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>> AS WE ARE SHARING,
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SERVE HIM AND SHARE OUR FAITH
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GIVE US MORE SPIRIT TO DO THAT.
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>> YOU KNOW AS A CATALYST
FOR OUR STUDY TONIGHT, I'D LIKE
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TO BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE
LAST VERSE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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AND THERE IN MALACHI 4, NOT ONLY
DOES IT SAY, "REMEMBER THE LAW
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OF MOSES MY SERVANT," WE'RE
TOLD, "BEHOLD I SEND YOU ELIJAH
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THE PROPHET BEFORE THE GREAT
AND DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD
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AND HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF
THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN AND
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THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN
TO THE FATHERS LEST I COME AND
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SMITE THE EARTH WITH A CURSE.
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BEHOLD I SEND YOU ELIJAH."
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NOW WE KNOW THAT ELIJAH CAME
IN THE FORM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
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AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN JOHN THE
BAPTIST WAS ELIJAH REINCARNATED.
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THE ANGEL TOLD JOHN'S FATHER
HE WOULD COME IN THE SPIRIT,
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IN THE POWER OF ELIJAH.
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AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IN THE
LAST DAYS THAT GOD IS GOING TO,
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ONCE AGAIN, POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT.
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THE WORK OF ELIJAH
WAS THE WORK OF REVIVAL.
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THE WORK OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST WAS THE WORK OF REVIVAL.
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IN THE LAST DAYS GOD IS GOING TO
HAVE, I BELIEVE, MANY WHO WILL
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COME IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER
OF ELIJAH TO PREPARE THE WORLD
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AND THE CHURCH FOR THE
OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT.
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WHO WAS THE ONE WHO CAME IN
THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH
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FIRST?
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WHO IS THE FIRST ONE TO COME IN
THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH?
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ELISHA.
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WELL, OF COURSE, ELIJAH WAS THE
FIRST ONE TO COME IN THE SPIRIT
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AND POWER OF ELIJAH.
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OH, YOU FOOLED ME.
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BUT OFTEN PEOPLE SAY, "WELL,
THAT WOULD BE JOHN THE BAPTIST."
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BUT EVEN BEFORE JOHN THE
BAPTIST, THE BIBLE TELLS WHAT IT
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MEANS BY IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER
OF ELIJAH BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE
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RECEIVED THE SPIRIT AND
POWER OF ELIJAH AND IT'S ELISHA.
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NOW THIS IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT
MESSAGE TO SHARE BECAUSE IN THE
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STORY, YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT
TWO PRIMARY CHARACTERS AND THEIR
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NAMES SOUND VERY SIMILAR.
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YOU'VE GOT ELIJAH,
WHICH MEANS MY GOD IS JEHOVAH.
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HE'S THE PROPHET WHO PRAYED
AND FIRE CAME DOWN AND HE WENT
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TO HEAVEN ON A FIERY CHARIOT.
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THEN YOU HAVE ELISHA WHICH WAS
HIS APPRENTICE WHO WAS FILLED
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WITH A DOUBLE
PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT.
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLES WITH ME
PLEASE TO THE SECOND BOOK OF
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KINGS, 2 KINGS 2 AND THIS
IS WHERE WE FIND THIS STORY.
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ELISHA RECEIVES A DOUBLE
PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT.
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AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THIS
STORY, WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS
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THAT WE CAN KNOW BY HIS EXAMPLE,
HOW CAN WE RECEIVE A DOUBLE
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PORTION OF THAT SPIRIT.
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WE NEED ENOUGH OF THE SPIRIT.
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IT'S NOT JUST HAVING THE SPIRIT.
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I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'D
BE TUNING IN RIGHT NOW.
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I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS A
MEASURE OF THE SPIRIT, BUT WE
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NEED THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT.
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KEEP IN MIND IN THE LAST
DAYS HOW MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE OF
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THOSE TEN VIRGINS HAVE OIL?
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A HUNDRED PERCENT.
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YOU KNOW WHAT SEPARATES THE ONES
WHO ARE SAVED FROM THE ONES WHO
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ARE SHUT OUT?
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SOME DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH.
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DID YOU HEAR THAT?
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
MAY SAY, "WELL, I'VE GOT
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THE HOLY SPIRIT."
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AND YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR LIGHT
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BURNING THROUGH THE END.
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SO WE NEED TO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A RESERVE.
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WE NEED TO HAVE A
STORAGE OF THE SPIRIT.
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NOAH WOULD NOT HAVE
MADE IT THROUGH THE FLOOD
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IF HE HAD NOT STORED FOOD.
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THERE WASN'T
ENOUGH TO BUILD THE BOAT.
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WE NEED TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE
WORD OF GOD STORED AWAY IN OUR
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MINDS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT
WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WELLING
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UP WITHIN SO WE
WILL HAVE THAT RESERVE.
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HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ONE OF
THOSE LITTLE BELLS OR LIGHTS IN
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YOUR CAR AND IF YOU GO
TOO LONG WITHOUT GETTING GAS,
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IT WARNS YOU TO FILL UP?
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WELL, WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WITHIN US WHEN IT COMES TO
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THE HOLY SPIRIT, A REMINDER.
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WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT.
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IN 2 KINGS 2:1, "IT CAME TO PASS
WHEN THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO TAKE
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ELIJAH UP INTO HEAVEN BY
A WHIRLWIND THAT ELIJAH WENT
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WITH ELISHA FROM GILGAL."
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AND THE WORD "GILGAL" IS WHERE
THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD
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THE COVENANT AND THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL WERE CIRCUMCISED AND THEY
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RENEWED THEIR COVENANT WHEN
THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND,
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AND IT MEANS CIRCLE.
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"THEN ELIJAH SAID TO ELISHA,
'STAY HERE PLEASE FOR THE LORD
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HAS SENT ME TO BETHEL.'
AND ELISHA SAID," LISTEN, "'AS
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THE LORD LIVES AND AS YOUR SOUL
LIVES, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.'
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SO THE TWO OF THEM WENT
DOWN TO BETHEL TOGETHER."
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THE WORD "BETHEL"
MEANS HOUSE OF GOD.
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I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS POINT THAT
IF WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE
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BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A
VERY ELEMENTARY BEGINNING STEP,
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WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH TO FOLLOW JESUS TO CHURCH.
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THE WORD "BETHEL"
MEANS HOUSE OF GOD.
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IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH
TO GET US TO CHURCH, HOW DARE WE
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THINK WE'VE GOT
ENOUGH TO GET US TO HEAVEN?
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WE NEED TO BE
WILLING TO ASSEMBLE TOGETHER.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS 10,
"DO NOT FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING
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OF YOURSELVES TOGETHER."
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AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU
SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
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DO YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING?
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THEN WE MUST BE ASSEMBLING
TOGETHER TO WORSHIP GOD WHEN
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THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME.
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"SO HE FOLLOWED HIM ON TO BETHEL
AND THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS
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WERE AT BETHEL.
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THEY CAME TO ELISHA AND THEY
SAID TO HIM, 'DO YOU NOT KNOW
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THE LORD IS GONNA
TAKE AWAY YOUR MASTER FROM
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BEING OVER YOU
TODAY?' HE SAID, 'YES I KNOW,
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HOLD YOUR PEACE,'" KEEP SILENT.
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NOW THE SONS OF THE PROPHET,
SEE, BEFORE ELIJAH WENT TO
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HEAVEN, HE CIRCULATED AMONG
THE SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS TO
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ENCOURAGE THEM, TO REINFORCE
THEM JUST AS JESUS BEFORE HE
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ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, HE WENT
AND HE VISITED WITH DIFFERENT
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DISCIPLES AND HE OPENED UP
TO THEM THE WORD FOR 40 DAYS.
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AND THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT
ELIJAH WAS GOING TO ASCEND.
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I MEAN AFTER ALL
THEY'RE ALL PROPHETS.
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IT'S THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS.
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AND THEY SAY TO ELISHA,
"YOU'RE PROBABLY NEXT IN LINE.
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YOU'RE THE VICE PROPHET.
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AND WHEN HE'S GONE, YOU'LL
BE THE MAIN PROPHET OF ISRAEL,
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AND HE WON'T BE
TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.
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HE WON'T BE OVER YOU.
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YOU WON'T HAVE
TO BE HIS SERVANT."
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AND YOU KNOW, ELISHA
SAID, "HOLD YOUR PEACE,
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I WANT TOP SERVE HIM."
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SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE
NOTICE HERE IS THAT HE WAS HAPPY
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TO SERVE.
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ONE OF THE FIRST CRITERIA
THAT WE NEED IN OUR HEARTS IN
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PREPARATION FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
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I MEAN AFTER ALL, WHY
DOES GOD GIVE US THE SPIRIT?
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I MEAN IT IS
JUST TO ENTERTAIN US?
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IF IT FOR OUR OWN GRATIFICATION?
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OR DID HE SAY, "REMAIN IN
JERUSALEM," ACTS 1:8, "AND YOU
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WILL RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT YOU MIGHT MY WITNESSES."
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GOD EMPOWERS US WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT IN ORDER THAT
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WE MIGHT USE IT IN SERVING HIM.
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SOME US HAVE NOT RECEIVED
THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE WE'RE
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NOT WILLING TO USE IT.
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IF WE'RE WILLING TO SERVE
GOD, HE WILL GIVE US THE POWER
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AND THE SPIRIT TO SERVE HIM.
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PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN ASKED
ME, "DOUG, HOW IS IT THAT YOU
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REMEMBER THE
SCRIPTURES THE WAY YOU DO?"
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VERY SIMPLE, 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS
SHARING THEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
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I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW THEM,
BUT THE MORE YOU SHARE THEM,
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THE MORE YOU REMEMBER THEM.
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AND THE WAY IT WORKS WITH
GOD IS AS WE HAVE ONE HAND OPEN
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IN GIVING, HE FILLS THE OTHER;
IT WORKS THAT WAY IN EVERY AREA.
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AS WE ARE
SHARING, HE GIVES US MORE.
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IF WE'RE WILLING TO SERVE
HIM AND SHARE OUR FAITH AND LIVE
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OUR FAITH, HE WILL GIVE
US MORE SPIRIT TO DO THAT.
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HE SAYS, "I'VE SENT
YOU TO BE SERVANTS."
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IT'S LIKE SOME PARENTS I HEARD
ABOUT CHRISTMAS, THEY GAVE THEIR
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9-YEAR-OLD BOY A
HAND AX, A LITTLE HATCHET.
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AND THEN AS HE RAN OUTSIDE THEY
SAID, "DON'T CHOP ANYTHING."
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WELL, WHY DO YOU GIVE AN
11 OR 9-YEAR-OLD BOY A HATCHET
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AND THEN TELL HIM
NOT TO CHOP ANYTHING?
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ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
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WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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IT'S THE POWER TO BE WITNESSES.
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GOD IS GONNA GIVE IT TO
US TO USE IT TO SERVE HIM.
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AND SO ELISHA
SAID, HOLD YOUR PEACE.
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I'M HAPPY TO SERVE."
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WELL, THEN ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA
IN VERSE 4, "STAY HERE PLEASE,
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FOR THE LORD HAS SENT ME
TO JERICHO," AND HE REPEATS
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HIS FORMER VOW.
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"AS THE LORD LIVES
AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES,
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I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU."
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SO THEY WENT TO
JERICHO TOGETHER.
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THE WORD
"JERICHO" MEANS FRAGRANCE.
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NOW I REMEMBER I TOLD
YOU GILGAL MEANS CIRCLE.
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SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE
FOLLOWING THE LORD IN CIRCLES.
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ELIJAH IN THIS
STORY'S A TYPE OF THE LORD.
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KEEP IN MIND, ELIJAH GOES
TO HEAVEN AND HE SENDS A DOUBLE
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PORTION OF HIS SPIRIT TO ELISHA.
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JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN
AND THEN PENTECOST CAME, SO THIS
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STORY IS A GOOD CATALYST
FOR US TO KNOW HOW TO GET
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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AND ONE THING WE'RE NOTICING
RIGHT OFF IS ELISHA WOULD NOT
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BE DISCOURAGED FROM FOLLOWING
ELIJAH WHERE EVER HE WENT.
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NOW THIS STANDS OUT BECAUSE IF
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE CAREFULLY,
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ELIJAH USED TO HAVE
A DIFFERENT SERVANT.
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REMEMBER WHEN HE
RAN FROM JEZEBEL?
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HE TOLD HIS SERVANT THE
SAME THING HE SAID TO ELISHA.
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HE HAD A DIFFERENT APPRENTICE.
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WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS
NAME 'CAUSE HE DISAPPEARS
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IN OBSCURITY.
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YOU KNOW WHY?
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HE WASN'T WILLING
TO GO WITH ELIJAH.
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ELIJAH SAID TO HIS
SERVANT, "YOU DON'T NEED TO RUN
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FOR YOUR LIFE WITH ME.
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YOU CAN STAY HERE."
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HE SAID, "OKAY, GOOD-BYE."
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AND THEN GOD SAID, "YOU
BETTER PICK SOMEONE ELSE
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WHO WILL NOT LEAVE YOU."
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GOD IS WANTING US TO HAVE
THAT KIND OF RESOLVE THAT WE'RE
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NOT GONNA LEAVE HIM.
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I LOVE TO READ THAT VERSE IN
RUTH WHERE NAOMI SAYS TO RUTH,
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"YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW'S GONE BACK.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO
FOLLOW ME ANYMORE."
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AND HERE'S WHAT SHE
SAYS IN CHAPTER 1:16.
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"ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU
OR TO TURN BACK FROM FOLLOWING
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AFTER YOU.
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FOR WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO.
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WHEREVER YOU
LODGE, I WILL LODGE.
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YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE MY
PEOPLE AND YOUR GOD, MY GOD.
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WHERE YOU DIE, I WILL DIE
AND THERE WILL I BE BURIED.
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WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST, WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM.
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THE LORD DO SO AND TO ME
AND MORE ALSO TO ANYTHING
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BUT DEATH PARTS YOU AND ME."
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THAT'S THE KIND OF
DEDICATION GOD IS LOOKING FOR.
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PEOPLE, AND I THINK GOD TESTS US
SOMETIMES TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA
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GET DISCOURAGED AND BACK OFF AND
LEAVE HIM ALONE OR WILL WE CLING
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TO HIM AND NOT LET GO?
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I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.
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FOLLOW ME TO JORDAN.
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HE SAYS, "STAY HERE,
I'M GOING TO JORDAN."
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AND WHAT DOES ELISHA SAY?
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THIRD TIME, "AS THE LORD
LIVES AND YOUR SOUL LIVES--"
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YOU CAN SAY THIS WITH
ME, "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU."
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ONE MORE TIME, "I
WILL NOT LEAVE YOU."
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DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
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DOESN'T JESUS SAY, "I WILL
NEVER LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU?"
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AND HE WOULD LIVE TO HAVE THAT
KIND OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT PEOPLE
SAY WHEN THEY GET MARRIED?
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HE'S NOT ONLY SAYING YOU
CAN GO AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
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WITH THE DEVIL,
BUT I WON'T LEAVE YOU.
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IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIP.
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JESUS SAYS, "I'LL
NEVER LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU."
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AND WE SHOULD SAY, "LORD,
BY YOUR GRACE, I WILL NEVER
00:12:07.33\00:12:09.46
LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU."
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NOW WE SHOULDN'T BOAST LIKE
PETER AND SO THE TWO OF THEM GO
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ON DOWN TO JORDAN TOGETHER.
00:12:15.96\00:12:18.43
AND VERSE 7, "FIFTY MEN OF THE
SONS OF THE PROPHETS WENT AND
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STOOD FACING AT A DISTANCE--"
BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHERE
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THAT SPIRITUAL COMES FROM.
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I LOOKED OVER JORDAN AND
WHAT DID I SEE COMING FOR
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TO CARRYING ME HOME?
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BAND FULL OF ANGELS.
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IT COMES FROM THIS PASSAGE.
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"AND HERE ELIJAH AND ELISHA GO
AND THEY STAND AT THE BANKS OF
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THE JORDAN."
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EVIDENTLY IT'S
SPRINGTIME, DON'T MISS THAT.
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THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN
JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN,
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WE KNOW THAT.
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IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE PENTECOST.
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'CAUSE YOU CAN WALK ACROSS
THE JORDAN MOST OF THE YEAR,
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BUT NOT IN SPRING.
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AND THEY'RE STANDING THERE AND
JORDAN IS FLOODING ITS BANKS,
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AND THE LORD IS NOW LEADING
ELIJAH INTO THE WILDERNESS.
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YOU KNOW GOD OFTEN LEADS
HIS PEOPLE INTO THE WILDERNESS
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THROUGH THE SPIRIT.
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WHEN THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL WENT INTO THE SPIRIT,
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THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY
THE FIRE AND BY THE CLOUD.
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THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE SEA,
1 CORINTHIANS 10, WATER BAPTISM,
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RED SEA.
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AND THEY'RE
BAPTIZED BY PILLAR OF FIRE.
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WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS, DON'T WE?
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AND IT HAPPENED AS THEY WERE
HEADING TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS.
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WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN,
YOU'RE IN THE WILDERNESS UNTIL
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JESUS COMES THEN YOU'RE
IN THE PROMISED LAND, RIGHT?
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THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME,
WE'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH.
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WE'RE WANDERING.
00:13:34.10\00:13:35.70
SO HERE THEY ARE
HEADING OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS.
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THEY GOT THAT JORDAN
RIVER BEFORE THEY GET THERE.
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YOU GO THROUGH BAPTISM,
YOU ENTER THE WILDERNESS,
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BUT THEY CAN'T GET ACROSS.
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IT'S FLOODING.
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SO ELIJAH, NOTICE HERE, IT SAYS
ELIJAH, VERSE 8, "HE TAKES HIS
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MANTLE," THAT WORD IS ROBE, "AND
HE ROLLS IT UP AND HE STRIKES
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THE WATER AND IT IS DIVIDED THIS
WAY AND THAT WAY SO THE TWO OF
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THEM CROSS OVER ON DRY GROUND."
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NOW I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE ROBE OF ELIJAH.
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THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HEAR
ABOUT THE ROBE OF ELIJAH IS WHEN
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ELIJAH CALLS ELISHA.
00:14:10.43\00:14:13.86
HE NEEDED TO REPLACE HIS SERVANT
AND OF ALL THINGS, GOD TELLS
00:14:13.86\00:14:18.86
HIM TO CALL THE SON
OF A WEALTHY FAMILY.
00:14:18.86\00:14:23.66
ONE REASON I KNOW THAT IS
BECAUSE HE'S OUT THERE WITH
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A YOKE OF OXEN AND HE'S WITH THE
OTHER 11 SERVANTS THAT EACH HAVE
00:14:26.00\00:14:29.26
A YOKE OF OXEN, 12 YOKE OF OXEN.
00:14:29.26\00:14:31.70
IN TODAY'S TERMS THAT
WOULD BE LIKE TEXAS FARMERS WITH
00:14:31.70\00:14:34.50
12 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS.
00:14:34.50\00:14:37.60
HE'S GOT THIS VERY WEALTHY
FAMILY AND HE STANDS TO INHERIT
00:14:37.60\00:14:41.10
A LOT.
00:14:41.10\00:14:41.96
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS POOR
HOMELESS PROPHET COMES ALONG
00:14:41.96\00:14:45.06
AND THROWS HIS ROBE OVER
THE SHOULDERS OF ELISHA, AND HE
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UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS IS
"I'M CALLING YOU TO FOLLOW ME.
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YOU ARE TO BE MY APPRENTICE TO
TAKE MY PLACE WHEN I AM GONE."
00:14:54.33\00:14:58.23
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELISHA SAYS?
00:14:58.23\00:15:00.66
"LET ME JUST KISS MY
MOTHER AND FATHER GOOD-BYE
00:15:00.66\00:15:03.23
AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU."
00:15:03.23\00:15:04.96
NOW ELIJAH
REPRESENTS JESUS IN THIS STORY.
00:15:04.96\00:15:08.20
HE TAKES HIS ROBE OFF AND
HE ROLLS IT UP, SOMETHING LIKE
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THE STAFF OF MOSES, I GUESS.
00:15:11.33\00:15:15.16
I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO
MILITARY SCHOOL, WE USED TO ROLL
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UP OUR TOWELS
AND MAKE RAT TAILS.
00:15:17.33\00:15:19.23
ANYTHING, MEN, KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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HE ROLLS UP HIS MANTLE AND
HE SNAPS THE WATER AND ALL OF A
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SUDDEN, IT POPS AND THE WATERS
OF THE JORDAN PART THE SAME WAY
00:15:26.83\00:15:32.30
THEY DID WHEN THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CROSSED INTO
00:15:32.30\00:15:34.06
THE PROMISED LAND.
00:15:34.06\00:15:35.20
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY
TWO WENT ACROSS ON DRY GROUND.
00:15:35.20\00:15:41.10
NOW IF THE JORDAN REPRESENTS
DEATH, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE
00:15:41.10\00:15:47.13
ARE GONNA GET ON THE OTHER
SIDE IS FOR THE JORDAN TO PART.
00:15:47.13\00:15:51.36
WHAT WAS IT THAT PARTED THE
JORDAN FOR ELIJAH AND ELISHA?
00:15:51.36\00:15:55.93
IT WAS THE ROBE.
00:15:55.93\00:15:57.83
WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET TO
00:15:57.83\00:16:01.16
THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH
AND BE CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE?
00:16:01.16\00:16:05.16
DON'T FORGET, IT DOESN'T SAY
THEY SLOGGED THROUGH THE MUD.
00:16:05.16\00:16:07.86
THEY WENT OVER ON DRY GROUND.
00:16:07.86\00:16:10.53
THEY CAME UP
CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
00:16:10.53\00:16:13.50
IF YOU WALKED ON DIRT ROADS ALL
YOUR LIFE AS THEY DID IN BIBLE
00:16:13.50\00:16:17.63
TIME, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL
THE ASPHALT, DRY GROUND MEANT
00:16:17.63\00:16:19.93
YOU DON'T GET MUDDY.
00:16:19.93\00:16:22.10
THEY CAME UP
CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
00:16:22.10\00:16:24.80
WHAT IS IT GONNA
MAKE IT POSSIBLE?
00:16:24.80\00:16:26.70
WHAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE?
00:16:26.70\00:16:27.93
IT'S THE ROBE OF CHRIST.
00:16:27.93\00:16:30.40
WHEN THEY FIRST
CROSSED THE JORDAN, ELIJAH IS
00:16:30.40\00:16:35.16
USING THE ROBE.
00:16:35.16\00:16:36.93
WHEN ELISHA FIRST EXPERIENCES
THE ROBE, ELIJAH PUTS ON HIS
00:16:36.93\00:16:41.10
SHOULDERS AS A SYMBOL.
00:16:41.10\00:16:41.83
BUT WHEN THE STORY'S
OVER, ELISHA OWNS THE ROBE
00:16:41.83\00:16:47.80
AND HE'S WEARING IT.
00:16:47.80\00:16:49.66
WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO JESUS,
WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.
00:16:49.66\00:16:53.10
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
OUR WORKS, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG
00:16:53.10\00:16:56.93
THE WAY, WE MUST BE SANCTIFIED
AND THAT ROBE MUST BE OURS.
00:16:56.93\00:17:00.90
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT
IS WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS.
00:17:00.90\00:17:03.23
IT IS NOT JUST THAT WE
ARE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS, THAT'S
00:17:03.23\00:17:05.73
HOW YOU COME TO JESUS, BUT
THEN HE CLEANS YOU ON THE INSIDE
00:17:05.73\00:17:08.50
AND YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS.
00:17:08.50\00:17:11.03
IT BECOMES YOUR ROBE.
00:17:11.03\00:17:14.13
AND SO AFTER THEY CROSS,
VERSE 9, ELIJAH, THEY'RE WALKING
00:17:14.13\00:17:17.60
ALONG THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
00:17:17.60\00:17:18.96
THEY'RE HEADING
BACK UPHILL AGAIN.
00:17:18.96\00:17:21.90
AND BY THE WAY, AFTER YOU'RE
BAPTIZED, THERE MAY BE SOME
00:17:21.90\00:17:25.40
UPHILL BATTLES.
00:17:25.40\00:17:27.90
"AS THEY'RE WALKING ALONG,
ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA, 'ASK
00:17:27.90\00:17:34.66
WHAT I MIGHT DO FOR YOU BEFORE
I AM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.'"
00:17:34.66\00:17:44.10
ASK.
00:17:44.10\00:17:45.80
ASK.
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NOW YOU'VE GOT THE MIGHTIEST
PROPHET IN ISRAEL--WHEN YOU
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THINK ABOUT THE
MIGHTIEST PROPHET, PEOPLE ALWAYS
00:17:53.00\00:17:54.66
THINK OF ELIJAH.
00:17:54.66\00:17:55.93
THEY THINK OF THE LAW OF MOSES,
PROPHET, THEY THINK OF ELIJAH.
00:17:55.93\00:17:59.20
HE PRAYS, FIRE COMES DOWN.
00:17:59.20\00:18:02.16
HE STANDS OFF ONE MAN
AGAINST 850 PROPHETS OF BAAL
00:18:02.16\00:18:06.63
AND PROPHETS OF THE GROVE.
00:18:06.63\00:18:08.46
THREE TIMES HE
PRAYED AND FIRE CAME DOWN.
00:18:08.46\00:18:11.06
HE PRAYS AGAIN
AND RAIN COMES DOWN.
00:18:11.06\00:18:13.70
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS MAN THAT
MAKES KINGS TREMBLE AND HE SAYS,
00:18:13.70\00:18:16.20
"IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN
DO FOR YOU BEFORE I LEAVE?"
00:18:16.20\00:18:19.46
WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR?
00:18:19.46\00:18:22.26
HE SAID, "PLEASE LET A
DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT
00:18:22.26\00:18:24.06
BE UPON ME."
00:18:24.06\00:18:24.86
VERSE 10, SO HE SAID, "YOU'VE
ASKED A HARD THING, NEVERTHELESS
00:18:24.86\00:18:27.90
IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM
TAKEN FROM YOU, IT SHALL BE SO
00:18:27.90\00:18:32.73
FOR YOU.
00:18:32.73\00:18:33.83
BUT IF YOU DO NOT SEE
ME, IT SHALL NOT BE SO."
00:18:33.83\00:18:39.46
WHY DID HE SAY THAT?
00:18:39.46\00:18:41.20
WELL FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE SOMETHING; GOD WANTS
00:18:41.20\00:18:43.63
US TO PRAY BIG PRAYERS.
00:18:43.63\00:18:47.90
JUST WHY WE WERE HERE AT THE
REVIVAL, I WAS VISITING, I DON'T
00:18:47.90\00:18:51.36
KNOW IF THE GENTLEMAN IS
HERE NOW BUT I WAS VISITING WITH
00:18:51.36\00:18:53.83
A COLPORTER, CHRISTIAN
BOOK SALESMAN AND HE TOLD ME
00:18:53.83\00:18:56.63
A REMARKABLE STORY THAT I
GUESS JUST HAPPENED WITHIN
00:18:56.63\00:18:58.76
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
00:18:58.76\00:19:00.23
HE WENT TO THE HOME--AND I HOPE
I DON'T MESS THIS UP--HE WENT TO
00:19:00.23\00:19:03.36
THE HOME OF A TRUCK DRIVER
WHO RELATED THAT HE WAS VERY
00:19:03.36\00:19:08.46
DISCOURAGED AND READY TO
GIVE UP AND WAS SAYING, "JESUS,
00:19:08.46\00:19:10.80
IF YOU'RE REALLY THERE, I
NEED A SIGN AND I DON'T NEED
00:19:10.80\00:19:13.96
AN ORDINARY SIGN.
00:19:13.96\00:19:15.06
I DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING FRIVOLOUS THAT'S HARD
00:19:15.06\00:19:17.03
TO DECIPHER."
00:19:17.03\00:19:17.96
HE SAYS, "IF YOU'RE GOING TO
HELP ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY
00:19:17.96\00:19:19.93
THERE AND YOU LOVE
ME, I NEED A BIG SIGN."
00:19:19.93\00:19:22.96
THE TRUCKER GOT IN THIS TRUCK
AND HE WAS DRIVING THAT DAY ON
00:19:22.96\00:19:25.30
HIS ROUTE AND HE CAME
ACROSS A HILL AND THERE WAS THIS
00:19:25.30\00:19:27.46
BILLBOARD, FULL BILLBOARD WITH
JESUS WITH HIS ARMS STRETCHED
00:19:27.46\00:19:31.83
OUT AND IT SAID, "I LOVE YOU."
00:19:31.83\00:19:34.00
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN IT
SAID, "IS THIS SIGN BIG ENOUGH?"
00:19:34.00\00:19:41.13
I THOUGHT THAT'S A GREAT STORY.
00:19:41.13\00:19:43.76
THAT'S HOW GOD IS.
00:19:43.76\00:19:45.63
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD ALWAYS BE PRAYING FOR
00:19:45.63\00:19:47.86
SIGNS 'CAUSE JESUS SAID,
"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE
00:19:47.86\00:19:49.93
WITHOUT SEEING."
00:19:49.93\00:19:51.40
THERE ARE TIMES I PRAYED
FOR SIGNS AND SOMETIMES GOD HAS
00:19:51.40\00:19:54.03
GIVEN THEM TO ME, AND I
THINK THAT'S THE WAY GOD IS.
00:19:54.03\00:19:57.63
WE'RE NOT GOING TO--WE'RE
NOT GOING TO DRAIN THE RESOURCES
00:19:57.63\00:20:00.50
OF GOD'S TREASURY, ARE WE?
00:20:00.50\00:20:02.40
PRAY BIG PRAYERS,
YOU'LL GET BIGGER ANSWERS THEN
00:20:02.40\00:20:06.70
YOUR FAITH GETS BIGGER.
00:20:06.70\00:20:08.66
JOSHUA PRAYS, "LORD,
WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE BATTLE.
00:20:08.66\00:20:11.53
DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN."
00:20:11.53\00:20:13.10
GOD SAYS, "I CAN DO THAT."
00:20:13.10\00:20:14.80
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
HE STOPPED THE EARTH REVOLVING
00:20:14.80\00:20:17.10
OR MADE THE SOLAR
SYSTEM GO AROUND THE EARTH.
00:20:17.10\00:20:19.43
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
GOD DID, BUT HE DID IT.
00:20:19.43\00:20:22.20
GOD'LL DO GREAT
THINGS FOR US IF WE PRAY.
00:20:22.20\00:20:26.43
HE SAYS, "YOU'VE
ASKED A HARD THING.
00:20:26.43\00:20:31.66
YOU'VE ASKED A BIG THING."
00:20:31.66\00:20:33.33
HERE WE ARE--HERE WE ARE AT THE
THRESHOLD OF ETERNITY, THE WHOLE
00:20:33.33\00:20:40.56
TERRIBLE EXPERIMENT WITH SIN
AND THE WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION
00:20:40.56\00:20:43.56
OF SALVATION.
00:20:43.56\00:20:44.56
IT'S ALL ABOUT
TO REACH ITS CLIMAX.
00:20:44.56\00:20:46.90
DO WE AGREE?
00:20:46.90\00:20:48.56
AND WE, GOD'S PEOPLE, ARE--WE'VE
GOT ONE TOE OVER THE THRESHOLD,
00:20:48.56\00:20:52.36
JESUS IS ABOUT TO COME.
00:20:52.36\00:20:54.00
SHOULD WE BE PRAYING
LITTLE PRAYERS OR BIG PRAYERS?
00:20:54.00\00:20:57.66
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PRAYER WE SHOULD BE PRAYING?
00:20:57.66\00:21:01.33
LORD, GIVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:21:01.33\00:21:05.60
IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO
TO HELP GOD ANSWER THAT PRAYER?
00:21:05.60\00:21:09.50
YES.
00:21:09.50\00:21:11.40
"OH, DOUG
THAT'S WORKS ORIENTED."
00:21:11.40\00:21:13.43
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU
CALL IT, YES THERE IS.
00:21:13.43\00:21:15.70
WE NEED TO DO
WHAT THE APOSTLES DID.
00:21:15.70\00:21:18.43
HUMBLE OURSELVES, PUT
ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES.
00:21:18.43\00:21:22.53
GATHER TOGETHER AND PRAY.
00:21:22.53\00:21:24.56
THEY SPENT 10 DAYS IN AN
UPPER ROOM PRAYING AND THEN GOD
00:21:24.56\00:21:26.86
POURED OUT THE SPIRIT.
00:21:26.86\00:21:28.90
WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
DO BEFORE GOD SENT THE RAIN?
00:21:28.90\00:21:32.40
THEY FELL DOWN ON
THEIR KNEES AND THEY SAID,
00:21:32.40\00:21:34.23
"THE LORD, HE IS GOD.
00:21:34.23\00:21:35.56
THE LORD, HE IS GOD."
00:21:35.56\00:21:36.50
AND THEN ELIJAH GOT ON HIS
KNEES AND HE PRAYED SEVEN TIMES,
00:21:36.50\00:21:39.76
"LORD, SEND THE RAIN."
00:21:39.76\00:21:40.76
SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING,
"YOU KNOW, DOUG, I CONFESSED MY
00:21:40.76\00:21:42.73
SINS AND I PRAYED AND I
HAVEN'T FELT ANYTHING YET."
00:21:42.73\00:21:44.73
KEEP PRAYING.
00:21:44.73\00:21:46.33
ELIJAH GOT ON HIS KNEES AND
HE PRAYED SEVEN TIMES AND HE
00:21:46.33\00:21:49.36
PRAYED UNTIL THE RAIN CAME.
00:21:49.36\00:21:51.80
AND WHEN DAVID REPENTED BECAUSE
OF HIS SIN WITH BATHSHEBA,
00:21:51.80\00:21:55.63
ON HIS FACE 7 DAYS.
00:21:55.63\00:21:57.83
REMEMBER WHAT I SAID,
WE'VE BEEN TOO SHALLOW.
00:21:57.83\00:22:01.53
WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS VERY
THIN CONCEPT OF WHAT IT MEANS
00:22:01.53\00:22:04.80
TO HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD.
00:22:04.80\00:22:07.76
IF WE WOULD PRAY
LIKE ELIJAH PRAYED.
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.43
AND YOU KNOW JAMES SAYS ELIJAH
WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO PASSIONS
00:22:11.43\00:22:13.86
LIKE YOU AND I, HE PRAYED.
00:22:13.86\00:22:15.03
IT STOPS RAINING.
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.20
HE PRAYED AND IT STARTS RAINING.
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.40
A MAN LIKE YOU AND I,
BUT HE PRAYED WITH INTENSITY,
00:22:19.40\00:22:22.86
DIDN'T HE?
00:22:22.86\00:22:24.00
HE SAID, "IF YOU SEE ME
WHEN I AM TAKEN FROM YOU,
00:22:24.00\00:22:27.16
IT WILL BE SO FOR YOU.
00:22:27.16\00:22:28.90
BUT IF NOT, IT WILL NOT BE SO."
00:22:28.90\00:22:30.93
IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M
TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO.
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HERE'S THE CRITERIA TO RECEIVING
THE HOLY SPIRIT: WHO DOES ELIJAH
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REPRESENT IN THIS STORY?
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JESUS.
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DID THE APOSTLES SEE JESUS
ASCEND UP BEFORE THEY RECEIVED
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THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:22:52.13\00:22:54.10
YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLES?
00:22:54.10\00:22:55.13
THIS IS NOT AN
EVANGELISTIC MEETING.
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I THINK I'M TALKING TO
CHRISTIANS WHO AT LEAST HAVE
00:22:56.90\00:22:58.73
A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF
THE BIBLE, SO I'M NOT GOING
00:22:58.73\00:23:01.00
TO ALL THESE REFERENCES.
00:23:01.00\00:23:04.06
THE DISCIPLES STOOD GAZING UP
INTO THE HEAVENS AND TWO ANGELS
00:23:04.06\00:23:07.93
WERE THERE SAYING, "MEN
OF GALILEE, WHY DO YOU STAND
00:23:07.93\00:23:10.10
GAZING UP IN THE SKY?"
00:23:10.10\00:23:11.06
DID THEY SEE JESUS ASCEND
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER DID
00:23:11.06\00:23:14.06
THE HOLY SPIRIT FALL
EXACTLY 10 DAYS LATER?
00:23:14.06\00:23:17.46
IF WE DO OUR PART, I KNOW GOD
WILL DO HIS PART BECAUSE HE'S
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LONGING TO FILL HIS PEOPLE
WITH HIS SPIRIT THAT WE MIGHT
00:23:22.76\00:23:25.03
REFLECT HIS IMAGE IN THIS
WORLD, AND THE CHURCH WILL GO
00:23:25.03\00:23:28.70
LIKE WILDFIRE AROUND THE
PLANET WHEN WE DO OUR PART.
00:23:28.70\00:23:33.50
"IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM
TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO."
00:23:33.50\00:23:37.20
CHRIST SAID, "IF I AM
LIFTED UP, I WILL DRAW--"
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IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S THE CROSS.
00:23:41.30\00:23:44.03
"IF YOU SEE ME WHEN
I'M TAKEN UP," ELIJAH SAID.
00:23:44.03\00:23:48.03
YOU KNOW THE MOST POWERFUL
POINT, THE AXIS ON WHICH
00:23:48.03\00:23:56.26
THE ENTIRE GOSPEL
RESOLVES IS A CROSS.
00:23:56.26\00:24:01.96
IT IS AT THE CROSS
WHERE WE FIRST SEE THE LIGHT.
00:24:01.96\00:24:05.96
IT IS AT THE CROSS WHERE WE
SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND IT'S
00:24:05.96\00:24:09.43
AT THE CROSS WHERE WE
SEE THE BADNESS OF SIN.
00:24:09.43\00:24:12.26
"IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM
TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO."
00:24:12.26\00:24:15.96
WHAT CHANGED PETER?
00:24:15.96\00:24:18.56
HE SAW CHRIST CRUCIFIED FOR
HIM AND THAT'S WHAT CONVERTED
00:24:18.56\00:24:24.93
THE EARLY CHURCH.
00:24:24.93\00:24:26.23
AND PETER WHEN HE PREACHED
AT PENTECOST HE SAID TO THOSE
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.63
THAT WERE LISTENING,
BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL OUT,
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.90
WHAT DID HE SAY?
00:24:30.90\00:24:32.26
HE SAYS, "YOU CRUCIFIED JESUS."
00:24:32.26\00:24:36.13
AND THEY SAID,
"WHAT SHALL WE DO?"
00:24:36.13\00:24:39.53
WELL, YOU KNOW I CAN SAY TO YOU
TODAY WHAT PETER SAID TO THEM,
00:24:39.53\00:24:43.30
"YOU CRUCIFIED HIM."
00:24:43.30\00:24:45.63
IS THAT RIGHT?
00:24:45.63\00:24:47.90
AND I CRUCIFIED HIM.
00:24:47.90\00:24:50.63
WE ARE JUST AS CULPABLE
TODAY AS THOSE PEOPLE WERE
00:24:50.63\00:24:54.86
2,000 YEARS AGO.
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.73
YOU AND I ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BLOOD.
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.93
HE DIED ON OUR CROSS.
00:24:59.93\00:25:01.76
YOU AND I ARE BARABBAS.
00:25:01.76\00:25:03.86
ELIJAH SAID, "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN
I'M TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO."
00:25:03.86\00:25:07.53
IF WE CAN SEE JESUS CHRIST,
PAUL SAID, "I'M DETERMINED TO
00:25:07.53\00:25:10.86
KNOW NOTHING AMONG YOU EXCEPT
JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED."
00:25:10.86\00:25:13.80
THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS.
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00:27:00.43\00:27:02.73
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00:27:24.76\00:27:28.23
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