Big Healing Book - 1 Kings 17:17-24

1 Kings 17:17-24:

And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

Notes on 1 Kings 17:17-24:

God used Elijah powerfully, but Elijah didn’t know everything. He was obviously perplexed that this child had died; you can tell that by the way he prayed. We know that God did not kill the child, but Elijah apparently didn’t know that. You have to realize that back under the Old Covenant, people did not have a revelation of who Satan was and what he did. So people tended to blame everything that happened on God, even when He was not responsible. Job in particular was an “ace” at placing this mistaken blame. However, God is merciful and He honored Elijah’s prayer anyway.