Elisha's reward

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: The passage in 2 Kings 5 shows Elisha's refusal to accept payment from Naaman for healing him. This highlights the contrast between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of the world, where it is important for God's servants to maintain integrity and not be tainted with any self-interest. While it is important to support God's servants, they should not be living in luxurious ways that resemble movie stars. The impact of the Gospel in great nations may not be seen due to corruption and contamination with worldly values. The apostle Paul also supported himself from his own work and did not receive money from others. It is important for God's servants to handle money and power with integrity and moral behavior to set an example for the world.

We see the radical change in Naaman's character after receiving his miracle and the way he now then treats the prophet Elisha with the utmost respect and asks him to accept a gift, no longer a payment for his blessing but a gift. , and the interesting thing is that Elisha could very well have accepted it because it was legitimate in a sense.

The Bible says that the ox that threshes is not put on a painter and Christians should support God's servants because they serve in his ministry, and they have families, and financial responsibilities, and I do not believe that God wants God's children live in misery either. We see in Scripture that He wants to support His servants and God provided, for example, for the priests, a way to support themselves; not like the way the other Israelites lived who could receive a portion of land, an inheritance to have their private properties, but God provided other ways of how the servants of God were to be sustained in their life.

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