Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM FIRST
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KINGS, CHAPTER 19 ON ELIJAH.
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(theme music) WP:
HERE IS THE CHALLENGE,
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOOK
AT THE BIBLE, AND IF WE EVEN
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BELIEVE IN IT WE SAY, "AH,
UM, WASN'T MUCH DRAMA IN THERE."
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FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS,
AHAB AND JEZEBEL HAVE CONTACTED
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ALL OF THE NATIONS WITHIN
REACH, AND THEY HAVE SAID TO
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THEM, "SEARCH YOUR
COUNTRY FOR A MAN NAMED ELIJAH.
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YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND HIM; HE
DRESSES FUNNY--COARSE GARMENTS.
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YOU'LL KNOW HIM ALSO
BECAUSE SAYS AMAZING THINGS.
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HE'S CAUGHT UP IN SOME POWER
TRIP THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
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WE DON'T CARE IF YOU
LIKE HIM OR NOT--FIND HIM !
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AND WE WANT HIM HERE.
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AND EVERY HEAD OF STATE HAD
ANSWERED, "WE CAN'T FIND HIM."
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MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT
SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
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CONCURRENTLY, BUT
I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE.
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NOW GOD SAYS, "GO AND
SHOW YOURSELF TO AHAB."
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME FAITH
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NOW, BECAUSE THE WHOLE COUNTRY
IS DRY AND PARCHED, SOME PARENTS
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HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FEED THEM.
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IS THE PLACE STIRRED UP ?
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THESE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED TO
ANYONE WHO WAS IN AUTHORITY AND
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THEY SAY, "WHAT'S HAPPENING ?
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WHAT'S CAUSING THIS ?"
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AHAB'S ANSWER, "IT'S A STRANGE
LOOKING MAN NAMED ELIJAH."
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THEY BLAMED HIM FOR IT.
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AND GOD SAYS, "NOW I
WANT YOU TO GO TO AHAB.
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GO SHOW YOURSELF TO HIM AND
TELL HIM THAT IF WE CAN WORK
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THIS THING OUT AS I INSTRUCT
YOU, THERE WILL BE RAIN."
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SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW GOD
WELL ENOUGH, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID
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TO GO, I DON'T CARE HOW HARD
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
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YOU GO ON UP THERE IN HIS
FACE, BECAUSE IF GOD BE FOR YOU,
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WHO COULD BE AGAINST YOU ?
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SO, ARE YOU AFRAID OF AHAB ?
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I DON'T THINK SO.
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GOD HAS HIDDEN YOU AND NOW
HE BRINGS YOU OUT, SO INSTEAD OF
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RUNNING INTO AHAB, ELIJAH
RUNS INTO OBADIAH, WHO IS THE
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GOVERNOR OF AHAB'S
HOUSE, A MAN WHO BELIEVES IN THE
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GOD OF HEAVEN, WHO DURING THE
INTERIM, WHEN JEZEBEL WENT OUT
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TO KILL EVERY PROPHET OF THE
GOD OF HEAVEN SHE COULD FIND,
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THIS MAN HID A HUNDRED OF
THEM IN A CAVE BY FIFTIES.
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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
SOME SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH
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GOD TO DISOBEY THE MAN WHOSE
HOUSE YOU ARE GOVERNOR OVER.
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BUT IF GOD IS IN YOUR
HEART, YOU GET HOLY BOLDNESS.
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YOU DON'T GET
SILLY; YOU GET BOLD.
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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
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SO HE'S STILL WORKING IN
THE HOUSE OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL,
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BUT HE HAS HIDDEN A
HUNDRED OF THE PROPHETS OF GOD.
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AND NOW HE RUNS INTO ELIJAH.
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HERE'S HOW THIS GOES, AND I KNOW
YOU DON'T THINK IT OUGHT TO BE
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TRAUMATIC, BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IS THAT EVERY HEAD OF STATE THAT
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HAS ANSWERED BACK HAS
SAID, "WE CAN'T FIND HIM.
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WE HEARD HE WAS HERE, BUT WHEN
WE GO TO LOOK WHERE THEY SAID
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HE WAS, HE'S NOT THERE."
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HOW MANY BELIEVE
GOD CAN DO THAT ?
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SOME OF YOU IN HERE ARE WORRIED
ABOUT YOUR ENEMIES RIGHT NOW;
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WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO YOU.
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YOU KNOW SOMETHING; IF
GOD IS WITH YOU YOUR ENEMIES
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CAN'T FIND YOU.
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THEY'LL GO WHERE PEOPLE SAID YOU
WERE; PEOPLE ARE USUALLY WRONG,
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ANYWAY, SO THAT'S NOT A MIRACLE,
BUT EVEN WHEN YOU NEED A
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MIRACLE, GOD CAN MAKE YOU NOT
BE WHERE THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE.
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SO, OBADIAH SAYS,
"WHOA, HOW YOU DOING ?"
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"I'M FINE, HOW ABOUT YOU ?"
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"WELL, OKAY."
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HE SAID, "GO TELL AHAB
I WANT TO TALK TO HIM."
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"PLEASE, PLEASE,
YOU KNOW I RESPECT YOU.
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YOU KNOW YOU AND I BELIEVE
IN THE SAME GOD, BUT IF I GO
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TELL HIM THAT I FOUND YOU AFTER
ALL THE PEOPLE HE'S CONTACTED
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TO FIND YOU, AND THEN I
COME BACK WITH HIM AND YOU ARE
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NOT HERE, ELIJAH, I'M
GOING TO BE GONE, YOU KNOW.
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I'VE BEEN PLAYING A PRETTY
DECENT BALANCING ACT LIVING IN
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THE MAN'S HOUSE, BELIEVING IN
THE GOD THAT YOU AND I KNOW TO
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BE TRUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT RK.
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WHY DON'T YOU GO TELL SOMEBODY
ELSE TO GO GET AHAB FOR YOU ?
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ELIJAH SAYS, "NO,
I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE.
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BRING HIM.
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I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
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YOUR LIFE IS NOT IN
DANGER; YOU CAN TRUST MY WORD."
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SO OBADIAH GOES AND
SAYS, "AHAB, SIR, THIS IS NOT
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AN EASY THING TO SAY.
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I HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR."
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"WHO IS IT ?"
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"WELL, DO YOU WANT
TO SIT DOWN, SIR ?"
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"I'LL SIT DOWN;
TELL ME WHO IT IS ?"
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"IT'S ELIJAH."
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"YOU HAVE FOUND ELIJAH ?"
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"SIR, I DID NOT
FIND HIM; HE FOUND ME.
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REMEMBER YOU WERE OUT SEARCHING
FOR ENOUGH WATER TO KEEP OUR
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LIVESTOCK ALIVE, AND I WAS, TOO.
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WE SPLIT UP AT YOUR INSTRUCTION.
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I WISH WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEN I WOULDN'T BE
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WORRIED ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION,
BUT HE DID NOT COME TO YOU;
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HE CAME TO ME, AND HE
TOLD ME TO BRING YOU TO HIM."
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INCIDENTALLY, IF YOU SERVE
GOD, GOD WILL BRING YOUR ENEMIES
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TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME.
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WHEN AHAB SHOWS UP--YOU
KNOW SOMETHING, WHEN YOU'VE BEEN
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LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY FOR A LONG
TIME, AND YOU'VE BEEN THINKING
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ABOUT ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS
YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO THEM, AND
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THEN YOU RUN INTO SOMEBODY
WHO KNOWS THE MOST HIGH GOD, AND
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YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT
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YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD ?
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IN FACT, THE CLOSER YOU
GET TO THEM, THE MORE OF GOD'S
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INFLUENCE YOU FEEL, AND
YOU REALIZE THAT I'D BETTER BE
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CAREFUL WHAT I DO BECAUSE THE
POWER THAT'S WITH HIM IS GREATER
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THAN THE POWER THAT IS WITH ME.
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I'VE GOT
SOLDIERS, BUT HE'S GOT GOD.
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ALL THAT STUFF HE SAID, I'M
SURE HE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS
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WITH JEZEBEL AND SAID,
"YOU WAIT TILL I FIND HIM.
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WHEN I FIRST LAY EYES
ON HIM, I'M GOING TO CAUSE
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HIS LIFE TO BE MISERABLE."
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BUT NOW THAT HE COMES INTO
THE PRESENCE OF THE MAN OF GOD,
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ALL HE CAN SAY IS, "ART
THOU HE THAT TROUBLETH ISRAEL ?"
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HEY, GUESS WHAT ELIJAH SAYS ?
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SEE, YOU FOLK, YOU'VE GOT
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN GOD
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ENDORSES YOUR MINISTRY,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BACK DOWN,
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK
AROUND WITH HAT IN HAND.
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YOU SHOULDN'T MEAN TO
PEOPLE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
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AROUND ACTING AS
THOUGH YOU HAVE NO POWER.
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WHEN YOU'VE GOT GOD ON
YOUR SIDE, YOU'VE GOT POWER.
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LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THIS.
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HERE IS A MAN WITH POWER.
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SO HE SAYS, "YOU ARE THE
ONE; YOU AND YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE
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ARE THE ONES WHO
BROUGHT THE TROUBLE ON ISRAEL."
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HE SAID, "I'VE COME TO BRING
YOU A PROPOSITION FROM GOD.
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I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO
GET ALL OF THE PROPHETS OF
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BAAL, 450 OF THEM.
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I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GET
THE PROPHETS WHO EAT FROM YOUR
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WIFE'S TABLE, 400 OF THEM.
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I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO BRING
THEM WITH YOU TO MT. CARMEL.
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BRING TWO BULLOCKS WITH YOU.
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AND HERE IS WHAT I PROPOSE:
WHY DON'T WE SETTLE THIS THING
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ABOUT WHO IS REALLY GOD.
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IT'S TIME TO STOP
HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS."
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YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IS WRONG
RIGHT NOW WITH MOST CHRISTIANS ?
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WE HALT BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS.
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WE WANT TO BE WITH THE LORD;
WE WANT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
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JESUS, BUT EVERY NOW AND
THEN WHEN WE GET AROUND POWERFUL
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PEOPLE, WE KIND OF WANT
TO KIND OF HOBNOB WITH THEM.
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SO, WE TALK LIKE THEY WANT
US TO TALK, AND WE STOP CALLING
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ON THE NAME OF GOD
AND TRY TO USE EUPHEMISMS.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND
ONE DAY--WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON ?
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WHO IS IT THAT
REALLY HAS THE POWER ?
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SO, HE SAYS, "YOU TELL
THEM TO BRING THE BULLOCKS
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AND WE'LL MEET ON MT.
CARMEL, AND WHEN THEY COME, WE
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WILL MAKE A DECISION.
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WE WILL CHOOSE WHICH BULLOCK;
WE WILL LET THEM CHOOSE.
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I'LL TAKE THE ONE THEY DON'T
WANT, AND ON THAT DAY, WHEN WE
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GO TO MAKE SACRIFICES, WE WILL
BRING NO FIRE, AND THE GOD WHO
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ANSWERS BY FIRE WILL BE GOD."
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AHAB SAID, "NO
PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM.
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I'VE GOT 850 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
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YOU THINK THEY
CAN'T MAKE FIRE ?"
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THEY GO TO CARMEL.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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YOU REMEMBER THE SAME GOD WHO
TOLD HIM TO GO TO THE PALACE OF
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AHAB AND JEZEBEL, AND HE
WAS FINE BECAUSE GOD SENT HIM.
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THE BROOK CHERITH ?
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FINE, GOD SENT HIM.
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ZEREPHETH ?
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FINE, GOD SENT HIM.
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CARMEL ?
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I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS.
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GOD TOLD HIM WHAT TO
DO, AND IF YOU TAKE GOD'S
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PLAN, YOU'RE FINE.
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SO THERE WAS NEVER ANY
DOUBT IN THIS PROPHET'S MIND,
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BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IF
GOD SENDS YOU, IT'S DONE.
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IT'S DONE.
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YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
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SOMEBODY'S
WORRYING ABOUT TUITION.
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WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT ON
GOD'S SIDE, KEEP WORRYING.
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KEEP WORRYING.
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SOMEBODY'S WORRYING ABOUT WHAT
THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO DO TO MY
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PARENTS, AND HOW WILL THEY DO ?
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IF YOU'RE NOT ON GOD'S SIDE,
KEEP WORRYING, BECAUSE NOBODY
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CAN ALLAY YOUR FEARS
EXCEPT THE GOD OF HEAVEN, AND HE
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CAN MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT.
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SO, THIS PROPHET WALKS UP
TO CARMEL AND TELLS HIM, "WHY
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DON'T YOU GO FIRST
BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE OF YOU ?"
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AND 850 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, ALONG
WITH THOUSANDS WHO REPRESENT
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ISRAEL; THEY ARE THERE WHEN
ELIJAH SAYS, "CHOOSE YE THIS
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DAY WHOM YOU'LL SERVE."
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AND WHEN HE PUTS THE QUESTION
TO THEM, ALL THOSE RELIGIOUS
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PEOPLE--AND SEE, SOME FOLK
DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT ALL
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THOSE PEOPLE HAD CLAIMED THAT
THEY WERE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM;
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THAT THEY WERE GOD'S CHILDREN;
THEY WERE CHILDREN OF GOD
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JEHOVAH, AND YET, WHEN
ELIJAH PUTS THE QUESTION,
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HE CAN'T GET AN ANSWER--LIKE
SOME FOLK IN CHURCHES.
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I'M NOT SAYING EVERYBODY'S
GOT TO BE SAYING AMEN AT
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THE TOP OF YOUR VOICES,
BUT WHEN YOU HEAR SOME TRUTH,
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YOU OUGHT TO AT LEAST
RESPOND IN SOME WAY TO TRUTH.
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BUT HE SAYS,
"WHOM WILL YOU SERVE ?"
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AND THE PEOPLE SAID NOT A WORD.
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IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT GOD
HATES, IT IS NEUTRALITY; PEOPLE
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WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING.
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AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE
IN ANYTHING, YOU ARE LIABLE
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TO FALL FOR ANYTHING.
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SO THE PEOPLE ARE QUIET.
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AND THEN THEY START.
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YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT--YOU'VE
HEARD PREACHERS GO ON AND
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ON ABOUT ALL THE PRACTICES
OF THESE RELIGIOUS FOLK.
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HOW THEY WERE SOMEWHAT
LOUD IN THEIR REMONSTRATIONS
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AND HOW THEY CUT THEMSELVES
EVENTUALLY BECAUSE THEY
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WERE CALLING ON BAAL.
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THEY WANTED HIM TO SHOW
HIMSELF; BRING FIRE DOWN.
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I HAPPEN TO KNOW FROM ONE OF MY
FAVORITE WRITERS THAT THE PRINCE
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OF THE POWER OF THE AIR WAS
THERE, AND HE TRIED HIS BEST
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TO GET SOME LIGHTNING ON MT.
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CARMEL, BUT WHEN SATAN WAS
THERE WITH HIS PRINCELY POWER,
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GOD WAS THERE WITH ALL OF
HIS ANGELS, AND THEY WOULD NOT
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LET LIGHTNING COME DOWN.
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IT MIGHT HAVE COME DOWN LOW,
BUT IT@OULD NOT TOUCH CARMEL,
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BECAUSE GOD WAS NOT ABOUT TO
ALLOW SATAN TO MESS UP THIS DAY.
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THIS WAS A DAY OF CHOICE !
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AND INCIDENTALLY,
ELIJAH WAS WATCHING, TOO.
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SOME FOLK THINK
BECAUSE YOU PRAY YOU DON'T HAVE
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TO WATCH, YOU KNOW.
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LIKE, "HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE ?"
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"WELL, I JUST HAD THESE TWO
LITTLE ROCKS, AND I WAS JUST
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SEEING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
I KIND OF RUB THEM LIKE THIS."
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"PUT THE ROCKS DOWN.
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YOUR GOD NEEDS YOUR
HELP WITH LITTLE ROCKS.
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I THOUGHT YOUR GOD WAS POWERFUL.
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TELL BAAL TO BRING THE FIRE.
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PUT THE ROCKS DOWN."
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"WELL, I DIDN'T
KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING."
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"I'M LOOKING.
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I'M PRAYING, BUT I'M WATCHING."
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AND ALL DAY LONG THEY GOT
TO NOON, AND THEN ELIJAH STARTS
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DOING SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE
THINK IS REALLY OUT OF PLACE.
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YOU KNOW SOME RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR
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AT ALL, AND I DON'T WANT TO
HURT YOUR FEELINGS, BUT WHAT
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IS WRONG WITH YOU ?
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WHEN YOU'RE
HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT !
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WHEN YOU'VE GOT JESUS' JOY
IN YOUR HEART, WHEN YOU LOOK
00:14:05.73\00:14:09.70
AT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,
LOVE, THE FIRST THING THAT
00:14:09.70\00:14:14.00
HAPPENS AFTER LOVE IS JOY,
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY JOY,
00:14:14.00\00:14:18.66
I'M WONDERING IF
YOU'VE GOT ANY SPIRIT !
00:14:18.66\00:14:21.70
THAT'S JOY IN YOUR HEART !
00:14:21.70\00:14:23.76
ELIJAH WAS UP THERE CONFIDENT
SO WHEN THEY COULDN'T GET THEIR
00:14:23.76\00:14:26.40
GOD TO COME, HE SAID, "MAYBE
HE'S TRAVELING, MAYBE HE'S
00:14:26.40\00:14:32.40
HUNTING, MAYBE YOU NEED TO
CALL A LITTLE LOUDER BECAUSE
00:14:32.40\00:14:38.56
HE MAY HAVE GONE ON SOME TRIP.
00:14:38.56\00:14:41.36
OR MAYBE HE'S SLEEPING.
00:14:41.36\00:14:45.16
MY GOD DOESN'T SLEEP.
00:14:45.16\00:14:47.56
HE NEVER SLEEPS; HE NEVER
SLUMBERS, BUT YOUR GOD MAY
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BE ASLEEP, WHY DON'T YOU
CALL HIM A LITTLE LOUDER ?"
00:14:52.63\00:14:54.80
AND FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
UNTIL THE TIME OF THE EVENING
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SACRIFICE, THOSE
PEOPLE DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU
00:14:57.60\00:15:01.33
HAVE READ ABOUT.
00:15:01.33\00:15:02.63
I DO NOT DISPARAGE THEM BECAUSE
I DO NOT POKE FUN AT OTHER
00:15:02.63\00:15:07.23
PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS PRACTICES.
00:15:07.23\00:15:09.60
I DON'T POKE FUN AT THAT.
00:15:09.60\00:15:11.93
YOU DO WHATEVER YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD DO WITHIN THE CONTEXT
00:15:11.93\00:15:15.56
OF YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM.
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BUT THEN WHEN IT CAME
TIME FOR ELIJAH, HE STOOD,
00:15:17.90\00:15:20.43
YOU KNOW, CALMED DOWN.
00:15:20.43\00:15:23.26
"HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO."
00:15:23.26\00:15:25.23
THE FOLK WENT TEARING DOWN
TO THE PLACE WHERE WE SACRIFICE
00:15:25.23\00:15:28.96
TO OUR GOD, SO LET'S START
OFF BY PUTTING THE STONES BACK
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WHERE THEY OUGHT TO BE--12
STONES FOR THE SONS OF JACOB.
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PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE.
00:15:36.40\00:15:38.56
THEN PUT THE BOARD THERE.
00:15:38.56\00:15:40.93
LET'S CUT THE OFFERING, LET'S
CUT IT AS IT OUGHT TO BE CUT,
00:15:40.93\00:15:46.13
BUT THEN I WANT YOU TO DO A
LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA, BECAUSE
00:15:46.13\00:15:48.20
GOD IS ABOUT TO SHOW HIMSELF."
00:15:48.20\00:15:51.73
DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT, WHO
KNOWS THAT GOD CAN SHOW UP ?
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AND WHEN HE SHOWS UP
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
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SO, HE SAID, "BRING
FOUR BARRELS OF WATER IN THAT
00:16:00.96\00:16:05.70
TRENCH I TOLD YOU TO DIG,
AND LET'S POUR IT IN THERE.
00:16:05.70\00:16:08.93
IN FACT, GO GET
ANOTHER LOAD--MAKE IT 8; GO GET
00:16:08.93\00:16:14.03
ANOTHER LOAD, MAKE IT 12."
00:16:14.03\00:16:17.50
"I DON'T HE MEANS TO DO."
00:16:17.50\00:16:23.56
AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF STRANGE
REACTION AT ALL, HE SIMPLY
00:16:23.56\00:16:29.66
TURNS HIS EYES HEAVENWARD.
00:16:29.66\00:16:34.00
"GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND
JACOB, IF I'M YOUR SERVANT AND
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IF I'VE DONE WHAT YOU'VE
TOLD ME TO DO, THEN SEND FIRE."
00:16:42.53\00:16:50.46
FORGIVE ME; I'M JUST
TRYING TO CALM MYSELF DOWN.
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FIRE DID NOT
ERUPT ON THE GROUND.
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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPICIOUS.
00:16:59.83\00:17:03.06
FIRE RAINED DOWN FROM AS HIGH AS
YOU COULD SEE IN THE SKY, LIKE
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LIGHTNING FALLING AT FIRST.
00:17:09.16\00:17:11.80
THEN LIKE THE PILLAR OF CLOUD
THAT FOLLOWED ISRAEL AT NIGHT IN
00:17:11.80\00:17:16.60
THE WILDERNESS, AND THE STRANGE
THING THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT
00:17:16.60\00:17:20.20
THE PILLAR OF CLOUD AND
THE PILLAR OF FIRE IS THAT AT
00:17:20.20\00:17:23.60
NIGHT, WHEN THE PILLAR OF FIRE
SEPARATED BETWEEN GOD'S PEOPLE,
00:17:23.60\00:17:27.73
THE ISRAELITES, AND THE
EGYPTIANS, IT WAS SO HIGH THAT
00:17:27.73\00:17:31.13
IT LOOKED LIKE IT REACHED ALL
THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN, AND NOBODY
00:17:31.13\00:17:34.33
WAS ABOUT TO COME AROUND IT.
00:17:34.33\00:17:37.40
IT WAS TOO WIDE.
00:17:37.40\00:17:38.56
NOBODY WAS TRYING TO
COME THROUGH IT, AND THEY KNEW
00:17:38.56\00:17:40.90
FROM WHENCE IT CAME.
00:17:40.90\00:17:42.43
IT WAS NOT ORDINARY FIRE !
00:17:42.43\00:17:47.93
AND WHEN THOSE FOLK LOOKED UP,
GOD MADE IT SO THAT FIRE POURED
00:17:47.93\00:17:53.60
DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND CAME
DOWN AND BURNED UP THE BULLOCK,
00:17:53.60\00:17:58.16
BURNED UP THE WOOD, BURNED
UP THE STONES, LICKED UP THE
00:17:58.16\00:18:01.70
DUST AND THE WATER EVANESCED.
00:18:01.70\00:18:07.20
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT, AND EVEN
THE PROPHETS OF BAAL BOWED DOWN.
00:18:07.20\00:18:15.16
THE BIBLE SAYS THERE WILL COME
A DAY WHEN EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW,
00:18:15.16\00:18:21.53
AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS.
00:18:21.53\00:18:23.90
NOW I'VE GOT TO YOU THIS FAST,
BECAUSE THIS, AMAZINGLY, IS
00:18:23.90\00:18:28.36
WHAT I CAME TO PREACH ABOUT.
00:18:28.36\00:18:33.90
GOD SAID GO TO THE PALACE, GOD
SAID GO TO THE BROOK CHERITH,
00:18:33.90\00:18:38.56
GOD SAID GO TO ZEREPHETH,
GOD SAID GO BACK TO THE PALACE,
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MEET HIM WHEREVER HE IS,
GOD SAID GO TO CARMEL, BUT NOW
00:18:43.70\00:18:47.63
EVEN ELIJAH FINDS HIMSELF GOING
WHERE GOD HAS NOT SENT HIM.
00:18:47.63\00:18:55.43
WHEN THAT THING HAPPENED, THEY
WENT DOWN AND KILLED ALL THE
00:18:55.43\00:18:59.10
PROPHETS OF BAAL AND ALL THE
PROPHETS THAT ATE AT THE TABLE
00:18:59.10\00:19:02.23
OF JEZEBEL, AND YOU WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE
00:19:02.23\00:19:05.43
MEANT REVIVAL, BECAUSE ALL THOSE
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO SERVED
00:19:05.43\00:19:09.23
STRANGE GODS WERE NOW DEAD.
00:19:09.23\00:19:11.90
THEN ELIJAH SAYS GO TELL AHAB TO
EAT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY
00:19:11.90\00:19:17.63
TO COME DOWN FROM HERE
BECAUSE GOD SAID RAIN IS COMING.
00:19:17.63\00:19:20.96
THE SERVANT GOES OUT AND
TRIES TO SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING;
00:19:20.96\00:19:23.36
THERE ARE NO CLOUDS, BUT THE
MAN OF GOD HAS HIS HEAD BETWEEN
00:19:23.36\00:19:26.03
HIS KNEES; HE'S PRAYING.
00:19:26.03\00:19:27.50
HE SAYS, "GO BACK, GO BACK."
00:19:27.50\00:19:28.73
HE GOES BACK SIX TIMES--NOTHING.
00:19:28.73\00:19:33.83
BUT NUMBER SEVEN,
HOWEVER, HAS THE ABILITY OF
00:19:33.83\00:19:36.80
REPRESENTING PERFECTION.
00:19:36.80\00:19:39.86
WHEN HE WENT OUT THE SEVENTH
TIME, HE CAME BACK AND SAID,
00:19:39.86\00:19:42.13
"ELIJAH, I SEE SOME LITTLE CLOUD
LIKE THE SIZE OF A MAN'S HAND."
00:19:42.13\00:19:46.66
HE SAID, "I'M GOING DOWN
TO TELL AHAB I'M GETTING READY
00:19:46.66\00:19:48.70
TO GUIDE HIM HOME, NOW.
00:19:48.70\00:19:50.76
BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THAT,
GOD IS ABOUT TO SEND RAIN."
00:19:51.80\00:19:53.70
HE GOES AND TELLS AHAB,
"I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU HOME."
00:19:53.70\00:19:56.26
STRANGE THING, ISN'T IT, WHEN
YOU STAND FOR GOD, YOU DON'T
00:19:56.26\00:19:58.70
HAVE TO BE MEAN TO PEOPLE.
00:19:58.70\00:20:00.16
HE GETS IN FRONT OF HIS CHARIOT
AND THE RAIN STARTS COMING.
00:20:00.16\00:20:03.50
SOMEBODY SAY AMEN FOR THE RAIN !
00:20:03.50\00:20:05.63
THE RAIN FALLS IN TORRENTS.
00:20:06.60\00:20:08.16
HE TAKES THIS KING BACK
TO JEZREEL TO HIS HOME AND IS
00:20:08.16\00:20:12.13
CONTENT TO SLEEP
OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN !
00:20:12.13\00:20:17.06
IF YOU'VE BEEN PREDICTING RAIN
BY THE POWER OF GOD, THE BEST
00:20:17.06\00:20:20.53
THING FOR YOU TO FEEL ON YOUR
BODY IS RAIN THAT GOD SENT !
00:20:20.53\00:20:27.16
SO, IN THE RAIN HE SLEEPS.
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.53
I'M SURE THE MAN OF GOD THOUGHT,
"IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.
00:20:29.53\00:20:32.96
WHEN JEZEBEL HEARS ABOUT
THIS, SHE'S GOING TO TURN;
00:20:32.96\00:20:36.23
HER HEART WILL MELT."
00:20:36.23\00:20:38.20
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
WOMEN IN A NEGATIVE FASHION
00:20:38.20\00:20:40.80
IN THIS STORY BECAUSE
THERE ARE SOME MEN, ALSO, FOR
00:20:40.80\00:20:47.36
WHOM NOTHING IS ENOUGH.
00:20:47.36\00:20:50.80
AHAB GOES INSIDE AND
SAYS, "HEY, JEZEBEL, YOU'RE NOT
00:20:50.80\00:20:55.33
GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.
00:20:55.33\00:20:56.66
OH, I WISH YOU'D
HAVE BEEN THERE TODAY."
00:20:56.66\00:20:59.06
"WHAT HAPPENED ?"
00:20:59.06\00:21:01.40
"WELL, FIRST THEY HAVE--YOU
KNOW I TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS
00:21:01.40\00:21:03.56
THING ABOUT THE BULLOCKS AND
WE DID ALL THAT STUFF, AND YOU
00:21:03.56\00:21:05.86
KNOW, YOUR PROPHETS, THEY
WERE GOOD, I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT
00:21:05.86\00:21:08.06
TO THEM; THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
00:21:08.06\00:21:10.36
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM.
00:21:10.36\00:21:11.80
EVEN THOSE 400 WHO EAT FROM
YOUR TABLE--THEY DID THE BEST
00:21:11.80\00:21:14.03
THEY COULD, I'M TELLING YOU.
00:21:14.03\00:21:15.26
I WATCHED THEM ALL DAY LONG.
00:21:15.26\00:21:16.60
THOSE GUYS GAVE THEIR ALL.
00:21:16.60\00:21:21.10
"BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG,
JEZEBEL, AND NO FIRE CAME.
00:21:21.10\00:21:24.16
THEN THAT ONE MAN OUT THERE
BY HIMSELF CALLED ON HIS GOD AND
00:21:24.16\00:21:28.56
FIRE RAINED DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN,
AND YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT
00:21:28.56\00:21:31.40
STARTED, WELL, NOT QUITE WHERE
IT STARTED, BUT YOU COULD SEE
00:21:31.40\00:21:34.06
IT COME ALL THE WAY DOWN AND IT
ATE UP THE SACRIFICE AND ATE UP
00:21:34.06\00:21:37.73
THE WOOD AND ATE UP THE STONES
AND ATE UP THE WATER AND THEN
00:21:37.73\00:21:41.00
IT LICKED UP THE DUST.
00:21:41.00\00:21:43.30
MAN YOU SHOULD
HAVE BEEN OUT THERE !"
00:21:43.30\00:21:45.63
SHE SAID, "AND
YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ?"
00:21:45.63\00:21:47.96
"YEAH, WELL, YOU
HAD TO BE THERE !"
00:21:47.96\00:21:50.10
"AND SO WHAT HAPPENED
WAS AFTER THAT HAPPENED WAS
00:21:50.10\00:21:52.60
ALL YOUR PRIESTS BOW DOWN."
00:21:52.60\00:21:55.96
"THEY DID WHAT ?"
00:21:55.96\00:21:57.86
"OH, AH, YEAH, THEY BOWED
DOWN, AND ALL YOUR PROPHETS
00:21:57.86\00:22:03.43
BOWED DOWN, AND AT THAT
POINT ALL OF US THOUGHT IT WAS
00:22:03.43\00:22:06.53
RIGHT TO KILL THEM."
00:22:06.53\00:22:16.90
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING, AHAB,
SOMETIMES I WORRY ABOUT YOU."
00:22:16.90\00:22:20.56
"WELL, THEY KILLED THEM.
00:22:20.56\00:22:24.86
THEY'RE GONE;
KILLED EVERY ONE OF THEM.
00:22:24.86\00:22:28.56
I JUST WISH YOU HAD BEEN
THERE, BECAUSE I THINK IF
00:22:28.56\00:22:31.60
YOU'D BEEN THERE, YOU'D
HAVE BEEN IN AGREEMENT WITH IT."
00:22:31.60\00:22:34.10
"OH, YOU THINK SO ?
00:22:34.10\00:22:35.76
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
CAN YOU GET ME A MESSENGER ?
00:22:35.76\00:22:38.13
COULD YOU CALL ME SOMEBODY ?
00:22:38.13\00:22:39.33
WHERE IS ELIJAH NOW ?"
00:22:39.33\00:22:41.33
"WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
00:22:41.33\00:22:42.30
HE LED ME DOWN HERE.
00:22:42.30\00:22:44.40
YOU KNOW, I RODE ON IN
TO THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S
00:22:44.40\00:22:47.00
THE LAST I SAW OF HIM.
00:22:47.00\00:22:48.20
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING."
00:22:48.20\00:22:49.80
"BRING ME A MESSENGER.
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.06
YOU GO TELL THAT MAN," AND
THIS IS A TRANSLITERATION, NOW,
00:22:52.06\00:22:55.56
"JUST AS SURE AS HE IS ELIJAH
AND I AM JEZEBEL, HE WILL BE
00:22:55.56\00:23:02.46
JUST LIKE MY PROPHETS
BY TOMORROW AT THIS TIME."
00:23:02.46\00:23:07.60
NOW, LET ME TALK FAST,
BUT I'VE GOT TO TALK STRAIGHT.
00:23:07.60\00:23:11.46
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ?
00:23:11.46\00:23:13.83
THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO THINK
THAT WHEN A MIRACULOUS THING
00:23:13.83\00:23:17.43
HAPPENS, THAT'S THE END.
00:23:17.43\00:23:21.10
"IT'S ALL OVER.
00:23:21.10\00:23:22.20
I WENT TO A WEEK OF
PRAYER AND I'M CHANGED.
00:23:22.20\00:23:25.53
IT'S GONE; I'M NOT GOING
TO HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS.
00:23:25.53\00:23:29.00
I COULD FEEL ALL MY
BURDENS FLOATING AWAY."
00:23:29.00\00:23:34.40
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG
ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT IS RIGHT
00:23:34.40\00:23:37.06
AFTER YOUR GREATEST TRIUMPHS
WHEN YOUR GREATEST TRIALS COME.
00:23:37.06\00:23:42.30
GOD HAS NOT PROMISED
UNTIL THE END TO TAKE AWAY ALL
00:23:42.30\00:23:46.30
OF SATAN'S POWER.
00:23:46.30\00:23:48.76
HE WILL LEAVE
SATAN WITH SOME POWER.
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.00
THE ONLY THING
THAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS:
00:23:51.00\00:23:53.10
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN US
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
00:23:53.10\00:23:56.30
IF YOU'VE GOT GREATER POWER,
THEN YOU CAN DEAL, RIGHT ?
00:23:56.30\00:24:01.36
SO THIS PROPHET WITH ALL
OF THAT COURAGE, FOR THE FIRST
00:24:01.36\00:24:05.53
TIME GOES SOMEWHERE
THAT GOD DIDN'T SEND HIM.
00:24:05.53\00:24:10.13
HE EVEN CAME TO
JEZREEL WHEN GOD SAID COME.
00:24:10.13\00:24:14.06
BUT NOW HE HEADS TO
BEERSHEBA BECAUSE HE'S SCARED.
00:24:14.06\00:24:19.50
THE VOICE OF JEZEBEL SCARED HIM.
00:24:19.50\00:24:23.63
ELIJAH GOES TO SLEEP AND
SOMEONE TOUCHES HIM, SOMEBODY.
00:24:23.63\00:24:28.56
IT'S AN ANGEL.
00:24:28.56\00:24:32.40
ANGEL SAYS, "WAKE UP,
I'VE GOT FOOD FOR YOU AND THERE
00:24:32.40\00:24:35.76
IT IS OVER THERE.
00:24:35.76\00:24:37.00
IT'S COOKED.
00:24:37.00\00:24:38.46
GET UP AND EAT."
00:24:38.46\00:24:40.30
HE GOES BACK TO SLEEP.
00:24:40.30\00:24:41.73
HE'S AWAKENED A SECOND TIME.
00:24:41.73\00:24:44.03
"GO EAT BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT A LONG JOURNEY."
00:24:44.03\00:24:46.00
NOW, LISTEN TO THIS; THIS
IS WHAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND.
00:24:46.00\00:24:49.96
ELIJAH IS NOW GOING
WHERE GOD HAS NOT SENT HIM.
00:24:49.96\00:24:53.26
IN FACT, HE IS GOING AWAY
FROM WHERE HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE,
00:24:53.26\00:24:59.20
AND THE GOD THAT SOME OF
US BELIEVE IN WOULD HAVE SAID,
00:24:59.20\00:25:01.86
"I'M NOT GOING TO HELP HIM.
00:25:01.86\00:25:03.13
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN."
00:25:03.13\00:25:04.60
BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT
GOD LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE
00:25:04.60\00:25:07.73
PURSUES US EVEN WHEN WE'RE
GOING WHERE HE DID NOT SEND US.
00:25:07.73\00:25:13.36
AND WHEN HE FINALLY GOT TO THAT
PLACE, GOD ASKED HIM A QUESTION,
00:25:13.36\00:25:19.13
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ?
00:25:19.13\00:25:22.03
I SENT YOU TO ALL
THOSE OTHER PLACES, BUT I
00:25:22.03\00:25:24.60
DIDN'T SEND YOU HERE."
00:25:24.60\00:25:26.70
AND HERE IS MY QUESTION--WHAT
IS GOD DOING THERE ?
00:25:26.70\00:25:35.43
IF I AM RUNNING FROM GOD, WHAT
KIND OF GOD WOULD GO WITH ME ?
00:25:35.43\00:25:44.00
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU LISTENING
TO ME RIGHT NOW AND YOU ARE
00:25:44.00\00:25:46.36
CONVINCED THAT BECAUSE OF THINGS
YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR PAST,
00:25:46.36\00:25:48.73
THAT GOD HAS FORSAKEN YOU.
00:25:48.73\00:25:52.00
AND I TELL YOU ON THE
BASIS OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE
00:25:52.00\00:25:54.50
WORD OF GOD, THAT EVEN
WHEN YOU RUN THE WRONG WAY, GOD
00:25:54.50\00:26:00.16
WILL NOT CUT YOU OFF FROM HIM.
00:26:00.16\00:26:02.93
HIS LOVE EXTENDS TO
THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING WHERE
00:26:02.93\00:26:07.30
HE NEVER SENT THEM.
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.36
AND SO IN THAT PLACE,
THERE IS FIRST A WIND, THEN AN
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.96
EARTHQUAKE AND THEN A FIRE !
00:26:12.96\00:26:15.33
BUT WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO SHOW
THIS PROPHET IS, "EVEN WHEN MY
00:26:15.33\00:26:19.70
ANSWERS DON'T MAKE LOUD NOISES,
SOMETIMES I'M ANSWERING YOUR
00:26:19.70\00:26:25.70
PRAYER IN A STILL, SMALL VOICE."
00:26:25.70\00:26:29.56
EVEN WHEN IN YOUR LIFE YOU
DON'T HAVE A SPIELBERG MOMENT.
00:26:29.56\00:26:34.13
EVEN WHEN NO FURNITURE MOVES
AND NO WIND BLOWS IN YOUR HOUSE,
00:26:34.13\00:26:37.80
EVEN WHEN THERE'S
NOTHING THAT YOU COULD GO TELL
00:26:37.80\00:26:40.23
YOUR NEIGHBORS:
"YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN
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MY HOUSE THE OTHER NIGHT.
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I FELT SOMETHING."
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LISTEN, IF GOD PROMISES YOU
SOMETHING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
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FEEL ANYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE.
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YOU CAN TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
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SO TONIGHT MY ADMONITION
TO YOU IS THIS--I DON'T
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CARE WHERE YOU'VE RUN.
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I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES
YOU'VE GONE WITHOUT THE POWER
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OF GOD WITH YOU, YOU THOUGHT.
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GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH
THAT HE'LL FOLLOW YOU WHERE YOU
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RUN, AND GIVE YOU
POWER IN THAT VERY PLACE.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
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