The Sound of Sinful Silence

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3-10

INTRODUCTION:

1. Even the “shyest” ones among us have difficulty taming the tongue (cf. James 3).  We simply talk too much.
2. The occasion of our text, is one in where too little was said.

DISCUSSION: THE SILENCE OF THE LEPERS ---

I.      ALARMED BY WHAT THEY FACED (VV. 3,4).

1. Hunger (cf. Mt. 4:4; 5:6).
2. Hopelessness (cf. Rom. 5:1-5; 8:24-25)

II.     AMAZED AT WHAT THEY FOUND (VV. 5-8).

1. Treasure beyond their thinking.
2. Treasure that perfectly filled their needs.
3. Treasure in proportion to their needs.

III.    ABSORBED WITH WHAT THEY HAD IN HAND (V. 8).

1. Suddenly there was a surplus to consume.
2. The sudden abundance led them to covet their treasure (cf. Mt. 6:19).

IV.   ASHAMED BY WHAT THEY DID (V. 9).

1. Selfishness is not a Christian virtue.
2. Silence was not a Biblical option (cf. Ezek. 33:1-9)

V.    ANXIOUS TO TELL (VV. 9-10).

1. They could not, not tell others.
2. Some information is worth sharing, and to fail to share it is to fail!

CONCLUSION:  An ounce of silence may well be worth a ton of explanation, but sometimes some things must be said, and failure to do so is out right sinful.

The Sound of Sinful Silence