God wants them on, and the only way the Christian can come back is to repent of his sins and return to God.  Whatever is done to the glory of God in the Christian church all over the world, it is done by the power and working of the Holy Spirit of God.

Other passages mentioned: Acts 16:31; John 6:47; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 5

Luke 15:8-10; 1 Timothy 3:14-15 - Just Because There Is a Need - Zane Hodges

Luke 14:15-27; Luke 12:31-34 
Don't Lose Your Golden Wallet 
Zane C. Hodges 
(1992) 
 
Some Christians are careless with their future wallets in the kingdom of God. When I serve and follow Jesus Christ, I am depositing the valuable treasure of the kingdom to my own account in the bank of heaven. There is no good excuse for not putting Jesus Christ first in your life. When we fail to put Jesus Christ first, that is how we lose our golden wallet. What is wrong with American Christians is that we have too much money. We are too involved in our own affairs and those things take priority over Jesus Christ. Each of us as a Christian, has a divine Suitor. Someone who loves us very deeply and wants to win our love, our commitment and our lifelong dedication. Our Suitor is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 
 
Other passages: Luke 14:1-14; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25.

Luke 14:15-27; Luke 12:31-34
Don't Lose Your Golden Wallet
Zane C. Hodges
(1992)

Some Christians are careless with their future wallets in the kingdom of God. When I serve and follow Jesus Christ, I am depositing the valuable treasure of the kingdom to my own account in the bank of heaven.  There is no good excuse for not putting Jesus Christ first in your life.  When we fail to put Jesus Christ first, that is how we lose our golden wallet. What is wrong with American Christians is that we have too much money.  We are too involved in our own affairs and those things take priority over Jesus Christ. Each of us as a Christian, has a divine Suitor. Someone who loves us very deeply and wants to win our love, our commitment and our lifelong dedication.  Our Suitor is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Other passages: Luke 14:1-14; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25.

Luke 14:15-27; Luke 12:31-34 - Don't Lose Your Golden Wallet - Zane Hodges

Luke 12:54-13:5 
America a Country about to Crash 
Zane C. Hodges 
March 29, 1992 
 
The weather report for the United States of America is that the storm of God’s judgment lies ahead for this country. What is America’s basic underlying problem? We, as a country, do not do the right thing. A nation is in big trouble when its people refuse to do and say what is right in the sight of God. Repentance is not a condition for eternal salvation. Repentance is a condition for escaping God’s judgment here on this earth. Unless the sinners of America repent, they could all likewise perish. 
 
Other passages mentioned include: Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:33; Romans 6:23; Acts 16:31

Luke 12:54-13:5
America a Country about to Crash
Zane C. Hodges
March 29, 1992

The weather report for the United States of America is that the storm of God’s judgment lies ahead for this country. What is America’s basic underlying problem?  We, as a country, do not do the right thing. A nation is in big trouble when its people refuse to do and say what is right in the sight of God. Repentance is not a condition for eternal salvation. Repentance is a condition for escaping God’s judgment here on this earth. Unless the sinners of America repent, they could all likewise perish. 

Other passages mentioned include: Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:33; Romans 6:23; Acts 16:31

Luke 12:54-13:5 - America a Country about to Crash - Zane Hodges

There are two sides to becoming a king in God’s kingdom. We do serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but He will also serve us. Those little acts of service that we do and the hardships, frustrations and disappointments that are part of serving God in this life, will be repaid in full by the Lord Jesus Christ, and we who are to await Him as servants will find ourselves being served by our Master. 
 
Other passages mentioned: 2 Timothy 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.

There are two sides to becoming a king in God’s kingdom.  We do serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but He will also serve us. Those little acts of service that we do and the hardships, frustrations and disappointments that are part of serving God in this life, will be repaid in full by the Lord Jesus Christ, and we who are to await Him as servants will find ourselves being served by our Master.

Other passages mentioned: 2 Timothy 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.

Luke 12:32-40 - Get Ready! Get Set! Go! - Zane C. Hodges

Luke 12:29-34 and Revelation 2:26-27 
Beware of the Real Estate Robbers 
Zane Hodges 
 
There are 3 real estate robbers in the kingdom of God, wrong priorities, greedy selfishness and thief of hearts. We all tend to pursue our material necessities first, and to give those things our basic priority. If we do that, then we are no different than the unsaved world around us. We should be different, because our Father in heaven already knows that we need these things. Seek the kingdom of God and all these material needs will be added to you. Why should we seek the kingdom of God? God wants to give His kingdom to us. Who is qualified to possess the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is designed to be possessed by disciples of Jesus Christ who are generous, unselfish and self-sacrificing. 
 
Other passages mentioned: Matthew 6:33; Acts 4:32-5:10; 2 Timothy 2:12.

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Luke 12:29-34 and Revelation 2:26-27 - Beware of the Real Estate Robbers - Zane Hodges

Luke 12:1-3; 1 Corinthians 4:5 
There Are No Permanent Secrets 
Zane Hodges 
 
There probably isn’t a person who doesn’t have a few secrets that he wishes could remain buried forever. Even if you have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for the free gift of everlasting life and are a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ, the fact is that there are no permanent secrets. Hypocrisy does not pay, for every secret thing and every secret word will someday be revealed. Even Christians can fall into the trap of hypocrisy, where we are more concerned about what others think of us than we are concerned about what we really are in the sight of God. Forgiving our sins is not the same as keeping those sins a secret. In the future world there will be no hypocrisy. For Christians, all secrets will be revealed when we stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ. 
 
Other passages mentioned: 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13.

Luke 12:1-3; 1 Corinthians 4:5
There Are No Permanent Secrets
Zane Hodges

There probably isn’t a person who doesn’t have a few secrets that he wishes could remain buried forever.  Even if you have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for the free gift of everlasting life and are a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ, the fact is that there are no permanent secrets.  Hypocrisy does not pay, for every secret thing and every secret word will someday be revealed.  Even Christians can fall into the trap of hypocrisy, where we are more concerned about what others think of us than we are concerned about what we really are in the sight of God.  Forgiving our sins is not the same as keeping those sins a secret.  In the future world there will be no hypocrisy.   For Christians, all secrets will be revealed when we stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ.  

Other passages mentioned: 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13.

Luke 12:1-3; 1 Corinthians 4:5 - There Are No Permanent Secrets - Zane Hodges

Luke 8:19-25 
Who Am I? Who Is He? 
Zane C. Hodges (1992) 
 
A very real spiritual identity crisis often lies at the root of the frustrations and failures that we experience in Christian living. Sometimes under the pressures of life, we forget who Jesus is and what He is like. We forget the greatness of His power, the sufficiency of His strength, the abundance of His mercy and the plenitude of His grace, and Jesus becomes like a stranger. Jesus Christ has everything we could possibly need or want and yet He is always right there right besides us. The shortest way to the end of our frustrations, difficulties and perplexities, is the companionship and friendship and the presence and power of Jesus Christ, the Almighty Son of God. The Lord Jesus Christ gives Himself to us first as our Savior when we trust Him for that, and then as we learn to obey Him, as our Brother, our Companion and our Friend.

Luke 8:19-25
Who Am I?  Who Is He?
Zane C. Hodges (1992)

A very real spiritual identity crisis often lies at the root of the frustrations and failures that we experience in Christian living. Sometimes under the pressures of life, we forget who Jesus is and what He is like. We forget the greatness of His power, the sufficiency of His strength, the abundance of His mercy and the plenitude of His grace, and Jesus becomes like a stranger.  Jesus Christ has everything we could possibly need or want and yet He is always right there right besides us.  The shortest way to the end of our frustrations, difficulties and perplexities, is the companionship and friendship and the presence and power of Jesus Christ, the Almighty Son of God.  The Lord Jesus Christ gives Himself to us first as our Savior when we trust Him for that, and then as we learn to obey Him, as our Brother, our Companion and our Friend.

Luke 8:19-25 - Who Am I?  Who Is He? - Zane C. Hodges

Luke 2:1-7 
Do I Look Like My Brothers' Brother? (1986) 
Zane C. Hodges 
 
For believers, the Lord Jesus Christ is not only our Friend, but also our Brother. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that is the greatest act of friendship that was ever done. We should be challenged so that we resemble our Brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. Two of the great themes illustrated by the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ are the themes of submission and humility. Expressing submission and humility is not something that we naturally do the best, but it is the only way we can resemble Jesus Christ in this world. 
 
Other passages mentioned: John 15:13; Hebrews 2:11; Romans 8:29; Revelation 21:2-3; Philippians 2:5-8; Ephesians 5:21; Luke 22:27.

Luke 2:1-7 
Do I Look Like My Brothers' Brother? (1986)
Zane C. Hodges

For believers, the Lord Jesus Christ is not only our Friend, but also our Brother. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that is the greatest act of friendship that was ever done. We should be challenged so that we resemble our Brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. Two of the great themes illustrated by the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ are the themes of submission and humility.  Expressing submission and humility is not something that we naturally do the best, but it is the only way we can resemble Jesus Christ in this world.

Other passages mentioned: John 15:13; Hebrews 2:11; Romans 8:29; Revelation 21:2-3; Philippians 2:5-8; Ephesians 5:21; Luke 22:27.

Luke 2:1-7 - Do I Look Like My Brothers' Brother? - Zane Hodges

Luke 1: 5-7, 57-66 
What Do the Neighbors See? 
Zane C. Hodges 
 
Elizabeth and Zacharias are obeying the word of God. They are united by the strongest tie that can bind parents together. They are deeply committed to the will of God for their child, John. Blessed is the home where God is working and where the neighbors can see it. The only way to be a good neighbor is to have a home filled with the obedience and worship of God and where the mercy of God is magnified before men. 
 
Other passages: Psalm 127:3; Luke 1:13-7.

Luke 1: 5-7, 57-66
What Do the Neighbors See? 
Zane C. Hodges

Elizabeth and Zacharias are obeying the word of God.  They are united by the strongest tie that can bind parents together. They are deeply committed to the will of God for their child, John.  Blessed is the home where God is working and where the neighbors can see it. The only way to be a good neighbor is to have a home filled with the obedience and worship of God and where the mercy of God is magnified before men.

Other passages: Psalm 127:3; Luke 1:13-7.

Luke 1: 5-7, 57-66 - What Do the Neighbors See? - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 11:1-16 
Have You Stolen Power? 
Zane C. Hodges 
August 20, 2005 
 
Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and the mother of the recently deceased King Ahaziah, steals the throne of the kingdom of Judah from the sons of David. The theft of power is a widespread human sin, that also happens in the Christian church. However Jehosheba, sister of King Ahaziah, in compassion hides the baby boy Joash, a descendant of King David from Athaliah. When we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for the free gift of eternal life, that gift can never be lost and it is ours forever. But, when we take power that does not belong to us, that power is sure to be lost and we must give an account at the Judgment Seat of Christ. All human power is eventually lost, and the only power that matters is the power that can be brought to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 
 
Other passages mentioned: 1 Kings 2:13-20; 1 Kings 11:11-13; Matthew 5:7; 2 Chronicles 22:11; Revelation 2:26-29.

2 Kings 11:1-16
Have You Stolen Power?
Zane C. Hodges
August 20, 2005

Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and the mother of the recently deceased King Ahaziah, steals the throne of the kingdom of Judah from the sons of David.  The theft of power is a widespread human sin, that also happens in the Christian church.  However Jehosheba, sister of King Ahaziah, in compassion hides the baby boy Joash, a descendant of King David from Athaliah. When we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for the free gift of eternal life, that gift can never be lost and it is ours forever.  But, when we take power that does not belong to us, that power is sure to be lost and we must give an account at the Judgment Seat of Christ.  All human power is eventually lost, and the only power that matters is the power that can be brought to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Other passages mentioned: 1 Kings 2:13-20; 1 Kings 11:11-13; Matthew 5:7; 2 Chronicles 22:11; Revelation 2:26-29.

2 Kings 11:1-16 - Have You Stolen Power? - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 10:17-31 
Going Too Far and Not Far Enough 
August 27, 2005 
Zane C. Hodges 
 
Jehu fulfills the word of God, because he destroys the house of Ahab. However, Jehu goes too far in acting deceptively in destroying Baal from Israel. You cannot serve the God of truth by telling lies. Later, Jehu does not go far enough by allowing the golden calves to remain. If we have the nerve to add to the word of God, rules that God has not spoken, then we are dummies, but if we fail to move on matters that God’s word has told us to move on, then that is even dumber. It doesn’t matter how dramatically you live the Christian life. It doesn’t matter how successful you appear to be in the Christian life. It doesn’t matter how many people you impress with the way you live the Christian life. The only thing that matters is whether you are doing what God has told you to do and that alone. 
 
Other passages include: 2 Kings 9; 2 Kings 10:1-16; 1 Kings 18:16-46; Proverbs 30:5-6; 1 Kings 12:26-29

2 Kings 10:17-31
Going Too Far and Not Far Enough
August 27, 2005
Zane C. Hodges

Jehu fulfills the word of God, because he destroys the house of Ahab. However, Jehu goes too far in acting deceptively in destroying Baal from Israel. You cannot serve the God of truth by telling lies. Later, Jehu does not go far enough by allowing the golden calves to remain. If we have the nerve to add to the word of God, rules that God has not spoken, then we are dummies, but if we fail to move on matters that God’s word has told us to move on, then that is even dumber. It doesn’t matter how dramatically you live the Christian life. It doesn’t matter how successful you appear to be in the Christian life. It doesn’t matter how many people you impress with the way you live the Christian life. The only thing that matters is whether you are doing what God has told you to do and that alone. 

Other passages include: 2 Kings 9; 2 Kings 10:1-16; 1 Kings 18:16-46; Proverbs 30:5-6; 1 Kings 12:26-29

2 Kings 10:17-31 - Going Too Far and Not Far Enough - Zane C. Hodges

Acts 21:27-40; 22:22-29 
Patriotism and the Christian 
(September 23, 2001) 
Zane C. Hodges 
 
In this passage, we see how the apostle Paul values his Roman citizenship. Is it appropriate for a Christian to be patriotic for his country? How should patriotism affect us? What should patriotism lead us to think and do?

Acts 21:27-40; 22:22-29
Patriotism and the Christian 
(September 23, 2001) 
Zane C. Hodges

In this passage, we see how the apostle Paul values his Roman citizenship.  Is it appropriate for a Christian to be patriotic for his country?  How should patriotism affect us?  What should patriotism lead us to think and do?

Acts 21:27-40; 22:22-29 - Patriotism and the Christian (September 23, 2001) - Zane Hodges

2 Kings 9:14-26 
Ignore the Pain and Do It! 
Zane C. Hodges 
(June 2003) 
 
God’s newly appointed king of Israel, Jehu, ignores the difficulties and pain and focuses on doing the word of God. Sometimes we know what God wants us to do, but we don’t want to do it because we are afraid of the pain. The solution is that we should ignore the pain and do what the word of God teaches. Other passages include: Kings 3:1-2; Galatians 6:7; 1 Kings 21.

2 Kings 9:14-26
Ignore the Pain and Do It!
Zane C. Hodges
(June 2003)

God’s newly appointed king of Israel, Jehu, ignores the difficulties and pain and focuses on doing the word of God.  Sometimes we know what God wants us to do, but we don’t want to do it because we are afraid of the pain. The solution is that we should ignore the pain and do what the word of God teaches.  Other passages include: Kings 3:1-2; Galatians 6:7; 1 Kings 21.

2 Kings 9:14-26 - Ignore the Pain and Do It! - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 9:1-13 
Who Made Your Match? 
Zane C. Hodges 
March 30, 2003 
 
Over and over in the northern kingdom of Israel, men have seized the kingship, but now God is going to match the kingship with the man that God has chosen. God wants to match each believer in Jesus Christ with the kind of work that He wants that believer to do. Does God lead us by our feelings? Never once, does the Bible tell us that God leads us by our feelings. The Bible teaches us that God guides us through His word. We do not get to choose our spiritual gift or our ministry for God. Instead, God matches us to our ministry through the wisdom that we can glean from His word. Who made your match? Did you match yourself with whatever you are trying to do for God or did you let God through His word match you to the kind of work that He has for you to do? 
 
Other passages mentioned: Ephesians 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:16.

2 Kings 9:1-13
Who Made Your Match?
Zane C. Hodges
March 30, 2003

Over and over in the northern kingdom of Israel, men have seized the kingship, but now God is going to match the kingship with the man that God has chosen. God wants to match each believer in Jesus Christ with the kind of work that He wants that believer to do. Does God lead us by our feelings? Never once, does the Bible tell us that God leads us by our feelings. The Bible teaches us that God guides us through His word. We do not get to choose our spiritual gift or our ministry for God. Instead, God matches us to our ministry through the wisdom that we can glean from His word. Who made your match? Did you match yourself with whatever you are trying to do for God or did you let God through His word match you to the kind of work that He has for you to do? 

Other passages mentioned: Ephesians 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:16.

2 Kings 9:1-13 - Who Made Your Match? - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 8:1-6 
If You Lose It, Will You Find It Again? 
Zane C. Hodges (2003) 
 
In this passage, we see the contrast between Gehazi and the Shunammite woman. Gehazi’s greed causes him to lose opportunities to serve God, that he will never find again. The Shunammite woman’s obedience to God leads her to recover everything that she has lost. If you lose it, will you find it again? You will find it again, if you lose it for God. No loss in service to God or in obedience to God’s word is a real loss, but rather a gain through God’s gracious provision and reward. 
 
Other passages: Romans 12:1; Mark 8:35; 2 Kings 5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Matthew 10:39.

2 Kings 8:1-6
If You Lose It, Will You Find It Again?
Zane C. Hodges (2003)

In this passage, we see the contrast between Gehazi and the Shunammite woman.  Gehazi’s greed causes him to lose opportunities to serve God, that he will never find again. The Shunammite woman’s obedience to God leads her to recover everything that she has lost.  If you lose it, will you find it again? You will find it again, if you lose it for God.  No loss in service to God or in obedience to God’s word is a real loss, but rather a gain through God’s gracious provision and reward.

Other passages: Romans 12:1; Mark 8:35; 2 Kings 5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Matthew 10:39.

2 Kings 8:1-6 - If You Lose It, Will You Find It Again? - Zane Hodges

2 Kings 5:14-27 
That Gun Is Loaded 
Zane C. Hodges 
(February 17, 2002) 
 
In this sequel to Naaman’s story of leprosy, Naaman learns that the mercy and grace of God are absolutely free. One of the tragedies of the American church is that there are so many churches who teach and believe, that you cannot get into heaven unless you are willing to follow the Lord Jesus Christ or surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. People who think that way about the God of the Bible, do not understand the God of the Bible. Elisha’s servant, Gehazi, is afflicted with the disease of greed, which is similar to playing with a loaded gun. The Lord doesn’t need our pennies, but if we are smart, we will invest everything we can into His capable hands, and He will return it with magnificent interest in the kingdom of God. 
 
Other passages: Romans 6:2-3; Ephesians 2:8-9; Revelation 22:17; John 5:24; 1 Timothy 6:10; Psalm 24:1.

2 Kings 5:14-27
That Gun Is Loaded
Zane C. Hodges
(February 17, 2002)

In this sequel to Naaman’s story of leprosy, Naaman learns that the mercy and grace of God are absolutely free. One of the tragedies of the American church is that there are so many churches who teach and believe, that you cannot get into heaven unless you are willing to follow the Lord Jesus Christ or surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. People who think that way about the God of the Bible, do not understand the God of the Bible. Elisha’s servant, Gehazi, is afflicted with the disease of greed, which is similar to playing with a loaded gun. The Lord doesn’t need our pennies, but if we are smart, we will invest everything we can into His capable hands, and He will return it with magnificent interest in the kingdom of God. 

Other passages: Romans 6:2-3; Ephesians 2:8-9; Revelation 22:17; John 5:24; 1 Timothy 6:10; Psalm 24:1.

2 Kings 5:14-27 - That Gun Is Loaded - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 4:38-41 
Beware of the Poison 
November 25, 2001 
Zane C. Hodges 
 
The story of the sons of the prophets and the poisoned stew serves as an illustration, that man’s biggest problem with God’s religion is that man is always poisoning God’s religion by adding to God’s religion. The antidote to poison stew in our religious experience is an extra dose of the truth of God from the word of God and an extra dose of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is revealed in the word of God. The story of the sons of the prophets and the poisoned stew serves as an illustration, that man’s biggest problem with God’s religion is that man is always poisoning God’s religion by adding to God’s religion. The antidote to poison stew in our religious experience is an extra dose of the truth of God from the word of God and an extra dose of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is revealed in the word of God. Other passages mentioned: Proverbs 30:5-6; John 6:35; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Matthew 7:21-23.

2 Kings 4:38-41
Beware of the Poison
November 25, 2001 
Zane C. Hodges

The story of the sons of the prophets and the poisoned stew serves as an illustration, that man’s biggest problem with God’s religion is that man is always poisoning God’s religion by adding to God’s religion. The antidote to poison stew in our religious experience is an extra dose of the truth of God from the word of God and an extra dose of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is revealed in the word of God. The story of the sons of the prophets and the poisoned stew serves as an illustration, that man’s biggest problem with God’s religion is that man is always poisoning God’s religion by adding to God’s religion. The antidote to poison stew in our religious experience is an extra dose of the truth of God from the word of God and an extra dose of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is revealed in the word of God. Other passages mentioned: Proverbs 30:5-6; John 6:35; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Matthew 7:21

2 Kings 4:38-41 - Beware of the Poison - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 4:17-37 
Can You Take the Hit? 
Zane C. Hodges 
(2001) 
 
The Shunammite woman’s response to the hit of the death of her son, shows us how we should respond to the hits in our life. Every time you take a hit in life, it is an opportunity to trust God, to believe in His sovereign and controlling power, and to grow in faith that God can take care of His business. The way to take the blows of life is not to worry about how our affairs will work out, but to trust God, to take care of His business, to work His will and to glorify His name.

2 Kings 4:17-37
Can You Take the Hit?
Zane C. Hodges
(2001)

The Shunammite woman’s response to the hit of the death of her son, shows us how we should respond to the hits in our life.  Every time you take a hit in life, it is an opportunity to trust God, to believe in His sovereign and controlling power, and to grow in faith that God can take care of His business.  The way to take the blows of life is not to worry about how our affairs will work out, but to trust God, to  take care of His business, to work His will and to glorify His name.

2 Kings 4:17-37 - Can You Take the Hit? - Zane C. Hodges

2 Kings 2:1-15 
Are You a Loyal Person? 
Zane C. Hodges 
2001 
 
In the final interaction between the prophets, Elijah and Elisha, we see one of the great examples of loyalty. If we are not loyal people, then chances are good that we need to repair our loyalty in terms of our relationship with God. Loyalty to God, translates into loyalty to His people and to His work. Like Elisha, do we have the ambition to be used significantly by Jesus Christ our Lord? Also discussed is the significance of the chariot of Israel. Other passages mentioned: 1 Kings 19:21; 1 Kings 18:17-19:21; Ruth 1:16-17; 2 Samuel 15:21.

2 Kings 2:1-15
Are You a Loyal Person?
Zane C. Hodges
2001

In the final interaction between the prophets, Elijah and Elisha, we see one of the great examples of loyalty. If we are not loyal people, then chances are good that we need to repair our loyalty in terms of our relationship with God. Loyalty to God, translates into loyalty to His people and to His work. Like Elisha, do we have the ambition to be used significantly by Jesus Christ our Lord? Also discussed is the significance of the chariot of Israel. Other passages mentioned: 1 Kings 19:21; 1 Kings 18:17-19:21; Ruth 1:16-17; 2 Samuel 15:21.

2 Kings 2:1-15 - Are You a Loyal Person? - Zane C. Hodges

1 Kings 22:51 - 2 Kings 1:18 
Mr. Flip Flop 
Zane C. Hodges 
(2001) 
 
King Ahaziah starts with a flip by ignoring the word of God like his father, King Ahab, but later flops by fighting and resisting the Word of God, like his mother, Queen Jezebel. There are three alternatives when we face the Scriptures, we ignore God’s word, we resist God’s word, or we love God’s word by submission and obedience. Our fruitfulness and effectiveness for the Lord will depend on the effect that the word of God has on us. Other passage mentioned: Psalm 1.

1 Kings 22:51 - 2 Kings 1:18
Mr. Flip Flop
Zane C. Hodges
(2001)

King Ahaziah starts with a flip by ignoring the word of God like his father, King Ahab, but later flops by fighting and resisting the Word of God, like his mother, Queen Jezebel.   There are three alternatives when we face the Scriptures, we ignore God’s word, we resist God’s word, or we love God’s word by submission and obedience.  Our fruitfulness and effectiveness for the Lord will depend on the effect that the word of God has on us.  Other passage mentioned: Psalm 1.

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