enduō
sinking into a garment; to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively): - array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on. —.

MAIN SERIES VERSES

And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are

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with power from on high.” —Luke 24:49 ESV

But you shall receive

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when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” —ACTS 1:8 NKJV

The Call of Elisha
1Ki 19:19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him.

1Ki 19:20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

1Ki 19:21 And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.

1. What were you doing when God

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you?

• When Elijah found Elisha, he saw him in the field
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  what God had entrusted to him.
• Working, not wasting time.
• Jesus calls people from fields and fishing boats, accounting firms, and any place you have a hand to the plow!

Jesus Calls the First Disciples
Mrk 1:16 Passing along the beach of Lake Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew net-fishing. Fishing was their regular work.
Mrk 1:17 Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.”
Mrk 1:18 They didn’t ask questions. They dropped their nets and followed.
Mrk 1:19 A dozen yards or so down the beach, he saw the brothers James and John, Zebedee’s sons. They were in the boat, mending their fishnets.
Mrk 1:20 Right off, he made the same offer. Immediately, they left their father Zebedee, the boat, and the hired hands, and followed. —MSG

Jesus Calls Levi
Mrk 2:13 Then Jesus went again to walk alongside the lake. Again a crowd came to him, and he taught them.
Mrk 2:14 Strolling along, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” He came. —MSG

2.

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Will

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You, but it’s worth it!

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  now equals
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  later.
• Commitment now equals an increase in power.
• Jesus calls us, and we choose to follow. He doesn’t drag us along.
• The invitation to step into the call is not indefinite or open ended.

Eternal Reward
Mat 19:26 Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”
Mat 19:27 Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?”
Mat 19:28 Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
Mat 19:30 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. —NLT

3.

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Fit

• Double Portion - Twice what the others inherit.
• Divine
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  of the
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  .
• Get around anointed people, be inspired by anointed people, get discipled by anointed people, admire anointed people and get more anointing.

2Ki 2:8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.
2Ki 2:9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”
2Ki 2:10 And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” —ESV

THE TRANSFER
2Ki 2:12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

2Ki 2:13 And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2Ki 2:14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.

Elisha Succeeds Elijah
2Ki 2:15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him opposite them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. —ESV

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. —Act 4:13 NIV

2Ti 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
2Ti 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. —NKJV