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First Kings Chapter 18 is the 
chapter of our focus tonight. 

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We already started exploring 
this chapter, and I have to say 

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from the outset that this is a 
challenging chapter. 

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Not necessarily because of 
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such things or seeing how it 
harmonizes with the rest of the 

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Scriptures, but because there 
are so many gems and jewels in 

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it that I just found myself 
going back and forth and trying 

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to determine where to end the 
study tonight. 

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But also wrestling with the fact
that there is a beauty that you 

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capture when you do cover a 
larger scale of a context of a 

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certain truth. 
And so we're just going to see 

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where we're going to land 
tonight based on time and where 

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we do meditate and stop on. 
But for now, let us read 

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beginning in verse 20, the first
few verses of this section. 

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And as our brother prayed, no 
matter how you came in today and

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no matter what the message is, 
because this is the word of God,

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you will be strengthened. 
You will be strengthened. 

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Verse 20 So Ahab sent to all the
people of Israel and gathered 

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the prophets together at Mount 
Carmel. 

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And Elijah came near to all the 
people, and said, How long will 

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you go limping between two 
different opinions? 

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If the Lord is God, follow him. 
But if Baal, then follow him. 

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And the people did not answer 
him a word. 

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Then Elijah said to the people, 
I even I only am left a prophet 

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of the Lord. 
But Baal's prophets are 450 men.

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Let two bulls be given to us, 
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themselves, and cut it in 
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and be and put no fire to it. 
And I will prepare the other 

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bull, and lay it on the wood, 
and put no fire to it. 

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And you call upon the name of 
your God, and I will call upon 

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the name of the Lord, and the 
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He is God, and all the people 
answered. 

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It is well spoken. 
Father, help us with this 

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passage. 
Help us with the rest of this 

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chapter enlightened our hearts 
and our minds. 

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Lord, draw us closer to You and 
an intimate level. 

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Help us be conformed to the 
image of Your Son. 

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May we glean with Your guidance 
all that You have intended to 

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say through this preserved holy 
account and redemptive history. 

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We look to You as our teacher 
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anointing. 
That resides in each of us. 

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In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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If you were here last week, you 
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thought of a powerful 
confrontation between 

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righteousness and evil, between 
a remnant and apostasy. 

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But not just a confrontation. 
We closed at a challenge that 

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would prove to be one of the 
greatest contest that human 

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history has ever known. 
And the place and the parties 

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that are involved in this 
incredible event are laid out 

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for us in verse 19. 
Look at it very quickly with me,

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it says in verse 19. 
Now, therefore, send and gather 

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all Israel to me at Mount Carmel
and the 450 prophets of Bale and

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the 400 prophets of Ashra who 
eat at Jezebel's table. 

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So the stage of this contest 
will be Mount Carmel. 

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The audience will be the nation 
of Israel. 

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Elijah will stand singularly 
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God, and there will be 850 men 
representing Bale and Ashra. 

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And it's important to realize 
that Elijah calling for this 

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challenge is not something that 
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This is not him emotionally or 
even cleverly producing 

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something hoping that God is 
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servant. 
No, no, no, no, no. 

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We have to realize from the 
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God's idea. 
And that's proven near the end 

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of this chapter, which we should
look at so that we can frame and

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understand Elijah's words and 
actions appropriately. 

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Look at verse 36 of First Kings 
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It says here and at the time of 
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Elijah the prophet came near and
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Isaac and Israel, let it be 
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in Israel and that I am your 
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Pay attention to this last part 
and that I have done all these 

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things at your word. 
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the prophets, the way he's going
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coming from heaven. 
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God. 
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given to us as a record, but 
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spoke to his servant says this 
is what I want you to do at this

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point. 
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understand for many reasons and 
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have already established in our 
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man steadfastly submitted to the
will of God, no matter what the 

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call was from God. 
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completely complied. 
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you to leave the boundaries of 
the promised land, and I want 

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you to minister to a widow and 
her son, they're going to take 

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care of you, but I'm going to 
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them, and you're going to reside
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Elijah did it. 
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want you to preach and to be the
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to manifest my power before 
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religious system and an entire 
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it. 
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here again is the same theme in 
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this point. 
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no matter the circumstance or 
the context that calls for 

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obedience. 
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right here in the beginning. 
But there are so many more 

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observations in this text. 
Look at verse 20 once again. 

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So Ahab sent to all the people 
of Israel and gathered the 

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prophets together at Mount 
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Makes you wonder why Ahab would 
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He's the king. 
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is going to be to his advantage.
I mean, numerically it makes 

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sense. 
You want hundreds of my 

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prophets, and there's only one 
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All right, let's do this. 
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Elijah came near to all the 
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So he doesn't confront the false
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He didn't even confront Ahab. 
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nation of Israel that are 
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And this is what he says to 
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How long will you go limping 
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And So what is he doing here? 
He's highlighting the poor 

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condition, the spiritual state 
of this nation and it's a class 

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pay attention to this that 
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comfortably enrolled themselves 
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this limping between two 
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So here you have Elijah who's 
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Then you have Ahab and his 
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anti Yahweh. 
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the middle. 
You have the Israelites who are 

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limping between two different 
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What does that mean to limp 
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While the same word limp is used
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So look at verse 26. 
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of Bale are trying to convince 
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Verse 26, it says here, and they
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them, and they prayed and they 
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upon the name of Baal from 
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BA, I'll answer us. 
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one answered. 
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that they had made. 
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They limped. 
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movement, simple movement from 
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is actually to Passover. 
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the next, that's part of it. 
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more carefully here, it can also
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There's an unsteadiness when 
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of their legs or both of their 
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And so when you see them limping
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that you have here is that 
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awkward motion. 
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some sacred in their minds, 
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This is intentional. 
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exhaustion, maybe, again, this 
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limping in a way in which it's 
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speak. 
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Elijah's trying to convey when 
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He's not concerned about their 
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location to geographical 
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So how long are you going to 
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and revisit it? 
How long are you check this out 

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going to be content in your 
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How long are you going to 
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somewhere that is not stable? 
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And for him to ask it in this 
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been doing this for a while, and
I only have been, they've been 

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doing this for a while. 
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being disturbed by it. 
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comfortability here to remain in
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And so it is today. 
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today who are juggling 
worldliness while trying to 

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grasp onto godliness. 
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protracted, uninterrupted 
periods of time and never be 

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disturbed by it. 
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long? 
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people that you are willing to 
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One day for Bill, one day for 
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there. 
You're willing to do this and 

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you haven't registered yet that 
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you're enduring is a direct 
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And so you have people, 
unfortunately, who fit that 

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category. 
And the Bible here gives us a 

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clue to how this kind of class 
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Christianity must be dealt with.
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There are different ways, but 
through Elijah, a messenger who 

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lives the real thing and is 
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truth those who are comfortable 
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And how do we, how do we 
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to these people? 
If your devotion to God is not 

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wholehearted, it is worthless. 
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Worthless, Yes, worthless. 
God is not in heaven desperate 

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for something from us. 
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doesn't want anything. 
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That's how the economy of faith 
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And there are so many places in 
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Whether that be. 
Didactically or by example or 

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illustration of that truth being
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us? 
Wholehearted or nothing, 

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Complete or nothing. 
And I had my reading this week 

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in Second Chronicles and I came 
to one example that we can add 

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to our filing. 
About how God truly wants 

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wholehearted devotion more than 
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I want you to see it with your 
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And by the way, we're not going 
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lot in this chapter. 
There's just so much here 

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already. 
And time does not suffice for us

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to do that, but we will do it. 
At this point. 

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Look at Second Chronicles 19. 
Here's what Jehu, a prophet, 

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says and testifies about 
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This is another king. 
And I want you to see in verse 

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three of Second Chronicles 19 
what this prophet says about the

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spiritual condition of this 
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Verse three he says, 
nevertheless some good is found 

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in you, for you destroy the 
ashroth out of the land, and 

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have set your heart to seek God.
Hold on, what? 

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Can be better than a leader with
this people in their history who

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has determined to clean the land
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but set his heart to seek God. 
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That's more than good. 
That's ideal. 

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That standard is it not but 
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meaning he said something before
he says something before for him

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to qualify that there is though 
you have cleansed the land of 

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idolatry and though you've set 
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still some good Lord. 
What are you after If this if 

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this is some good, what does it 
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What are you looking for? 
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Here's the correction before the
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But Jehu the son of Han and I 
the seer, went out to meet him 

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and said to King Jehoshaphat, 
should you help the wicked and 

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love those who hate the Lord? 
Because of this, wrath has gone 

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out against you from the Lord. 
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nevertheless, some good is found
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When I read that in my morning 
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I stopped and I said, hold on, 
God, this you're showing. 

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You're showing me what you're 
after. 

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What's Jehoshaphat's deal? 
We'll read the larger context. 

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And you realize that though he 
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idolatry, and though he did set 
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marriage alliance with Ahab. 
So he's not talking about what 

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we know to be true for 
Christians, that you should love

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those even though they don't 
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He's not what he's talking 
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He's condemning the fact that he
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yoked with an idolatrous king. 
Here's what this teaches me. 

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Jehoshaphat hated some evil. 
Not all evil. 

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Jehoshaphat hated. 
Some sins, not all sins, and you

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and I have to be careful in 
thinking that we're pleasing God

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because in our minds we've 
interpreted selective 

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righteousness as true 
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Are there people like that? 
I've met them. 

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They're very outspoken about 
certain things that the Bible 

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But when it comes to other 

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things that the Bible condemns, 
they're not as outspoken. 

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They're not consistent in their 
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They don't hate all evil, just 
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God is not interested in that. 
God is not interested in that. 

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This is a man who has been 
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divine discipline, how he set 
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removed idols from the land. 
Yeah, but he still also had 

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another place in his heart 
devoted to something else that 

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God hated. 
So what is God after? 

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Completeness. 
And as long as your heart is in 

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the place where you say whatever
God loves, I will love and 

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whatever God hates, I will hate.
You can be sure that you are 

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walking and wholehearted 
devotion to him. 

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And Elijah here is exactly 
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And so he asked them, how long 
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between two different opinions? 
And let's go back to our main 

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text. 
How did the people respond at 

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the end of verse 21? 
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him a word. 
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Were they just silenced due to 
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Were they unable to justify 
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really broken about it? 
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indifference? 
They're just kind of like 

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staring at Elijah, trying to 
figure out how he appeared after

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three years. 
The Bible doesn't tell us, but I

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can tell you with great 
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response is not something. 
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And I looked at this and I and I
sat back and I thought to 

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myself, what an encouragement 
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What do I mean by that? 
This is a helpful example for 

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those who preach the truth, 
counsel with the truth, disciple

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people with the truth, with a 
desire to win them over to 

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complete devotion to the. 
Lord, but all you're getting is 

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nothing. 
There's blank stares. 

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I think that's more that 
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than anything else. 
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whether from a pulpit or in a 
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that even the greatest men of 
God experienced no response when

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what they preached or what they 
taught or what they counsel with

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demanded response. 
You do you and be faithful with 

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the truth that God has revealed 
to you and ask you to convey to 

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another and let God deal with 
the rest. 

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There's no answer here. 
It demanded an answer. 

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It demanded some kind of 
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Nothing. 
They stayed in the same place. 

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The way they walked into that 
Sunday service is the same way 

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that they walked out. 
If you're a messenger of the 

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truth in any context, leave them
to the Lord. 

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They will be held accountable 
for how they respond to the 

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truth. 
You just give it. 

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Now we come to verse 22. 
Then Elijah said to the people, 

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I even I only am left a prophet 
of the Lord, but Baal's prophets

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are 450 men. 
Is that completely true? 

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Was Elijah the only prophet? 
Why don't we just learn last 

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week that Obadiah told him, hey,
I'm hiding 100 of them and I 

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have this whole feeding program 
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So we understand that there is 
100 prophets, true prophets to 

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be exact. 
But where are they now? 

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Where are they? 
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that's not the case, 
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He's standing alone. 
Where are all the other ones? 

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They're not there. 
And additionally, what else do 

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you notice about verse 22? 
I even I only am left the 

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prophet of the Lord. 
But Baal's profits are 450 men. 

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There is an omission here. 
What's missing? 

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Go back to verse 19. 
You'll see what's missing. 

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And when you see it, you can let
us know about it. 

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There's 450 prophets of Baal, 
but who else is supposed to be 

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there? 
400 prophets of Ashra. 

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They didn't show up, and it 
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suspicious of this invitation or
Jezebel was very strategic and 

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she also was concerned about 
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So she had them stay back at 
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And we're going to touch on that
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But do they ever reappear again?
I think they do. 

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Look at chapter 22 of the same 
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This is when Ahab and 
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go to war. 
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they've inquired of the Lord and
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So look what we see here in 
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And the king of Israel gathered 
the prophets together about 400 

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men, and said to them, shall I 
go to battle against Rameth 

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Gilead, or shall I refrain? 
And they said go up for the Lord

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will give it into the hand of 
the king. 

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So I mean, I'm going to, I'm not
going to touch on this too much,

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but here's Ahab and Jezebel 
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God and hiding 400 of the 
prophets just in case something 

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Do the prophecies of these 400. 

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Men end up giving good counsel 
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No, you can't fool God. 
You can't sidestep him. 

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But let's come back to the main 
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The main point is that Elijah is
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highlighting that. 450 to one, 
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And we see here that if 
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something being true, then 
Elijah would have extremely slim

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chances of convincing people of 
the truth. 

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Truth is not authorized by the 
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It isn't. 
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biblical history, and I hope 
that you have learned from 

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recent history that just because
something is mainstream doesn't 

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mean it's right, doesn't mean 
it's reliable. 450 on this side,

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one on this side, which one is 
going to seem more persuasive? 

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And if you are persuaded towards
something, my brother, my 

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sister, just because it is 
popular, I say this in love. 

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You are ripe for deception. 
You are ripe for deception and I

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say that with a little bit more 
oomph in my voice because I've 

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seen too much in the past three 
years. 

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We're Just because something 
shows up on TikTok a lot doesn't

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mean it should be convincing to 
you. 

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That's unfortunately the case 
for so many. 

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Instead, let it lie. 
Just testimony encourage you to 

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remember that God's word is true
whether many or few accepted. 

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Now Elijah could have started 
right? 

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He gives them the first round. 
You guys do it. 

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And we could have saved a lot of
time in our study and we could 

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have saved a lot of time in the 
real estate of the Bible. 

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Because if Elijah had just gone 
up first and fire would have 

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come down from heaven, it would 
have been a done deal and people

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would have been impressed. 
But what does Elijah want to do?

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He wants them to go first to 
show that Bill not only is 

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inferior to the true God, he's 
no God. 

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So you guys do your thing. 
Take as much time as you want. 

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And let's show the world that 
you guys believe in something 

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false. 
And it's in this where we learn 

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another lesson that I think 
couples with the. 

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Truth that we just heard. 
Let's look at what they do in 

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verse 25. 
We even read this yet Then 

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Elijah said to the prophets of 
Bill, choose for yourselves 1 

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bull and prepare it first, for 
you are many and call upon the 

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name of your God. 
But put no fire to it. 

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Let's not cheat here, all right?
No sparks, no little gimmicks. 

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Let's make this real. 
No fire to it, put no fire to 

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it. 
And they took the bull that was 

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given them, and they prepared 
it, and called upon the name of 

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Baal from morning until noon, 
saying, Oh, Baal, answer us. 

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But there was no voice, and no 
one answered. 

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And they limped around the altar
that they had made. 

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Look at verse 28. 
And they cried aloud, and cut 

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themselves after their custom 
with swords and lances, until 

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the blood gushed out upon them. 
Verse 29. 

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And as midday passed, they raved
on until the time of the 

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offering of the oblation. 
But there is no voice. 

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No one answered. 
No one paid attention. 

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Do you want to know another 
pitfall that people miss when it

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comes to determining worldview? 
Misguided earnestness and 

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passion for those who uphold a 
faulty view. 

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Are these guys sincere? 
Are these false prophets 

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sincere? 
Very sincere. 

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Are they devoted? 
Very devoted. 

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Are they passionate? 
Sure. 

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Are they emotional? 
I think all their. 

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Emotional stock is invested in 
this moment. 

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These are guys that apparently 
really believe in what they 

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believe. 
They really, really believe that

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Bill will actually answer them. 
And you and I have to remember 

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also not just the popularity 
idea, but zeal and the different

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nation and sincerity are not the
markers of a belief being 

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legitimate. 
And you can be sincere, right, 

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but you can be sincerely wrong 
at the same time. 

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So don't allow your emotions, 
that's one thing. 

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But don't allow the strong 
sentiments of others in the 

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expression of their loyalty to 
error ever persuade you to 

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believe something that's not 
true. 

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You know why that's important? 
Because we're living in a time 

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now that all it takes is for you
to strong to feel strongly about

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something, for it to be valid. 
And this generation is eating it

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up. 
If you just cry about it, if 

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your voice is loud enough, if 
you go to all the protests, then

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it must be sincere, it must be 
real, it must be true. 

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Who says? 
What did Paul say in Romans 10 

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to? 
He says they have a zeal for 

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God, but not according to 
knowledge. 

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And speaking about the Jews, 
they have zeal. 

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It's legitimate zeal. 
It's tangible, real, observable,

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feelable zeal. 
But it's not lined up with 

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knowledge, and zeal without 
knowledge is dangerous. 

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Zeal as a result and fruit of 
knowledge is is wonderful. 

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That's a gift that's warranted. 
But just because you feel 

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strongly about it and everybody 
else feels strongly about it, 

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then certainly there must be 
some ability to it. 

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You are ripe for deception. 
Ripe. 

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No, you, you put aside the 
feelings and you put aside what 

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the majority has to say, and you
come to an objective standard 

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has been provided to mankind. 
And you determine truth, your 

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world, or your convictions based
on that. 

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And even if your feelings may 
not agree with it at first, you 

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submit to it and trust that God 
will give you what you need to 

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uphold it, live it, and love it.
So you see this really pathetic 

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display. 
It's really heartbreaking 

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actually, and we should be 
heartbroken. 

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But Elijah has a different 
approach. 

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Look at verse 27. 
And at noon, Elijah mocked them.

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Saying cry aloud for he is the 
God. 

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Either he is musing or he is 
relieving himself. 

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Can you imagine that? 
I think your God is on the 

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toilet, so give him some time 
for he is relieving himself or 

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he is on a journey. 
Imagine that your God's on 

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vacation. 
I think you guys missed the 

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memo. 
Or perhaps he is asleep, maybe, 

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maybe Bill's taking a nap. 
So do what he must be awakened. 

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Is there any space or allowance 
for mockery for the Christian? 

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Because many would come to this 
text as a proof text to give 

453
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them authority to speak in such 
a way to those who believe. 

454
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:18,240
Differently than you and I, 
That's a dangerous thing to do, 

455
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,920
to come to a text like this. 
That one is not prescriptive. 

456
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:28,080
It's descriptive, and to use it 
to try to legitimize a certain 

457
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:33,200
attitude or way of speaking is 
not really what this text is 

458
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,760
intended to convey. 
Do you realize that Elijah here,

459
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,920
unlike so many who in their 
proclamation of the truth or in 

460
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,960
their apologetics or debate, 
he's not here looking to wound 

461
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,640
these? 
People. 

462
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,640
He's not here looking to blow 
off steam. 

463
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:55,720
He's not here looking to amuse 
himself by using sarcasm in a 

464
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,360
suppose it's sanctified way. 
Yes. 

465
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,120
Don't get me wrong, there may be
times, depending on context and 

466
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,320
conversation, where there is 
liberty and how you explain 

467
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,240
something or showcase something 
or highlight something. 

468
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,680
Sure, sure, sure. 
But as a general rule, even when

469
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,080
you understand Elijah's motive 
behind this, it makes this a 

470
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,560
weaker thing to rely on to 
justify fleshly behavior. 

471
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,800
Why is Elijah doing this? 
We'll look at the surrounding 

472
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,040
context. 
You read here in verse 26 that 

473
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they were crying out. 
Old Bill answer us And so Elijah

474
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,440
now wants to stir them up even a
little bit more. 

475
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,040
He wants to turn up the heat. 
So he uses this language so that

476
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,200
they can do what they can cry 
out louder. 

477
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,480
They can be more intense in 
their display of intercession 

478
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:46,320
and devotion for one simple 
reason, so that Israel can 

479
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:51,000
notice and take note that no. 
Matter how loud you cry, no 

480
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,160
matter what you do and what you 
do to yourself, this God will 

481
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,680
not answer you. 
There's a redemptive goal behind

482
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:58,960
this. 
There, there is. 

483
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,240
There is an aim here. 
This is not aimless. 

484
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,800
This is not Elijah just shooting
off his mouth. 

485
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,880
This is Elijah wanting things to
get more intense so that he can 

486
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,920
prove to a watching, limping 
crowd. 

487
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,880
No matter. 
What you do, this God Bill will 

488
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,600
not hear because he's no God at 
all. 

489
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,560
And that point we'll get across.
This is a strategy. 

490
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,000
This is not flesh. 
This is a man who knows what he 

491
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,120
is doing and the way that he got
into that place is by using the 

492
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,880
words that he did. 
So let's see what happens. 

493
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:41,120
It says here that no one 
answered, no one paid attention 

494
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,640
before that there was no voice. 
There's something else in these 

495
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,520
verses, right? 
The Holy Spirit is highlighting 

496
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,440
something. 
If you go back to verse 26, it 

497
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,680
says it there initially, but 
there was no voice in the middle

498
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,200
of the verse and no one answer. 
So this point is being. 

499
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,480
Reinforce and emphasize over and
over in such a small space of 

500
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time. 
And the reason for that is 

501
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,720
because this is what precisely 
billions of people are doing 

502
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:14,320
today with their idols, whether 
it be false gods or pursuits or 

503
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,360
people that they've elevated to 
the point of worship. 

504
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,520
There are people like these 
prophets of Bill who are looking

505
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,240
for answers in all the wrong 
places, who are looking for 

506
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:31,840
something to satisfy and only 
Christ can satisfy. 

507
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:38,200
And so they are running headlong
into this Ave. and that arena 

508
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,000
and this activity hoping to get 
answer. 

509
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:47,240
And you can rightly take this 
text as a filter and remind 

510
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,160
others and hopefully not, but if
so, yourself. 

511
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,560
That you will not get answers, 
you will not get a voice, you 

512
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,840
will not get something that your
soul alone can find in the 

513
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,040
gospel, in the truth of God, in 
relationship with Him. 

514
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,040
And what do people do? 
What do people do when they try 

515
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,080
to numb the pain with drugs, 
when they put themselves in 

516
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,680
situations or in environments 
that are sinful, When they make 

517
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,920
their job, their goal, when 
they, whatever it is, fill in 

518
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:15,920
the blank? 
What do people do? 

519
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,120
Often times, unfortunately, the 
same things that these prophets 

520
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,240
do. 
When they get no answers, they 

521
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,000
think to themselves, well, maybe
I have to do more. 

522
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,720
Maybe I got to up it up again. 
Maybe I have to put more money 

523
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,280
into it. 
Maybe I have to put more time 

524
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,040
into it. 
Maybe I got to sacrifice more. 

525
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,280
And what's the result of that? 
Well, you see verse 29, there 

526
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:37,160
was no voice. 
No one answered, no one paid 

527
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,840
attention. 
And, and what people often do is

528
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:47,400
they interpret the dizziness of 
the frantic. 

529
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:53,320
And frivolous pursuits, enough 
to keep them occupied, not 

530
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,160
realizing that there's 
hollowness in the soul. 

531
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,000
I I. 
Can remember that. 

532
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,520
I can remember that being in 
college, that the worst times 

533
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,160
that I had to deal with the 
emptiness of my soul was when 

534
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,240
all the noise died down and I 
laid my confused head on my 

535
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,680
pillow every night in that 
basement apartment. 

536
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,960
And how, how can I quiet my 
conscience? 

537
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,400
Well, I just need more noise, 
more flesh, more sin, more 

538
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,680
adrenaline, whatever it is. 
But when it came down to being 

539
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,640
all quiet and you are on your 
own with your soul, that's when 

540
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,920
it's the loudest. 
But unfortunately, these men are

541
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,040
demonstrating what so many are 
doing even on this Friday night.

542
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,680
By the way, Yeah, you're in the 
House of God. 

543
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,080
You think this is normal? 
You think people spend their 

544
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,320
Friday nights coming to the 
House of God to read and study 

545
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:46,120
the Bible? 
No, they're countless people 

546
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:51,000
right now doing what these false
prophets are doing, looking for 

547
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,080
answers in all the wrong places,
looking for joy, satisfaction, 

548
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,960
peace, and they're screaming 
their heads off, figuratively 

549
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,800
speaking, and nothing's coming 
through. 

550
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,080
May God open their eyes verse 
30. 

551
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,920
Then Elijah said to all the 
people, Come, come near to me. 

552
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,880
And all the people came near to 
him, and he repaired the altar 

553
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,560
of the Lord that had been thrown
down. 

554
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,199
Elijah took 12 Stones according 
to the number of the tribes of 

555
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:22,679
the sons of Jacob, to whom the 
word of the Lord came, saying, 

556
00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:26,960
Israel shall be your name. 
And with the stones he built an 

557
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,719
altar in the name of the Lord. 
And he made a trench about the 

558
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,840
altar as great as would contain 
two seas of seed. 

559
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,520
So remember. 
The. 

560
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,760
Competition. 
You do your thing, you cut up 

561
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,199
the bull and whatever you have 
to do to try to get Bill to 

562
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:45,520
answer you by fire. 
If that happens, he's the real 

563
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,080
God. 
I'm going to do the same. 

564
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,000
But before he does anything, the
first thing that Elijah does is 

565
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,760
he builds an altar or he 
rebuilds an altar. 

566
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,360
He repaired the altar, and we're
told here that the altar had 

567
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,120
been thrown down. 
Any idea who threw it down? 

568
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:10,280
Who threw down this altar If you
want the answers in the next 

569
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:15,320
chapter, chapter 19 verse 10. 
This is Elijah speaking 

570
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,360
elsewhere. 
He says he said I have been very

571
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,120
jealous for the Lord, the God of
hosts, for the people of Israel 

572
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,600
have. 
Forsaken your covenant, thrown 

573
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,480
down your altars. 
This is Israel's doing. 

574
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,560
They're the ones who threw down 
this altar. 

575
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,480
And before Elijah does anything,
he rebuilds it. 

576
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,480
What does the altar? 
Represent. 

577
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,560
It represents God's standard of 
worship. 

578
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:44,600
That's what it means. 
God had prescribed that these 

579
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,320
stones that were not hewn, not 
touched by human hands would be 

580
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,280
collected, that you find that 
law and exodus and that that 

581
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,480
would be used as the platform 
for sacrifice to be made and for

582
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,600
communion with God to be 
experienced. 

583
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,920
And so Elijah here is going back
to the ancient paths. 

584
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,520
And this is so important. 
Please pay attention to this. 

585
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,240
I'm speaking to those who are 
passionate about God, doing 

586
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,560
things in their lives, doing 
things in their local church. 

587
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:13,000
Before God sends fire from 
heaven, before Elijah even prays

588
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,640
for the fire to come down from 
heaven, he rebuilds the altar. 

589
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,000
You and I should not expect God 
to do anything from heaven on 

590
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,160
our behalf for this ministry or 
your ministry unless you are 

591
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,640
first willing to reestablish the
foundation that is obedience to 

592
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,200
God's Word. 
Prayer, as we're going to learn 

593
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,880
in a moment here, does not 
replace obedience. 

594
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,520
And So what does Elijah do? 
He he makes the first thing, the

595
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,520
first thing. 
We must go back to what God 

596
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,720
instructed us to do before we 
expect anything from Him. 

597
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,200
So you can pray all you want, 
fast all you want, serve all you

598
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,920
want. 
If you are not setting up your 

599
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,880
interaction, your intercession, 
your supplication to the Lord on

600
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,280
the foundation of what He asks 
of you, then you're wasting 

601
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,440
time. 
And so he goes back to what God 

602
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,600
asks of them from the the 
simplest way. 

603
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,320
He wants an altar. 
We're going to give him an 

604
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,040
altar. 
This is how God wants to be 

605
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,320
worshipped. 
This is he wants it from my 

606
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,680
life. 
I'm going to give it to him. 

607
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,880
And then now I can expect for 
him to do more. 

608
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:17,880
So the second thing to notice 
here besides that is Elijah not 

609
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,800
just building an altar, but he 
took a certain amount of stones.

610
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,400
How many stones? 
Did he pick up 12 and for what 

611
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,840
reason? 
What did it represent? 

612
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,520
Everybody's yeah, answering 
wonderful. 

613
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,840
Love it. 
Why is that important? 

614
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,480
KK Here's the what's that God's 
name? 

615
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:39,640
Yes. 
But here's the thing. 

616
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:41,320
Here's the thing. 
Bible study tip. 

617
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,200
Whenever you come to text like 
this or any text really, make it

618
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,800
a habit to zoom out. 
Make it a habit to zoom out. 

619
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,600
Make it a habit to climb the 
helicopter ladder and have the 

620
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,080
aerial view of the context that 
you're studying. 

621
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,560
He took 12 Stones, put them 
together to represent the tribes

622
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,920
of Jacob. 
Why is that significant at this 

623
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,080
point in redemptive history, 
Ryan Because we're in a time 

624
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,880
where the Kingdom is divided. 
So you have 10 tribes 

625
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,400
representing the north. 
You have two representing the 

626
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,560
southern Kingdom. 
And what is Elijah doing? 

627
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:21,760
He is, by way of demonstration, 
reminding the people of how God 

628
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,080
designed them to. 
Be. 

629
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:29,640
You're called to be unified, 
you're called to be 12 tribes 

630
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,080
called Israel, not Israel 
representing the northern 

631
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,960
Kingdom and Judah representing 
the southern Kingdom. 

632
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,400
And so even in this, there is 
correction, even in this, he's 

633
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,280
saying, I'm here to show you not
just what God demands of you in 

634
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,440
terms of your vertical 
relationship with him, but what 

635
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,240
God demands of you for one 
another. 

636
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,880
And do you notice even in the 
symbol of worship, right, this 

637
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,800
altar, you have the vertical 
reality and the horizontal 

638
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,600
reality, and they're 
inseparable, in this case, is 

639
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,400
inseparable. 
And it's true as a truth 

640
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,280
throughout the Bible that if you
think that you're rightly 

641
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,080
related to God while at the same
time not being rightly related 

642
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,160
to one another, you're not 
really worshipping God. 

643
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:09,680
So yeah, we're going to build 
this author. 

644
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,400
We're going to make a sacrifice.
But let me also remind you what 

645
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,760
God really wants. 
He doesn't want you guys to be 

646
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,680
divided. 
He wants you guys to be exactly 

647
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,880
how he intended you to be in 
that's one and that's one. 

648
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:26,120
And so he does this in a very 
powerful way and by sending this

649
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,120
message, unfortunately, the 
people didn't get it, but we 

650
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,560
did. 
So he puts these 12 Stones 

651
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,920
together, reminding them of 
their unified design. 

652
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,000
And let's read what happens next
in verse 33. 

653
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:49,000
And he put the wood in order and
cut the bull in pieces and laid 

654
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,680
it on the wood. 
I mean, that's. 

655
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:58,480
So specific, just put it in 
order, put the bull in pieces, 

656
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,720
laid it out on there. 
He's just a little nugget, 

657
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,040
right? 
If this altar represents 

658
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:07,400
worship, God is a God of order. 
He wants orderly worship. 

659
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,920
He doesn't want half hearted, 
confused, spontaneous. 

660
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,520
And what I mean by that is 
unthoughtful spontaneity. 

661
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:23,960
Uncalculated, unfiltered. 
No, no, you see here that this 

662
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,280
is a man who is very careful and
how he's about to approach God 

663
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,440
even in this setting. 
So he puts. 

664
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,520
Everything in order and notice 
what happens here and he said 

665
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:38,280
fill 4 jars with water and pour 
it on the burnt offering and on 

666
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,560
the wood. 
Elijah, things are already 

667
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,760
difficult for you. 
It's 450 to one and you have an 

668
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,520
entire nation surrounding you 
that in one moment can turn on 

669
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,280
you. 
So you're going to make this 

670
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,760
more difficult. 
Is Elijah doing this to test the

671
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:54,880
Lord? 
And I'll go back to the first 

672
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,640
point. 
Where is he getting his orders 

673
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,240
from Heaven. 
God. 

674
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,760
So fill 4 jars with water and 
pour it out on the burnt 

675
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,320
offering. 
And on the wood, not just the 

676
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:08,120
burnt offering on the wood this 
wet would work well with being 

677
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,080
ignited. 
No? 

678
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,120
And he said do it a second time,
OK, one time is enough. 

679
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,560
No, do it a second time. 
And they did it a second time. 

680
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,480
And he said do it 1/3. 
Time Elijah. 

681
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,400
It's not Elijah, it's God. 
And they did it a third time. 

682
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:30,240
And the water ran around the 
altar and filled the trench also

683
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,040
with water. 
You got a little pool going on 

684
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,400
here. 
Now remember you, you can't. 

685
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,840
Look at this separated from the 
wider context. 

686
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,840
This is marching orders from 
God. 

687
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,800
So it's not Elijah trying to 
make a point. 

688
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,480
This is God making a point. 
And what's the point that he's 

689
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,080
trying to make? 
He is intentionally making this 

690
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:55,640
more difficult so that when the 
fire did come and lick up all 

691
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,680
the elements and ignite that 
burnt offering, it would be more

692
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,960
convincing that this is of God. 
There would be no question. 

693
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,200
There'd be no room for a doubt. 
Yeah, sure. 

694
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,520
Without it, there would still be
a strong case to make, but God 

695
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,560
wants to make this very strong 
point so that there would be no 

696
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,120
hesitation to realize this is 
from God. 

697
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,600
This is from God. 
Do you have any doubt that what 

698
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:25,200
God did in this case is any 
different in how He operates in 

699
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,480
your life and mine? 
You shouldn't have any doubt 

700
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,800
that if Providence leads you in 
a place or circumstance that is 

701
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,560
extremely difficult. 
Listen, if you're walking with 

702
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,360
the Lord, he's ordered your 
steps, He's walking with you. 

703
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,720
He's leading you perfectly. 
And that includes things that 

704
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,200
it's a difficult thing just to 
begin with. 

705
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,440
The introduction of this trial 
is enough. 

706
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,400
And then as time goes on, it 
just becomes more problematic. 

707
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,360
There are more layers of 
obstacles, and it seems as 

708
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,200
though this is not going to go 
anywhere. 

709
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,120
This is why we're studying what 
we're studying, right? 

710
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,840
This is the mind of God. 
He's the same yesterday, today 

711
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,440
and forever. 
And So what he did here and set 

712
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,600
up for His glory, he will not do
any different for you and me. 

713
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,480
So don't be intimidated or 
fearful by the growing 

714
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,320
impossibility of something and 
seeing, OK Lord, I don't know 

715
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,000
how you're going to come 
through. 

716
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,720
Well, perhaps He's doing it so 
that when it does happen, 

717
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,840
everybody around you say it has 
to be God, has to be God. 

718
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,120
So the Lord in His wisdom, 
depending on what it is, will 

719
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,680
set up your life and mine in the
same way. 

720
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,040
And we should be in those 
moments, just as confident as 

721
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:41,600
Elijah was. 
All right, Lord, let's see how 

722
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,720
you're going to do this. 
You can't lose in the Christian 

723
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,240
life. 
You can if you don't know who 

724
00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:51,000
God is. 
But if you know who God is, 

725
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:52,800
there is no losing in the 
Christian life. 

726
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:55,800
So this man says do it. 
They did it. 

727
00:43:55,800 --> 00:44:02,200
They drenched everything. 
Now look at this verse 36 and at

728
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,720
the time of the offering of the 
oblation. 

729
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,120
Oblation simply means presenting
something to God, right? 

730
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:11,240
So all of the transitions would 
say at the time of the evening 

731
00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:16,240
sacrifice, Elijah the prophet 
came near and said, Oh Lord God 

732
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:20,120
of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 
let it be known this day that 

733
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,400
you are the God, that you are 
God in Israel and that I am your

734
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,360
servant, that I've done all 
these things at your word. 

735
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:33,480
I I can't pass that first 
insight at verse 36, at the time

736
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:37,840
of the oblation or at the time 
of the evening sacrifice. 

737
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,880
So there were set times in the 
temple of Jerusalem where 

738
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:46,480
sacrifices were made. 
Is Elijah in Jerusalem? 

739
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:53,920
No, he's in the northern part 
and he's on Mount Carmel, but 

740
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,840
he's aware of the time of the 
sacrifice that would have taken 

741
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,960
place in the Temple at this 
point of the day. 

742
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,880
Elijah here wanted to offer his 
sacrifice at the same time when 

743
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:08,960
the regular evening sacrifice 
was to be given. 

744
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,880
That says something about this 
man's worship. 

745
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,200
He's not near the temple. 
He's not even close to the 

746
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,080
temple. 
But what makes us so precious is

747
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:25,040
that Elijah is a prophet working
in a different place with 

748
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:29,360
different people, and yet he is 
physically separated, yes, but 

749
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:32,560
totally in tune with the will 
and heart of God. 

750
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:40,040
I'm going to wait to give the 
sacrifice when God desires for 

751
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:45,800
it to be given. 
And despite the distance, this 

752
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:49,280
man wanted to be in accordance 
with the will of God as much as 

753
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,840
possible. 
That's a true worshipper. 

754
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,720
Unfortunately for some 
believers, that's not the same 

755
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:00,960
because all it takes is for some
believers is for changes in life

756
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,960
or even limitations in life to 
encourage them not to make 

757
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:10,600
worship a priority. 
So what you have is a new 

758
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:15,120
business venture. 
You have an enrollment to a 

759
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:22,080
school out of state, maybe 
marriage, and those become 

760
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:26,520
reasons to ignore what God 
demands of us when it comes to 

761
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:32,040
devotion to him. 
But God honors worshippers like 

762
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,720
Elijah. 
So if God desires sacrifices at 

763
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,160
this time, then I will give my 
sacrifice at this time. 

764
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:40,760
How? 
How can we translate that? 

765
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,960
Very simply And, and in many 
ways, if God in his word has 

766
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,760
shown us that he wants to be 
worshipped with his people on 

767
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,480
the Lord's Day, then I'm going 
to worship the Lord with his 

768
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:56,240
people on the Lord's Day, right?
This is going to be a priority 

769
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:59,040
in my life. 
Elijah showing the priority of 

770
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:03,680
worship in his life, even in 
this moment, he is mindful of 

771
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,800
the sacrifices that take place 
in the House of God. 

772
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,560
And I'm going to line myself up 
as much as possible with it. 

773
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:09,960
Do Christians think like that 
today? 

774
00:47:11,720 --> 00:47:16,400
I know many who do praise God. 
Many do in this place, but I've 

775
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,120
I've seen enough throughout my 
journey with the Lord where 

776
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:24,960
that's not the case. 
But Elijah is a different breed,

777
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,200
but he's also a man with a 
nature like ours, so we can 

778
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,480
imitate him. 
So at the time of the offering 

779
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:33,600
of the oblation, Elijah, now he 
prays, Oh, we can make a whole 

780
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,640
Bible study just on how he. 
Prayed, but let's make rapid 

781
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,400
fire observations. 
OK, you know what? 

782
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,800
I'll ask, and if you could be 
quick enough, that'll be very 

783
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:44,520
helpful. 
So let's read this together one 

784
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,680
more time and whatever stands 
out to just be like, I noticed 

785
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:48,240
this about that prayer. 
I noticed this about that 

786
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:49,200
prayer. 
Shall we do that? 

787
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,680
Let's read it. 
Oh Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, 

788
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:57,000
and Israel, let me know this day
that you are God in Israel, that

789
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,280
I am your servant, and that I 
have done all these things at 

790
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,680
your word. 
Answer me, oh Lord, answer me 

791
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,280
that this people may know that 
you, oh Lord our God, and that 

792
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,720
you have turned their hearts 
back. 

793
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,640
Anything. 
So many things. 

794
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:15,840
Join me on the quest of 
revelation. 

795
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,920
What stands out to you? 
Yes, brother, Full submission. 

796
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,200
Full submission to God, Right. 
And even what he says about 

797
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,320
himself, he doesn't call himself
a mighty prophet. 

798
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:27,320
A man, a guy goes, I'm your 
servant, I'm your servant. 

799
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:28,960
I'm your servant. 
I'm still your servant. 

800
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:30,240
Yes. 
Anything else he uses? 

801
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:35,480
The covenant name, yes. 
Yes. 

802
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:40,160
Of the covenant, absolutely. 
So he doesn't say the God of 

803
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:45,360
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which 
is the common reference to God 

804
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,840
in terms of his covenant keeping
character. 

805
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:52,960
Elijah's intentional saying 
Israel, Israel, God. 

806
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,800
Remember Israel. 
Don't remember so much Jacob, 

807
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,040
but remember Israel, what you 
turned Jacob to and into. 

808
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:09,720
Yes, God, please, Yes. 
Yes, the personal. 

809
00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:13,040
Name of God, Yahweh or Jehovah? 
Yes, absolutely. 

810
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,120
These are wonderful. 
Anything else? 

811
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,720
What's that? 
So he's interceding on behalf of

812
00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:23,080
the people. 
Yes, absolutely. 

813
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,080
Well, let's look at a few 
things, right, Let's look at the

814
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,560
first thing, and that is the 
grounds of his request. 

815
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,560
The grounds of his request are 
what? 

816
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,680
God's character, His covenant 
keeping character. 

817
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,840
So he appeals to the God of 
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. 

818
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,960
Why is that important? 
Because he is praying for a 

819
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,640
people who have not kept the 
covenant. 

820
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,200
So, God, I'm appealing to your 
faithfulness, not their 

821
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,520
faithfulness. 
I'm appealing to your goodness, 

822
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,760
not their goodness, Lord, I'm 
appealing to your heart and your

823
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,400
promise. 
And we're asking you now, Lord, 

824
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:00,400
I'm asking you specifically on 
the grounds of your character to

825
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,320
answer this. 
So if you don't know who God is,

826
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,480
or if you're limited in your 
view of God, your prayers are 

827
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,120
going to be limited. 
The scope of what you can ask 

828
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,320
God for are going to be 
hindered. 

829
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,240
But the more you know about the 
character of God, the more you 

830
00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:16,720
can freely and boldly and 
courageously come before the 

831
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:19,640
Lord and ask him for things that
the person who doesn't know God.

832
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,080
Won't be able to. 
That's the grounds. 

833
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:26,200
Look at secondly how he obeys 
before he prays. 

834
00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:29,400
What did he mention here? 
He says here at the end of verse

835
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:34,520
36 that I have done all these 
things at your word. 

836
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:38,640
So he he shows God by way of his
confession. 

837
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,200
I am doing this according to 
what you've told me and up to 

838
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,600
this point I've obeyed you. 
Now I'm asking you to do your 

839
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,560
part. 
So let me say it again. 

840
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,080
Prayer does not replace 
obedience. 

841
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:49,880
And what does that look like in 
a day-to-day? 

842
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,280
I mean, there's so many 
practical examples, but here you

843
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:56,880
are able bodied in a land of 
great opportunity and you're in 

844
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,160
financial need, but you don't 
want to work, but you want God 

845
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,800
to drop off money through the 
mouth of Ravens at your front 

846
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:05,680
step every other week. 
No, no, no, no, Don't expect God

847
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,480
to work for you. 
He's called you to work. 

848
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,680
He's called you to look for a 
job. 

849
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:11,880
He's called you to make calls. 
He's called you to sit through 

850
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,560
interviews. 
And through that you can pray 

851
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,040
and ask God for the right thing,
the right place, the right will.

852
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:19,080
And he'll do that. 
So prayer does not replace 

853
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,960
obedience. 
And so he says I've obeyed I'm, 

854
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:26,280
I'm obeying you now, Thirdly. 
Did you not notice how God 

855
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,320
centered this prayer was? 
It's so God centered. 

856
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:34,880
He says here what in the first, 
the first part of verse 36, Oh 

857
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,120
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and 
Israel, let it be known this day

858
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:40,320
that you are God. 
I want people to know that 

859
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,480
you're God. 
I want him to know that you're a

860
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,640
God in Israel. 
And then he says it after here 

861
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,120
at verse 37. 
Answer me, your Lord, answer me 

862
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:50,920
that this people may know that 
you, oh Lord our God, that's the

863
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,280
heartbeat of this man's desire. 
He's I want this prayer to be 

864
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:58,720
answered that people can say God
is true, God is real, he is the 

865
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:02,840
living one. 
So when your requests are 

866
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:07,920
motivated by that pursuit, then 
you can know for certain that 

867
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:12,440
you are praying successfully and
so. 

868
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:15,240
Why you are asking for what 
you're asking makes all the 

869
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:19,360
difference in determining 
whether or not God will answer 

870
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:21,240
that prayer. 
If you're concerned with the 

871
00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:25,960
glory of God, you can be sure 
that God will be quick to hear 

872
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:29,520
and to move on that request. 
Lastly, though there are many 

873
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,120
other things in light of the 
larger context, you notice 

874
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:33,880
something else about Elijah's 
prayer. 

875
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:39,360
He says here at the end of it, 
another priority in his praying.

876
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:44,080
Lord, answer this prayer. 
Why that you have turned their 

877
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:48,440
hearts back. 
I want this prayer to move in 

878
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,840
the hearts of these people and 
for them to know that in the 

879
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:55,040
manifestation of this, their 
hearts can come to you. 

880
00:52:55,440 --> 00:53:00,040
Their hearts will come to you. 
You know what I appreciate about

881
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,880
this request? 
Remember the larger context. 

882
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,920
What's, what's a really 
important need at this time for 

883
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,200
Israel? 
What was a pressing need? 

884
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:13,600
Rain. 
This is a crippling famine that 

885
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,760
they are enduring. 
And now it's, it's reached the 

886
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,720
point where it's life 
threatening. 

887
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:23,320
And you would think that a 
priority at this point is Lord, 

888
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:27,840
send some rain, right? 
But Elijah as a man of God 

889
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:32,920
understands something even more 
important than resources that 

890
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:34,880
would help the survival of this 
people. 

891
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,120
And that was their hearts being 
turned back to God. 

892
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:41,280
God, their hearts being right 
with you is better than them 

893
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:47,480
knowing a more robust economy, 
even healing for your body. 

894
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:51,120
Elijah understood, just like 
Jesus understood when that man 

895
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,760
came through that crashed roof, 
those four friends who love that

896
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:56,280
man. 
And what did Jesus do before he 

897
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,240
healed him? 
He. 

898
00:53:57,240 --> 00:54:00,240
Forgave him of his sins. 
That's more important than you 

899
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:02,200
walking. 
You walking with me in eternity 

900
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:04,600
is more important than you 
walking in this life without 

901
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,520
eternal life. 
So I'm going to forgive you of 

902
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:09,480
your sins. 
And here's Elijah understanding 

903
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,520
God turned their hearts. 
What good is rain if their 

904
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:15,520
hearts are still hard and then 
calloused? 

905
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,480
No, Lord, rain upon their 
hearts. 

906
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:22,680
And let their hearts soften. 
Let their hearts tenderize. 

907
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:27,240
This man just is praying with 
late laser sharpness here. 

908
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,400
He's so precise and 
understanding the mind of God. 

909
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:36,320
And what else does this show if 
he's asking? 

910
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,920
That they would know that you 
have turned their hearts back. 

911
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,440
You know what that shows Elijah 
believe that by praying, 

912
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:47,560
people's hearts can be changed. 
Do you believe that about 

913
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,840
prayer? 
Do you believe that about 

914
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:54,840
intercession? 
I get it. 

915
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:56,640
Persevering in prayer, it's 
exhausting. 

916
00:54:56,680 --> 00:55:01,160
It can be very tiring and I know
what it's like even. 

917
00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:03,480
I'm sure you do too, where you 
feel the strength and the 

918
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:06,360
motivation leaving you. 
It's like I've prayed and I've 

919
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,520
tried. 
But listen, This is why we do 

920
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:09,720
this. 
We come under the Word of God 

921
00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:12,560
again to add more fuel in that 
place where we feel weak. 

922
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:17,760
Let me remind you that prayer 
can move hearts and God can 

923
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,560
answer your prayer because 
you're so concerned for his 

924
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,240
glory and wanting other people 
to witness and enjoy that glory 

925
00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,520
that he can move on behalf of 
those who are not even thinking 

926
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:28,880
about praying for themselves and
that God can show himself so 

927
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:31,320
strong where you can have a 
people who fall under knee to 

928
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:35,720
say the Lord he is God, don't 
lose hope. 

929
00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:43,040
OK, what do we see here? 
They answer to that prayer verse

930
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:44,560
38. 
There's no way we're finishing 

931
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:49,040
this chapter, but that's OK. 
We have another Friday, Lord 

932
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:53,280
willing. 
Then the fire of the Lord fell 

933
00:55:53,280 --> 00:56:00,400
and consumed the burnt offering 
and the wood and the stones and 

934
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:05,720
the dust and licked up the water
that was in the trench. 

935
00:56:05,720 --> 00:56:07,760
Like not one thing was 
untouched. 

936
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:14,120
God consumed it all, and when 
all the people saw it, they fell

937
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:19,880
on their faces and said, the 
Lord he is God, the Lord he is 

938
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:23,240
God. 
Is this a miracle? 

939
00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:26,760
It is. 
It's a wonderful miracle. 

940
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,680
What's so miraculous about it? 
You would say because fire came 

941
00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:33,680
down from heaven, because one 
man prayed. 

942
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,240
Can I tell you why it's even a 
greater miracle than that? 

943
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:39,360
Not because the fire fell down 
from heaven, because the fire 

944
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:44,400
fell down and not on the people.
That's why it's a miracle. 

945
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:48,960
Fire falling down is a powerful 
thing. 

946
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,880
But what makes this so 
incredible is that when the fire

947
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:53,320
fell, it didn't consume the 
people. 

948
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:59,520
It consumed everything else. 
You know what you have here in 

949
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:01,600
light of last Sunday's message? 
You have a foreshadowing. 

950
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:05,200
You have a picture, You have a 
hint of the Gospel. 

951
00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:12,920
This fire symbolizes judgment. 
And who deserved judgment here? 

952
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,520
The people who were limping 
between two opinions, the people

953
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:21,400
who torn down that altar, and 
instead of the judgment coming 

954
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:24,960
and evaporating them, it fell 
upon a burnt offering. 

955
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,760
And that burnt offering 
satisfied that fire, that 

956
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:32,480
judgment. 
So here's something more 

957
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:35,080
miraculous. 
Yeah, God sent down fire. 

958
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,000
It didn't fall on the people. 
It fell on this animal and it 

959
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,680
changed their hearts. 
And they said the Lord he is 

960
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:42,240
God. 
So check this out. 

961
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,640
God doesn't send fire down to 
God sends his Son. 

962
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:51,200
And the Lord Jesus Christ gets 
up on a hill and he becomes a 

963
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:55,920
sacrifice, absorbing the wrath 
of God, not just for one people 

964
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,800
group during a certain period of
history, but for all people 

965
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:01,320
groups, for all the sins 
committed in history. 

966
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:06,760
And in that moment he satisfied 
the wrath of God. 

967
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:12,680
And how do we benefit from it? 
We witness it, we hear it, and 

968
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:15,080
hopefully you and I respond to 
it in the same way that these 

969
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:18,000
people did. 
And realizing Jesus Christ is 

970
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:22,120
Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior 
of the world. 

971
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:26,840
And I have to say this, whether 
you do acknowledge that now or 

972
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,560
not, you will one day, because 
here you have a people who are 

973
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:33,600
bending their knee and declaring
this in unison. 

974
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:37,880
But there's a time coming where 
every knee and every tongue will

975
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:40,040
confess that Jesus Christ is 
Lord. 

976
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:42,600
Everyone will, whether they want
to or not. 

977
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,160
I just choose to. 
And I hope you made that choice 

978
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:50,360
as well to do it on this side of
that glorious event, to enjoy 

979
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,680
worshipping now. 
And I'll be glad then as well to

980
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,960
join in that moment of 
worshipping Him. 

981
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:59,520
Then Elijah's going to kill 
these prophets. 

982
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:02,080
These false prophets are going 
to be slaughtered. 

983
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:04,840
And if you want to know whether 
that was right or not, you got 

984
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:06,800
to come next Friday. 
Let's pray 

985
00:59:19,980 --> 00:59:24,820
with immense gratitude. 
Lord, we thank you for feeding 

986
00:59:24,820 --> 00:59:29,700
us with Your word. 
We thank You for richly 

987
00:59:29,700 --> 00:59:37,420
providing for us a banquet where
we can feast upon the truth that

988
00:59:37,420 --> 00:59:41,280
answers our questions and our 
hearts desires well. 

989
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:44,800
We thank you that we are not a 
group in here groping for 

990
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:48,960
answers, but we sit here 
satisfied knowing that we have 

991
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:52,720
the truth at our disposal. 
We thank you for opening our 

992
00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:55,040
eyes. 
Thank you for turning our hearts

993
00:59:55,040 --> 01:00:01,240
to you. 
Lord, we pray that if we might 

994
01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:05,480
be in a season of limping 
between two opinions, that the 

995
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,560
limping would stop and we would 
plant ourselves on the side of 

996
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,760
truth. 
Of true devotion to you. 

997
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:17,760
And Lord, we pray that you would
indeed deliver us from being 

998
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:21,160
impressed or moved by false 
narratives because the majority 

999
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:25,680
believe it or because they feel 
strongly about it and they feel 

1000
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:27,920
strongly about those who don't 
agree with it. 

1001
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:32,240
Lord, help us be like Elijah and
knowing that one with God is 

1002
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:36,080
majority. 
Lord, with all these truths that

1003
01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:38,720
were shared, we just pray that 
they would be appropriately 

1004
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:43,840
applied to our hearts. 
Please Lord, may this never be a

1005
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:47,040
lecture that just bounces off 
our minds. 

1006
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:50,480
Lord may take root deeply in our
hearts. 

1007
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:54,800
Lord, in this moment, as we 
ended this study, we choose to 

1008
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,760
worship you in light of our 
salvation, in light of the truth

1009
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:02,120
that Your wrath was poured upon 
Your Son and not us. 

1010
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:06,480
And Lord, we can rejoice in 
knowing that when we deserved 

1011
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:10,480
wrath, being your enemies, You 
adopted us instead. 

1012
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:15,680
And we have eternal life 
secured, guaranteed, because of 

1013
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:20,320
that wonderful sacrifice, far 
greater than this bull and all 

1014
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:23,280
the other bulls that have been 
mounted upon altars throughout 

1015
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,920
history. 
Your sacrifice, that soul 

1016
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,880
singular sacrifice, satisfies 
forever and ever. 

1017
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:34,480
And we thank You for that truth 
that we benefit from because of 

1018
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:36,960
your grace. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

1019
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:38,840
Amen. 
Amen. 

1020
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:42,200
What a mighty God we serve. 
Let's stand and worship Him and 

1021
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,520
honor Him and adore him 
together.