Cited in sermons
Robert Hubbard
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2 Kings 19:1-37
Second Kings 19 narrates the Assyrian crisis under Sennacherib and Hezekiah's response — a pattern of seeking God through the prophet Isaiah, spreading the enemy's letter before the Lord, and praying with conspicuously theological concern for God's honor rather than merely for personal safety. The sermon moves through three sections: the prophet's word of encouragement, Hezekiah's model prayer, and the divine defeat of 185,000 Assyrian troops by the angel of the Lord. Hezekiah's David-like rationale — that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that the Lord alone is God — illustrates why theology matters in trial, and why the best pleas in prayer are those taken from God's honor.
2 Kings 4:38-44
Two miracles in 2 Kings 4:38–44 — the purification of a deadly stew and the multiplication of bread for one hundred men during a famine — reveal a God who governs both the rise and fall of nations and the smallest necessities of ordinary life. The famine itself is a covenant curse (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28), yet within that judgment God provides for his remnant with conspicuous abundance, feeding the prophets and leaving surplus. Elisha functions throughout as a type of Christ, whose own feeding miracles echo and surpass this episode. The passage calls believers to resist carnal anxiety and fear by resting on God's demonstrated sovereignty in everyday, earthy circumstances.