Bible Text: 2Kings 6:1\u20137 | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Bern\u00adhard Hohl | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme Home | God is a God for all gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. Jesus met peo\u00adp\u00adle of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. And us? Don\u2019t we pre\u00adfer to meet peo\u00adp\u00adle of our own gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon? But sin\u00adce we are usual\u00adly sur\u00adroun\u00added by peo\u00adp\u00adle from dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, we should somehow be able to deal with it. How do we do that? How do we do that in the see\u00adtal chile?<\/p>\n
\t Lis\u00adten! Let the other per\u00adson finish! <\/p>\n By the way, I am a very bad lis\u00adte\u00adner in deli\u00adca\u00adte dis\u00adcus\u00adsions with my wife! If some\u00adthing does\u00adn\u2019t suit me, I just talk into it, with the result that she has to remind me to final\u00adly lis\u00adten to her!<\/p>\n \t Take the other per\u00adson serious\u00adly \u2013 even if it goes com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly against your grain. <\/p>\n Eli\u00adsa lis\u00adten\u00aded and pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly only then did he noti\u00adce in a posi\u00adti\u00adve way that the\u00adse boys want to tack\u00adle it them\u00adsel\u00adves. They want to do it them\u00adsel\u00adves: We go to the Jor\u00addan River, cut down the trees, cut the beams, and we build the exten\u00adsi\u00adon ourselves. \tWhe\u00adre in the Bible is it expres\u00adsed that God is a God for all generations? Bible Text: 2Kings 6:1\u20137 | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Bern\u00adhard Hohl | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme Home | God is a God for all gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. Jesus met peo\u00adp\u00adle of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. And us? Don\u2019t we pre\u00adfer to meet peo\u00adp\u00adle of our own gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon? But sin\u00adce we are usual\u00adly sur\u00adroun\u00added by peo\u00adp\u00adle from dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, we should somehow be able to deal with it. How\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[35],"wpfc_sermon_series":[53],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-bernhard-hohl","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-willkommen-daheim","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-2083","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"hentry","10":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\n\u00abOne day the prophet\u2019s disci\u00adples said to Eli\u00adsha: \u00abAs you see, the place whe\u00adre we meet with you is not big enough. Let us go down to the Jor\u00addan; let us each take a tree trunk from which we can build our\u00adsel\u00adves a new mee\u00adting place. \u00abGo ahead,\u00bb he said. \u00abPlea\u00adse, come with us,\u00bb one asked. \u00abAll right, I\u2019ll go with you,\u00bb said Eli\u00adsha. And he went with them. When they rea\u00adched the Jor\u00addan, they began to cut down trees. And as one of them was cut\u00adting down a tree, the iron from his axe fell into the water. \u00abOh, my lord,\u00bb he cried out, start\u00adled, \u00abthe axe was only bor\u00adro\u00adwed!\u00bb \u00abWhe\u00adre did it fall in?\u00bb asked Eli\u00adsha. When the man show\u00aded him the spot, he cut a stick and threw it the\u00adre. Then the iron sur\u00adfaced and floa\u00adted on the water. \u00abTake it out,\u00bb said Eli\u00adsha. And he rea\u00adched out his hand and took hold of the axe-iron\u00bb (2Kings 6:1\u20137 NL<\/span>).
\nWhe\u00adther resi\u00adden\u00adti\u00adal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, lear\u00adning com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, working com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, faith com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty or fami\u00adly com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty \u2013 we spend a long time in our lives in the net\u00adwork of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. Also here in the See\u00adtal-Chi\u00adle! From the smal\u00adlest Bebe to the oldest, 80+ guard, all ages are repre\u00adsen\u00adted. This is a rich tre\u00adasu\u00adre that we can\u00adnot value too much \u2013 despi\u00adte all the ten\u00adsi\u00adons expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced in the coexis\u00adtence of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent generations.
\nI would like to reflect with you on this the\u00adme through this sto\u00adry from the book of 2 Kings 6:1\u20137.
\nThe pro\u00adphet Eli\u00adsha was a lec\u00adtu\u00adrer at various pro\u00adphe\u00adtic schools. The\u00adse schools were not only con\u00adcer\u00adned with the sub\u00adject of pro\u00adphe\u00adcy, of cour\u00adse the enti\u00adre Torah was the sub\u00adject of stu\u00addy. Eli\u00adsha lived in the 9th cen\u00adtu\u00adry BC<\/span> and had dealings with various kings in the nor\u00adt\u00adhern king\u00addom of Isra\u00adel, but was also a pro\u00adphet who was very clo\u00adse to the peo\u00adp\u00adle. His name \u00abEli\u00adsha\u00bb means \u00abGod is sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb. Not only his name reminds us of Jesus Christ, but his who\u00adle life. He rai\u00adsed the dead like Jesus. Hea\u00adled peo\u00adp\u00adle. He expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced a mul\u00adti\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of bread, like Jesus. Signs and won\u00adders mark\u00aded his who\u00adle life. He was not anoin\u00adted but \u00abman\u00adt\u00adled\u00bb when he was instal\u00adled as a pro\u00adphet. The out\u00adgo\u00ading pro\u00adphet Eli\u00adjah took off his pro\u00adphe\u00adtic cloak and put it on Elisha.
\n\u00abOne day the prophet\u2019s disci\u00adples said to Eli\u00adsha: \u00abAs you see, the place whe\u00adre we meet with you is not big enough. Let us go down to the Jor\u00addan; let us each take a tree trunk from which we can build our\u00adsel\u00adves a new mee\u00adting place\u00bb \u00bb (2Kings 6:1\u20132)
\nOne day\u2026the mother has the idea that the living room could be com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly rear\u00adran\u00adged; One day\u2026dad makes the sug\u00adges\u00adti\u00adon to buy a cam\u00adper van befo\u00adre the next holi\u00addays; One day\u2026the daugh\u00adter wants one wall in the room pain\u00adted pink. Or the son\u2019s desk is much too small! The same goes for the adults\u00bb work\u00adplaces: One day\u2026the boss comes with the sug\u00adges\u00adti\u00adon of ano\u00adther res\u00adtruc\u00adtu\u00adring. The secre\u00adta\u00adry final\u00adly wants to have air con\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adning instal\u00adled! New com\u00adpu\u00adters or prin\u00adters are urgen\u00adtly nee\u00added. A more modern cof\u00adfee machi\u00adne would not be a luxu\u00adry eit\u00adher, etc. And I am con\u00advin\u00adced that the con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtio\u00adnal lea\u00adder\u00adship of the see\u00adtal chi\u00adle is also kicked off again and again with the most won\u00adderful ide\u00adas: \u00abCould\u00adn\u2019t we\u2026 Should\u00adn\u2019t we\u2026 \u2026that would be sui\u00adta\u00adble for child\u00adren, \u2026that would be sui\u00adta\u00adble for young peo\u00adp\u00adle, \u2026that would be urgen\u00adtly neces\u00adsa\u00adry to do some\u00adthing for the older gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon etc.\u00bb.
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\nNow, of cour\u00adse, we are very inte\u00adres\u00adted in what we can learn from Eli\u00adsha through this bibli\u00adcal sto\u00adry! \u00abAs you see, the place whe\u00adre we meet with you is not big enough\u00bb (2Kings 6:1). Was Eli\u00adsha pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly alre\u00ada\u00addy at 180 after this first sen\u00adtence? \u00abWe were also a big class at that time and yet the pre\u00admi\u00adses were good enough for us\u00bb. How dare you! What kind of demands are you making? Mode\u00ads\u00adty is also part of your trai\u00adning pro\u00adgram\u00adme. Sure\u00adly such a buil\u00adding pro\u00adgram\u00adme goes on school hours; we can\u2019t afford that at all?\u00bb That\u2019s how I ima\u00adgi\u00adne my rant would have been if anyo\u00adne else had been in Elisa\u2019s sandals!
\nFor spou\u00adses, flat\u00adma\u00adtes, peo\u00adp\u00adle in char\u00adge, tea\u00adchers, par\u00adents, even the child\u00adren, supe\u00adri\u00adors, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty lea\u00adders \u2013 sim\u00adply ever\u00adyo\u00adne who is bom\u00adbard\u00aded with sug\u00adges\u00adti\u00adons across gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, two things are important:<\/p>\n
\nWhe\u00adther it is a fami\u00adly, a working com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, a lear\u00adning com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty or a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of faith, we alre\u00ada\u00addy feel here at the begin\u00adning of the sto\u00adry that Chris\u00adti\u00adan attri\u00adbu\u00adtes are in demand ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre in cont\u00adact with dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons: Lis\u00adtening, taking in, let\u00adting peo\u00adp\u00adle finish what they have to say\u2026 Don\u2019t just ask, do it yours\u00adelf! Mutu\u00adal love and app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon are nee\u00added! Accept each other at the work\u00adplace with all the weird\u00adness; and tre\u00adat the other per\u00adson as you would like to be trea\u00adted yourself\u2026
\nBack to Eli\u00adsa. How did he ans\u00adwer? \u00ab \u00abGo ahead,\u00bb he said.\u00bb Go ahead \u2013 what con\u00adfi\u00addence is behind that mis\u00adsi\u00adon. Go \u2013 you can do it! This reminds us of Jesus. How many times did he say \u00abGo\u00bb or \u00abGo\u00bb. \u00abGo, sin no more from now on\u2026\u00bb to the adul\u00adter\u00adess. \u00abGo, your faith has hel\u00adped you\u2026\u00bb To the scri\u00adbe, \u00abGo and do like\u00adwi\u00adse (as the Good Sama\u00adri\u00adtan)\u00bb To the disci\u00adples, \u00abGo, preach, heal the sick, rai\u00adse the dead, cast out evil spi\u00adrits\u00bb. Or also to us, \u00abGo ye into all the world, and make men my disci\u00adples, bap\u00adti\u00adsing them, tea\u00adching them\u2026\u00bb \u00ab \u00abGo ahead\u00bb, said Eli\u00adsha\u00bb. He trusts his disciples!
\nBut the disci\u00adples of the pro\u00adphe\u00adts were not con\u00adtent with the green light. Then one says to Eli\u00adsha: \u00ab \u00abPlea\u00adse, come with us,\u00bb one asked. \u00abAll right, I\u2019ll go with you,\u00bb said Eli\u00adsha. And he went with them. Arri\u00adving at the Jor\u00addan, they began to cut down trees (2Kings 6:3,4). \u00abPlea\u00adse, come with us,\u00bb one of them asked. This shows a good rela\u00adti\u00adonship bet\u00adween stu\u00addent and tea\u00adcher! \u00abPlea\u00adse, come with us\u00bb Eli\u00adsha to go with them. The\u00adse invi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons always occur in the teaser too. Two child\u00adren jump towards a pos\u00adsi\u00adble guest, or an adult approa\u00adches an older hiker: \u00abCome and join us in the hut. It\u2019s warm the\u00adre. We\u2019\u00adre having a fon\u00addue!\u00bb Jesus is a good exam\u00adp\u00adle for us. He was the\u00adre for dif\u00adfe\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. He loved child\u00adren and spent time with them \u2013 much to the annoyan\u00adce of the disci\u00adples! He also made time for Peter\u2019s sick mother-in-law! He dealt with the old-earth \u00abaddic\u00adted\u00bb scri\u00adbes and Pha\u00adri\u00adsees! Jesus said again and again: I must and can only do what the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father wants. That is also our situa\u00adti\u00adon! Jesus loved peo\u00adp\u00adle with the love of the Father.
\nIf we as a con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon want to be a home for all gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, this is the one and only thing: I can live and pass on the love that I expe\u00adri\u00adence every day from my hea\u00adven\u00adly Father and Jesus Christ. And thus do what he puts befo\u00adre my feet and yours \u2013 even across gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons! From the Song of Songs (1 Cor 13) I have to say: You can make an effort to con\u00adscious\u00adly reach out to youn\u00adger or older peo\u00adp\u00adle, but if love is miss\u00ading, ever\u00ady\u00adthing is smo\u00adke and mir\u00adrors. You can invi\u00adte as many peo\u00adp\u00adle as you want; you can take care of the lonely; you can work until you\u2019\u00adre blue in the face \u2013 if love is miss\u00ading, it\u2019s all for not\u00adhing! We all have at least two gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons around us: child\u00adren, young peo\u00adp\u00adle, par\u00adents, lea\u00adders, peo\u00adp\u00adle in edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal tasks, employees, employ\u00aders, reti\u00adred peo\u00adp\u00adle \u2013 and that is why we are all depen\u00addent on God\u2019s spi\u00adrit, his love and gui\u00addance \u2013 ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre, regard\u00adless of whe\u00adther it is cross-gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal or not.
\nEli\u00adsha was also awa\u00adre of this. When Eli\u00adjah said good\u00adbye to him, Eli\u00adsha was allo\u00adwed to make one more wish for him. He wis\u00adhed for 2<\/sup>\u20443<\/sub> of Elijah\u2019s spi\u00adrit. This is also remi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Solo\u00admon, who wis\u00adhed for an obe\u00addient heart from God and God gave him a wise and under\u00adstan\u00adding heart.
\nWould you like to make a request to God? James says in his let\u00adter: \u00abBut if any of you lacks wis\u00addom, let him ask God for it, and it will be given to him; for God is plea\u00adsed to give to all\u2026\u00bb (James 1:5 NG\u00dc<\/span>). God is plea\u00adsed to give us what we need!
\nWe can also make mista\u00adkes, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly as edu\u00adca\u00adtors. You can\u2019t just say \u00abgo ahead, go ahead\u00bb so quick\u00adly. It would\u00adn\u2019t be good if you said that just becau\u00adse you want a bit of peace from the child\u00adren. In Sin\u00adga\u00adpo\u00adre, when the child\u00adren in the stu\u00addent hos\u00adtel asked me if they could play foot\u00adball out\u00adside, I often said too quick\u00adly. \u00abGo ahead!\u00bb I for\u00adgot to ask them if they had done their homework.
\nAgain a word from James about wis\u00addom, what it is: \u00abWis\u00addom, on the other hand, which comes from abo\u00adve, is first of all pure and holy, but then also peaceable, kind and wil\u00adling to be told some\u00adthing. It is full of com\u00adpas\u00adsi\u00adon and pro\u00addu\u00adces an abun\u00addance of good; it is impar\u00adti\u00adal and free from all hypo\u00adcri\u00adsy\u00bb (James 3:17 NG\u00dc<\/span>)
\nHow does the Eli\u00adsha sto\u00adry con\u00adti\u00adnue? Ano\u00adther mis\u00adhap hap\u00adpen\u00aded: \u00abAnd as one of them was cut\u00adting down a tree, the iron from his axe fell into the water. \u00abAlas, my lord,\u00bb he cried, start\u00adled, \u00abthe axe was only bor\u00adro\u00adwed!\u00bb \u00abWhe\u00adre did it fall in?\u00bb asked Eli\u00adsha. When the man show\u00aded him the spot, he cut a stick and threw it the\u00adre. Then the iron sur\u00adfaced and floa\u00adted on the water. \u00abTake it out,\u00bb said Eli\u00adsha. And he rea\u00adched out his hand and took hold of the axe-iron\u00bb (2Kings 6:1\u20137 NL<\/span>).
\nIt is good that God put it on the heart of a disci\u00adple of the pro\u00adphet to ask Eli\u00adsha to come along. Good that God made Eli\u00adsha rea\u00addy to go and be the\u00adre. His name \u00abGod is sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon\u00bb was now the pro\u00adgram\u00adme! Seve\u00adral peo\u00adp\u00adle had made the right decis\u00adi\u00adon at the right time! God led well! I think we have all expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced this at cer\u00adtain moments and been in the right place at the right time. God grant us that again and again. God does a mira\u00adcle in front of this group and makes iron float. The aff\u00adlic\u00adted disci\u00adple can no lon\u00adger move in ama\u00adze\u00adment. Eli\u00adsha has to urge him: \u00abTake it out!\u00bb
\nThe\u00adre is not\u00adhing more beau\u00adtiful than when we expe\u00adri\u00adence God tog\u00ade\u00adther (may\u00adbe even across gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons). That was the expe\u00adri\u00adence for the\u00adse Pro\u00adphet stu\u00addents! The church\u2019s age-appro\u00adpria\u00adte pro\u00adgram\u00admes, church holi\u00addays and church weekends are uni\u00adque oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to expe\u00adri\u00adence God together.
\nI com\u00admend you to God\u2019s gifts and gui\u00addance \u2013 in your home, in your fami\u00adly, in your shared apart\u00adment, in your work\u00adplace, in your school class or stu\u00addy group, in your home group, in your church groups \u2013 here in the big fami\u00adly of see\u00adtal chi\u00adle. I would like to pray with you.
\nAmen
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead the Bible text: 2 Kings 6:1\u20137<\/p>\n
\n\tHow did Jesus meet peo\u00adp\u00adle of other gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons? Examp\u00adles up and down?
\n\tWhat talents do you need to be able to deal well with youn\u00adger or older people?
\n\tWhat are your expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces in the see\u00adtal chi\u00adle in deal\u00ading with peo\u00adp\u00adle of other generations?
\n\tHas it ever hap\u00adpen\u00aded to you that a per\u00adson of ano\u00adther gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon said to you \u00abCome with me\u00bb?
\n\tWhich gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon do you con\u00adnect bet\u00adter with: youn\u00adger or older people?
\n\tHow does gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal dis\u00adcord ari\u00adse? How can it be prevented?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"