Sermons on Elishas Servant:

Demonstrating Love Towards God’s Servant

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Nov 3, 2025

Loving and honouring God’s servant is a divine command that brings blessing, unity, and increase to the body of Christ.

DEMONSTRATING LOVE TOWARDS GOD’S SERVANT By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 Key Verse: “And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Dead Promise And A Living Anointing

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 17, 2004

An amazing turn in the story of the child who was raised from the dead by Elisha’s prayer.

2 Kings 4:32-35 KJV And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. [33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. [34] And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:32-35, 2 Kings 4:31-37

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wash And Be Clean Series

Contributed by Mark Adams on Oct 23, 2015

Third of a series on Elisha. Naaman's story of cleansing has incredible parallels for what it means to become a Christian. There is no path to God that does not involve humility.

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Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Thanksgiving Meal—in The Springtime! Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 22, 2022

Barley harvest--springtime--may not be the time when people think about Thanksgiving Day meals. During Elisha's day, a pair of miracles made a small meal into a real feast!

(Full disclosure: Sermon Central has accepted two of my different illustrations based on this text. This message is not merely a combination of those illustrations.) Introduction: What do you think of when you’re pondering a Thanksgiving Day meal? For many years, it’s a more or less American ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:38-44, Ruth 3:14-18

Denomination: Baptist

Go Wash Yourself In The Jordan

Contributed by Steve Cleary on Nov 14, 2009

Go wash yourself in the Jordan

GO WASH YOURSELF SEVEN TIMES IN THE JORDAN. (2 KINGS 5:10) The story of Naaman the leper, recorded in 2 Kings 5, illustrates much about the work of God and our response to Him. v1 Naaman, a Syrian, was supposedly an enemy of Israel in the sense that he was not a Jew. He was highly regarded by ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

Elisha's Ministry - Who Is The Traitor Among Us And Angelic Protection? 2kings 6 V 8-23 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 19, 2022

Elisha was given godly insight to know the moves of the King of Aram so as to defeat Aram's purposes in Israel, but the King then sought Elisha out to kill him. God protected Elisha with horses and chariots of fire. Elisha displays godly wisdom.

ELISHA'S MINISTRY - WHO IS THE TRAITOR AMONG US AND ANGELIC PROTECTION? 2Kings 6 v 8-23 SERIES – MESSAGES ON ELISHA – HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY Number 17 THE SETTING 2Kings 6 v 8 Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel, and he counselled with his servants saying, “In such and such a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-23, Romans 8:31-39, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8, Romans 12:20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Burning Bridges

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on May 15, 2014

A sermon dealing with the call and consecration of Elisha.

"Burning Bridges" 1 Kings 19:19-21 1 Kings 19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 1:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is The Lord God Of Elijah (2 Of 2)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 4, 2022

In the previous sermon we talked about Elijah, who was Elisha’s predecessor.

We learned that Elisha followed Elijah everywhere he went. Elisha followed Elijah from Gilgal to Beth-el, to Jericho, to Jordan. Elijah asked Elisha to “Tarry here...” three times, but every time Elisha would say, “...As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee...” Elijah, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

An Effective Witness

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 6, 2022

It isn't how much you know but your willingness to share what you know. For Proper 9 After Pentecost year c

An Effective Witness 2 Kings 5:1-14 If we were to follow the Gospel text from the lectionary this week, we would be looking at Jesus sending out the seventy to the villages he was about to visit (Luke 10:1-20). Jesus had spent much time teaching and preparing them for this. He gave explicit ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Road To A Double Portion

Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Nov 15, 2015

The Road to a Double Portion

The Road to a Double Portion Somebody say, I Want A Double Portion We know that Elisha went from being a ploughman, working in the fields one day, to being a prophet of the Lord the next. Elisha was tested at each step of the journey, Elijah said “stay here, don’t go any ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-9

Denomination: Foursquare

Our Responsibilities To Others Series

Contributed by Andrew Drury on Mar 26, 2015

It describes how the life of Elisha is applicable to us

2 Kings 4: 1 - 7 - the fifth sermon on the life of Elisha Below is the outline of the sermon, I preached on 15 January 2012 at West Ewell Evangelical Church, Surrey: Introduction This is a continuation of our occasional series on Elijah Before we start, we need to state God is interested in all ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Becoming God’s Catalyst For Changed Lives – Part 2 Series

Contributed by Dan Proctor on Feb 1, 2016

The past few weeks, we have seen from God’s Word that God’s heart and desire is not for us to simply be a church that exists for us, but to be a church that exists to glorify Him and serve others.

Becoming God’s Catalyst For Changed Lives – Part 2 John 4 Introduction: 1. Last week, we began studying John 4, focusing on Christ’s encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. 2. The past few weeks, we have seen from God’s Word that God’s heart and desire is not ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-54

Denomination: Bible Church

What Do Your Eyes See Or Glance At? Series

Contributed by Isaiah Banjo on Nov 30, 2020

Many homes have been destroyed by lack of restraint in sharing information about what they see publicly. There are things meant only for private consumption. You do not expose your secrets to a third party but keep it within your hearts.

Let me start by telling you an interesting and funny piece about some pastors titled, “PASTORS’ PERSONAL PROBLEMS (PPP)” A renowned pastor in diaspora held a crusade and invited two other top preachers from two different countries. After the crusade, the three pastors shared their experiences ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:18-29

Denomination: Pentecostal

Elevated To Serve

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 19, 2018

A sermon from the perspective of John, which explores that Jesus helps us see that true Christianity leads us to serving in love.

Good day, I am John Many people know me as John the Gospel writer or John the apostle who was sent to the island of Patmos as punishment for encouraging others to worship God. This punishment turned out to be a real blessing. It was on this island that God gave me a magnificent vision of what ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-45

Denomination: Lutheran

Deadly Stew, Lepers And Axe Heads Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 8, 2012

We take a look at three specific miracles Elisha did which show that God is extremely practical, and I believe this speaks to a verse we looked at before Easter where Jesus says a couple times in the book of John that "..you can ask anything in my name, a

Now the "in my name" is the important part there, and as we look at these prophets we see that they are completely submitted and obedient to God. They are completely in His will, desiring to show God to the people above anything else in their life. It’s like it becomes their sole purpose once they ...read more