Under seize: The King has one more move...

If we can just RID OURSELVES OF THIS NEGATIVE PREACHER, WE WILL HAVE
PLENTY?

VI. THERE IS A FOURTH TYPE IN TODAY’S LESSON... THE FOUR LEPEROUS MEN
SITTING OUTSIDE THE CAMP...
A. To the physical eyes, the 4 leperous men are weak and sickly.

B. Yet, while these apparently useless men are outside the camp they have several options.

C. OPTION 1: SIT HERE UNTIL WE DIE?
2 Kings 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and
they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

D. OPTION 2: GO AND STAY IN THE CITY, GO INTO SAMARIA AND STARVE TO DEATH.
2 Kings 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall
die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the
host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

E. OPTION 3: LET US HEAD TOWARDS THE ENEMY’S CAMP...
MAYBE GOD WILL DO SOMETHING FOR US...

VII. WE NEED SOME MOVERS AND SHAKERS... WE NEED SOME IGNITORS...
ARISE FAITH!
A. God is depending on you.
Don’t sit idle! Get up and walk toward the problem.
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
B. We are more than a conqueror.
Jesus needs some hands and some feet.
Philip. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
C. I CAN --- IF I WANT TOO...
IS THE WANT TOO IN THE CAMP?
Psalm 68:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

VIII. THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN BLESSINGS...
YOU ARE BLESSED TO BLESS! CALLED FOR A TIME SUCH AS THIS?
A. Have you ever pondered why God blesses you?
2 Kings 7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings,
and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us:
now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
B. We have GOOD NEWS! Will we share it?

C. Will we sit back --- with a full stomach and burp a few times?
Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy
father’s house shall be destroyed:
and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

CONCLUSION:
Zollie Smith told a story of a world renown CHESS PLAYER...
This CHESS PLAYER was so good --- he became a world champion.
When people heard his name they thought: WORLD CHESS PLAYER.
This man was so good he was known as AN INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION.
Every place this young man traveled he was introduced as AN INTERNATIONAL CHESS
CHAMP.
Someone would ask: who are you?
HE WOULD REPLY: I AM THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION.
As he would board a plane, they all knew: HE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION!
When the taxi-cab picked him up --- they knew: HE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS
CHAMPION!
At the huge motel people whispered:
HE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION!
The man was in a famous city and he went to the art museum.
He was introduced as: THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION!
In one picture was a beautiful art masterpiece of a CHESS GAME.
The masterpiece was named: CHECK MATE.
As THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION studied the