Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000063
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00:09 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS--" >> AS WE ARE SHARING, 00:12 HE GIVES US MORE. 00:13 IF WE'RE WILLING TO SERVE HIM AND SHARE OUR FAITH 00:15 AND LIVE OUR FAITH, HE WILL GIVE US MORE SPIRIT TO DO THAT. 00:24 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:27 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:29 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:33 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:36 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:38 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:42 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:44 "THE MOST AMAZING PROPHECIES" VIDEO SERIES. 00:52 >> YOU KNOW AS A CATALYST FOR OUR STUDY TONIGHT, I'D LIKE 00:56 TO BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE LAST VERSE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 01:01 AND THERE IN MALACHI 4, NOT ONLY DOES IT SAY, "REMEMBER THE LAW 01:06 OF MOSES MY SERVANT," WE'RE TOLD, "BEHOLD I SEND YOU ELIJAH 01:12 THE PROPHET BEFORE THE GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD 01:14 AND HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN AND 01:17 THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN TO THE FATHERS LEST I COME AND 01:19 SMITE THE EARTH WITH A CURSE. 01:21 BEHOLD I SEND YOU ELIJAH." 01:24 NOW WE KNOW THAT ELIJAH CAME IN THE FORM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 01:30 AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS ELIJAH REINCARNATED. 01:33 THE ANGEL TOLD JOHN'S FATHER HE WOULD COME IN THE SPIRIT, 01:37 IN THE POWER OF ELIJAH. 01:40 AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IN THE LAST DAYS THAT GOD IS GOING TO, 01:43 ONCE AGAIN, POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT. 01:46 THE WORK OF ELIJAH WAS THE WORK OF REVIVAL. 01:49 THE WORK OF JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS THE WORK OF REVIVAL. 01:51 IN THE LAST DAYS GOD IS GOING TO HAVE, I BELIEVE, MANY WHO WILL 01:55 COME IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH TO PREPARE THE WORLD 01:58 AND THE CHURCH FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT. 02:03 WHO WAS THE ONE WHO CAME IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH 02:06 FIRST? 02:09 WHO IS THE FIRST ONE TO COME IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH? 02:13 ELISHA. 02:15 WELL, OF COURSE, ELIJAH WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME IN THE SPIRIT 02:18 AND POWER OF ELIJAH. 02:19 OH, YOU FOOLED ME. 02:22 BUT OFTEN PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, THAT WOULD BE JOHN THE BAPTIST." 02:26 BUT EVEN BEFORE JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE BIBLE TELLS WHAT IT 02:29 MEANS BY IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE 02:32 RECEIVED THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH AND IT'S ELISHA. 02:37 NOW THIS IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT MESSAGE TO SHARE BECAUSE IN THE 02:41 STORY, YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT TWO PRIMARY CHARACTERS AND THEIR 02:44 NAMES SOUND VERY SIMILAR. 02:46 YOU'VE GOT ELIJAH, WHICH MEANS MY GOD IS JEHOVAH. 02:49 HE'S THE PROPHET WHO PRAYED AND FIRE CAME DOWN AND HE WENT 02:52 TO HEAVEN ON A FIERY CHARIOT. 02:53 THEN YOU HAVE ELISHA WHICH WAS HIS APPRENTICE WHO WAS FILLED 02:58 WITH A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT. 03:02 TURN IN YOUR BIBLES WITH ME PLEASE TO THE SECOND BOOK OF 03:05 KINGS, 2 KINGS 2 AND THIS IS WHERE WE FIND THIS STORY. 03:10 ELISHA RECEIVES A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT. 03:14 AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THIS STORY, WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS 03:18 THAT WE CAN KNOW BY HIS EXAMPLE, HOW CAN WE RECEIVE A DOUBLE 03:25 PORTION OF THAT SPIRIT. 03:27 WE NEED ENOUGH OF THE SPIRIT. 03:30 IT'S NOT JUST HAVING THE SPIRIT. 03:31 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'D BE TUNING IN RIGHT NOW. 03:33 I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS A MEASURE OF THE SPIRIT, BUT WE 03:36 NEED THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT. 03:38 KEEP IN MIND IN THE LAST DAYS HOW MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE OF 03:43 THOSE TEN VIRGINS HAVE OIL? 03:47 A HUNDRED PERCENT. 03:49 YOU KNOW WHAT SEPARATES THE ONES WHO ARE SAVED FROM THE ONES WHO 03:52 ARE SHUT OUT? 03:53 SOME DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH. 03:57 DID YOU HEAR THAT? 03:59 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY SAY, "WELL, I'VE GOT 04:01 THE HOLY SPIRIT." 04:02 AND YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR LIGHT 04:06 BURNING THROUGH THE END. 04:08 SO WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A RESERVE. 04:13 WE NEED TO HAVE A STORAGE OF THE SPIRIT. 04:16 NOAH WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE FLOOD 04:18 IF HE HAD NOT STORED FOOD. 04:20 THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TO BUILD THE BOAT. 04:23 WE NEED TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE WORD OF GOD STORED AWAY IN OUR 04:26 MINDS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WELLING 04:29 UP WITHIN SO WE WILL HAVE THAT RESERVE. 04:34 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE BELLS OR LIGHTS IN 04:37 YOUR CAR AND IF YOU GO TOO LONG WITHOUT GETTING GAS, 04:41 IT WARNS YOU TO FILL UP? 04:45 WELL, WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHIN US WHEN IT COMES TO 04:48 THE HOLY SPIRIT, A REMINDER. 04:50 WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT. 04:52 IN 2 KINGS 2:1, "IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO TAKE 05:00 ELIJAH UP INTO HEAVEN BY A WHIRLWIND THAT ELIJAH WENT 05:04 WITH ELISHA FROM GILGAL." 05:06 AND THE WORD "GILGAL" IS WHERE THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD 05:11 THE COVENANT AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE CIRCUMCISED AND THEY 05:15 RENEWED THEIR COVENANT WHEN THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND, 05:18 AND IT MEANS CIRCLE. 05:20 "THEN ELIJAH SAID TO ELISHA, 'STAY HERE PLEASE FOR THE LORD 05:24 HAS SENT ME TO BETHEL.' AND ELISHA SAID," LISTEN, "'AS 05:29 THE LORD LIVES AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.' 05:35 SO THE TWO OF THEM WENT DOWN TO BETHEL TOGETHER." 05:37 THE WORD "BETHEL" MEANS HOUSE OF GOD. 05:40 I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS POINT THAT IF WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE 05:45 BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A VERY ELEMENTARY BEGINNING STEP, 05:50 WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO FOLLOW JESUS TO CHURCH. 05:54 THE WORD "BETHEL" MEANS HOUSE OF GOD. 05:56 IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO GET US TO CHURCH, HOW DARE WE 05:59 THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO GET US TO HEAVEN? 06:02 WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO ASSEMBLE TOGETHER. 06:05 THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS 10, "DO NOT FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING 06:09 OF YOURSELVES TOGETHER." 06:10 AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING. 06:13 DO YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING? 06:15 THEN WE MUST BE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER TO WORSHIP GOD WHEN 06:18 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME. 06:19 "SO HE FOLLOWED HIM ON TO BETHEL AND THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS 06:22 WERE AT BETHEL. 06:24 THEY CAME TO ELISHA AND THEY SAID TO HIM, 'DO YOU NOT KNOW 06:27 THE LORD IS GONNA TAKE AWAY YOUR MASTER FROM 06:30 BEING OVER YOU TODAY?' HE SAID, 'YES I KNOW, 06:32 HOLD YOUR PEACE,'" KEEP SILENT. 06:34 NOW THE SONS OF THE PROPHET, SEE, BEFORE ELIJAH WENT TO 06:38 HEAVEN, HE CIRCULATED AMONG THE SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS TO 06:42 ENCOURAGE THEM, TO REINFORCE THEM JUST AS JESUS BEFORE HE 06:46 ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, HE WENT AND HE VISITED WITH DIFFERENT 06:49 DISCIPLES AND HE OPENED UP TO THEM THE WORD FOR 40 DAYS. 06:52 AND THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT ELIJAH WAS GOING TO ASCEND. 06:56 I MEAN AFTER ALL THEY'RE ALL PROPHETS. 06:58 IT'S THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS. 06:59 AND THEY SAY TO ELISHA, "YOU'RE PROBABLY NEXT IN LINE. 07:03 YOU'RE THE VICE PROPHET. 07:06 AND WHEN HE'S GONE, YOU'LL BE THE MAIN PROPHET OF ISRAEL, 07:10 AND HE WON'T BE TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. 07:11 HE WON'T BE OVER YOU. 07:13 YOU WON'T HAVE TO BE HIS SERVANT." 07:15 AND YOU KNOW, ELISHA SAID, "HOLD YOUR PEACE, 07:17 I WANT TOP SERVE HIM." 07:19 SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NOTICE HERE IS THAT HE WAS HAPPY 07:22 TO SERVE. 07:23 ONE OF THE FIRST CRITERIA THAT WE NEED IN OUR HEARTS IN 07:26 PREPARATION FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. 07:30 I MEAN AFTER ALL, WHY DOES GOD GIVE US THE SPIRIT? 07:33 I MEAN IT IS JUST TO ENTERTAIN US? 07:37 IF IT FOR OUR OWN GRATIFICATION? 07:39 OR DID HE SAY, "REMAIN IN JERUSALEM," ACTS 1:8, "AND YOU 07:43 WILL RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOU MIGHT MY WITNESSES." 07:46 GOD EMPOWERS US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ORDER THAT 07:50 WE MIGHT USE IT IN SERVING HIM. 07:52 SOME US HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE WE'RE 07:55 NOT WILLING TO USE IT. 07:56 IF WE'RE WILLING TO SERVE GOD, HE WILL GIVE US THE POWER 07:59 AND THE SPIRIT TO SERVE HIM. 08:02 PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN ASKED ME, "DOUG, HOW IS IT THAT YOU 08:05 REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURES THE WAY YOU DO?" 08:07 VERY SIMPLE, 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS SHARING THEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 08:11 I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW THEM, BUT THE MORE YOU SHARE THEM, 08:13 THE MORE YOU REMEMBER THEM. 08:15 AND THE WAY IT WORKS WITH GOD IS AS WE HAVE ONE HAND OPEN 08:19 IN GIVING, HE FILLS THE OTHER; IT WORKS THAT WAY IN EVERY AREA. 08:23 AS WE ARE SHARING, HE GIVES US MORE. 08:25 IF WE'RE WILLING TO SERVE HIM AND SHARE OUR FAITH AND LIVE 08:28 OUR FAITH, HE WILL GIVE US MORE SPIRIT TO DO THAT. 08:31 HE SAYS, "I'VE SENT YOU TO BE SERVANTS." 08:35 IT'S LIKE SOME PARENTS I HEARD ABOUT CHRISTMAS, THEY GAVE THEIR 08:37 9-YEAR-OLD BOY A HAND AX, A LITTLE HATCHET. 08:40 AND THEN AS HE RAN OUTSIDE THEY SAID, "DON'T CHOP ANYTHING." 08:44 WELL, WHY DO YOU GIVE AN 11 OR 9-YEAR-OLD BOY A HATCHET 08:47 AND THEN TELL HIM NOT TO CHOP ANYTHING? 08:49 ISN'T THAT CRAZY? 08:50 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 08:52 IT'S THE POWER TO BE WITNESSES. 08:54 GOD IS GONNA GIVE IT TO US TO USE IT TO SERVE HIM. 08:58 AND SO ELISHA SAID, HOLD YOUR PEACE. 09:00 I'M HAPPY TO SERVE." 09:02 WELL, THEN ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA IN VERSE 4, "STAY HERE PLEASE, 09:08 FOR THE LORD HAS SENT ME TO JERICHO," AND HE REPEATS 09:11 HIS FORMER VOW. 09:13 "AS THE LORD LIVES AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES, 09:16 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU." 09:20 SO THEY WENT TO JERICHO TOGETHER. 09:21 THE WORD "JERICHO" MEANS FRAGRANCE. 09:23 NOW I REMEMBER I TOLD YOU GILGAL MEANS CIRCLE. 09:27 SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LORD IN CIRCLES. 09:30 ELIJAH IN THIS STORY'S A TYPE OF THE LORD. 09:33 KEEP IN MIND, ELIJAH GOES TO HEAVEN AND HE SENDS A DOUBLE 09:36 PORTION OF HIS SPIRIT TO ELISHA. 09:38 JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN AND THEN PENTECOST CAME, SO THIS 09:42 STORY IS A GOOD CATALYST FOR US TO KNOW HOW TO GET 09:45 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 09:46 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 09:47 AND ONE THING WE'RE NOTICING RIGHT OFF IS ELISHA WOULD NOT 09:50 BE DISCOURAGED FROM FOLLOWING ELIJAH WHERE EVER HE WENT. 09:54 NOW THIS STANDS OUT BECAUSE IF YOU READ YOUR BIBLE CAREFULLY, 09:57 ELIJAH USED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SERVANT. 10:03 REMEMBER WHEN HE RAN FROM JEZEBEL? 10:06 HE TOLD HIS SERVANT THE SAME THING HE SAID TO ELISHA. 10:09 HE HAD A DIFFERENT APPRENTICE. 10:10 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME 'CAUSE HE DISAPPEARS 10:12 IN OBSCURITY. 10:13 YOU KNOW WHY? 10:13 HE WASN'T WILLING TO GO WITH ELIJAH. 10:15 ELIJAH SAID TO HIS SERVANT, "YOU DON'T NEED TO RUN 10:17 FOR YOUR LIFE WITH ME. 10:18 YOU CAN STAY HERE." 10:19 HE SAID, "OKAY, GOOD-BYE." 10:21 AND THEN GOD SAID, "YOU BETTER PICK SOMEONE ELSE 10:23 WHO WILL NOT LEAVE YOU." 10:25 GOD IS WANTING US TO HAVE THAT KIND OF RESOLVE THAT WE'RE 10:30 NOT GONNA LEAVE HIM. 10:32 I LOVE TO READ THAT VERSE IN RUTH WHERE NAOMI SAYS TO RUTH, 10:38 "YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW'S GONE BACK. 10:40 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ME ANYMORE." 10:43 AND HERE'S WHAT SHE SAYS IN CHAPTER 1:16. 10:46 "ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU OR TO TURN BACK FROM FOLLOWING 10:50 AFTER YOU. 10:51 FOR WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO. 10:53 WHEREVER YOU LODGE, I WILL LODGE. 10:56 YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE MY PEOPLE AND YOUR GOD, MY GOD. 10:59 WHERE YOU DIE, I WILL DIE AND THERE WILL I BE BURIED. 11:03 WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM. 11:05 THE LORD DO SO AND TO ME AND MORE ALSO TO ANYTHING 11:08 BUT DEATH PARTS YOU AND ME." 11:11 THAT'S THE KIND OF DEDICATION GOD IS LOOKING FOR. 11:14 PEOPLE, AND I THINK GOD TESTS US SOMETIMES TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA 11:18 GET DISCOURAGED AND BACK OFF AND LEAVE HIM ALONE OR WILL WE CLING 11:21 TO HIM AND NOT LET GO? 11:24 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU. 11:27 FOLLOW ME TO JORDAN. 11:29 HE SAYS, "STAY HERE, I'M GOING TO JORDAN." 11:31 AND WHAT DOES ELISHA SAY? 11:33 THIRD TIME, "AS THE LORD LIVES AND YOUR SOUL LIVES--" 11:37 YOU CAN SAY THIS WITH ME, "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU." 11:41 ONE MORE TIME, "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU." 11:45 DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? 11:46 DOESN'T JESUS SAY, "I WILL NEVER LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU?" 11:51 AND HE WOULD LIVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT. 11:53 ISN'T THAT WHAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY GET MARRIED? 11:57 HE'S NOT ONLY SAYING YOU CAN GO AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT 12:00 WITH THE DEVIL, BUT I WON'T LEAVE YOU. 12:01 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIP. 12:04 JESUS SAYS, "I'LL NEVER LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU." 12:07 AND WE SHOULD SAY, "LORD, BY YOUR GRACE, I WILL NEVER 12:09 LEAVE AND FORSAKE YOU." 12:11 NOW WE SHOULDN'T BOAST LIKE PETER AND SO THE TWO OF THEM GO 12:15 ON DOWN TO JORDAN TOGETHER. 12:18 AND VERSE 7, "FIFTY MEN OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS WENT AND 12:22 STOOD FACING AT A DISTANCE--" BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHERE 12:24 THAT SPIRITUAL COMES FROM. 12:26 I LOOKED OVER JORDAN AND WHAT DID I SEE COMING FOR 12:28 TO CARRYING ME HOME? 12:30 BAND FULL OF ANGELS. 12:31 IT COMES FROM THIS PASSAGE. 12:34 "AND HERE ELIJAH AND ELISHA GO AND THEY STAND AT THE BANKS OF 12:37 THE JORDAN." 12:38 EVIDENTLY IT'S SPRINGTIME, DON'T MISS THAT. 12:41 THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, 12:44 WE KNOW THAT. 12:45 IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE PENTECOST. 12:48 'CAUSE YOU CAN WALK ACROSS THE JORDAN MOST OF THE YEAR, 12:51 BUT NOT IN SPRING. 12:53 AND THEY'RE STANDING THERE AND JORDAN IS FLOODING ITS BANKS, 12:55 AND THE LORD IS NOW LEADING ELIJAH INTO THE WILDERNESS. 13:02 YOU KNOW GOD OFTEN LEADS HIS PEOPLE INTO THE WILDERNESS 13:06 THROUGH THE SPIRIT. 13:08 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT INTO THE SPIRIT, 13:10 THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY THE FIRE AND BY THE CLOUD. 13:13 THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE SEA, 1 CORINTHIANS 10, WATER BAPTISM, 13:18 RED SEA. 13:19 AND THEY'RE BAPTIZED BY PILLAR OF FIRE. 13:22 WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS, DON'T WE? 13:23 AND IT HAPPENED AS THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS. 13:26 WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE IN THE WILDERNESS UNTIL 13:29 JESUS COMES THEN YOU'RE IN THE PROMISED LAND, RIGHT? 13:31 THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME, WE'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH. 13:34 WE'RE WANDERING. 13:35 SO HERE THEY ARE HEADING OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS. 13:38 THEY GOT THAT JORDAN RIVER BEFORE THEY GET THERE. 13:40 YOU GO THROUGH BAPTISM, YOU ENTER THE WILDERNESS, 13:42 BUT THEY CAN'T GET ACROSS. 13:44 IT'S FLOODING. 13:45 SO ELIJAH, NOTICE HERE, IT SAYS ELIJAH, VERSE 8, "HE TAKES HIS 13:49 MANTLE," THAT WORD IS ROBE, "AND HE ROLLS IT UP AND HE STRIKES 13:55 THE WATER AND IT IS DIVIDED THIS WAY AND THAT WAY SO THE TWO OF 13:59 THEM CROSS OVER ON DRY GROUND." 14:02 NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROBE OF ELIJAH. 14:05 THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HEAR ABOUT THE ROBE OF ELIJAH IS WHEN 14:10 ELIJAH CALLS ELISHA. 14:13 HE NEEDED TO REPLACE HIS SERVANT AND OF ALL THINGS, GOD TELLS 14:18 HIM TO CALL THE SON OF A WEALTHY FAMILY. 14:23 ONE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE HE'S OUT THERE WITH 14:26 A YOKE OF OXEN AND HE'S WITH THE OTHER 11 SERVANTS THAT EACH HAVE 14:29 A YOKE OF OXEN, 12 YOKE OF OXEN. 14:31 IN TODAY'S TERMS THAT WOULD BE LIKE TEXAS FARMERS WITH 14:34 12 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS. 14:37 HE'S GOT THIS VERY WEALTHY FAMILY AND HE STANDS TO INHERIT 14:41 A LOT. 14:41 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS POOR HOMELESS PROPHET COMES ALONG 14:45 AND THROWS HIS ROBE OVER THE SHOULDERS OF ELISHA, AND HE 14:49 UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS IS "I'M CALLING YOU TO FOLLOW ME. 14:54 YOU ARE TO BE MY APPRENTICE TO TAKE MY PLACE WHEN I AM GONE." 14:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELISHA SAYS? 15:00 "LET ME JUST KISS MY MOTHER AND FATHER GOOD-BYE 15:03 AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU." 15:04 NOW ELIJAH REPRESENTS JESUS IN THIS STORY. 15:08 HE TAKES HIS ROBE OFF AND HE ROLLS IT UP, SOMETHING LIKE 15:11 THE STAFF OF MOSES, I GUESS. 15:15 I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL, WE USED TO ROLL 15:17 UP OUR TOWELS AND MAKE RAT TAILS. 15:19 ANYTHING, MEN, KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 15:21 HE ROLLS UP HIS MANTLE AND HE SNAPS THE WATER AND ALL OF A 15:26 SUDDEN, IT POPS AND THE WATERS OF THE JORDAN PART THE SAME WAY 15:32 THEY DID WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CROSSED INTO 15:34 THE PROMISED LAND. 15:35 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY TWO WENT ACROSS ON DRY GROUND. 15:41 NOW IF THE JORDAN REPRESENTS DEATH, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE 15:47 ARE GONNA GET ON THE OTHER SIDE IS FOR THE JORDAN TO PART. 15:51 WHAT WAS IT THAT PARTED THE JORDAN FOR ELIJAH AND ELISHA? 15:55 IT WAS THE ROBE. 15:57 WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET TO 16:01 THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH AND BE CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE? 16:05 DON'T FORGET, IT DOESN'T SAY THEY SLOGGED THROUGH THE MUD. 16:07 THEY WENT OVER ON DRY GROUND. 16:10 THEY CAME UP CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. 16:13 IF YOU WALKED ON DIRT ROADS ALL YOUR LIFE AS THEY DID IN BIBLE 16:17 TIME, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE ASPHALT, DRY GROUND MEANT 16:19 YOU DON'T GET MUDDY. 16:22 THEY CAME UP CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. 16:24 WHAT IS IT GONNA MAKE IT POSSIBLE? 16:26 WHAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE? 16:27 IT'S THE ROBE OF CHRIST. 16:30 WHEN THEY FIRST CROSSED THE JORDAN, ELIJAH IS 16:35 USING THE ROBE. 16:36 WHEN ELISHA FIRST EXPERIENCES THE ROBE, ELIJAH PUTS ON HIS 16:41 SHOULDERS AS A SYMBOL. 16:41 BUT WHEN THE STORY'S OVER, ELISHA OWNS THE ROBE 16:47 AND HE'S WEARING IT. 16:49 WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO JESUS, WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 16:53 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR WORKS, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG 16:56 THE WAY, WE MUST BE SANCTIFIED AND THAT ROBE MUST BE OURS. 17:00 WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS. 17:03 IT IS NOT JUST THAT WE ARE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS, THAT'S 17:05 HOW YOU COME TO JESUS, BUT THEN HE CLEANS YOU ON THE INSIDE 17:08 AND YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS. 17:11 IT BECOMES YOUR ROBE. 17:14 AND SO AFTER THEY CROSS, VERSE 9, ELIJAH, THEY'RE WALKING 17:17 ALONG THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. 17:18 THEY'RE HEADING BACK UPHILL AGAIN. 17:21 AND BY THE WAY, AFTER YOU'RE BAPTIZED, THERE MAY BE SOME 17:25 UPHILL BATTLES. 17:27 "AS THEY'RE WALKING ALONG, ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA, 'ASK 17:34 WHAT I MIGHT DO FOR YOU BEFORE I AM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.'" 17:44 ASK. 17:45 ASK. 17:49 NOW YOU'VE GOT THE MIGHTIEST PROPHET IN ISRAEL--WHEN YOU 17:53 THINK ABOUT THE MIGHTIEST PROPHET, PEOPLE ALWAYS 17:54 THINK OF ELIJAH. 17:55 THEY THINK OF THE LAW OF MOSES, PROPHET, THEY THINK OF ELIJAH. 17:59 HE PRAYS, FIRE COMES DOWN. 18:02 HE STANDS OFF ONE MAN AGAINST 850 PROPHETS OF BAAL 18:06 AND PROPHETS OF THE GROVE. 18:08 THREE TIMES HE PRAYED AND FIRE CAME DOWN. 18:11 HE PRAYS AGAIN AND RAIN COMES DOWN. 18:13 AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS MAN THAT MAKES KINGS TREMBLE AND HE SAYS, 18:16 "IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR YOU BEFORE I LEAVE?" 18:19 WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR? 18:22 HE SAID, "PLEASE LET A DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT 18:24 BE UPON ME." 18:24 VERSE 10, SO HE SAID, "YOU'VE ASKED A HARD THING, NEVERTHELESS 18:27 IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM TAKEN FROM YOU, IT SHALL BE SO 18:32 FOR YOU. 18:33 BUT IF YOU DO NOT SEE ME, IT SHALL NOT BE SO." 18:39 WHY DID HE SAY THAT? 18:41 WELL FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING; GOD WANTS 18:43 US TO PRAY BIG PRAYERS. 18:47 JUST WHY WE WERE HERE AT THE REVIVAL, I WAS VISITING, I DON'T 18:51 KNOW IF THE GENTLEMAN IS HERE NOW BUT I WAS VISITING WITH 18:53 A COLPORTER, CHRISTIAN BOOK SALESMAN AND HE TOLD ME 18:56 A REMARKABLE STORY THAT I GUESS JUST HAPPENED WITHIN 18:58 THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 19:00 HE WENT TO THE HOME--AND I HOPE I DON'T MESS THIS UP--HE WENT TO 19:03 THE HOME OF A TRUCK DRIVER WHO RELATED THAT HE WAS VERY 19:08 DISCOURAGED AND READY TO GIVE UP AND WAS SAYING, "JESUS, 19:10 IF YOU'RE REALLY THERE, I NEED A SIGN AND I DON'T NEED 19:13 AN ORDINARY SIGN. 19:15 I DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FRIVOLOUS THAT'S HARD 19:17 TO DECIPHER." 19:17 HE SAYS, "IF YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY 19:19 THERE AND YOU LOVE ME, I NEED A BIG SIGN." 19:22 THE TRUCKER GOT IN THIS TRUCK AND HE WAS DRIVING THAT DAY ON 19:25 HIS ROUTE AND HE CAME ACROSS A HILL AND THERE WAS THIS 19:27 BILLBOARD, FULL BILLBOARD WITH JESUS WITH HIS ARMS STRETCHED 19:31 OUT AND IT SAID, "I LOVE YOU." 19:34 AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN IT SAID, "IS THIS SIGN BIG ENOUGH?" 19:41 I THOUGHT THAT'S A GREAT STORY. 19:43 THAT'S HOW GOD IS. 19:45 YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PRAYING FOR 19:47 SIGNS 'CAUSE JESUS SAID, "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE 19:49 WITHOUT SEEING." 19:51 THERE ARE TIMES I PRAYED FOR SIGNS AND SOMETIMES GOD HAS 19:54 GIVEN THEM TO ME, AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY GOD IS. 19:57 WE'RE NOT GOING TO--WE'RE NOT GOING TO DRAIN THE RESOURCES 20:00 OF GOD'S TREASURY, ARE WE? 20:02 PRAY BIG PRAYERS, YOU'LL GET BIGGER ANSWERS THEN 20:06 YOUR FAITH GETS BIGGER. 20:08 JOSHUA PRAYS, "LORD, WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE BATTLE. 20:11 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN." 20:13 GOD SAYS, "I CAN DO THAT." 20:14 AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE STOPPED THE EARTH REVOLVING 20:17 OR MADE THE SOLAR SYSTEM GO AROUND THE EARTH. 20:19 I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD DID, BUT HE DID IT. 20:22 GOD'LL DO GREAT THINGS FOR US IF WE PRAY. 20:26 HE SAYS, "YOU'VE ASKED A HARD THING. 20:31 YOU'VE ASKED A BIG THING." 20:33 HERE WE ARE--HERE WE ARE AT THE THRESHOLD OF ETERNITY, THE WHOLE 20:40 TERRIBLE EXPERIMENT WITH SIN AND THE WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION 20:43 OF SALVATION. 20:44 IT'S ALL ABOUT TO REACH ITS CLIMAX. 20:46 DO WE AGREE? 20:48 AND WE, GOD'S PEOPLE, ARE--WE'VE GOT ONE TOE OVER THE THRESHOLD, 20:52 JESUS IS ABOUT TO COME. 20:54 SHOULD WE BE PRAYING LITTLE PRAYERS OR BIG PRAYERS? 20:57 WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER WE SHOULD BE PRAYING? 21:01 LORD, GIVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT. 21:05 IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP GOD ANSWER THAT PRAYER? 21:09 YES. 21:11 "OH, DOUG THAT'S WORKS ORIENTED." 21:13 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL IT, YES THERE IS. 21:15 WE NEED TO DO WHAT THE APOSTLES DID. 21:18 HUMBLE OURSELVES, PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES. 21:22 GATHER TOGETHER AND PRAY. 21:24 THEY SPENT 10 DAYS IN AN UPPER ROOM PRAYING AND THEN GOD 21:26 POURED OUT THE SPIRIT. 21:28 WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO BEFORE GOD SENT THE RAIN? 21:32 THEY FELL DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND THEY SAID, 21:34 "THE LORD, HE IS GOD. 21:35 THE LORD, HE IS GOD." 21:36 AND THEN ELIJAH GOT ON HIS KNEES AND HE PRAYED SEVEN TIMES, 21:39 "LORD, SEND THE RAIN." 21:40 SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING, "YOU KNOW, DOUG, I CONFESSED MY 21:42 SINS AND I PRAYED AND I HAVEN'T FELT ANYTHING YET." 21:44 KEEP PRAYING. 21:46 ELIJAH GOT ON HIS KNEES AND HE PRAYED SEVEN TIMES AND HE 21:49 PRAYED UNTIL THE RAIN CAME. 21:51 AND WHEN DAVID REPENTED BECAUSE OF HIS SIN WITH BATHSHEBA, 21:55 ON HIS FACE 7 DAYS. 21:57 REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, WE'VE BEEN TOO SHALLOW. 22:01 WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS VERY THIN CONCEPT OF WHAT IT MEANS 22:04 TO HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD. 22:07 IF WE WOULD PRAY LIKE ELIJAH PRAYED. 22:11 AND YOU KNOW JAMES SAYS ELIJAH WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO PASSIONS 22:13 LIKE YOU AND I, HE PRAYED. 22:15 IT STOPS RAINING. 22:17 HE PRAYED AND IT STARTS RAINING. 22:19 A MAN LIKE YOU AND I, BUT HE PRAYED WITH INTENSITY, 22:22 DIDN'T HE? 22:24 HE SAID, "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM TAKEN FROM YOU, 22:27 IT WILL BE SO FOR YOU. 22:28 BUT IF NOT, IT WILL NOT BE SO." 22:30 IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO. 22:36 HERE'S THE CRITERIA TO RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT: WHO DOES ELIJAH 22:43 REPRESENT IN THIS STORY? 22:45 JESUS. 22:46 DID THE APOSTLES SEE JESUS ASCEND UP BEFORE THEY RECEIVED 22:52 THE HOLY SPIRIT? 22:54 YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLES? 22:55 THIS IS NOT AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 22:56 I THINK I'M TALKING TO CHRISTIANS WHO AT LEAST HAVE 22:58 A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE, SO I'M NOT GOING 23:01 TO ALL THESE REFERENCES. 23:04 THE DISCIPLES STOOD GAZING UP INTO THE HEAVENS AND TWO ANGELS 23:07 WERE THERE SAYING, "MEN OF GALILEE, WHY DO YOU STAND 23:10 GAZING UP IN THE SKY?" 23:11 DID THEY SEE JESUS ASCEND AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER DID 23:14 THE HOLY SPIRIT FALL EXACTLY 10 DAYS LATER? 23:17 IF WE DO OUR PART, I KNOW GOD WILL DO HIS PART BECAUSE HE'S 23:22 LONGING TO FILL HIS PEOPLE WITH HIS SPIRIT THAT WE MIGHT 23:25 REFLECT HIS IMAGE IN THIS WORLD, AND THE CHURCH WILL GO 23:28 LIKE WILDFIRE AROUND THE PLANET WHEN WE DO OUR PART. 23:33 "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO." 23:37 CHRIST SAID, "IF I AM LIFTED UP, I WILL DRAW--" 23:41 IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S THE CROSS. 23:44 "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M TAKEN UP," ELIJAH SAID. 23:48 YOU KNOW THE MOST POWERFUL POINT, THE AXIS ON WHICH 23:56 THE ENTIRE GOSPEL RESOLVES IS A CROSS. 24:01 IT IS AT THE CROSS WHERE WE FIRST SEE THE LIGHT. 24:05 IT IS AT THE CROSS WHERE WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND IT'S 24:09 AT THE CROSS WHERE WE SEE THE BADNESS OF SIN. 24:12 "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO." 24:15 WHAT CHANGED PETER? 24:18 HE SAW CHRIST CRUCIFIED FOR HIM AND THAT'S WHAT CONVERTED 24:24 THE EARLY CHURCH. 24:26 AND PETER WHEN HE PREACHED AT PENTECOST HE SAID TO THOSE 24:28 THAT WERE LISTENING, BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL OUT, 24:30 WHAT DID HE SAY? 24:32 HE SAYS, "YOU CRUCIFIED JESUS." 24:36 AND THEY SAID, "WHAT SHALL WE DO?" 24:39 WELL, YOU KNOW I CAN SAY TO YOU TODAY WHAT PETER SAID TO THEM, 24:43 "YOU CRUCIFIED HIM." 24:45 IS THAT RIGHT? 24:47 AND I CRUCIFIED HIM. 24:50 WE ARE JUST AS CULPABLE TODAY AS THOSE PEOPLE WERE 24:54 2,000 YEARS AGO. 24:57 YOU AND I ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BLOOD. 24:59 HE DIED ON OUR CROSS. 25:01 YOU AND I ARE BARABBAS. 25:03 ELIJAH SAID, "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M TAKEN UP, IT WILL BE SO." 25:07 IF WE CAN SEE JESUS CHRIST, PAUL SAID, "I'M DETERMINED TO 25:10 KNOW NOTHING AMONG YOU EXCEPT JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED." 25:13 THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS. 25:17 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 25:19 THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 25:24 >> WORLD EVENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE UNSTABLE THAN TODAY. 25:26 TERRORISM, DISASTERS, BIZARRE WEATHER, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE 25:30 REVEAL ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS? 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