the Poisonous Food St Rebecca Grade 45 St Mary COC Ottawa Elisha was a very good teacher who always had an audience because his lessons were sweet and useful At the time there was a famine in the land because the rain did not fall ID: 297740
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The Prophets and
the Poisonous Food
St. Rebecca: Grade 4-5St. Mary COC OttawaSlide2
Elisha was a very good teacher who always had an audience because his lessons were sweet and useful. Slide3
At the time there was a famine in the land because the rain did not fall...
...Elisha invited his listeners to his house for dinner so that he can provide satisfy their appetite with the spiritual food he gives them. Slide4
This dinner party needed preparation, so Elisha asked his
Gehazi
to prepare the meal...
...But
Gehazi
was a lazy disciple and instead of going to the fields to get the fruits, he found a vine close by and from it he picked as many Gourds as he could carry. This food was bitter and poisonous. Slide5
The men felt the food was poisoned and Elisha knew what happened by the Spirit. He said to them “Do not be afraid as God says ‘
And if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them’”
Elisha brought some flour and threw it into the pot and everybody ate and was not harmed.Slide6
They glorified the Lord for this miracle that He performed through His prophet Elisha.
What the Lord says is always true:“And when they drink any thing deadly, it will by no means hurt them”Slide7
What Can I Do?
FAITH
Don’t be lazy. Do everything to the best of your ability.
Have faith in God that he will get you through any situation. Call on Him when you are in need instead of relying on your own efforts
Love everyone and be generous and hospitable to them
Glorify God in everything and not other humans or yourself.Slide8
And if they drink any thing deadly, it will by no means hurt them
-Mark
16:18Slide9
Questions
Why did the people like listening to Elisha? His lessons were_________ and _________
2. Because the rain did not fall there was a __________ in the land.
SWEET
USEFUL
FAMINE
3.
Gehazi
was too lazy to go get the good fruit so he picked ________ instead.
GOURDS
4. TRUE or FALSE. Elisha threw flour into the pot to make it safe to eat.
TRUE
5.
And if they
______
any thing
_______,
it will by no
means _____ them (Mark 16:18).
DEADLY
HURT
DRINK