HBC Mens Study #2 PASSING THE MANTLE 1 Kings 19; 2 Kings 2 MISSION: To fulfill the great commission of Jesus

Christ (Mat 28:19-20) by reaching the lost, discipling the saved, and equipping the saints to continue the work that is started I. PERFORMING HIS CALL, 1 Kings 19:19-21 A. Recipient of the Call, 19 B. Revelation of the Call, 20 C. Response to the Call, 21 1. Sacrificial 2. Service II. PROVING HIS COMMITMENT, 2 Kings 2:1-15 A. The Tests of Loyalty, 1-2,4,6,8 B. The Tests of Loneliness, 3,5,7 III. PROMISE FOR CONSECRATION, 9-10 A. A Required Opportunity, 9 B. A Required Observation, 10 IV. PERIOD OF COMMENCEMENT, 11-15 A. Translating the Servant, 11-12 1. What Elisha Saw, 11 2. What Elisha Said, 12 B. Traversing the Stream, 13-15 1. Seizing Elijahs Mantle, 13 2. Supplication to Elijahs Master, 14 3. Spirit of Elijah Manifested, 15 Notes:

Cross-References: Josh 5:9; Exo 14:11; Num 11:5-6; John 8:36; Phil 3:13-14; Gal 2:20 BIBLE TYPOLOGY: GILGAL entrance into new life in Christ. where God sets you free from the guilt of your past. the place where the flesh, the "old man," dies. a place to prepare for the coming combat in Josh 4 a place of God's warning in Judg 2 a place where the king is anointed in 1 Sam 11 a place of judgment in 1 Sam 15 the place where we meet Jesus Christ at the Second Coming, in 2 Sam 19 THE THREE PLACES WHERE WE STOP 1. At Gilgal (v 2)the entrance into new life in Christ (Josh 5:9) 2. At Bethel (v 4)the apostate priesthood (Amos 7:13-17; 1 Kgs 12:23) 3. At Jericho (v 6)judgment on the world (Josh 6) 2 Tim 4:10; Gen 32:24-28; 2 Cor 10:4-5; Eph 6:12-17; Deu 21:17; John 14:12