So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
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… then pour it into all those vessels and set aside the full ones. So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons who brought the vessels to her and she poured it out. Now it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said to her son, bring me another vessel. And he said to her, there is not another vessel. so the oil ceased. Then she came and told the man of God and he said, Go sell the oil and pay your debt and you and your sons live on the rest. There are several lessons in this particular passage of scripture that I want to highlight. The first one I want to highlight lessons is that this woman came to the prophet and said, my husband's dead, he's died, and he has left us in debt. so much so that the creditor is coming to enslave my sons until the debt is paid. Let me throw this out parenthetically. It's true. …
… and as each is filled, put it to one side. She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. And when all the jars were full, she said to her son, bring me another one. But he replied, there's not a jar left. And then the oil stopped flowing. In 2 Timothy chapter three, it says that all scripture is God-breathed and useful. that that means that every detail in the Bible matters. But I have to tell you, when I read these verses, I kept thinking, what does it matter that she go inside and shut the door behind her? Why did God tell her that? Why does he care about her location and how much privacy she has? And I still don't know the answer to that. But I do know what happens in the next verse. It says that she left him and she shut the door behind her. She did exactly what God told her to do. …
… empty vessels do not gather just a few and when you have come in you shall shut the door behind you and your sons then pour it into all those vessels and set aside the four ones so she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons who brought the vessels to her and she poured it out now it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said to her son bring me another vessel And he said to her, there is not another vessel. So the oil ceased. Then she came and told the man of God, and he said, go sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons live on the rest. Wow. Here's a woman who's been left without help, without assistance, and she's in debt. She is in a place of debt. and there's some keys here. I want to just teach you all today that I've talked this before but I'm going to teach it again today. …