In This Series
- The Repetition of Human Pride (2 Kings 1)
- Responses to the Voice of God (2 Kings 2)
- Hearing What We Want to Hear (2 Kings 3)
- Clinging to the Lord (2 Kings 4)
- Offended by God's Command (2 Kings 5)
- The Justifications of Greed (2 Kings 5)
- Miracles and Human Progress (2 Kings 6:1-7)
- Blindness and a Prayer for Vision (2 Kings 6:8-23)
- Desperate Times (2 Kings 6:24-7:20)
- Elisha Wept at the Warning (2 Kings 8:1-15)
- Is This Peace? (2 Kings 9:1-37)
- With All Your Heart (2 Kings 10)
- The King and His Testimony (2 Kings 11)
- The King and His Wealth (2 Kings 12)
- The King and His Image (2 Kings 13)
- The Kings Pride (2 Kings 14)
- The Silence of the Prophets (2 Kings 15)
- Israel, Exile, and Idolatry (2 Kings 17)
- How Temptation Works (2 Kings 18)
- Those Who Mock the Lord (2 Kings 19:1-37)
- Intercession and our Self-Interest (2 Kings 20)
- Faithful and Patient (2 Kings 21)
- Heart, Soul, and Strength (2 Kings 23:1-25)
- A Coming Judgment (2 Kings 23:26-35)
- Surrendered to Sin (2 Kings 24)
- The Thin Thread of Hope (2 Kings 25)
Series Info
Second Kings (26)
Sunday, April 10, 2022
The Justifications of Greed (2 Kings 5)
Chase Replogle
Pastor
2 Kings repeatedly demonstrates the wisdom of servants and the foolishness of kings. The kings appear undiscerning and hostile to God, while it’s the servants who understand who God is and understand the reality of their moment.
That changes in 2 Kings 5 when a great general becomes a servant and a servant is overcome by greed. How easily we exchange what we have for what the world appears to. It is a trap, a trap that costs us far more than we receive in return.
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