2 Kings 7:16-20
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him. For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,” the captain had answered the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate and he died.
Tag: Whatever is not of faith is sin
The above story is the summary of what happened after Elisha's prophecy regarding the Syrians and their besieging Jerusalem. The servant of the king of Israel doubted the prophecy of Elisha. He didn't have faith in the Word of God. Paul tells us the following about the lack of faith:
Romans 14:23
But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
Whatever is not of faith is sin. We are to follow God's Word in faith. We like to boast that, "I just don't have that much faith!" The issue with that mind-set is that the lack of faith is sin, as much as anger, lust, pride or any other of the "deadly sins." Lack of faith did not qualify for the seven's "deadly" list.. However, the lack of faith in God's Word is at the root of each. When we fail to believe God's Word we commit lust; we commit anger, or greed, etc. Eve's sin in the Garden was the lack of Faith in God's Word. Whatever is not of faith is sin. The servant in the above passage was rewarded for his lack of faith by death.
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