Turn from Sin (2 Kings 2:11–12)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Kings 2:11–12, David Platt encourages Christians to turn from sin.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:30.8	So these are the last moments of Elijah in this world as he and Elijah are walking and talking
0:38.0	next to each other and all of the sudden behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire
0:44.0	separated the two of them like just try to picture that in your mind.
0:48.4	What does a chariot of fire look like led by a by horses of fire and is that something you want
0:56.4	to sit on like a chariot of fire led by a horses of fire and these chariot picks up Elijah and
1:04.1	carries him away and he's gone. Like what a scene as Elijah is just standing there watching all
1:12.2	of this unfold and this is one of those places in the Old Testament. We just cannot stop here because
1:19.1	it's awesome as this scene is. We know that there's coming a day, first Estonians 4 describes it
1:26.7	as a day when the sky will split open and there will be a loud command boom from the heavens
1:36.1	and the sound of the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise and we who are alive will meet
1:44.3	them in the air and we will go to be with the Lord. Jesus is coming back. This could happen
1:52.9	at any moment any day at any time. In other words, a scene much greater than second kings
2:01.5	chapter 2 could happen at any moment of today or tomorrow and this should change the way we live
2:07.6	today and change the way we live tomorrow. We live in anticipation of the coming of Jesus. This
2:15.6	affects the way we think, what we desire, what we say, what we are doing at every moment. This
2:20.4	reminds us to live today for what's going to matter in that moment to live today for what's going
2:26.7	to matter forever. Like God to help us. We pray to live today in view of your coming at any moment
2:36.0	just as we see Jesus saying over and over again in the gospels, be ready. Be ready. Be ready.
2:41.6	God help us to be ready on that day. God help us to flee sin as if Jesus returned as imminent.
2:49.2	Help us to run from sin not to toy with sin in any way. God help us to turn from sin today.
2:55.9	Lord help us to be faithful to proclaim the gospel. Other people around us who need to be saved
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