> I wanna welcome you again to
another edition of Bible Alive.
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I'm excited because the story
we're gonna talk about today is
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is Elijah and there is a lot
of parallels between Elijah and
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myself as far as certain things
that I've done and I've not
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trusted in God and we wanna
unpack this today but before we
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do I want to introduce to you my
friend and my brother Rudy. Rudy
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it's good that you're here
>> Good to be here. > and I
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think you've been studying on
Elijah and doing some messages,
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haven't you? >> Yeah we all
been doing that here at Remnant,
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> OK >> we've been studying
in the mornings, half hour every
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morning, so there's just a lot
to talk about. > OK >> Exciting
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> Exciting. Well before we get
started, we always wanna pray
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so that the Lord will open our
hearts on these Scriptures so
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if you'd bow your heads with
me, let's have a Word of prayer
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before we start. Father in
Heaven, thank you again so much
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that we can open your Word, we
know that it's true and father
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we know that these stories,
these... these black-and-white
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issues that sometimes we don't
think that they are, we read
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them and ask for your spirit
to guide us. You will make them
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practical in our lives. Father
I pray by faith that we will
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listen to that still
small voice and I thank You for
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hearing this prayer because
I pray to in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. >> Amen. > OK Now this
story is in, where Rudy? I think
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it is >> It's at 1st Kings
> OK >> Chapter 18 > 1st Kings
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>> and actually you can pick
it up anywhere but I think we're
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going to start with 18 verse
16 because I know you had some
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comments about Obadiah and
that starts at verse 16 there.
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> OK and I think in the Remnant
Study Bible, we've been given
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page numbers and it's on
page 416 in the New King James
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version and so if you've got
your Remnant Study Bibles open
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them up if not it doesn't matter
you can get any Bible and get in
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the chapter, 1st Kings, Chapter
18. OK. Well, Rudy you know,
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as... there is so much in...
in Elijah, there's just so much
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about his whole life but he
committed himself to God, Elijah
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was a man of faith and you
know we... we... we back up and
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go into this story where Elijah
stood for what was right and
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ended up you know, telling Ahab
the wicked King Ahab, which was
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really the King of Israel >>
Yeah it... it wasn't only that,
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if you back up just for second >
OK >> Chapter 16 verse 30. > OK
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> It talks about Ahab and it
says, just... just to give you
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some background
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so, this isn't easy for Elijah
> Yeah >> being in the setting
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where this is the most wicked
King, to date > Wow! >> and
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that's... that's what he
was faced with, the most wicked
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King. As we know, he set
up Baal, all of these things
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and then that's where we're at,
you know picking up the story
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but that's the condition. I mean
he wasn't talking to just any
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King. > That's right, the >>
the most wicked King, to date
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> and this wicked King was the
King of Israel, >> Absolutely.
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> which would... would... would
>> Yeah. > which was God's apple
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of his eye, was Israel.
>> Yeah, it was Israel. Yep.
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> So anyway, so now >> He must
have been the worm. > He must
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>> Yeah. > have been the worm.
That's it Well I'll tell you,
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it's... it's a sad thing
but when we take our eyes off of
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of God then obviously we're
gonna look to the left and look
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to the right and >> Yeah. > in
our... and they say perception
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is reality >> Absolutely. >
so what's in our mind, we...
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we... we... a lie can actually
become truth to us >> That's
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right. > and obviously >>
That's right. > Ahab had some
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problems because he
wasn't... he wasn't surrendered
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he was focusing on himself
instead of the Lord but I wanna
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make a point, we're gonna keep
going but Obadiah was a man of
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God in fact in Chapter 18 verse,
it's verse 3, it says here, it
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says,
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OK and the translation, in
charge of his house, literally
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means, over his house
>> Absolutely > OK and then
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it says,
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but what I want to make a point
is, you know there is a lot of
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us, Christians out there and
we talk about, you know, we are
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living in the last days and
we need to stand and you know
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and... and through this Elijah
message you know, if you're for
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Baal then you can worship him
but if you're God then worship
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him and here's Obadiah that
greatly, it said greatly feared
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God >> Absolutely. > and yet
yet if... if you read this story
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when Elijah is in the wilderness
and it will come time for him
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to... for the Lord to say, "you
need to go tell Ahab" blah blah
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blah the thing of it is Obadiah
found Elijah and it... it amazes
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me and I... and I just think
this is so good because this is
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something about me, it
says, >> and you're in verse 16,
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right? > well no, I... I think
it's... in... in verse 7, it
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"says, "Now"... 18, it says,
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That had to be like... they've
been hunting him for 3 years
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>> Absolutely. > and they wanna
kill him and Obadiah, great...
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he... he greatly fears the Lord,
accepting, what did he say? I
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just think it's so neat, he
said, in verse 9, so he said,
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In other words, you're gonna
tell me to go and... and tell
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him Elijah's is here and then
when I... when the King goes
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there, you're not... you're
in... you're gonna disappear.
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>> Yeah, he let fear kind
of guide his thoughts at this
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time. > Yeah. He was afraid of
>> Yep > he >> and yet prior to
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that he hid the prophets of
God in the cave > Yeah >> and he
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did all these good things but
he kind of faltered here for a
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little bit. > yeah and that...
and I guess that's the point
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that... that I wanna share with
the... the viewers today on this
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part of the story. That
sometimes we gloss over that
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Obadiah greatly feared God
but yet when the crisis came, to
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stand up for God, he was afraid
>> And he had questions > and he
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had questions and so, of course
Elijah promised him that he
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would be there and I just think
it's neat that in our world
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today, things are getting
worst and worst and do we as
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Christians stand up for the
truth or it's great... or it's
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easier to stand up for the
truth when you're in church and
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everyone believes like you
do but what about when you are
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brought to the test like
the 3 worthies, you know, in the
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fiery furnace. I mean, the
opposite of that... of Obadiah
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was that the 3 worthies in the
fiery furnace and Daniel says,
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"listen King Nebuchadnezzar,
live forever but we are not
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going to bow down and worship
you" >> And then, he gave him
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time to change his mind > Yeah.
>> but they said, "we don't need
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no more time because even if
he doesn't deliver us, we will
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serve God" > We will serve God.
>> and that's the attitude we
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need. > We need, we need to do
that and that's... Obadiah even
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though he was a Christian
>> Yep. > he wasn't a real
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strong Christian. >>
Absolutely. > And he had done
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great things. It wasn't like he
was a bad person, I mean he...
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he hid all these people, he
greatly feared God but we... we
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have to do more than fear God
in these last days. >> That's
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right. > OK, that... that was at
least one of my points. I just
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think that's so good for today.
Now, what about, I think that
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there is so much in here,
but what have you got Rudy?
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>> Well, it goes on, starting
with verse 16, where > OK
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>> Now... now, just think for
a minute, who is he talking to?
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He's talking to the King > Yeah.
>> and not only the King, the
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most wicked King and not only
the most wicked King, the King
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that has been hunting him,
>>> for 3 years >> to try to
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take his life > Right. >>
and, you know, he says, the King
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says, "is that you, O troubler
of Israel?" and he says, "you're
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the one that's been troubling
Israel and why. " In verse 18,
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he says,
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So, in verse 20, I
just think is, so unique,
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it's just... can you imagine,
who is giving the orders here?
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> No one, I know it >> Elijah is
giving the orders and he's being
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hunted like a dog for 3 years
and the King finally catches him
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and then turns around and does
exactly what Elijah tells him.
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> Which... which... which,
so... so one of the points would
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be that, when you're following
God and you're not looking to
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the left nor the right, you've
kept your eyes on Christ, that
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we don't have anything to fear
>> Absolutely. > because Christ
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is on our side and if we perish,
we perish. >> Yeah. > but if we
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do what God is saying, that
somehow Ahab, it didn't matter
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about the crown at this
time. Somehow Ahab recognized
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authority greater than even
he the King and he listened to
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Elijah because it wasn't
Elijah's Words, it was God's
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Words, coming through Elijah.
>> And... and that's a good
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point, Dwight, because, do you
think that, I mean bringing this
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to today in our own daily
lives, do you think that Elijah
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rehearsed what he was going
to say when he met the King? He
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didn't even know he was going
to meet him till... till just
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then > Yeah. >> So, do you
think he rehearsed? You know,
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of course not but God gave him
what to say. So many times, it's
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good that we study, it's
good that we do all this but
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when... when it's needed, God
is going to provide the words
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and the thoughts and what to
tell us. > Absolutely. >> and I
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just think that's a great point
for us today and our readers and
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anybody studying the Bible.
> And, you know, something else
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that... that... that in the
Remnant Study Bible, there is a
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quote in here, in... it's in
a book, Prophets and Kings and
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it's on page 140 but I... I just
wanna read it for viewers, I
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think it's so good. It
goes... it goes along with,
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Chapter 18 verse 18 and it's
titled in here, The Fairless
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Prophet. I just
think it's neat. he said,
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Like you said. >> Amen. >
Here... here after 3 years,
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he's been hunted, like... like
a criminal and he finds him and
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then Ahab doesn't make any
excuses, "no King Ahab, you're
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the one that's the problem"
>> you're the problem. " > It's
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not me. >> That's
right. > And so, it says,
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I just think that, that goes
along with... with what we are
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trying to say is when we stand
up for the Lord, we have nothing
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to fear and we shouldn't
sugarcoat things. Now, we've got
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to love, so we don't want to be
critical but we need to love and
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do what God says and it doesn't
always go along with everybody
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else. >> And then he had a
message... I know we're running
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close here but he had a message
in verse 21, first he told Ahab,
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on Mount Carmel, "to get
the children of Israel," his
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children, > Yeah. >> his
children of Israel, that should
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have been following him but
in verse 21, Elijah gives the
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message to those
people, and says,
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and that's... that's too bad.
I mean, they were still worried
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about their salvation,
their worldly salvation > Yeah.
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>> more than they was, their
heavenly salvation. > That...
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that >> and he... you... you
would think that he would stop,
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stood up and said, "I'll
follow God" > Right. >> but they
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answered him, not a word. > And
there's... and there's an answer
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to that but of course...
boy time flies! >> Yes, that's
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right. > I love going to the
Bible. >> That's right. Amen.
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> We're gonna be right back.
we're going to take a break.
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Don't go away. We'll
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>> Hi, I'm Mikayla Hall. One
of God's important creations is
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nature. Jesus wants us to have
a good world not a bad one. He
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wants everything to go to use,
not to waste. Now it's hard to
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even touch an animal because you
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can see, I have one of God's
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right, it's a dog. Her name
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wonderful
world, full of animals.
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But now, ask the beasts and they
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the air and they will tell
you or speak to the Earth and it
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will teach you and the fish of
the sea will explain to you. Who
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among all these does not
know that the hand of the Lord
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has done this?
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> Well I'm glad you stayed us.
We are just unpacking this story
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about Elijah and how that
applies to you and I today. I
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think sometimes, Rudy,
that we... we read these stories
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and... and we're... we're
enamored by them, we are excited
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to read them and we think, "wow!
I wish, I could be an Elijah
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or" >> Well are we > I wish I
could be a... a Daniel or one of
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the 3 Worthies but we
can, even today. >> Well, we
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read them and we think, that was
a great story > Yeah. >> but we
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need to, you know, pull
them into our everyday lives.
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> Absolutely. >> I mean,
how does this help me today?
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> And... and really, Solomon
said, "there's nothing new under
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the sun. " In other words
>> That's right. > God has his
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chosen people today, just
like he did back then. It's no
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different. We just... we count
them as heroes but they are
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heroes out there today>> That's
right. > and we might not read
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about them because we are not
the story but nevertheless when
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we follow God and do his will,
then he will honor, the... the
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Bible says, "God honor those
that honor him. " >> That's
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right. > So I... I know it's
exciting. Let's... let's get
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back, for those that are just
picking this up, we are in 1st
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Kings Chapter 18 and we just got
through reading verse 21. You
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did Rudy and anyways, it
says here in verse 21, it says,
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In other words, they were afraid
and you... you had mentioned, I
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mean, here... they're afraid,
they know what's right, in the
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depths, I mean, the
Spirit convicts us of sin and of
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judgment to come, so they knew
what was right and they really
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knew it was wrong but they
had been going the way of wrong,
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they had been going man's way,
so long, that even though they
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knew, they were afraid to stand
up. Even when Elijah came back
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it... it, they were afraid.
"What if I stand up and Elijah
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gets killed right here? >> Yeah,
they just wasn't sure, they
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really wasn't sure of their...
their God, right then and they
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> Yeah. >> was gonna wait to
see if God would do something
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mighty before they made that
decision because if not, they
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wanted, you know they want a...
you know, one foot in the water
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and one on dry land. You know,
they didn't want to commit and
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that's no way to be, that's
lukewarm. > That's lukewarm
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and that's how, you know, you
have to ask yourself, are you
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lukewarm today? Are you willing
to stand? >> Absolutely. > For
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the truth, are you... are you...
do you want to try to please
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everybody and we can't please
everyone. It says, "you either
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please God or you please man.
" >> That's right. > Well, verse
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21... 22, Rudy, goes on to say,
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and... and I think that's where
Elijah start making his mistake.
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Right there, in verse 22
and we... we could pick it up in
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Chapter 19, you know, when he's
out there in the cave. We won't
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talk about that right
now, but it says... it says,
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Hopefully, what he was trying to
say is, is that, "hey, it's not
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by numbers here. " >> Well, he
felt alone > Yeah. >> when he...
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when he called them out to make
a decision, no one said... no
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one said a word, you know, the
Baal prophets were saying plenty
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> Yeah. >> what God's people
wasn't saying a word, so you can
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see how he would feel alone >
He would feel that way, that's
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right. Now, in... in another
statement, I would like to read
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and then, I'll let you pick
it up but another statement that
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if... in the Remnant Study
Bible, it's another statement of
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prophecy, in Kings, I love it
and it goes along with Chapter
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18:21, what I just got
through reading. It says,
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> It says here, it says
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They're afraid, like you said,
they wanna >> That's right.
00:18:57.72\00:18:59.27
please everyone. >>
That's right. > It says,
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>> Isn't that sad? > not one in
all that... those thousands of
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people not one would stand with
Elijah and yet they considered
00:19:10.85\00:19:15.78
themselves Christians, you know
they are Israelites and in their
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minds... in their minds, they
we're being honored by God but
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not one would stand up when
the truth was right there and
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that... that should >> and if
times is good, whether they've
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been standing, probably.
> Yeah. >> When times of
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trouble > They weren't. >> They
weren't standing. That's right.
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> And... and then
it says here, it says,
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> Which that word
persisted is... is a good word
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> And yet, I'll bet, if you were
there, if we can go back in time
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and talk to them before
they were up on that... that
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mountain, Mount Carmel
there, if you said, "are you a
00:20:04.14\00:20:07.63
Christian?" Of course, they...
they, that term wasn't used but
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"do you believe in God, are you
an Israelite?" Oh, they would've
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bragged about God. "Our God is
God of Israel. Our God is better
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than the Philistines and the
Amorites and the Hittites. " I
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bet you they would've bragged
about their leader God but yet
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when it came to
the test, it says,
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> Did... this is it.
The last sentence says,
00:20:30.85\00:20:34.56
>> Amen. Amen and we... we know
the story as it proceeds after
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that, you know they had two
sacrifices and... and I'm gonna
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pick that up in verse > OK >>
26 and there... there is just so
00:20:48.88\00:20:52.01
much but it says,
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> Wow!
00:21:00.13\00:21:01.10
> Elijah had seen enough by this
time, Amen. > I think he... I
00:21:09.66\00:21:13.55
think he'd seen enough
from he first started but he was
00:21:13.58\00:21:15.19
patient, wasn't he? >>
He was patient but he said,
00:21:15.22\00:21:17.17
>> And > Rudy, I wonder >> Yeah.
> because people, they would you
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know, I mean, Israelites, not
one stood. I wonder if they were
00:21:32.22\00:21:36.75
starting to, maybe, get just
a little bit embarrassed because
00:21:36.78\00:21:41.28
now, Baal's not doing anything,
they were afraid to stand
00:21:41.31\00:21:44.03
>> That's right. > and...
and now, Elijah is getting bold
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enough, he's mocking >> Yeah,
and... > the whole system > and
00:21:47.22\00:21:49.95
I heard one Pastor years ago,
say that wasn't really mocking,
00:21:49.98\00:21:52.95
that was 'sanctified sarcasm'
> Yeah. That's a good one.
00:21:52.98\00:21:56.25
>> and so but... but regardless,
the people are still not in the
00:21:56.28\00:22:00.72
picture. > Yeah. >> I mean,
spirituality, they're not in the
00:22:00.75\00:22:03.00
picture. > Right. That's right.
>> I mean, they're just...
00:22:03.03\00:22:04.32
they're just still hanging
on there and so, then and let's
00:22:04.35\00:22:09.68
pick it up in
verse 30, said that,
00:22:09.71\00:22:11.65
>> and really, that's what
God has been telling his people
00:22:15.19\00:22:17.39
> Yes. >> from
the very beginning
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>> and then as we read on, he
put water around it. Why do you
00:22:32.55\00:22:36.06
think he did that? > Well, I
can tell you when he put water
00:22:36.09\00:22:39.80
around it, I... I wonder
what some of the people were
00:22:39.83\00:22:41.84
thinking. I... I mean, the first
thing that I thought about when
00:22:41.87\00:22:43.79
I read this, years ago, was
that they've got this drought.
00:22:43.82\00:22:47.44
>> That's right. > I mean
>> That's right. > Trees are
00:22:47.47\00:22:49.74
dead. I mean, they've got a
drought and then Elijah says,
00:22:49.77\00:22:52.09
"bring the water over here and
let's just pour it. " I mean,
00:22:52.12\00:22:54.38
it's like >> Water was precious
in that day's > Very precious,
00:22:54.41\00:22:56.29
like gold. >> Yeah, that's right
but he... but they bring water
00:22:56.32\00:22:59.35
but don't you think that
possibly it was because, to
00:22:59.38\00:23:02.97
prove, that may be through the
heat of the day and all this,
00:23:03.00\00:23:06.59
you know, Elijah didn't want
the people to say... God didn't
00:23:06.62\00:23:10.02
want the people to say, that
well, it was almost ready to
00:23:10.05\00:23:14.06
start anyways. > Yeah. That's
it. I think that, because...
00:23:14.09\00:23:17.11
because, the... the verse before
that, it wasn't... it... knew
00:23:17.14\00:23:21.11
when he start mocking >> That's
right, that's right > but this
00:23:21.14\00:23:22.98
thing went all day long >> but
at the heat of the day, so >Yes.
00:23:23.01\00:23:26.15
>> then after he did
that, in verse 34, it said,
00:23:26.18\00:23:29.13
>> So, can you imagine?
00:23:35.27\00:23:36.24
>> and I can imagine what the
people of Baal must have been
00:23:41.11\00:23:44.20
thinking > Right. >> lots of
luck. > Yeah. >> We can start
00:23:44.23\00:23:47.01
at dry, > That's right. >>
you know, so, you know, we can
00:23:47.04\00:23:50.40
start at dry.
00:23:50.43\00:23:51.40
>> In verse 36
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>> and before we go on, I just
think it's so interesting here,
00:24:20.40\00:24:24.01
that Elijah is giving all praise
and honor to who? > To God.
00:24:24.04\00:24:27.98
>> To God. He's not saying, "OK,
you've had enough, now let's see
00:24:28.01\00:24:31.68
what I can do. " > Right. >>
He didn't say that. He's... he's
00:24:31.71\00:24:35.01
giving all the honor and praise
to God and he's thanking God in
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advance. > Yeah. >> You know one
they call that? Faith. > That's
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.46
faith. That's right. >> Amen.
That's what that is, that's...
00:24:41.49\00:24:43.91
that's faith. > That's really
good. >> And then, verse 38,
00:24:43.94\00:24:47.09
>> I mean, this fire, burnt up
stones, burnt up dust. I mean,
00:24:53.80\00:24:58.38
that's... that's some fire.
I mean, if it was a... a candle
00:24:58.41\00:25:01.36
fire that come up, it would've
been a miracle. > Right. >> but
00:25:01.39\00:25:04.17
I mean this fire burnt up
stones and burned up dust.
00:25:04.20\00:25:06.29
> And the water. >> And "it
licked up the water that was
00:25:06.32\00:25:09.36
in the trench. "
00:25:09.39\00:25:10.36
>> Now they're speaking.
> Right. >> Now they've got
00:25:13.15\00:25:15.46
something to say. > Right.
>> You know, before they was
00:25:15.49\00:25:17.53
quiet as a mouse, now
they've got something to say
00:25:17.56\00:25:20.40
>> And I mean, they
was, ecstatic about it
00:25:23.24\00:25:25.36
>> but now the people are
finally, and it's too bad, in
00:25:34.34\00:25:37.26
our own lives, you know, I know
time is getting short but, in
00:25:37.29\00:25:40.85
our own lives, you and I and
everybody that's watching, you
00:25:40.88\00:25:45.24
know, it's easy to stand, once
a miracle takes place > Right.
00:25:45.27\00:25:48.89
>> but it would be so much
better to stand in the face of
00:25:48.92\00:25:52.38
problems and instead of just
waiting, sitting around waiting
00:25:52.41\00:25:56.50
for the miracle and then get on
the wagon. > Yeah and I've heard
00:25:56.53\00:25:59.37
so many people Rudy, that...
that had said, "Well, when this
00:25:59.40\00:26:03.13
happens" >> Yeah, that's right.
> "I'll change" but you know,
00:26:03.16\00:26:05.29
we're told that 'a character is
only revealed in a crisis' and
00:26:05.32\00:26:10.66
at this crisis, the people's
character were revealed. They
00:26:10.69\00:26:13.86
were afraid to say anything.
Why? Because they hadn't
00:26:13.89\00:26:15.93
practiced righteousness.
>> That's right. > They'd only
00:26:15.96\00:26:18.39
did what the King had said and
they might had grumbled but...
00:26:18.42\00:26:21.59
but... but they weren't willing
to stand up. Here Elijah was
00:26:21.62\00:26:24.82
willing. Why? Because Elijah was
filled with the Word, he studied
00:26:24.85\00:26:27.46
the Word and I think that's
the thing that I... that just in
00:26:27.49\00:26:30.49
these last few minutes before
we end here, I just wanna appeal
00:26:30.52\00:26:33.27
to each and every one of you
today, you know, are you... are
00:26:33.30\00:26:36.36
you in the Word, are you making
it practical in your very lives,
00:26:36.39\00:26:40.11
moment by moment and day by day
because God wants you to be an
00:26:40.14\00:26:42.51
because God wants
you to be an Elijah.
00:26:42.52\00:26:44.45
Each one of you can
be. You don't have to
00:26:44.48\00:26:46.73
be like these other people and
believe me there is plenty of
00:26:46.76\00:26:49.39
things going on. I'll bet
in your lives, many times, week
00:26:49.42\00:26:52.78
after week, maybe every other
day or something that you're
00:26:52.81\00:26:56.28
being tested and how are
you coming out in that test. You
00:26:56.31\00:26:59.37
don't want one foot in and one
foot out. God is only calling
00:26:59.40\00:27:03.02
for those people that will have
both feet into his Word. Listen
00:27:03.05\00:27:07.05
to that still small voice
and God will honor you when you
00:27:07.08\00:27:10.79
honor Him. Well, we're out
of time. >> Out of time, but
00:27:10.82\00:27:14.22
> Goes to fast. >> It... it
does but the people was waiting
00:27:14.25\00:27:17.56
for a miracle. Elijah was
working on a miracle. > That's
00:27:17.59\00:27:21.65
right. >> That's the difference.
> That's the difference. >> We
00:27:21.68\00:27:22.76
may or we may not be
working on a miracle or waiting.
00:27:22.79\00:27:24.88
> Absolutely. Well, until next
time, make sure you get in the
00:27:24.91\00:27:29.46
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and you... and you surrender
00:27:29.49\00:27:32.68
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