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>>TODAY I'D LIKE TO BEGIN A NEW
SERIES, THAT DEALS ONE OF THE
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GREATS OF THE BIBLE. AND
THAT WOULD BE THE PROPHET
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ELIJAH. NOW ELIJAH
IS SO IMPORTANT THAT
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HE WENT TO HEAVEN
IN A FIERY CHARIOT.
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ELIJAH IS SO IMPORTANT THAT
HE APPEARS TO JESUS AFTER HIS
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ASCENSION, DURING
THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST.
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ELIJAH IS REFERENCED ALL THE WAY
BACK IN THE BIBLE, IN THE BOOK
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OF JAMES - AND HE'S
COMPARED WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US IN THE LAST
DAYS BEFORE THE COMING OF THE
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LORD THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER RETURN OF THE SPIRIT
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AND POWER OF ELIJAH. AND
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
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SUBJECT. AND SO I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
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HELPFUL FOR US TO GO BACK IN THE
BIBLE AND TO BEGIN A STUDY IN
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THE SUBJECT OF ELIJAH.
AND IF YOU'LL TURN WITH ME IN
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YOUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF FIRST
KINGS, FIRST KINGS CHAPTER 16.
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FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE
THE TIMES IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING.
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1 KINGS 16:29 "IN THE
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF ASA KING
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OF JUDAH, AHAB THE SON OF
OMRI BECAME KING OVER ISRAEL;
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AND AHAB THE SON OF OMRI
REIGNED OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA
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TWENTY-TWO YEARS. NOW
AHAB THE SON OF OMRI DID
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EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF
THE LORD, MORE THAN ALL WHO
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WERE BEFORE HIM." THIS
IS TELLING US IT'S A WICKED
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KING. "AND IT
CAME TO PASS, AS THOUGH
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IT HAD BEEN A TRIVIAL THING
FOR HIM TO WALK IN THE SINS OF
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JEROBOAM THE SON OF
NEBAT," NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU
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HISTORY, JEROBOAM WAS
THE KING WHO HELPED DIVIDE
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THE KINGDOM, MATTER OF
FACT, I'M GOING TO PUT A MAP
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UP ON THE, YOU NEED TO
GET GEOGRAPHICALLY WHAT'S
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HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU SEE THE MAP ON THE
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SCREEN, THIS IS THE LAND OF
ISRAEL DURING THIS TIME PRIOR TO
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THE TIME OF JEROBOAM, IT WAS
ONE KINGDOM DURING THE TIME OF
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SOLOMON. BUT
FOLLOWING SOLOMON, THE SON
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OF SOLOMON, REHOBOAM, NOT
TO BE CONFUSED WITH JEROBOAM.
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REHOBOAM GAVE SOME
BAD COUNCIL TO THE PEOPLE.
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THEY REVOLTED, TEN OF THE TRIBES
SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO SERVE
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THE DECENDANTS OF DAVID, WE'RE
GOING TO PICK OUR OWN KING.
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THEY PICKED A
KING NAMED JEROBOAM.
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JEROBOAM LED THE NORTHERN
KINGDOM, WHICH YOU SEE IN GREEN
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THERE, IT WAS ABOUT NINE AND
A HALF TRIBES THAT WERE IN THE
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NORTH. THE
SOUTHERN TRIBE WAS JUDAH
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PRINCIPALLY. BUT
ALSO THE LEVITES REMAINED
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IN THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM, AND
ALSO THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN WAS
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THERE. AND SO THE
KINGDOM BECAME SPLIT,
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AND IT REMAINED THAT WAY
UNTIL THE NORTHERN TRIBES WERE
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CARRIED OFF BY THE ASSYRIANS
BECAUSE OF THEIR IDOLATRY
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AND THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM
WAS LATER DESTROYED BY THE KING
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OF BABYLON, NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
WELL, THE WORST OF THE WORST IN
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THE NORTHERN KINGDOM WAS NOT
JEROBOAM, WHO FIRST INTRODUCED
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IDOLATRY, BY PUTTING GOLDEN
CALVES IN THE TOWNS OF DAN AND
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BETHEL, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
WANT THEM GOING TO THE SOUTHERN
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KINGDOM TO JERUSALEM. HE
THOUGHT THEY'D START GOING
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BACK TO WORSHIPING THE SONS, OR
TO OBEYING THE SONS OF DAVID AS
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KING. SO HE
THOUGHT, WE'RE GOING TO
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HAVE TO GET A COUNTERFEIT
RELIGION IN THE NORTH TO KEEP
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THEM UP HERE. AND SO
AHAB THEN, HE GOES ONE
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STEP FURTHER THAN JUST
WORSHIPPING THESE IDOLS, HE GETS
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INTO FULL BLOWN BAAL WORSHIP.
"AND AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN A
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TRIVIAL THING FOR HIM TO
WALK IN THE SINS OF JEROBOAM"
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WORSHIPPING THE IDOLS AT DAN AND
BETHEL, THE GOLDEN CALVES, 'THE
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SON OF NEBAT,' HE TOOK AS WIFE
JEZEBEL THE DAUGHTER OF ETHBAAL,
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KING OF THE SIDONIANS;" THE
SIDONIAN KINGDOM WOULD BE UP
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FURTHER IN THE NORTH, TYRE AND
SIDON - THE PHOENECIAN KINGDOM.
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AND SO AHAB, INSTEAD OF MARRYING
ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL,
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HE MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF THIS
PHOENECIAN KING, WHO IS SOLD OUT
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FOR THE WORSHIP OF BAAL.
"AND HE WENT AND SERVED BAAL AND
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WORSHIPPED HIM. THEN HE
SET UP AN ALTAR FOR BAAL
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IN THE TEMPLE OF BAAL,
WHICH HE BUILT IN SAMARIA."
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SAMARIA IS THE CAPITOL OF THE
NORTHERN KINGDOM, JERUSALEM IS
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THE CAPITOL OF
THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM.
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SO NOW THE KINGDOM IS LED
INTO FULL BLOWN BAAL WORSHIP.
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"AND AHAB MADE A WOODEN IMAGE.
AHAB DID MORE TO PROVOKE THE
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LORD GOD OF ISRAEL TO ANGER THAN
ALL THE KINGS OF ISRAEL WHO WERE
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BEFORE HIM." SO THIS
INTRODUCES WHAT'S GOING
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ON IN THE
KINGDOM DURING THIS TIME.
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NOW WITH THAT BACKDROP, GO
DOWN, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES TO
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CHAPTER 17, 1 KINGS CHAPTER
17, AND WE'LL START WITH THE
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INTRODUCTION OF THE
NARRATIVE OF ELIJAH.
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"AND ELIJAH THE TISHBITE, OF THE
INHABITANTS OF GILEAD, SAID TO
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AHAB, AS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL
LIVES, BEFORE WHOM I STAND,
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THERE SHALL NOT BE DEW NOR RAIN
THESE YEARS, EXCEPT AT MY WORD."
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NOW THAT'S AN
ABRUPT INTRODUCTION.
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ELIJAH, THE
TISHBITE FROM GILEAD.
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WHAT TRIBE IS HE FROM? WE DON'T
KNOW. WHAT WAS HE DOING BEFORE?
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WE DON'T KNOW. WAS
HE A PRIEST, OR WAS HE
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FROM, RELATED TO
ONE OF THE PROPHETS?
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OR THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS?
WE DON'T KNOW. ELIJAH IS DROPPED
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INTO THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY, AND WE
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DON'T KNOW WHERE HE CAME FROM.
SO MUCH SO, BECAUSE HE SEEMS TO
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COME FROM NOWHERE, AND HE
LATER GOES TO HEAVEN IN A FIERY
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CHARIOT, I HOPE I'M NOT RUINING
THE STORY FOR ANYONE, YOU ALL
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KNEW THAT DIDN'T YOU? BECAUSE
HE SEEMS TO APPEAR FROM NOWHERE,
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SOME OF THE JEWISH RABBIS TAUGHT
THAT ELIJAH WAS AN ANGEL IN
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MAN'S GARB, AND THERE ARE
SOME WHO STILL CLING TO THAT.
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NO, ELIJAH WAS A MAN. MATTER OF
FACT, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF
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JAMES, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES,
YOU GO TO JAMES 5:17 AND IT
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MAKES IT PRETTY CLEAR
THAT ELIJAH'S A REAL PERSON.
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IT SAYS "ELIJAH WAS A MAN WITH A
NATURE LIKE OURS, AND HE PRAYED
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EARNESTLY THAT IT WOULD NOT
RAIN; AND IT DID NOT RAIN ON THE
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LAND FOR THREE YEARS AND SIX
MONTHS. AND HE PRAYED AGAIN AND
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THE HEAVEN GAVE RAIN AND
THE EARTH PRODUCED ITS FRUIT."
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SO JAMES IS TELLING US ELIJAH
WAS A REAL PERSON AND HE WAS A
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MAN SUBJECT TO THE SAME
PASSIONS AS WE WRESTLE WITH.
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HE PRAYED LIKE WE PRAY, MATTER
OF FACT, JAMES IS ESPECIALLY
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EMPHASIZING THE HUMANITY
OF ELIJAH. LATER IN THE STORY
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YOU'LL SEE ELIJAH GETS
DISCOURAGED AND WISHES HE COULD
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DIE. HE'S NOT PERFECT, HE'S NOT
AN ANGEL, HE WAS A MAN, HE WAS A
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PROPHET OF GOD, BUT HE WAS AMONG
THE MIGHTIEST OF THE PROPHETS OF
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GOD. AND SO WE READ ABOUT HIM
JUST SUDDENLY APPEARING OUT OF
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NOWHERE. AND THEN HE
MAKES THIS DIVINE JUDGMENT.
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THIS PRONOUNCEMENT IS MADE AND
HE SAYS THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE
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DEW OR RAIN, THERE'S NOT
GOING TO BE ANY MOISTURE "EXCEPT
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AT MY WORD" IN OTHER WORDS,
UNTIL YOU HEAR BACK FROM ME.
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AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE OF
WHAT THEY HAD DONE, BECAUSE OF
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THE SINS THAT THE PEOPLE
COMMITTED. AND YOU KNOW IT'S
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ALSO THE SINS OF JEZEBEL.
SHE'S KILLING OFF THE PROPHETS
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OF GOD, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO
PROMOTE THE WORSHIP OF BAAL, ANY
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OF THE PROPHETS OF GOD
THAT SPOKE AGAINST IT, THEY WERE
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EXECUTED BY JEZEBEL.
OBADIAH, WHO WORKED FOR AHAB, HE
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WORSHIPPED JEHOVAH, HE EVEN TOOK
SOME OF THE PROPHETS OF GOD AND
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HE HID THEM DURING THE TIME OF
THIS TERRIBLE PERSECUTION, AND
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HE SMUGGLED THEM FOOD.
HE HID FIFTY OF THEM IN ONE
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CAVE, AND FIFTY IN ANOTHER, AND
TO KEEP THEM ALIVE, HE HAD TO
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SMUGGLE FOOD TO THEM. SO
THESE WERE TIMES OF GREAT
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PERSECUTION DURING THE
LEADERSHIP OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL.
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NOW IT'S AMAZING THAT, AND IF
YOU READ THIS STORY IN THE BOOK
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PROPHETS AND KINGS, ELIJAH JUST
MARCHES RIGHT INTO THE PALACE,
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HE DOESN'T RUN INTO AHAB
JUST OUT IN THE FIELD ONE DAY.
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HE WALKS RIGHT INTO THE PALACE,
WALKS RIGHT PAST THE GUARD.
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THEY DIDN'T LET ANYBODY COME TO
THE KING, IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE
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SOMETHING TO THE KING YOU
FIRST GAVE IT TO THE SERVANTS,
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WHO THEN BROUGHT IT TO THE KING,
AND HE SOMEHOW JUST WALKS BY
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EVERYBODY, IT'S
LIKE THEY'RE ALL BLINDED.
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AND HE STANDS IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD, HE MAKES THIS
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OUTRAGEOUS PREDICTION, THIS
PROCLAMATION, THAT THERE'S NOT
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GOING TO BE ANY RAIN, THAT
A FAMINE IS COMING, BECAUSE OF
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THEIR WICKEDNESS, THEN HE DOES
AN ABOUT FACE, AND HE MARCHES
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BACK OUT AGAIN, AND THEY'RE ALL
STANDING THERE WITH THEIR MOUTHS
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GAPING, AND THEIR EYES
OPEN GOING, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
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AND THEN FINALLY THE KING SAYS,
"GO FIND THAT MAN, ARREST HIM!"
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THEY CAN'T FIND HIM ANYWHERE.
HE JUST HAD THE BOLDNESS TO COME
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RIGHT IN. YOU KNOW
THERE WAS A MAN A FEW
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YEARS AGO, I CAN'T REMEMBER
HIS NAME, BUT HE WAS CALLED THE
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HANDSHAKE MAN. AND HE
HAD THIS ABILITY TO JUST
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WALK IN TO THE PRESENCE OF THE
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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HE SHOOK HANDS WITH FIVE
PRESIDENTS, SOMEHOW WALKED RIGHT
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BY THE SECURITY, DID IT WITH
GEORGE BUSH HERE IN TOWN AT A
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BREAKFAST, WALKED RIGHT
IN. CONDALEEZA RICE WAS THERE,
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LAURA BUSH WAS
THERE, THE SECURITY WAS
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THERE, SHOOK HANDS WITH THE
PRESIDENT, HANDED HIM A LETTER,
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HE DRESSED NICE, HE WAS A PASTOR
AND HE SAID HE HAD A MESSAGE
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FROM GOD. AND HE
DID THIS WITH BILL
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CLINTON, HE DID IT WITH THE
OTHERS, HE WOULD JUST ACT LIKE,
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I'VE GOT A MESSAGE AND
I'M AUTHORIZED, AND HE'D JUST
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WALK RIGHT IN AND GIVE IT TO
HIM AND WALKED RIGHT OUT. AND
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PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "HOW DID YOU
DO THAT?" HE'D SAY "GOD WOULD
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PART THE WAY FOR ME." AND HE
WOULD HAVE THESE MESSAGES WHERE
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HE WOULD TELL BUSH TO BE TRUE
TO THE LORD, OR SOMETHING LIKE
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THAT, AND THEY CALLED HIM
THE HANDSHAKE MAN. COUPLE TIMES
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THE SECRET SERVICE PULLED HIM
ASIDE AND ASKED HIM QUESTIONS,
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BUT THEY NEVER ARRESTED HIM,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
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ILLEGAL. PRESIDENT'S A CITIZEN,
YOU CAN WALK UP AND SHAKE
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HANDS WITH HIM. AND THEN
HELP YOURSELF. IF YOU CAN GET
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BY THE SECURITY. NOW, BAAL
WORSHIP, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
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THAT ELIJAH SAYS THERE'S
GOING TO BE NO RAIN. BECAUSE
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THEY BELIEVED THAT BAAL
BROUGHT THE THUNDER AND THE
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RAIN. HE BROUGHT THE BOUNTIES
OF HEAVEN. AND BECAUSE THEY
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WERE GIVING CREDIT TO THIS,
THIS PAGAN, NON-EXISTENT GOD,
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GOD SAYS, LOOK, I'M GONNA
TOUCH YOU RIGHT WHERE HE CLAIMS
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TO HAVE THE POWER. WHEN THE
PLAGUES CAME ON THE NATION OF
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EGYPT, WHY THOSE TEN PLAGUES?
WHEN YOU STUDY IT, DURING
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THE EXODUS, THE TEN PLAGUES
WERE ACTUALLY JUDGMENTS ON
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THE GODS OF THE EGYPTIANS.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS.
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THE EGYPTIANS WORSHIPED THE
RIVER, THERE'S A PLAGUE ON THE
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RIVER. THEY WORSHIPED THE SUN,
THERE'S A PLAGUE ON THE SUN.
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THEY WORSHIPED FROGS, THERE'S
A PLAGUE OF FROGS. YOU CAN SEE
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SCARABS AND BUGS IN EGYPT
- THESE GOLDEN BEETLES - THEY
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WORSHIPPED ALL THESE STRANGE
THINGS. ALL THESE PLAGUES WERE
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REALLY JUGDMENTS ON THE FALSE
GODS OF THE EGYPTIANS. AND SO
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NOW THEY'RE WORSHIPING BAAL
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT HE'S THE
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ONE WHO PROVIDES THE RAIN,
AND THE STORMS. GOD SAYS THERE'S
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GOING TO BE NO RAIN, THERE'S
GOING TO BE NO DEW UNTIL YOU
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REALIZE IT COMES FROM ME.
NOW THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO
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SURPRISING, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR
BIBLE. DEUTERONOMY 11 AND THIS
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IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL
PLACES. DEUTERONOMY 11:16-17.
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HERE MOSES SAYS, "TAKE HEED TO
YOURSELVES, LEST YOUR HEART BE
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DECEIVED, AND YOU TURN ASIDE
AND SERVE OTHER GODS AND WORSHIP
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THEM, LEST THE LORD'S ANGER BE
AROUSED AGAINST YOU, AND HE SHUT
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UP THE HEAVENS SO THAT THERE BE
NO RAIN, AND THE LAND YIELD NO
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PRODUCE, AND YOU PERISH QUICKLY
FROM THE GOOD LAND WHICH THE
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LORD IS GIVING YOU." GOD
SAID THROUGH MOSES, IF YOU'RE
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WORSHIPING OTHER GODS, AND YOU
FORGET ABOUT THE LORD, THE LORD
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MAY BECOME UPSET WITH YOU AND
HE'LL WITHDRAW THE BLESSINGS OF
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HEAVEN. IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD
POINT FOR US TO APPLY THAT TO
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OUR LIVES. DO WE SOMETIMES TAKE
CREDIT OR MISAPPLY CREDIT THAT
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BELONGS TO GOD, FOR BLESSINGS?
OR ANYTHING GOOD THAT GOD
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ACCOMPLISHES THROUGH US? WE TAKE
THE CREDIT. HERE, WE SHOULD GIVE
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GLORY TO GOD FOR THE BOUNTIES OF
HEAVEN, AND WHEN THEY TOOK THAT
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UPON THEMSELVES, OR THEY APPLIED
IT TO ANOTHER GOD, THE LORD
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MIGHT SAY, "LOOK, I'M VERY
PATIENT, BUT MAYBE YOU NEED TO
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FIND OUT I'M THE
SOURCE OF YOUR BLESSING.
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AND SO HE WITHDRAWS IT.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE GOING
00:12:51.63\00:12:54.70
THROUGH SOME KIND OF A TRIAL,
YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, COULD IT
00:12:54.74\00:12:59.61
BE BECAUSE I FORGOT
WHERE THE BLESSING CAME FROM?
00:12:59.64\00:13:03.21
OR I THOUGHT I WAS PROSPEROUS
BECAUSE OF MY CLEVERNESS AND
00:13:03.24\00:13:06.28
HARD WORK. BUT -
IT'S REALLY COMING FROM
00:13:06.31\00:13:09.72
GOD. EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT
00:13:09.75\00:13:13.02
COMES FROM GOD ABOVE, AND
SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.
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WELL, THEY WERE GIVING
THE CREDIT TO A DIABOLICAL GOD
00:13:16.96\00:13:20.16
NAMED BAAL. AND
PART OF BAAL WORSHIP WAS
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ESPECIALLY INSIDIOUS. IF
THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND
00:13:23.37\00:13:26.94
RAIN, FIRST THEY WOULD TORTURE
THEMSELVES, YOU SEE LATER WHERE
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THE PROPHETS OF
BAAL CUT THEMSELVES.
00:13:32.67\00:13:34.84
AND AT THE EPITOME, NOT ALWAYS,
BUT BAAL WORSHIP SOMETIMES
00:13:34.88\00:13:38.68
TURNED TO HUMAN SACRIFICE -
WHERE, IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE
00:13:38.71\00:13:42.98
GODS, THEY WOULD GIVE THE
FIRSTBORN SON OF SOMEBODY, KIND
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OF A COUNTERFEIT
FOR WHAT THE LORD DID.
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AND THEY WOULD MAKE HIM WHAT
THEY CALL PASS THROUGH THE FIRE.
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AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY
WERE OFFERED IN THE FIRE.
00:13:53.50\00:13:56.00
AND YOU CAN EVEN SEE
WHERE MANASSEH DID THAT. HE MADE
00:13:56.03\00:13:59.03
HIS CHILDREN PASS THROUGH
THE FIRE TO THE VARIOUS GODS. SO
00:13:59.07\00:14:02.94
THIS PHOENICIAN GOD - BAAL
- ACCEPTED THAT KIND OF FALSE
00:14:02.97\00:14:06.81
SACRIFICE. NOW A LITTLE
STUDY, YOU'VE GOT SOME IMPORTANT
00:14:06.84\00:14:11.01
CHARACTERS THAT APPEAR IN
THIS STORY. AHAB IS THE KING.
00:14:11.05\00:14:17.32
THE NAME AHAB, IT
MEANS FATHER'S BROTHER.
00:14:17.35\00:14:21.36
WHEN YOU SAY "AB" IN
HEBREW, LIKE WHEN YOU SAY
00:14:21.39\00:14:25.23
ABBA, THAT'S THE CHILD'S WAY OF
SAYING PAPA IN HEBREW. AND PAUL
00:14:25.26\00:14:30.23
USES THAT TERM ABBA.
AND THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT
00:14:30.27\00:14:33.13
CHRISTIAN GROUPS BY THAT NAME.
WHEN YOU SEE, FOR INSTANCE,
00:14:33.17\00:14:36.50
BARABBAS, IT MEANS SON OF THE
FATHER. AHAB, OR A-AB, MEANS THE
00:14:36.54\00:14:43.35
FATHER'S BROTHER. OR IT'S ALMOST
LIKE AN UNCLE. AND SO THAT'S
00:14:43.38\00:14:47.98
WHAT HIS NAME MEANS.
JEZEBEL, HER NAME MEANS, BAAL IS
00:14:48.02\00:14:52.12
THE PRINCE. SO,
BUILT INTO THE NAME OF
00:14:52.15\00:14:55.32
JEZEBEL IS WORSHIP FOR BAAL.
BUT ELIJAH'S NAME MEANS, MY GOD
00:14:55.36\00:15:03.37
IS JEHOVAH. THE LORD IS JEHOVAH.
00:15:03.40\00:15:06.37
AND SO RIGHT IN HIS NAME, WHEN
HE APPEARS, THE ONE WHOSE NAME
00:15:06.40\00:15:10.37
IS GOD IS JEHOVAH, APPEARS
TO AHAB AND SAYS, BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:15:10.41\00:15:15.11
NOT GIVING JEHOVAH CREDIT,
THERE'LL BE NO DEW, THERE'LL BE
00:15:15.14\00:15:17.75
NO RAIN. SOMETHING ELSE WE LEARN
ABOUT AHAB, I'M SORRY, ABOUT
00:15:17.78\00:15:21.32
ELIJAH RIGHT AWAY IS THAT THE
WORD OF THE LORD COMES TO HIM,
00:15:21.35\00:15:27.46
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD GOES
FROM HIM. IT SAYS IN 1 KINGS
00:15:27.49\00:15:34.13
17:2, IT SAYS "THE WORD
OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM."
00:15:34.20\00:15:38.23
SO HE SHARES THE WORD OF GOD
AND HE GIVES THE WORD OF GOD.
00:15:38.27\00:15:41.84
JUST APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE
AND THEN HE DISAPPEARS QUICKLY.
00:15:41.87\00:15:46.57
SO EVERYBODY IN THE KINGDOM
NOW IS LOOKING FOR ELIJAH. WELL,
00:15:46.61\00:15:50.78
A FEW MONTHS GO BY, AND THERE'S
NO RAIN. AND THEY JUST THINK
00:15:50.81\00:15:55.45
"WELL, YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR
WE HAVE SOME WET MONTHS AND WE
00:15:55.48\00:15:57.95
HAVE SOME DRY MONTHS." WE'VE
HAD A MONTH WITHOUT ANY RAIN
00:15:57.99\00:16:00.86
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
00:16:00.89\00:16:02.86
FAMINE. BUT THEN IT
KEEPS GOING, AND NOW
00:16:02.89\00:16:05.69
EVERYBODY'S GETTING A LITTLE
ANTSY. AND THE KING IS SAYING,
00:16:05.73\00:16:07.83
"NOW WHAT WAS, SOMEONE
RECOGNIZED, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?"
00:16:07.86\00:16:10.00
"HIS NAME WAS ELIJAH."
"AND WHERE MIGHT WE FIND HIM?"
00:16:10.03\00:16:12.93
"WELL, HE'S A
TISHBITE, HE WAS FROM GILEAD."
00:16:12.97\00:16:15.20
GILEAD WAS UP IN THE
NORTH. IT'S A LITTLE TOWN, IT'S
00:16:15.24\00:16:17.74
ACTUALLY MENTIONED IN OTHER
HEBREW HISTORY. AND HE SEARCHES
00:16:17.77\00:16:22.71
THE AREA, AND
THEY CAN'T FIND HIM.
00:16:22.74\00:16:24.25
AND AS THE DROUGHT PROLONGS,
THEY START LOOKING FOR HIM.
00:16:24.28\00:16:26.51
HE SAID, "WELL WHAT DID HE LOOK
LIKE?" WELL YOU KNOW THE BIBLE
00:16:26.55\00:16:29.12
TELLS US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT ELIJAH LOOKED LIKE.
00:16:29.15\00:16:31.59
YOU CAN READ IN 2 KINGS 1:8.
AFTER ELIJAH GAVE A PROPHECY,
00:16:31.62\00:16:37.69
THE KING SAID "WHAT DID HE LOOK
LIKE?" HE SAID HE WAS "A HAIRY
00:16:37.73\00:16:40.23
MAN WEARING A LEATHER BELT
AROUND HIS WAIST." HE SAID,
00:16:40.26\00:16:44.33
"AHH, THAT'S ELIJAH THE
TISHBITE." AND WHEN IT SAYS HE
00:16:44.37\00:16:47.34
WAS A HAIRY MAN, IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT HE LOOKED
00:16:47.37\00:16:50.51
LIKE ESAU, AND HE JUST KIND OF
HAD BEAR HAIR ALL OVER HIS BODY,
00:16:50.54\00:16:55.61
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT HE
WAS WEARING A HAIRY GARMENT.
00:16:55.64\00:17:00.12
AND HE MAY HAVE HAD LONG HAIR
AND A BEARD, AND SO YOU CAN DO
00:17:00.15\00:17:04.05
BOTH IF YOU WANT. WHO ELSE DOES
THAT REMIND YOU OF? JOHN THE
00:17:04.09\00:17:09.49
BAPTIST WORE CAMEL CLOTH, AND
A LEATHER BELT. THE PROPHETS OF
00:17:09.52\00:17:15.16
GOD, THAT WAS THEIR COMMON
ATTIRE. THEY WOULD WEAR THE
00:17:15.20\00:17:18.17
SKIN OF GOATS, OR THEY MIGHT
WEAR THE SKIN OF A CAMEL, OR A
00:17:18.20\00:17:21.87
SHEEP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
THEY HAD A LEATHER BELT, IT WAS
00:17:21.90\00:17:24.34
VERY SIMPLE CLOTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, DURING THE TIME
00:17:24.37\00:17:28.44
OF WYCLIFF, WYCLIFF TRAINED
THESE ITINERANT MINISTERS TO GO
00:17:28.48\00:17:32.55
AROUND ENGLAND, THEY
CALLED THEM LOLLARDS AND THEY
00:17:32.58\00:17:35.85
WORE THESE SIMPLE RED ROBES
AND THEY GO BAREFOOT WITH A
00:17:35.88\00:17:38.42
STAFF IN HAND AND THEY PREACH.
AND THEY BECAME KNOWN, IF THEY
00:17:38.45\00:17:41.66
WERE WEARING THIS GARMENT, THAT
MEANT THAT THEY WERE KIND OF
00:17:41.69\00:17:44.29
ITINERANT PREACHERS. WELL BACK
IN THE BIBLE TIMES, IF YOU HAD
00:17:44.33\00:17:48.00
SHEEP SKIN OR GOAT SKIN, OR
CAMEL SKIN AND A LEATHER BELT,
00:17:48.03\00:17:51.60
IT COULD MEAN
THAT YOU'RE A PROPHET.
00:17:51.63\00:17:53.30
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S ANOTHER
VERSE THERE. HEBREWS 11:37
00:17:53.34\00:17:57.61
"THEY WANDERED ABOUT"
SPEAKING OF GOD'S MESSENGERS.
00:17:57.64\00:18:00.64
"THEY WANDERED ABOUT IN
SHEEPSKINS, AND GOATSKINS,"
00:18:00.68\00:18:03.65
SAYS THE APOSTLE. SO THEY WORE
THESE ROUGH, SIMPLE GARMENTS.
00:18:03.68\00:18:08.72
YOU CAN READ IN MATTHEW
3:4, "AND THE SAME JOHN HAD HIS
00:18:08.75\00:18:12.12
RAIMENT OF CAMEL'S HAIR,
AND LEATHER GIRDLE ABOUT HIS
00:18:12.15\00:18:15.42
LOINS." SO
THEY'RE LOOKING EVERYWHERE
00:18:15.46\00:18:18.39
FOR ELIJAH. AND AS TIME
GOES BY, THEY CAN'T FIND HIM.
00:18:18.43\00:18:22.20
MATTER OF FACT, AHAB STARTS
SENDING MESSENGERS, HE FIGURES,
00:18:22.23\00:18:25.57
HE FLED TO ANOTHER KINGDOM. AND
AHAB STARTS SENDING MESSENGERS
00:18:25.60\00:18:29.17
TO OTHER KINGDOMS
THAT WERE SURROUNDING.
00:18:29.20\00:18:31.37
AND SAID WE'RE LOOKING
FOR THIS, "HE'S ON OUR MOST
00:18:31.41\00:18:34.14
WANTED LIST, WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO SEND HIM BACK TO OUR
00:18:34.18\00:18:39.58
COUNTRY, TO DEPORT HIM. AND
I'LL PAY YOU A REWARD IF YOU
00:18:39.61\00:18:42.22
DEPORT HIM, HE'S A CRIMINAL."
AND THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM.
00:18:42.25\00:18:45.72
ALL OVER ISRAEL THEY'VE GOT
WANTED POSTERS AND SIGNS SAYING
00:18:45.75\00:18:49.66
"ELIJAH THE TISHBITE."
AND PICTURES OF THIS HAIRY GUY
00:18:49.69\00:18:53.03
WERE DRAWN IN THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW AT THE POST
00:18:53.06\00:18:56.06
OFFICE IT SAID, "WANTED,
ELIJAH" AND SO EVERYWHERE
00:18:56.10\00:18:58.67
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HIM BECAUSE
IT'S GETTING DRIER AND DRIER.
00:18:58.70\00:19:02.24
YOU KNOW I TOOK A
LITTLE PARAGRAPH FROM THE BOOK
00:19:02.27\00:19:06.71
PROPHETS AND KINGS, PAGE
124. IT SAYS, "A YEAR PASSES AND
00:19:06.74\00:19:11.95
THERE IS NO RAIN. THE
EARTH IS PARCHED AS IF WITH
00:19:11.98\00:19:15.78
FIRE. THE
SCORCHING HEAT OF THE SUN
00:19:15.82\00:19:18.69
DESTROYS WHAT LITTLE VEGETATION
HAS SURVIVED. STREAMS DRY UP AND
00:19:18.72\00:19:23.63
THE LOWING HERDS AND BLEATING
FLOCKS WANDER HITHER AND THITHER
00:19:23.66\00:19:27.66
IN DISTRESS. ONCE
FLOURISHING FIELDS
00:19:27.66\00:19:30.80
HAVE BECOME LIKE BURNING DESERT
SANDS IN A DESOLATE WASTE.
00:19:30.83\00:19:34.40
THE GROVES DEDICATED TO IDOLS
ARE LEAFLESS. THE FOREST TREES
00:19:34.44\00:19:39.17
ARE GAUNT SKELETONS OF NATURE.
THEY AFFORD NO SHADE. THE AIR
00:19:39.21\00:19:43.18
IS DRY AND SUFFOCATING.
DUST STORMS BLIND THE EYES AND
00:19:43.21\00:19:47.45
NEARLY STOP BREATH.
ONCE PROSPEROUS CITIES AND
00:19:47.48\00:19:50.85
VILLAGES HAVE BECOME PLACES OF
MOURNING. HUNGER AND THIRST ARE
00:19:50.89\00:19:54.59
TELLING UPON MAN AND
BEAST WITH FEARFUL MORTALITY.
00:19:54.62\00:19:58.36
FAMINE WITH ALL ITS HORROR
HAS COME CLOSER AND CLOSER.
00:19:58.39\00:20:05.30
THERE'S A PICTURE THAT MANY OF
US HAVE SEEN. DURING A FAMINE IN
00:20:05.33\00:20:09.64
AFRICA A PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURED
THIS - LOOKED LIKE A TWO OR
00:20:09.67\00:20:14.04
THREE-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN BOY
THAT IS SQUATTING ON DRY GROUND
00:20:14.08\00:20:20.12
LOOKING LIKE HE'S JUST DYING
OF HUNGER. AND THERE'S A VULTURE
00:20:20.15\00:20:24.35
ABOUT TWELVE FEET AWAY, LOOKING
ON AND WAITING. HAVE ANY OF YOU
00:20:24.39\00:20:28.92
EVER...IT WAS ACTUALLY AN
AWARD WINNING PICTURE. IT'S A
00:20:28.96\00:20:30.73
HORRIFYING PICTURE. AND
MAKES YOU WONDER, DID THE
00:20:30.76\00:20:35.73
PHOTOGRAPHER HELP THE BOY AFTER
HE SAW THE PICTURE? THIS WEEK
00:20:35.76\00:20:43.51
SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON D.C.
DOUSED THEMSELVES WITH GASOLINE
00:20:43.54\00:20:46.94
AND SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE. AND
I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY A FEW
00:20:46.98\00:20:50.75
YEARS AGO WHERE A MAN IN
NEW YORK CITY DID THE SAME THING
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.48
AND THE NEWS CREW THAT WAS
TOLD THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO
00:20:53.52\00:20:56.58
SELF-IMMOLATE, BURN THEMSELVES,
THEY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION
00:20:56.62\00:21:01.29
"DO WE TRY TO STOP THE
MAN, OR DO WE RECORD IT AS NEWS
00:21:01.32\00:21:03.76
REPORTERS?" AND THEY THOUGHT,
"WELL, WE'RE HERE TO REPORT AN
00:21:03.79\00:21:05.66
EVENT, WE'RE NOT TO INTERFERE."
AND SO THEY STOPPED AND THEY
00:21:05.69\00:21:08.86
WATCHED THIS UNTIL THEY
COULDN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.
00:21:08.90\00:21:11.40
THEY TURNED OFF THE CAMERAS
AND THEY WENT AND DID WHAT THEY
00:21:11.43\00:21:13.37
COULD TO PUT THE MAN OUT,
BUT HE ENDED UP DYING FROM
00:21:13.40\00:21:15.64
HIS BURNS. YOU CAN ONLY STAND
BACK AND WATCH THAT KIND OF
00:21:15.67\00:21:20.38
SUFFERING AND IT'S HARD TO BEAR.
AND ELIJAH NOW, THINK ABOUT THIS
00:21:20.41\00:21:27.42
- WHY IS IT NOT RAINING?
YOU REMEMBER WHAT I JUST READ
00:21:27.45\00:21:30.95
TO YOU FROM JAMES 5:17?
NOT ONLY DOES ELIJAH LATER PRAY
00:21:30.99\00:21:35.49
FOR RAIN, IT SAYS ELIJAH
PRAYED THAT IT WOULD NOT RAIN.
00:21:35.52\00:21:39.46
HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED THAT
GOD WOULD SEND TROUBLE TO SAVE
00:21:39.49\00:21:43.67
SOMEONE? YOU KNOW,
TYPICALLY WHEN WE PRAY
00:21:43.70\00:21:46.94
FOR OUR LOVED ONES, IF WE PRAY
THAT GOD WILL BLESS THEM, AND
00:21:46.97\00:21:50.21
GOD WILL PROTECT THEM, AND GOD
WILL PROVIDE FOR THEM, AND WE'RE
00:21:50.24\00:21:52.97
ALWAYS THINKING THAT GOD WILL DO
WHATEVER HE CAN DO TO MAKE THEM
00:21:53.01\00:21:55.41
COMFORTABLE. BUT SOMETIMES
WE MIGHT BE PRAYING WRONG.
00:21:55.44\00:22:00.48
IF A PERSON WE KNOW AND LOVE
IS NOT SAVED, OR IF A COUNTRY IS
00:22:00.52\00:22:04.72
TURNING AWAY FROM GOD, MAYBE
WE SHOULD BE PRAYING MORE LIKE
00:22:04.75\00:22:07.52
ELIJAH? I MEAN, DO
WE WANT GOD TO KEEP
00:22:07.56\00:22:11.59
BLESSING US ON OUR WAY TO
DESTRUCTION? OR DO WE WANT HIM
00:22:11.63\00:22:14.96
TO ARREST OUR ATTENTION HOWEVER
HE SEES FIT? AND IF ELIJAH SAW
00:22:15.00\00:22:18.73
THEM THANKING AND PRAISING BAAL
FOR THE GIFTS OF HEAVEN, AND
00:22:18.77\00:22:22.14
THEY SAID, "OH THE RAIN KEEPS
COMING, THANK YOU BAAL, THANK
00:22:22.17\00:22:24.24
YOU BAAL." ELIJAH SAID
LORD, STOP SENDING THE RAIN.
00:22:24.27\00:22:27.14
THEY'RE GIVING THE DEVIL
THE CREDIT. AND GOD IS LONG-
00:22:27.18\00:22:29.78
SUFFERING, HE SENDS THE
RAIN ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST.
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.58
BUT THERE COULD BE A
LIMIT TO GOD'S PATIENCE.
00:22:32.61\00:22:35.22
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? I
MEAN YEARS WENT BY WITH THIS
00:22:35.25\00:22:37.79
HAPPENING, THERE'S A
LIMIT TO GOD'S PATIENCE.
00:22:37.82\00:22:40.76
SOMETIMES MAYBE WE OUGHT TO BE
PRAYING THAT GOD SENDS TROUBLE
00:22:40.79\00:22:45.16
THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE SAVED.
THAT A NATION MIGHT REPENT. THE
00:22:45.19\00:22:51.30
WAY I SEE THINGS HAPPENING
IN OUR COUNTRY I WONDER HOW WE
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.44
OUGHT TO BE PRAYING. TYPICALLY
WE PRAY, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
00:22:53.47\00:22:58.87
BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY, "LORD
IF IT MEANS AMERICA NEEDS TO
00:22:58.91\00:23:01.04
REALIZE THEIR DEPENDENCE ON YOU,
MAYBE AMERICA NEEDS TROUBLE."
00:23:01.08\00:23:06.08
IT'S OFTEN THROUGH
TRIBULATION THAT REVIVAL COMES.
00:23:06.11\00:23:11.29
IS THIS TRUE? I'M
JUST READING THE BIBLE TO
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.22
YOU, I MEAN THIS IS WHAT HE DID,
HE PRAYED THAT IT WOULD NOT RAIN
00:23:13.25\00:23:16.36
AND GOD HEARD HIS PRAYER. WHAT
A MEAN GUY! FAMINE IS AWFUL.
00:23:16.39\00:23:22.53
I MEAN WHO WOULD WANT TO PRAY
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD
00:23:22.56\00:23:25.47
HAPPEN TO A COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE
MIGHT DIE? PEOPLE MIGHT SUFFER.
00:23:25.50\00:23:29.80
BUT YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE MANY CAN BE
00:23:29.84\00:23:32.07
SAVED. BY THE WAY, THEY WERE
DYING ANYHOW. IF PEOPLE DON'T
00:23:32.11\00:23:38.21
HAVE THE LORD - WHETHER THEY'RE
FULL OR WHETHER THEY'RE HUNGRY -
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.65
THEY'RE DEAD. YOU
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:23:40.68\00:23:45.49
SO, DURING THIS TIME,
THE PRIESTS NOW, HOW ARE THEY
00:23:45.52\00:23:49.32
RESPONDING? THE PRIESTS OF
BAAL. THEY'RE SAYING "BAAL IS
00:23:49.36\00:23:54.36
ANGRY BECAUSE YOU'RE LETTING
ELIJAH AND THE FALSE PROPHETS OF
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.43
JEHOVAH LIVE. SO HE HAS WITHELD
THE RAIN BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T
00:23:57.47\00:24:02.84
CAPTURED ELIJAH." SO
THIS IS JUST WORKING THE
00:24:02.87\00:24:05.17
PEOPLE INTO A FRENZY.
THEY BEGIN TO PERSECUTE THE
00:24:05.21\00:24:06.91
PROPHETS OF GOD.
ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY
00:24:06.94\00:24:09.14
WORSHIP JEHOVAH
HAS TO GO UNDERGROUND.
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.38
THEY GET BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING.
NOW IT'S INTERESTING HOW WHILE
00:24:11.41\00:24:16.82
AMERICA STARTED AS A COUNTRY
LARGELY FOUNDED AS A PLACE FOR
00:24:16.85\00:24:21.92
CHRISTIANITY TO FLOURISH,
NOW IT'S BECOMING A PLACE WHERE
00:24:21.96\00:24:26.09
CHRISTIANS ARE THE MOST
PERSECUTED SECT IN AMERICA.
00:24:26.13\00:24:30.57
THEY ARE MOCKED, THEY ARE
DERIDED IN THE MEDIA, IT'S A
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.80
DIRTY WORD TO SAY SOMONE
IS A BELIEVING CHRISTIAN -
00:24:32.83\00:24:35.77
IN MANY CIRCLES, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?"
00:24:35.80\00:24:37.84
THE MEDIA MAKES
GREAT SPORT OF THEM.
00:24:37.87\00:24:40.28
AND YOU WONDER JUST HOW FAR IT'S
GOING TO GO AND IF THE PENDULUM
00:24:40.31\00:24:43.08
WILL THEN SWING BACK THE
OTHER WAY AND GO TOO FAR.
00:24:43.11\00:24:46.18
BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO
ME THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT.
00:24:46.21\00:24:48.95
WELL, I SUPPOSE THAT JEZEBEL
TOLD ALL THE PRIESTS TO MAKE
00:24:48.98\00:24:53.12
LITTLE VOODOO DOLLS OF SOME
HAIRY MAN WITH A LEATHER BELT
00:24:53.15\00:24:59.63
AND POKE HIM FULL OF PINS
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DO
00:24:59.66\00:25:02.23
EVERYTHING THEY COULD
TO FIND AND GET BACK AT
00:25:02.26\00:25:05.70
ELIJAH BECAUSE THE RAIN WAS NOT
COMING AND THEY WERE POWERLESS.
00:25:05.73\00:25:08.90
THEY WERE CARRYING ON, THEY
WERE MAKING SACRIFICES, THEY
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.57
WERE PROBABLY OFFERING
HUMAN SACRIFICE. YOU WONDER WHAT
00:25:11.61\00:25:14.31
ARE THE PROPHETS OF BAAL DOING
IF THE PEOPLE COME TO THEM AND
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.58
SAY "LOOK WE STARTED WORSHIPING
BAAL AND HE WAS SENDING THE
00:25:16.61\00:25:19.01
RAIN, NOW WHAT'S HAPPENED?"
WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS WERE THEY
00:25:19.05\00:25:21.78
GIVING? THEY HAD ALL THESE LIES
AND THEY WERE SAYING, "YES THE
00:25:21.82\00:25:25.09
RAIN COMES FROM BAAL", BUT
IT WASN'T COMING NOW. AND THEN
00:25:25.12\00:25:29.56
IT SAYS THAT THE LORD TOLD
ELIJAH - TURN BACK TO OUR VERSE
00:25:29.59\00:25:33.29
IN 1 KINGS 17. AFTER
HE SAYS THERE'S NOT GOING
00:25:33.33\00:25:38.83
TO BE RAIN OR DEW, YOU NOTICE IN
THAT VERSE ONE IT SAYS, "THESE
00:25:38.87\00:25:43.20
YEARS". IT DOESN'T
SAY THERE'S NOT GOING
00:25:43.24\00:25:46.14
TO BE RAIN OR DEW FOR A
FEW DAYS, THAT'S NORMAL.
00:25:46.17\00:25:49.44
HE SAY'S "THERE'S NOT GOING
TO BE RAIN OR DEW FOR YEARS."
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.85
HE DOES NOT SAY, JUST
RAIN, HE SAYS RAIN OR DEW.
00:25:52.88\00:25:56.89
YOU KNOW BEFORE IT EVER RAINED
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT A DEW CAME
00:25:56.92\00:25:59.22
UP FROM THE GROUND.
AND WATERED THE EARTH.
00:25:59.25\00:26:01.99
THERE'S NOT GOING
TO BE ANY MOISTURE.
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.59
YOU KNOW EVEN, IT'S NOT JUST THE
RAIN THAT'S A BLESSING, SO YOU
00:26:04.63\00:26:07.36
REMEMBER WHEN GIDEON PRAYED, AND
HE SAID, "LET THE DEW BE ON THE
00:26:07.40\00:26:10.40
FLEECE AND NOT ON THE GROUND" HE
SAID, "NOW TODAY, I WANT THE DEW
00:26:10.43\00:26:13.77
TO BE ON THE GROUND
AND NOT ON THE FLEECE."
00:26:13.80\00:26:15.77
HE'S NOT ONLY A GOD OF THE RAIN,
HE'S A GOD OF THE DEW, ISN'T HE.
00:26:15.80\00:26:19.51
SO HE SAYS THERE'S NOT
GOING TO BE ANY MOISTURE.
00:26:19.54\00:26:22.91
IT'S NOT ONLY NOT GOING TO FALL
FROM THE GROUND, FROM HEAVEN,
00:26:22.94\00:26:25.65
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME UP FROM
THE GROUND EITHER, FOR YEARS.
00:26:25.68\00:26:29.62
AND SO THEY'RE NOTICING AS
MONTHS GO BY AND AS YEARS GO
00:26:29.65\00:26:31.82
BY, ELIJAH HAD PROPHESIED YEARS.
AND THEY'RE THINKING, THEY'RE
00:26:31.85\00:26:36.96
DESPERATE NOW. WELL AFTER
HE GIVES HIS PROPHESY, IT SAYS
00:26:36.99\00:26:40.40
"THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD,"
I'M IN VERSE 2, "CAME TO ELIJAH
00:26:40.43\00:26:44.10
SAYING, GET AWAY FROM HERE AND
TURN EASTWARD AND HIDE BY THE
00:26:44.13\00:26:49.67
BROOK CHERITH, WHICH FLOWS INTO
THE RIVER JORDAN." YOU MEAN GOD
00:26:49.70\00:26:55.11
WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO HIDE?
SOMETIMES. IS THERE A TIME TO
00:26:55.14\00:27:00.95
RETREAT? DID JESUS SAY,
"IF THEY PERSECUTE YOU IN THIS
00:27:00.98\00:27:05.72
CITY, JUST GET IN THEIR
FACE AND PREACH LOUDER"? IS THAT
00:27:05.75\00:27:09.12
WHAT HE SAID? NO, HE SAID, IF
THEY PERSECUTE YOU IN THIS CITY,
00:27:09.16\00:27:12.29
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. PAUL WAS SORT
OF BOLD AND THEY NEARLY TORE ONE
00:27:12.33\00:27:19.40
CHRISTIAN LIMB FROM LIMB IN A
GREEK CITY AND PAUL SAID, "LET
00:27:19.43\00:27:22.24
ME GO IN THERE." AND
THEY HAD TO HOLD HIM BACK
00:27:22.27\00:27:24.77
AND SAID "NO, YOU BETTER GET OUT
OF TOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO KILL
00:27:24.81\00:27:26.34
YOU AND WE NEED YOU."
DAVID WAS LIKE THAT, DAVID GOT
00:27:26.37\00:27:29.31
OLD, IN BATTLE HE NEARLY GOT
KILLED BY ONE OF GOLIATH'S SONS
00:27:29.34\00:27:31.98
AND ADONIJAH HAD TO
COME AND RESCUE HIM, AND THEY
00:27:32.01\00:27:34.52
SAID "LOOK, YOU'RE NOT
GOING INTO BATTLE ANYMORE.
00:27:34.55\00:27:36.12
THERE'S A TIME TO FIGHT AND
THERE'S A TIME TO WATCH FROM A
00:27:36.15\00:27:38.45
DISTANCE." ELIJAH
WAS BRAVE, HE WENT AND
00:27:38.49\00:27:41.66
MADE HIS PROPHECY. NOW GOD
SAID "AHAB IS GOING TO LOOK
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.49
EVERYWHERE FOR YOU,
YOU NEED TO GO HIDE."
00:27:44.53\00:27:48.16
THERE'S EVEN A TIME FOR
COUNTRY LIVING, ISN'T THERE?
00:27:48.20\00:27:51.47
AND HE SAID, "I'LL
TELL YOU WHERE TO HIDE."
00:27:51.50\00:27:54.14
THERE'S A BROOK THAT GOES
DOWN FROM THE HILLS, ON THE EAST
00:27:54.17\00:27:57.71
SIDE OF THE JORDAN, IT'S A
REMOTE AREA AND THERE'S A LOT
00:27:57.74\00:28:03.95
OF BRUSH. AND
DURING THIS TIME OF, DURING
00:28:03.98\00:28:09.25
THIS TIME OF FAMINE, IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE RUNNING, BUT THERE'S
00:28:09.28\00:28:12.55
PLACES WHERE...WHEN YOU'VE
GOT A NATURAL BROOK IN A HILL, A
00:28:12.59\00:28:16.83
CREEK, AND IT STARTS DRYING AND
THERE'S NO MOISTURE, EVEN DURING
00:28:16.86\00:28:22.63
THE DRY TIMES, IF THERE'S A ROCK
PART OF THE BROOK, WHERE IT'S
00:28:22.66\00:28:26.10
GOT A ROCK BOTTOM, IT FORCES THE
WATER UP AND YOU MAY FIND PLACES
00:28:26.13\00:28:29.97
IN A RIVER OR CREEK IN THE
SUMMER THAT STILL HAVE WATER.
00:28:30.01\00:28:33.68
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT FLOWING.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.24
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE HILLS?
00:28:35.28\00:28:36.88
I THINK GOD DIRECTED HIM TO A
PLACE WHERE THE WATER SURFACED
00:28:36.91\00:28:40.58
AGAIN. WHEN I
LIVED UP IN THE CAVE, I
00:28:40.62\00:28:42.02
CAN REALLY RELATE TO THIS STORY,
I LIVED UP IN THE HILLS IN THE
00:28:42.05\00:28:44.65
SUMMERTIME IN THE CANYON, THERE
WERE PLACES THERE WAS NO WATER.
00:28:44.69\00:28:48.06
BUT I HAD WATER OUTSIDE MY CAVE
BECAUSE IT WAS A ROCK BOTTOM AND
00:28:48.09\00:28:50.89
IT WAS FORCED BACK
TO THE SURFACE AGAIN.
00:28:50.93\00:28:53.13
AND SO HE WAS DIRECTED
TO A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD
00:28:53.16\00:28:55.60
HAVE WATER TO DRINK,
THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME SHADE,
00:28:55.63\00:28:58.67
SOME SHRUBS, MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A CAVE OR ROCK, I DON'T KNOW.
00:28:58.70\00:29:02.07
HE HAD SOME SHELTER FROM THE
SUN, I HOPE THAT THERE WAS SOME
00:29:02.10\00:29:06.27
- A CAVE IS A LOT COOLER THAN
BRUSH. I'M HOPING HE HAD SOME
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.41
SHELTER THERE. AND
GOD SAID I'M GOING TO FEED
00:29:09.44\00:29:11.85
YOU SUPERNATURALLY.
AND THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL.
00:29:11.88\00:29:15.42
HE SAID, "GET AWAY BY THE BROOK
WHICH FLOWS TO JORDAN AND IT
00:29:15.45\00:29:18.42
WILL BE THAT YOU WILL DRINK FROM
THE BROOK, AND I HAVE COMMANDED
00:29:18.45\00:29:22.19
THE RAVENS TO FEED YOU THERE.
WELL THAT'S NOT HOW YOU NORMALLY
00:29:22.22\00:29:27.30
PRAY TO GET YOUR FOOD, IS IT?
SO HE WENT AND DID ACCORDING TO
00:29:27.30\00:29:31.97
THE WORD OF THE LORD, HE OBEYED.
AND HE WENT AND STAYED BY THE
00:29:32.00\00:29:35.54
BROOK CHERITH,
WHICH FLOWS INTO JORDAN.
00:29:35.57\00:29:38.81
ANOTHER INTERESTING THOUGHT,
WHEN ELIJAH FIRST APPEARS, THE
00:29:38.84\00:29:46.08
WORD JORDAN APPEARS.
SHORTLY AFTER HE APPEARS.
00:29:46.11\00:29:50.49
WHEN ELIJAH DISAPPEARS,
THE WORD JORDAN APPEARS.
00:29:50.52\00:29:54.62
WHEN JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY,
WHERE DOES HE FIRST APPEAR?
00:29:54.66\00:30:00.86
IT'S, HE BEGINS THERE,
HE'S BEING BAPTIZED BY JOHN -
00:30:00.90\00:30:04.23
HE'S A TYPE OF
ELIJAH, - IN THE JORDAN.
00:30:04.27\00:30:06.90
AND IT SAYS, "THE RAVENS,"
I'M IN VERSE 6, "BROUGHT HIM
00:30:06.94\00:30:10.44
BREAD AND MEAT IN THE MORING.
AND BREAD AND MEAT IN THE
00:30:10.47\00:30:14.04
EVENING. AND HE DRANK FROM THE
BROOK. SO, SOMEONE'S GOING TO
00:30:14.08\00:30:18.41
SAY THIS IS A GOOD
ARGUMENT FOR TWO MEALS A DAY.
00:30:18.45\00:30:22.15
MAYBE IT IS, I DON'T KNOW?
OF COURSE, THIS IS DURING FAMINE
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.62
TIMES. BUT THAT'S
VERY INTERESTING THAT
00:30:24.65\00:30:28.09
GOD BROUGHT RAVENS.
RAVENS ARE UNUSUAL BIRDS.
00:30:28.12\00:30:31.36
THEY BELONG TO
THE CORVID FAMILY.
00:30:31.39\00:30:33.90
OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET
FROM KAREN AND I - ED HARPER -
00:30:33.93\00:30:38.77
IS ONE OF THE EMINENT
ORNITHOLOGISTS IN, WELL, IN THE
00:30:38.80\00:30:44.91
WORLD, BUT
CERTAINLY IN SACRAMENTO.
00:30:44.94\00:30:47.18
HE'S A GREAT BIRD LOVER,
AND IT'S FUN TALKING TO HIM
00:30:47.21\00:30:49.98
ABOUT THE BIRDS. YOU CAN
WALK DOWN A TRAIL AND HE'LL HEAR
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.71
TWENTY BIRDS WHERE I DON'T HEAR
ANY, AND HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT
00:30:51.75\00:30:54.22
THEY ALL ARE. HE'S A
GREAT EXPERT IN THAT.
00:30:54.25\00:30:58.15
CORVIDS, RAVENS, ARE AMONG
THE SMARTEST BIRDS IN THE WORLD.
00:30:58.19\00:31:02.32
THEY CAN EVEN LIVE, I THINK
ONE HAS LIVED UP TO FORTY YEARS.
00:31:02.36\00:31:06.53
IN THE WILD THEY TYPICALLY LIVE
ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS, BUT SOME
00:31:06.56\00:31:10.60
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LIVE
LONGER. THEY PAIR UP FOR LIFE.
00:31:10.63\00:31:14.67
UNLESS, YOU KNOW THEY LOSE A
MATE, AND THEN THEY MIGHT LOCATE
00:31:14.70\00:31:17.17
ANOTHER ONE. AND
THEY'RE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT.
00:31:17.21\00:31:20.84
THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW
BIRDS THAT ACTUALLY USES TOOLS.
00:31:20.88\00:31:24.51
THEY WILL PICK UP A STICK,
THEY'LL TAKE A THORN, AND THEY
00:31:24.55\00:31:28.22
KNOW HOW TO WORK A GRUB
OUT OF A LOG WITH A THORN USING
00:31:28.25\00:31:31.89
LEVERAGE. AND THEN THEY'LL PUT
IT DOWN AGAIN. AND THEY FIND A
00:31:31.92\00:31:33.69
FAVORITE THORN. THEY
FIND ONE WORKS THAN ANOTHERS.
00:31:33.72\00:31:37.23
AND THEY TEACH THE OTHER BIRDS.
YOU'LL SEE ONE BIRD, ONE CROW OR
00:31:37.26\00:31:41.23
RAVEN, THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME,
BLUE JAYS ARE ACTUALLY IN THAT
00:31:41.26\00:31:43.43
FAMILY, IN THE CORVID FAMILY.
IT'LL BE WATCHING THE OTHER AND
00:31:43.47\00:31:46.63
THEY CAN STUDY, AND
THEY CAN LEARN THINGS.
00:31:46.67\00:31:49.47
THEY'VE ALSO FOUND OUT - AND
THERE'S A LOT OF SPOOKY THINGS.
00:31:49.50\00:31:52.84
YOU KNOW, WHO WAS IT?
EDGAR ALLEN POE WROTE A POEM
00:31:52.87\00:31:55.01
ABOUT THE RAVEN. IT'S KIND OF
SPOOKY BECAUSE IF A RAVEN DIES,
00:31:55.04\00:31:59.41
THE OTHER RAVENS HOLD A FUNERAL.
THEY WILL GO AND THEY WILL ALL
00:31:59.45\00:32:03.92
SIT IN THE TREES AND THEY'LL
LOOK AT IT FOR A LONG TIME, FOR
00:32:03.95\00:32:06.49
HOURS. AND THEN
THEY'LL GO UP AND
00:32:06.52\00:32:08.06
THEY'LL CIRCLE AROUND THAT
ONE, AND THEN THEY'LL FLY OFF.
00:32:08.09\00:32:11.49
AND SO, THEY'RE JUST A VERY
INTERESTING, VERY INTELLIGENT
00:32:11.53\00:32:14.93
BIRDS. AND JUST
READ AN ARTICLE LAST
00:32:14.96\00:32:17.77
WEEK, TOTALLY DISRELATED
FROM THE SERMON, THAT SAID
00:32:17.80\00:32:20.70
THAT RAVENS EVEN POSSESS SOME
HUMAN-LIKE QUALITIES IN THE WAY
00:32:20.74\00:32:24.14
THAT THEIR BRAINS WORK. THEY'VE
GOT THE LARGEST BRAIN OF ANY
00:32:24.17\00:32:27.78
BIRD. THEY CAN BE TAUGHT TO
TALK. YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A
00:32:27.81\00:32:34.42
PARROT, MOCKINGBIRD, SOME OF
THESE THINGS, THEY CAN LEARN TO
00:32:34.45\00:32:36.72
REPRODUCE AND MIMIC CERTAIN
SOUNDS. NOW, I SHARE ALL THIS
00:32:36.75\00:32:41.06
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
THAT GOD WOULD USE THESE
00:32:41.09\00:32:45.46
BLACKBIRDS THAT ARE UNCLEAN
BIBLICALLY TO TAKE CARE OF HIS
00:32:45.49\00:32:51.93
PROPHET. THEY'RE
VERY LOYAL TO THEIR
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.27
YOUNG, AND I ALWAYS WONDERED
WHERE DO THE RAVENS GET THEIR
00:32:55.30\00:33:00.61
FOOD? I MEAN THERE'S A FAMINE IN
00:33:00.64\00:33:03.31
THE LAND, THE ONLY PLACE IN THE
LAND THAT, I MEAN THEY EITHER
00:33:03.35\00:33:07.02
HAD TO FLY MILES TO GET FOOD,
OR THEY WENT TO THE PALACE.
00:33:07.05\00:33:12.79
THEY PROBABLY HAD
FOOD IN THE PALACE, RIGHT?
00:33:12.82\00:33:15.69
AND I JUST PICTURE THAT AHAB AND
JEZEBEL WOULD SIT DOWN TO EAT,
00:33:15.72\00:33:19.69
YOU KNOW AND THEY HAD OPEN
WINDOWS BACK THEN, THEY DIDN'T
00:33:19.73\00:33:21.23
HAVE GLASS. AND
THAT IN THE RAVENS WOULD
00:33:21.26\00:33:25.13
FLY, GRAB BREAD OFF THEIR TABLE
AND THEY'D FLY OUT. AND THEN
00:33:25.17\00:33:32.11
LATER THAT - KAREN AND I JUST
WERE EATING IN HAWAII, AND AT
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.68
OUR TABLE WHERE WE WERE EATING,
THE LITTLE DOVES, THE PIGEONS,
00:33:35.71\00:33:40.32
DOVES AND PIGEONS WERE COMING
RIGHT UP TO US, AND DUCKS.
00:33:40.35\00:33:42.92
THEY WERE EATING
RIGHT THERE AT THE TABLE.
00:33:42.95\00:33:46.02
ANY OF YOU EVER HAVE BIRDS AT AN
OUTDOOR RESTAURANT KIND OF GRAB
00:33:46.05\00:33:48.62
YOUR FOOD OFF THE TABLE.
AND I COULD JUST SEE AHAB AND
00:33:48.66\00:33:52.19
JEZEBEL SITTING DOWN AND RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PRAISING
00:33:52.23\00:33:55.23
BAAL FOR THEIR FOOD, BEFORE THEY
EAT, TWO RAVENS FLY IN AND THEY
00:33:55.26\00:33:59.60
SAY "WHERE'S ELIJAH, WHERE'S
ELIJAH," AND GRAB BREAD AND THEY
00:33:59.63\00:34:03.67
FLY OUT. AND BECAUSE I'VE GOT
AN ACTIVE IMAGINATION, I ALSO
00:34:03.71\00:34:08.94
PICTURE - IT SAYS THAT ELIJAH
WORE A HAIRY GARMENT - MAYBE HE
00:34:08.98\00:34:13.11
WORE LIKE GOATSKIN, MAYBE IT WAS
BLACK GOATSKIN. AND IF HE HAD
00:34:13.15\00:34:16.75
LONG, BLACK HAIR AND HE
WAS WEARING BLACK GOATSKIN, THE
00:34:16.79\00:34:19.22
RAVENS PROBABLY JUST THOUGHT HE
WAS A BIG CHICK? AND THEY KEPT
00:34:19.25\00:34:24.63
FEEDING HIM EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW THEY'VE GOT THIS
00:34:24.66\00:34:26.93
NURTURING - THESE BIRDS HAVE GOT
THIS NURTURING THING WHERE IF
00:34:26.96\00:34:30.47
THE CHICKS ARE CRYING
THEY PUT FOOD IN THEIR MOUTH.
00:34:30.50\00:34:34.54
AND EVERY MORNING WHEN
ELIJAH WAS PRAYING, THEN THERE
00:34:34.57\00:34:36.97
CAME THE RAVENS. AND
THEY DROPPED THE BREAD AND
00:34:37.01\00:34:40.38
THEY DROPPED THE FLESH.
AND THAT COULD MEAN ONE OF
00:34:40.41\00:34:43.68
SEVERAL THINGS. IT JUST
MEANT FOOD OTHER THAN BREAD.
00:34:43.71\00:34:46.08
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MEAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN EGGS, YOU
00:34:46.11\00:34:48.75
KNOW, RAVENS SOMETIMES ROB OTHER
NESTS FOR EGGS, AND, SO I DON'T
00:34:48.78\00:34:52.25
KNOW. THEY WERE
BRINGING HIM FOOD
00:34:52.29\00:34:53.66
EVERYDAY AND BREAD
EVERYDAY. EVERYONE'S STARVING.
00:34:53.69\00:34:58.39
YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PROMISES IN THE BIBLE, THAT GOD
00:34:58.43\00:35:00.86
PROVIDES FOR HIS OWN. DOESN'T
HE? IF YOU ARE WILLING TO BE
00:35:00.90\00:35:04.57
USED FROM GOD...KING DAVID
SAID, "I WAS YOUNG, AND I AM
00:35:04.60\00:35:09.44
NOW OLD, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THE
RIGHTEOUS FORESAKEN, OR HIS SEED
00:35:09.47\00:35:13.81
BEGGING BREAD." AND JESUS TELLS
US THAT IF WE SEEK FIRST THE
00:35:13.84\00:35:18.45
KINGDOM OF GOD - AND THAT WAS
THE CONCERN OF ELIJAH - AND HIS
00:35:18.48\00:35:22.12
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT
HE'LL PROVIDE FOR US.
00:35:22.15\00:35:25.65
AND HE SAID "YOU WILL
DRINK FROM THE BROOK."
00:35:25.69\00:35:29.66
SO ELIJAH NOT ONLY SPEAKS
THE WORD OF GOD, HE OBEYS.
00:35:29.69\00:35:33.29
HE DOES WHAT GOD
SAYS, HE GOES TO THE BROOK,
00:35:33.33\00:35:37.43
AND HE WAITS. GOD FEEDS HIM
EVERYDAY, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK
00:35:37.47\00:35:41.00
HE'S DOING EVERYDAY? A
YEAR GOES BY NOTHING HAPPENS.
00:35:41.04\00:35:45.14
I'M SURE HE DIDN'T JUST
SIT UNDER A BUSH ALL DAY LONG.
00:35:45.17\00:35:47.98
HE PROBABLY VENTURED OUT A
LITTLE BIT, TOOK WALKS AT NIGHT,
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.61
MAYBE HAD SOME LITTLE PROJECTS,
HE MIGHT HAVE CARVED THINGS,
00:35:50.65\00:35:53.05
I'M SURE HE WAS SPENDING
TIME IN PRAYER. BUT HE REALLY
00:35:53.08\00:35:56.28
HAD TO LIVE THE LIFE OF A
HERMIT. AND JUST HE WAS HIDING
00:35:56.32\00:36:01.19
OUT IN THE
WILDERNESS, FOR YEARS.
00:36:01.22\00:36:05.73
OR AT LEAST UNTIL
THE BROOK GOES DRY.
00:36:05.76\00:36:08.76
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT GOD PROVIDED FOR HIM.
00:36:08.80\00:36:13.03
"IF PROVIDENCE CALLS US TO
SOLITUDE AND RETIREMENT, IT
00:36:13.07\00:36:17.07
BECOMES US TO GO WHEN WE
CANNOT BE USEFUL, WE MUST
00:36:17.11\00:36:19.81
BE PATIENT." I'M QUOTING I
BELIEVE FROM MATTHEW HENRY'S
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.08
COMMENTARY. "AND WHEN
WE CANNOT WORK FOR GOD, WE
00:36:22.11\00:36:25.68
MUST SOMETIMES SIT STILL
QUIETLY AND WAIT FOR GOD."
00:36:25.71\00:36:29.65
ELIJAH PRAYED IT WOULDN'T
RAIN, AND GOD IS ANSWERING HIS
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.89
PRAYER AND NOW WHAT
ELIJAH NEEDED WAS PATIENCE. AND
00:36:31.92\00:36:35.59
HE'S PRAYING EVERY DAY
THAT THIS PLAGUE, THIS FAMINE
00:36:35.62\00:36:42.00
IS GOING TO HAVE ITS
NEEDED EFFECT. HOW OFTEN DID GOD
00:36:42.03\00:36:46.13
FEED ELIJAH? DID GOD SEND
AN ELEPHANT TO DUMP A MONTH'S
00:36:46.17\00:36:50.54
WORTH OF BREAD? OR DID HE
SEND BIRDS TO BRING IT ONE
00:36:50.57\00:36:54.98
MEAL AT A TIME? YOU KNOW
IN THE LORD'S PRAYER, WHAT
00:36:55.01\00:36:58.81
DOES IT SAY? GIVE US
THIS DAY OUR WEEKLY BREAD?
00:36:58.85\00:37:03.69
GIVE US OUR MONTHLY
BREAD, OUR YEARLY BREAD? HAVE
00:37:03.72\00:37:07.32
YOU EVER HAD TO LIVE BY
FAITH THAT THE BIRDS WOULD
00:37:07.36\00:37:10.06
COME TWICE A DAY? WHERE
YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE
00:37:10.09\00:37:15.03
NEXT MEAL WAS COMING AND
YOU WERE PRAYING AND THEN IT
00:37:15.06\00:37:17.10
CAME. WOULD YOU SAY A
PRAYER OVER YOUR FOOD AND THANK
00:37:17.13\00:37:21.10
THE LORD FOR YOUR FOOD IF
THERE'S A FAMINE AND EVERYONE'S
00:37:21.14\00:37:23.27
STARVING, BUT BIRDS
MIRACULOUSLY BRING YOU YOUR FOOD
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.77
TWICE A DAY? YOU KNOW, REALLY
IT IS A MIRACLE THAT FEEDS
00:37:25.81\00:37:29.88
US, WE SOMETIMES TAKE IT
FOR GRANTED. IT'S ONLY THE
00:37:29.91\00:37:32.98
BOUNTY AND PROVISION OF
GOD. WHERE DO BIRDS COME FROM?
00:37:33.01\00:37:38.95
DO THEY COME FROM BELOW,
DO THEY COME HORIZONTALLY?
00:37:38.99\00:37:41.16
OR DO THEY COME FROM ABOVE?
SO GOD IS TRYING TO TELL US
00:37:41.19\00:37:44.79
THAT THESE BIRDS COMING
FROM ABOVE IS A SYMBOL THAT HE
00:37:44.83\00:37:48.53
IS THE ONE THAT BRINGS US THAT
BREAD. JESUS SAID "I AM THAT
00:37:48.56\00:37:52.27
BREAD THAT COMES DOWN
FROM HEAVEN. AMEN? GIVE US OUR
00:37:52.30\00:37:57.77
BREAD. THE RAVENS BROUGHT
SPECIFIC FOOD TO A SPECIFIC
00:37:57.81\00:38:01.54
PLACE, AT A SPECIFIC TIME.
TWICE A DAY, BREAD AND FLESH, TO
00:38:01.58\00:38:07.18
THE BROOK CHERITH, WHERE ELIJAH
IS HIDING OUT. BY THE WAY,
00:38:07.22\00:38:12.15
THAT WORD CHERITH MEANS A
PLACE OF CUTTING. IT'S A PLACE
00:38:12.19\00:38:17.16
WHERE HE IS BEING TRIED.
AND HE'S GOING THROUGH A LITTLE
00:38:17.19\00:38:21.53
BIT OF GROWTH HIMSELF, WHILE
HE IS THERE. WHEN THE PROVISION
00:38:21.56\00:38:25.13
OF EARTH FAILED, THE PROVISION
OF HEAVEN CAME. YOU KNOW
00:38:25.17\00:38:31.81
EVENTUALLY, WE READ IN 1 KINGS
17:7, "AND IT HAPPENED AFTER
00:38:31.84\00:38:36.31
A WHILE THAT THE BROOK
DRIED UP, BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN
00:38:36.34\00:38:38.41
NO RAIN IN THE LAND."
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
00:38:38.45\00:38:43.89
GOD IS MIRACULOUSLY SENDING
ELIJAH BREAD FROM HEAVEN.
00:38:43.92\00:38:48.72
WHY WOULD GOD ALLOW THE BROOK
TO DRY UP? WHEN YOU PRAY THAT
00:38:48.76\00:38:54.93
GOD WILL DO SOMETHING TO
REACH PEOPLE DOES IT MEAN THAT
00:38:54.96\00:38:58.37
YOU MIGHT ALSO BE AFFECTED
BY IT? YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S
00:38:58.40\00:39:03.54
WAR IN THE WORLD, EVEN
CHRISTIANS STRUGGLE DURING
00:39:03.57\00:39:06.17
THOSE WARS. WHEN
THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE
00:39:06.21\00:39:07.88
WORLD, TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENS
TO ALL, AND GOD OBEYS HIS OWN
00:39:07.91\00:39:12.98
LAWS. AND
EVENTUALLY THE WATER STOPPED
00:39:13.01\00:39:15.62
RUNNING. GOD SAID,
"LOOK THERE'S NO MORE
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.39
WATER HERE, AND I'VE
GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO
00:39:17.42\00:39:19.25
SOMEWHERE ELSE." SO,
THE LORD ALLOWED THE BROOK
00:39:19.29\00:39:21.62
TO GO DRY. EVEN
BELIEVERS MIGHT EXPERIENCE
00:39:21.66\00:39:26.03
PERIODS OF DROUGHT.
ONE DAY, ELIJAH NOTICED
00:39:26.06\00:39:28.83
THE WATER LEVEL IN THE BROOK
WAS GETTING LOWER AND LOWER.
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.47
YOU KNOW WHEN I LIVED IN THE
CAVE, AND IN THE SUMMERTIME I
00:39:31.50\00:39:34.70
WAS UP THERE, THE CREEK -
TAHQUITZ CREEK - BY THE WAY,
00:39:34.74\00:39:38.74
TAHQUITZ CREEK IS THE CREEK THAT
SUPPLIES WATER FOR PALM SPRINGS.
00:39:38.77\00:39:42.61
BUT IT WOULD STOP RUNNING IN THE
SUMMER, EXCEPT AT MY CAVE, BUT
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.18
I NOTICED EVERY MORNING THE
LEVEL WAS A LITTLE HIGHER - THE
00:39:45.21\00:39:48.12
END OF THE DAY IT WAS DOWN.
IN THE MORNING IT WOULD COME UP
00:39:48.15\00:39:49.82
A LITTLE, BUT THEN IT WOULD
DOWN. AT THE END OF THE SUMMER
00:39:49.85\00:39:52.22
IT WOULD GET PRETTY LOW. WELL
THE FAMINE WENT SO LONG, THAT
00:39:52.25\00:39:56.49
ELIJAH REALIZED, "LORD", HE
SAID, "I PROBABLY GOT ANOTHER
00:39:56.52\00:39:59.06
DAY'S WATER, LEFT IN THE CREEK,
AND NOW WHAT?" AND HE THEN
00:39:59.09\00:40:06.10
GAVE HIM OTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
SO, GOD IS PROVIDING FOR
00:40:06.13\00:40:11.87
ELIJAH, AND HE'S
GOING TO REACH THE NATION.
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.34
BUT HE'S KIND OF - ELIJAH NEEDS
TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.85
NATION IS FEELING HERE.
LUKE 12:24, ONE MORE THOUGHT.
00:40:16.88\00:40:23.95
CAN GOD USE AN UNCLEAN BIRD TO
BRING CLEAN MEAT, CLEAN FOOD TO
00:40:23.99\00:40:30.56
HIS PEOPLE? CAN GOD
USE A DONKEY TO SPEAK
00:40:30.59\00:40:34.40
TRUTH? ARE
DONKEYS CLEAN OR UNCLEAN
00:40:34.46\00:40:37.47
ANIMALS? WHEN IT COMES TO
FOOD THEY'RE UNCLEAN ANIMALS.
00:40:37.50\00:40:42.74
AND, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES
THE LORD CAN USE UNCLEAN PEOPLE
00:40:42.77\00:40:47.68
TO HELP HIS PEOPLE. WHO IS
ELIJAH GOING TO BE SENT TO?
00:40:47.71\00:40:53.21
A GENTILE WOMAN.
A SIDONIAN WOMAN.
00:40:53.25\00:40:56.42
INTERESTING, THAT'S WHERE
JEZEBEL COMES FROM, AND GOD IS
00:40:56.45\00:40:59.49
GOING TO USE HER TO FEED HIM.
AND HE'S GOING TO USE HIM TO
00:40:59.52\00:41:02.96
FEED HER WITH THE
BREAD OF LIFE. BUT THAT'S
00:41:02.99\00:41:05.89
REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE
THE SUBJECT FOR ANOTHER SERMON.
00:41:05.93\00:41:08.93
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
TERRIBLE FAMINE THAT COMES TO
00:41:08.96\00:41:12.03
GOD'S PEOPLE. WHY DOES GOD
ALLOW THIS FAMINE? SO THEY'D
00:41:12.07\00:41:17.94
TURN BACK TO HIM. DO WE
READ ABOUT A PROPHESIED FAMINE
00:41:17.97\00:41:21.38
IN THE BOOK OF AMOS? AMOS
8:11 "BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE
00:41:21.41\00:41:26.78
COMING," SAYS THE LORD
GOD, THAT I WILL SEND A FAMINE
00:41:26.82\00:41:29.58
ON THE LAND, NOT A FAMINE OF
BREAD, NOR A THIRST FOR WATER,
00:41:29.62\00:41:34.02
BUT OF HEARING THE WORDS OF
THE LORD." I TALKED ABOUT THIS
00:41:34.06\00:41:36.66
A FEW WEEKS AGO. "THEY SHALL
WANDER FROM SEA TO SEA, AND
00:41:36.69\00:41:40.40
FROM NORTH TO EAST; THEY
SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, SEEKING
00:41:40.43\00:41:43.06
THE WORD OF THE LORD, BUT
SHALL NOT FIND IT." NOW IS IT
00:41:43.10\00:41:46.10
UNUSUAL THAT YOU WOULD
NOT FIND THE WORD OF THE LORD
00:41:46.13\00:41:48.87
IN A PAGAN, DARK COUNTRY?
NO. WHAT MAKES IT A FAMINE FOR
00:41:48.90\00:41:54.44
THE WORD OF GOD, IS THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE THE WORD OF GOD
00:41:54.48\00:41:57.08
IN GOD'S COUNTRY AMONG GOD'S
PEOPLE. I MEAN YOU WOULDN'T
00:41:57.11\00:42:01.22
BE LOOKING FOR THE WORD OF THE
LORD IN A DARK, PAGAN COUNTRY
00:42:01.25\00:42:05.79
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE
WORD OF GOD. BUT WHERE YOU'VE
00:42:05.82\00:42:07.79
GOT THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND
YOU'VE GOT THE WORD OF GOD,
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.89
AND YOU'VE GOT THE PEOPLE
OF GOD, YOU EXPECT TO FIND THE
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.16
TRUTH, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT
HEARING THE WORD OF THE LORD,
00:42:12.19\00:42:14.93
IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES,
THEN YOU'VE GOT A FAMINE. COULD
00:42:14.96\00:42:18.53
IT BE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
FAMINE FOR THE WORD OF GOD AMONG
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.84
THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE
LAST DAYS? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:42:22.87\00:42:27.78
I THINK SO. AND IT WAS DURING
THAT TIME THAT THERE WAS A
00:42:27.81\00:42:31.88
FAMINE FOR THE TRUTH GOD
SENT ELIJAH, AND IT WAS DURING
00:42:31.91\00:42:34.92
THAT TIME THERE WAS A FAMINE
FOR TRUTH, GOD SENT JOHN THE
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.32
BAPTIST, WHO IS A TYPE OF
ELIJAH. AND IN THE LAST DAYS,
00:42:37.35\00:42:40.56
GOD IS GOING TO SEND, I BELIEVE,
OTHER ELIJAHS TO BRING HIS
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.89
PEOPLE BACK TO THE LORD.
I PRAY HE SENDS THEM NOW.
00:42:43.93\00:42:47.00
BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING
IN THE DAYS OF ELIJAH NOW.
00:42:47.03\00:42:50.37
I THINK THAT THERE'S A FAMINE,
I THINK THERE'S A DROUGHT FOR
00:42:50.40\00:42:53.23
TRUTH IN OUR WORLD I THINK
IT'S IT'S VERY RARE, AMONG GOD'S
00:42:53.27\00:42:57.31
PEOPLE. AND PART
OF IT IS BECAUSE,
00:42:57.34\00:43:00.54
INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING TO
THE LORD TO WORSHIP GOD, THEY'RE
00:43:00.58\00:43:04.11
GOING TO THE THINGS OF THE
WORLD. INSTEAD OF THE AVERAGE
00:43:04.15\00:43:06.61
CHRISTIAN SPENDING TIME
IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND BEING
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.15
WITNESSES FOR GOD,
WE'RE WORSHIPPING AT AN IDOL
00:43:09.18\00:43:12.12
TELEVISION. PEOPLE
ARE BEING ENTERTAINED TO
00:43:12.15\00:43:15.26
DEATH. AND THEY
JUST ARE NOT FIXING
00:43:15.29\00:43:19.13
THEIR EYES ON THE LORD,
AND LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS.
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.80
I APPRECIATED THE
CHILDREN'S STORY THIS MORNING
00:43:22.83\00:43:24.83
THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WELL YOU KNOW IN CONCLUSION
00:43:24.87\00:43:27.67
I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND
YOU. WHEN THERE WAS NO WATER,
00:43:27.70\00:43:32.97
GOD PROVIDED WATER FOR
ELIJAH. JESUS SAID IN JOHN 4:13,
00:43:33.01\00:43:38.35
"WHOEVER DRINKS OF THIS
WATER WILL THIRST AGAIN, BUT
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.22
WHOEVER DRINKS OF THE
WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM WILL
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.52
NEVER THIRST. BUT THE
WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM WILL
00:43:43.55\00:43:46.25
BECOME IN HIM A FOUNTAIN
OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO
00:43:46.29\00:43:49.12
EVERLASTING LIFE." IF GOD'S
SERVANTS NEED BREAD, HE GIVES
00:43:49.16\00:43:53.66
THEM BREAD. JESUS SAID, JOHN
6:35 "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:43:53.70\00:43:58.73
HE WHO COMES TO ME
SHALL NEVER HUNGER, AND HE WHO
00:43:58.77\00:44:01.20
BELIEVES IN ME SHALL NEVER
THIRST." AND THEN YOU HAVE A
00:44:01.24\00:44:04.91
PROMISE THAT WHEN THERE IS A
FAMINE IN THE LAST DAYS, WILL
00:44:04.94\00:44:07.91
GOD'S PEOPLE GET HUNGRY? ISAIAH
33:16 "HE WILL DWELL ON HIGH;
00:44:07.94\00:44:13.52
HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE WILL BE
THE FORTRESS OF ROCKS;" TALKS
00:44:13.55\00:44:16.42
ABOUT GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE
WILDERNESS. "BREAD WILL BE GIVEN
00:44:16.45\00:44:20.02
HIM, HIS WATER WILL BE SURE."
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
00:44:20.06\00:44:24.69
THAT. WHY? IF WE SEEK
FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS
00:44:24.73\00:44:28.40
RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALL THESE
THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO US. GOD
00:44:28.43\00:44:34.14
WILL GUIDE US WHERE TO GO
TO SATISFY OUR HUNGER WITH THE
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.27
BREAD OF LIFE, AND TO QUENCH
OUR THIRST WITH THE LIVING
00:44:36.30\00:44:38.77
WATER. AS HE DID IT BEFORE FOR
THE ISRAELITES, HE'LL DO IT FOR
00:44:38.81\00:44:41.61
US IN THE LAST DAYS. AND WE
NEED HIM TO GUIDE US NOW, 'CAUSE
00:44:41.64\00:44:46.51
I THINK THERE IS A FAMINE IN
THE LAND, AND - WHAT DOES THE
00:44:46.55\00:44:51.35
NAME ELIHAH MEAN? MY GOD IS
JEHOVAH. IS JESUS YOUR LORD?
00:44:51.39\00:44:59.16
IS JEHOVAH YOUR GOD?
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SING ABOUT
00:44:59.19\00:45:02.16
THAT. OUR CLOSING SONG, "GUIDE
ME THOU O GREAT JEHOVAH", 538.
00:45:02.20\00:45:07.87
"GUIDE ME THROUGH
THIS BARREN LAND."
00:45:07.90\00:45:09.24
LET'S STAND TOGETHER AS WE SING.
00:45:09.27\00:45:28.19
>>GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT
JEHOVAH, PILGRIM THROUGH THIS
00:45:28.22\00:45:36.26
BARREN LAND. I AM WEAK, BUT
THOU ART MIGHTY, HOLD ME WITH
00:45:36.30\00:45:45.91
THY POWERFUL HAND. BREAD OF
HEAVEN, BREAD OF HEAVEN, FEED
00:45:45.94\00:45:55.15
ME TILL I WANT NO MORE, FEED
ME TILL I WANT NO MORE. OPEN NOW
00:45:55.18\00:46:08.76
THE CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN, WHENCE
THE HEALING STREAM DOTH FLOW;
00:46:08.80\00:46:16.44
LET THE FIRE AND CLOUDY
PILLAR LEAD ME ALL MY JOURNEY
00:46:16.47\00:46:25.25
THROUGH; STRONG DELIVERER,
STRONG DELIVERER. BE THOU STILL
00:46:25.28\00:46:33.12
MY STRENGTH AND SHIELD, BE THOU
STILL MY STRENGTH AND SHIELD."
00:46:33.15\00:46:44.03
>>YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY
THINGS IN THE STORY OF ELIJAH
00:46:44.07\00:46:46.20
THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN. FIRST
OF ALL, IT TELLS US HOW TO PRAY.
00:46:46.23\00:46:51.04
IT ALSO TELLS US ABOUT FAITH. IT
TELLS US ABOUT GOD PROVIDING FOR
00:46:51.07\00:46:54.74
US. IF GOD COULD
PROVIDE FOR HIM IN
00:46:54.78\00:46:57.35
THAT DESERT, HE
CAN PROVIDE FOR US.
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.68
SOMETIMES GOD PROVIDES
IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED WAYS,
00:46:59.71\00:47:04.09
SOMETIMES GOD HAS US WAITING.
AND YOU JUST GOT TO SIT BY THE
00:47:04.12\00:47:08.32
BROOK FOR A WHILE. AND SO I
DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU MAY FIT IN
00:47:08.36\00:47:11.76
THAT STORY, BUT LET'S REMEMBER
THAT BECAUSE ELIJAH PUT THE
00:47:11.79\00:47:15.20
LORD FIRST, THAT ULTIMATELY
BROUGHT A GREAT REVIVAL TO GOD'S
00:47:15.23\00:47:18.50
PEOPLE. AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE NEEDING TODAY.
00:47:18.53\00:47:21.17
I WANT THAT KIND
OF REVIVAL IN MY LIFE.
00:47:21.20\00:47:23.77
WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING ABOUT
THAT AS WE STUDY THE LIFE OF
00:47:23.81\00:47:26.31
ELIJAH. AND JUST
AS WE SING THE NEXT
00:47:26.34\00:47:29.14
VERSE IN THIS SONG, IF THERE'S
SOME HERE THAT HAVE SPECIAL
00:47:29.18\00:47:31.88
NEED, MAYBE YOU'RE EXPERIENCING
SOME FAMINE OR DROUGHT IN
00:47:31.91\00:47:35.08
YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR THE LORD TO GUIDE YOU OR
00:47:35.12\00:47:38.25
SUPPLY FOR YOU. OR YOU
WONDER IF MAYBE YOU'VE BECOME
00:47:38.29\00:47:42.16
DISTRACTED WITH ANOTHER
KIND OF WORSHIP, AND YOU NEED TO
00:47:42.19\00:47:44.66
ASK THE LORD TO BE THE CENTER
OF YOUR LIFE AND YOUR PRIMARY
00:47:44.69\00:47:48.60
WORSHIP. THEN WHATEVER THAT
NEED MIGHT BE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
00:47:48.63\00:47:51.50
COME FOR SPECIAL PRAYER OR
SOME OTHER BURDEN YOU'D LIKE TO
00:47:51.53\00:47:53.64
BRING TO THE LORD, COME.
THIS IS A THRILLING SONG.
00:47:53.67\00:47:57.74
GUIDE ME GREAT
JEHOVAH. WE'LL SING VERSE 3.
00:47:57.77\00:48:04.61
>>WHEN I TREAD THE VERGE OF
JORDAN, BID MY ANXIOUS FEARS
00:48:04.65\00:48:12.42
SUBSIDE. DEATH OF DEATH
AND HELL'S DESTRUCTION, LAND ME
00:48:12.45\00:48:19.93
SAFE ON CANAAN'S SIDE; SONGS
OF PRAISES, SONGS OF PRAISES I
00:48:19.96\00:48:29.17
WILL EVER GIVE TO THEE,
I WILL EVER GIVE TO THEE."
00:48:29.20\00:48:40.95
>>AMEN. ARE YOU WANTING TO KNOW
THAT THE LORD IS YOUR GOD? THAT
00:48:40.98\00:48:46.62
THE LORD IS YOUR JEHOVAH?
AND THAT HE IS PRINCIPLE IN
00:48:46.65\00:48:50.16
YOUR LIFE. LET'S ASK
HIM NOW TO COME IN AND
00:48:50.19\00:48:53.03
SIT ON THE THRONE OF OUR HEARTS.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'VE BEGUN A
00:48:53.06\00:48:57.50
JOURNEY TODAY, IN EXPLORING AND
CONSIDERING THE LIFE OF ONE OF
00:48:57.53\00:49:01.84
THE GREAT CHARACTERS THAT
YOU RAISED UP IN HOLY SCRIPTURE.
00:49:01.87\00:49:06.74
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING
TO BE SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
00:49:06.78\00:49:09.94
ELIJAH FACED IN THE LAST
DAYS IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING.
00:49:09.98\00:49:12.95
LORD HELP US TO BE WILLING
TO LISTEN TO YOUR WORD, THAT WE
00:49:12.98\00:49:18.09
HAVE YOUR WORD IN US. AND THAT
WE FOLLOW YOUR WORD LIKE ELIJAH.
00:49:18.12\00:49:22.52
I PRAY LORD YOU'LL GIVE US THAT
KIND OF FAITH WHERE WE CAN BE
00:49:22.56\00:49:25.46
BOLD FOR YOU, AND THEN ALSO KNOW
WHEN IT'S TIME TO RETREAT AND TO
00:49:25.49\00:49:29.26
HIDE OURSELVES. I ALSO
PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE US
00:49:29.30\00:49:32.67
THE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL
PROVIDE FOR OUR NEEDS ON A DAILY
00:49:32.70\00:49:35.60
BASIS, AND WILL
THANK YOU WHEN YOU DO.
00:49:35.64\00:49:38.51
WE ASK LORD THAT OUR COURAGE AND
OUR CONFIDENCE IN YOU WILL BE
00:49:38.54\00:49:43.14
RENEWED AS WE
CONSIDER THIS SUBJECT.
00:49:43.18\00:49:45.55
WE HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT
ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR LIVES, WE
00:49:45.58\00:49:48.95
PRAY FOR REVIVAL. HELP
US TO BE GENUINE CHRISTIANS.
00:49:48.98\00:49:52.32
WE SENSE BOTH IN OUR
COUNTRY AND EVEN IN OUR CHURCH
00:49:52.35\00:49:56.29
THERE'S A NEED FOR REVIVAL
LORD, THAT THERE'S A FAMINE IN
00:49:56.32\00:49:59.06
THE LAND. HELP US TO BE PART
OF THE ANSWER. AND WE PRAY THAT
00:49:59.09\00:50:02.70
YOU WILL NOURISH US WITH
THAT BREAD OF HEAVEN AND WE
00:50:02.73\00:50:05.60
WILL SING YOUR PRAISES. WE
THANK YOU DEAR JEHOVAH. WE ASK
00:50:05.63\00:50:09.64
THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
00:50:09.67\00:50:13.21
>>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD
USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A
00:50:13.24\00:50:16.68
GREAT REFORMATION; HOWEVER,
IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED,
00:50:16.71\00:50:20.42
THE CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE
BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY
00:50:20.45\00:50:23.95
OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS.
THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE
00:50:23.99\00:50:27.66
PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW NINE-PART
SERIES CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF
00:50:27.69\00:50:32.13
FAITH - PLEASE PLAN, NOW, TO
JOIN ME IN PERSON, ONLINE, OR ON
00:50:32.16\00:50:35.96
TELEVISION AND BE SURE TO INVITE
OTHERS TO JOIN YOU AS WELL.
00:50:36.00\00:50:39.40
THE REFORMATION
CONTINUES. (MUSIC)
00:50:39.43\00:50:46.94
>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
00:50:46.98\00:50:56.92
>>I WAS HEADING
SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 5.
00:50:56.95\00:50:59.72
THIS COMMERCIAL COME ON KFBK
RADIO ABOUT A REVELATION SEMINAR
00:50:59.75\00:51:04.63
BY AMAZING FACTS. I BEGAN -
MY CHEST BEGAN TO TIGHTEN UP.
00:51:04.66\00:51:08.90
I BEGAN SWEATING PROFUSELY.
I HAD DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.
00:51:08.93\00:51:13.84
THERE WAS THIS BIG REST AREA
AND, AT THIS TIME, I PULLED INTO
00:51:13.87\00:51:17.11
THERE. I
THOUGHT,'WELL, MAYBE I'M
00:51:17.14\00:51:18.21
HAVING A HEART ATTACK.' I
GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK, WALKED
00:51:18.24\00:51:21.98
INTO THE MEN'S RESTROOM THERE,
AND PUT COLD WATER ON MY FACE,
00:51:22.01\00:51:26.11
AND THEN
FINALLY THINGS SUBSIDED.
00:51:26.15\00:51:28.28
A WEEK LATER, AGAIN, I HEARD
THIS AMAZING FACTS COMMERCIAL
00:51:28.32\00:51:31.72
COME ON THE RADIO. IN
FACT, THE MEETINGS WERE GOING
00:51:31.75\00:51:33.72
TO START THAT VERY NIGHT -
THIS - AND, AGAIN, IMMEDIATELY
00:51:33.76\00:51:37.03
I HAD THESE SAME
SYMPTOMS. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
00:51:37.06\00:51:39.43
THIS ISN'T MY HEART. I
HAVE TO GO TO THAT MEETING.
00:51:39.46\00:51:43.16
AND, AS I WAS GOING DOWN TO
SACRAMENTO, I DECIDED TO PARK
00:51:43.20\00:51:46.17
AND GO INSIDE. WELL,
I GOT IN AND WALKED INTO
00:51:46.20\00:51:50.77
THE FURTHERMOST REAR SEAT
THEY HAD IN THE PEW THERE.
00:51:50.81\00:51:55.28
AND THIS PARTICULAR EVANGELIST,
HIS NAME WAS KIM KJAER.
00:51:55.31\00:52:01.68
IT WAS LIKE TAKING ONE
LAYER OFF AT A TIME OF AN ONION.
00:52:01.72\00:52:05.89
HE LAID IT OUT SO PERFECTLY
THAT WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND IT.
00:52:05.92\00:52:08.96
AND I WAS REALLY MOTIVATED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:52:08.99\00:52:11.39
WELL, I FINISHED - I
DIDN'T MISS A MEETING.
00:52:11.43\00:52:13.73
IN FACT, ON THE FIFTH NIGHT THEY
HAD AN ALTAR CALL AND MY KNEES
00:52:13.76\00:52:18.30
STOOD RIGHT UP AND I WALKED
FORWARD AND I GAVE MY HEART TO
00:52:18.33\00:52:21.14
JESUS CHRIST. I'VE
LEARNED, THROUGHOUT THIS
00:52:21.17\00:52:24.64
WHOLE THING, THAT WHEN YOU
- WHEN YOU LEAVE THE DEVIL'S
00:52:24.67\00:52:27.84
TERRITORY, HE GETS PRETTY ACTIVE
IN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
00:52:27.88\00:52:32.85
WELL, I HAD THE EVANGELIST COME
OUT AND THEY HAD PRAYER WITH ME
00:52:32.88\00:52:37.15
ABOUT MY BUSINESS. I
WOULD FIND A SICK BUSINESS AND
00:52:37.19\00:52:40.59
MAKE IT WELL AND THEN MARKET
IT. I FINALLY ENDED UP WITH A
00:52:40.62\00:52:44.56
BUSINESS THAT I REALLY ENJOYED
THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS BUILDING
00:52:44.59\00:52:48.43
EQUESTRIAN CENTERS. AND
THEY SAID TO ME, 'STEVE,' HE
00:52:48.46\00:52:51.93
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO REALLY KEEP THE SABBATH
00:52:51.97\00:52:54.07
YOU'VE GOT TO SHUT YOUR DOORS
ON THE SABBATH.' WELL, I DID AND
00:52:54.10\00:52:58.34
SO I SOLD THE BUSINESS TO MY
BROTHER. IT TOOK ME 22 YEARS TO
00:52:58.37\00:53:01.58
BUILD THAT BUSINESS AND
HE LOST IT IN 33 MONTHS.
00:53:01.61\00:53:06.72
MY SON, WHO WAS MY BUSINESS
PARTNER, I'D BEEN GIVING HIM TEN
00:53:06.75\00:53:09.58
PERCENT OF THE
BUSINESS EVERY YEAR.
00:53:09.62\00:53:11.85
HE THOUGHT I'D JUST
FALLEN OFF THE BRIDGE.
00:53:11.89\00:53:16.06
MY SON DIDN'T TALK TO ME
FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
00:53:16.09\00:53:19.66
THEN A FEW
OTHER THINGS HAPPENED.
00:53:19.69\00:53:21.70
I HAD AN EX-EMPLOYEE LIVING
IN MY GUEST HOUSE - HE KIND OF
00:53:21.73\00:53:24.50
WATCHED AFTER OUR PLACE - AND HE
SAID, 'STEVE,' HE SAID, 'THERE'S
00:53:24.53\00:53:29.04
AN ALLIED MOVING VAN BACKED
UP TO YOUR FRONT DOOR IN YOUR
00:53:29.07\00:53:32.44
HOME.' I SAID, 'YOU'RE KIDDING!'
I SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?'
00:53:32.47\00:53:35.94
HE SAID, 'THEY'RE MOVING
EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE
00:53:35.98\00:53:38.45
INTO THIS TRUCK AND YOUR WIFE IS
OUT THERE SUPERVISING THEM.' AND
00:53:38.48\00:53:42.92
WHEN I WENT HOME AND OPENED THE
FRONT DOOR, MY VOICE ECHOED IN
00:53:42.95\00:53:45.82
THAT HOUSE. THERE WASN'T
ANY FURNITURE LEFT ANYWHERE.
00:53:45.85\00:53:48.56
THERE WAS ONE BED
LEFT IN THE HOUSE.
00:53:48.59\00:53:51.23
I KNEW MY WIFE WAS UPSET BECAUSE
OF MY COMING TO THIS CHURCH, BUT
00:53:51.26\00:53:55.63
I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WOULD
MOVE OUT LIKE THIS - THAT WAS A
00:53:55.66\00:53:59.13
TOTAL SHOCK TO ME.
IT WAS SOME TIME THERE -
00:53:59.17\00:54:02.20
I LOCKED MYSELF IN THE BEDROOM
AND I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE.
00:54:02.24\00:54:06.21
I SPENT ABOUT A HALF A YEAR JUST
EVERY NIGHT, GETTING HOME AND I
00:54:06.24\00:54:09.94
WOULD STUDY. IT
ALLOWED ME TO HAVE A PERSONAL
00:54:09.98\00:54:13.85
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.
WELL, TO MAKE A LONG STORY
00:54:13.88\00:54:17.29
SHORT, I MET CRYSTAL,
AND SHE WAS A GODLY WOMAN.
00:54:17.32\00:54:21.92
THAT WAS THE LORD'S DOING, NOT
MINE, AND HE WAS JUST THERE TO
00:54:21.96\00:54:25.56
LET ME KNOW, 'I'M WITH YOU
ALL THE WAY. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE
00:54:25.59\00:54:28.36
GOING TO HAVE SOME TRIALS
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
00:54:28.40\00:54:30.33
HARDSHIPS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I'LL BE WITH YOU.' BECAUSE,
00:54:30.37\00:54:34.47
NO MATTER WHAT I DO NOW, HE IS
MY LEADER. HE'S THE LEADER OF MY
00:54:34.50\00:54:39.34
MARRIAGE. HE'S THE LEADER
OF EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE TODAY.
00:54:39.37\00:54:42.68
THAT ONE MEETING WITH THE
AMAZING FACTS SEMINAR CHANGED MY
00:54:42.71\00:54:45.95
ENTIRE LIFE AND, TO THIS DAY,
I'M STILL ON FIRE FOR GOD - I'M
00:54:45.98\00:54:51.19
STILL
WITNESSING TO MY NEIGHBORS.
00:54:51.22\00:54:53.22
MY NAME IS STEVE JOHNSON AND
IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT AMAZING
00:54:53.25\00:54:56.42
FACTS HAS
CHANGED MY LIFE. (MUSIC)
00:54:56.46\00:55:16.21
>>TODAY'S SMART PHONES ARE A
VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF INFORMATION
00:55:16.24\00:55:19.18
THAT FITS IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND.
00:55:19.21\00:55:21.18
IT'S A GOOD THING WE
HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS!
00:55:21.22\00:55:23.32
WITH IT YOU CAN BUY YOUR
GROCERIES, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
00:55:23.35\00:55:26.89
EXERCISE REGIME, WATCH A VIDEO,
LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU CAN SURF
00:55:26.92\00:55:31.23
THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD-WIDE
WEB, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A
00:55:31.26\00:55:34.83
GOOD THING. AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE
00:55:34.86\00:55:36.90
COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
AND POWER IN A LITTLE SMART
00:55:36.93\00:55:40.50
PHONE TODAY THAN WAS USED BY
NASA TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
00:55:40.54\00:55:44.87
AND I ALMOST FORGOT, YOU CAN
ALSO USE THESE TO MAKE A PHONE
00:55:44.91\00:55:47.51
CALL, BUT WHO DOES THAT
ANYMORE? TODAY COMMUNICATION IS
00:55:47.54\00:55:50.91
NOT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT MESSAGE
00:55:50.95\00:55:54.22
SERVICING OR SMS TEXTING.
THAT'S RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT
00:55:54.25\00:55:59.59
2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
TODAY THAT ARE COMMUNICATING
00:55:59.62\00:56:03.32
WITH THEIR FELLOW HUMANS
IN SHORT BYTES CALLED TEXTING.
00:56:03.36\00:56:06.93
THAT'S MORE DATA THAT IS BEING
USED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SURFING
00:56:06.96\00:56:10.07
THE WEB OR EVEN
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.47
AND, FRIENDS, NOWHERE IS THIS
MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT HERE IN THE
00:56:12.50\00:56:15.00
PHILIPPINES. EVEN
THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES HAS
00:56:15.04\00:56:17.07
ABOUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THEY
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST
00:56:17.11\00:56:21.11
NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES
OF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:56:21.14\00:56:24.05
THEY'RE THE TWELFTH-LARGEST
COUNTRY, BUT THEY SEND 400
00:56:24.08\00:56:27.52
MILLION TEXT MESSAGES EVERY
DAY. WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF FINGER
00:56:27.55\00:56:32.72
FATIGUE. EVEN
THOUGH THE GREATEST NUMBER
00:56:32.75\00:56:35.02
OF TEXTERS IS HERE IN THE
PHILIPPINES, THE RECORD FOR THE
00:56:35.06\00:56:37.96
FASTEST TEXTER IN
THE WORLD IS FROM BRAZIL.
00:56:37.99\00:56:40.73
A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF
MARCEL FERNANDES FILHO - HE WAS
00:56:40.76\00:56:43.80
ABLE TO TEXT 25 VERY COMPLICATED
WORDS IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 18
00:56:43.83\00:56:47.24
SECONDS. WOW, IT
TAKES ME LONGER THAN
00:56:47.27\00:56:50.24
THAT TO JUST SAY 'I LOVE
YOU' TO MY WIFE AND PRESS SEND.
00:56:50.27\00:56:54.04
ALL THUMBS. ONE OF
THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT
00:56:54.08\00:56:57.11
TEXTING IS YOU CAN
TEXT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
00:56:57.15\00:56:59.25
IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE
AND YOU WANT TO SEND A PERSONAL
00:56:59.28\00:57:01.35
MESSAGE, YOU TEXT.
YOU'RE IN A CROWDED SUBWAY
00:57:01.38\00:57:04.12
OR AN AIRPORT, YOU CAN TEXT.
IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NOISE
00:57:04.15\00:57:07.56
OR NOSEY PEOPLE, YOU CAN TEXT
- JUST DON'T TEXT WHILE YOU'RE
00:57:07.59\00:57:11.19
DRIVING. THAT'S
WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL,
00:57:11.23\00:57:13.43
FRIENDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS
TEXT GOD A MESSAGE OF PRAYER
00:57:13.46\00:57:16.63
FROM YOUR HEART.
WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING
00:57:16.67\00:57:18.77
'WHAT SCHOOL DO I GO
TO?' 'WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?'
00:57:18.80\00:57:21.10
'WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO DATE THAT
MAY BE A FUTURE LIFE PARTNER?'
00:57:21.14\00:57:24.31
YOUR PRAYERS
DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG.
00:57:24.34\00:57:25.87
THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE BIBLE
IS THREE WORDS - WHEN PETER
00:57:25.91\00:57:28.54
PRAYED, 'LORD SAVE ME.'
AND JESUS ANSWERED HIS PRAYER.
00:57:28.58\00:57:32.51
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU
CAN TEXT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO
00:57:32.55\00:57:34.98
GOD, HE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR AND HEAR YOUR PRAYER
00:57:35.02\00:57:38.62
BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
SAY 'AMEN' AND PRESS THE SEND
00:57:38.65\00:57:40.99
BUTTON. IN FACT,
FRIENDS, YOU'LL BRING
00:57:41.02\00:57:42.96
JOY TO GOD WHEN YOU SEND
HIM REGULAR MESSAGES FROM
00:57:42.99\00:57:46.19
YOUR HEART TO HIS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TALK
00:57:46.23\00:57:48.16
TO HIM RIGHT NOW? (MUSIC)
00:57:48.20\00:58:03.28