The document recounts a story from 2 Kings about a time of famine when the king of Syria besieged Samaria. Food became extremely scarce and expensive, with reports of mothers resorting to cooking and eating their children. Four lepers outside the city gate decided to surrender to the Syrian army camp in hopes of being fed or killed. However, when they arrived at the empty camp, they discovered food and treasures had been left behind. They took some of the provisions but realized they should report the finding to the city leaders. When the gatekeepers heard the news, they informed the king, ending the famine. The document uses this biblical story to convey several lessons about relying on God's grace alone for salvation, acting urgently

1. 2 Kings 6:24-30
And it happened after this
that Ben-Hadad king of Syria
gathered all his army, and went
up and besieged Samaria. And
there was a great famine in
Samaria; and indeed they
besieged it until a donkey’s
head was sold for eighty
shekels of silver, and one-

2. 2 Kings 6:24-30
Then, as the king of Israel
was passing by on the wall, a
woman cried out to him,
saying, ‘Help, my lord, O King!’
And he said, ‘If the LORD does
not help you, where can I find
help for you? From the
threshing floor or from the
winepress?’

3. 2 Kings 6:24-30
Then the king said to her,
‘What is troubling you?’ And
she answered, ‘This woman
said to me, ‘Give your son, that
we may eat him today, and we
will eat my son tomorrow. So
we boiled my son, and ate him.
And I said to her the next day,
give your son, that we may eat

4. 2 Kings 6:24-30
Now it happened, when the
king heard the words of the
woman, that he tore his
clothes; and as he passed by
on the wall, the people looked,
and there underneath he had
sackcloth on his body.

5. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
Now there were four leprous
men at the entrance of the
gate; and they said to one
another, ‘Why are we sitting
here until we die?’ If we say,
‘We will enter the city, the
famine is in the city, and we
shall die there. And if we sit

6. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
Now therefore, come, let us
surrender to the army of the
Syrians. If they keep us alive,
we shall live; and if they kill us,
we shall only die.’ And they
rose at twilight to go to the
camp of the Syrians; and when
they have come to the
outskirts of the Syrian camp, to

7. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
For the Lord had caused the
army of the Syrians to hear the
noise of chariots and the noise
of horses - the noise of great
army; so they said to one
another, ‘Look, the king of
Israel has hired against us the
kings of the Hittites and the
kings of the Egyptians to attack

8. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
Therefore they arose and fled at
twilight, and left the camp intact -
their tents, their horses, and their
donkeys - and they fled for their
lives. And when these lepers came
to the outskirts of the camp, they
went into one tent and ate and
drank, and carried from it silver
and gold and clothing, and went
and hid them;

9. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
then they came back and
entered another tent, and carried
some from there also, and went
and hid it. Then they said to one
another, ‘We are not doing right.
This day is a day of good news,
and we remain silent. If we wait
until morning light, some
punishment will come upon us.
Now therefore come let us go and

10. 2 Kings 7: 3-11
So they went and called to the
gatekeepers of the city, and told
them saying, ‘We went to the
Syrian camp, and surprisingly no
one was there, not a human sound
- only horses and donkeys tied,
and the tents intact.’ And the
gatekeepers called out, and they
told it to the king’s household
inside.

11. The Grateful Lepers
•Syrian army besieged Samaria,
the capital city of Israel.
•Food supply cut off and great
famine inside the city.
•Food was scarce and very
expensive.
•A donkey’s head for 80 shekels
of silver.
• ¼ kab of dove droppings for 5

12. The Grateful Lepers
•Food scarcity had reached a
life threatening situation.
•Either there was no food or no
money
•Mothers took turn to boil and
eat their children.

13. The Grateful Lepers
•4 lepers at city gate
contemplating what to do.
•The gamble they took turned
out to be a miracle.
•After indulging themselves,
they realized the need to
report it to the gatekeepers
and to the king.

14. The Grateful Lepers
•An old and heart wrenching
story that teaches us many
valuable life giving lessons.
1.Without Jesus we are all like
these hopeless lepers.

15. The Grateful Lepers
1.Without Jesus we are all like
these hopeless lepers.
a.Be it physically, emotionally,
socially or spiritually.
•.Isaiah 64:6; But we are all like
an unclean thing, and all our
righteousness are like filthy
rags.
•.Job 25:6; How much less man,

16. The Grateful Lepers
1.Without Jesus we are all like
these hopeless lepers.
a.These lepers found food not
because they deserved it.
•.Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been
saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift
of God, not of works, lest

17. The Grateful Lepers
1.By giving up life we gain life.
•.They decided to take the risk
to the enemy’s territory and
were saved.
* Matthew 16:25
For whoever desires to save
his life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for My sake will

18. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
need to do the right thing.
•.2 Kings 7:9; Then they said to
one another, ‘We are not
doing right. This day is a day
of good news, and we remain
silent.’
a.Realized it was a day of good

19. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
need to do the right thing.
•.2 Kings 7:9; Then they said to
one another, ‘We are not
doing right. This day is a day
of good news, and we remain
silent.’
a.Realized the desperate

20. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
need to do the right thing.
•.2 Kings 7:9; Then they said to
one another, ‘We are not
doing right. This day is a day
of good news, and we remain
silent.’
c.Realized the dire

21. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
urgency of the matter.
•.Vs 9; If we wait until morning
light, some punishment will
come upon us.
a.Despite their conditions

22. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
urgency of the matter.
•.Vs 9; If we wait until morning
light, some punishment will
come upon us.
b. Despite the constraints

23. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers realized the
urgency of the matter.
•.Vs 9; If we wait until morning
light, some punishment will
come upon us.
c.Despite their treatment

24. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers knew their
mission was not that difficult.
•.Vs 9; Now therefore, come,
let us go and tell the king’s
household.
a.No need special preparation.

25. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers knew their
mission was not that difficult.
•.Vs 9; Now therefore, come,
let us go and tell the king’s
household.
a.No need special timing.

26. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers knew their
mission was not that difficult.
•.Vs 9; Now therefore, come,
let us go and tell the king’s
household.
a.No worry about the outcome.

27. The Grateful Lepers
1.These lepers knew their
mission was not that difficult.
•.Vs 9; Now therefore, come, let
us go and tell the king’s
household.
a.Simply out of gratitude.
•.Matthew 10:7-8
As you go, preaching, saying,
‘The kingdom of God is at

28. The Grateful Lepers
•2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together
with Him also plead with you
not to receive the grace of
God in vain.
a.Like the lepers, we owe our
salvation to the grace of God.

29. The Grateful Lepers
•2 Corinthians 6:2
For He says: ‘In an
acceptable time I have heard
you, and in the days of
salvation I have helped you.’
Behold, now is the accepted
time; behold, now is the
day of salvation.
b. Like the lepers we must

30. The Grateful Lepers
•What is witnessing/ soul
winning?
•It is a beggar goes and tell
other beggars where to find
food……...Lee Strolbel.

31. The Grateful Lepers
•It is a healed leper goes and
tell other lepers where to find
hope and miracle.

32. The Grateful Lepers
•Luke 17:15-19
And one of them, when he
saw that he was healed,
returned, and with a loud voice
glorified God…..Were there not
ten cleansed? But where are
the nine?’… And He said to
him, ‘Arise, go your way. Your

33. The Grateful Lepers
a.One who realize his/her own
helplessness.
•.Luke 17:12-13
Then as He entered a certain
village, there met Him ten men
who were lepers, who stood
afar off. And they lifted up their
voices and said, ‘Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us!’

34. The Grateful Lepers
b. One who is ready to testify
of the goodness of God.
•Luke 17:14
So when He saw them, He
said to them, ‘Go, show
yourselves to the priests.’ And
so it was as they went, they
were cleansed.

35. The Grateful Lepers
c.One who is grateful to the
grace freely received.
•Luke 17:15-16
And one of them, when he
saw that he was healed,
returned, and with a loud
voice glorified God, and fell
down on his face at His feet,
giving thanks. And he was a

36. The Grateful Lepers
d. Real gratitude motivates us
into actions that draws even
more grace.
•Luke 17:17
So Jesus answered and said,
‘Were there not ten cleansed?
But where are the
nine?.....Arise, go your way.
Your faith has made you