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>>I'M DOING A SERIES RIGHT NOW
ON ELIJAH - 'THE DAYS OF ELIJAH'
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- AND THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND
INSTALLMENT OF THAT SERIES.
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BECAUSE, SOMETIMES, OF TRAVELING
SCHEDULES AND THE WAY THE
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PREACHING SCHEDULE LINES UP,
THERE MIGHT BE A WEEK OFF HERE
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AND THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING ON
WITH THIS SERIES AND IF YOU TURN
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IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE FIRST BOOK
OF KINGS - 1 KINGS, CHAPTER 17.
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AND JUST A LITTLE PREVIEW OF
THE STORY: ELIJAH IS SUDDENLY
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INTRODUCED ON HISTORY.
IT DOESN'T TELL US WHERE HE
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CAME FROM. WELL, IT
DOES TELL US WHERE HE
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CAME FROM, BUT IT DOESN'T
SAY MUCH ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
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IT JUST SAYS THAT HE'S A
TISHBITE AND - THERE'S A REGION
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UP IN GILEAD - AND HE TELLS THE
KING, AHAB, 'THERE'S NOT GOING
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TO BE ANY RAIN OR DEW
THESE YEARS EXCEPT AT MY WORD'.
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AND AFTER MAKING THIS STRANGE
AND STARK ANNOUNCEMENT, HE
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DISAPPEARS FROM THE COURT AND
GOD DIRECTS HIM TO GO STAY BY A
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BROOK CALLED CHERITH, WHICH
IS UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
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JORDAN RIVER AND THERE'S A
TIME OF FAMINE AT THAT TIME.
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AND SO WHILE HE'S THERE AT
THE BROOK, THE LORD MIRACULOUSLY
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FEEDS HIM. THIS FAMINE
GOES ON, MONTH AFTER MONTH.
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THERE'S NO RAIN, JUST HOT, DUST,
DRY - PLANTS ARE DYING, THE
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LEAVES ARE FALLING OFF THE TREES
- BUT GOD INSTRUCTS THE BIRDS TO
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FEED HIM AND IT TELLS US THAT
THE RAVENS FEED HIM TWICE A DAY.
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THEY GIVE HIM FLESH AND BREAD IN
THE MORNING AND FLESH AND BREAD
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IN THE EVENING. AND,
YOU KNOW, AFTER I SHARED
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THE MESSAGE LAST WEEK
IT OCCURRED TO ME JESUS
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SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED
THE RAVENS IN LUKE 12:24.
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HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE RAVENS:
FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP;
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WHICH HAVE NEITHER STOREHOUSES
NOR BARN; AND GOD FEEDS THEM.
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OF HOW MUCH MORE VALUE
ARE YOU THAN THE BIRDS?"
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YOU KNOW, ANTS WILL STORE AWAY
FOOD AND WE'VE GOT SQUIRRELS
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IN OUR BACKYARD THAT WILL
BURY NUTS, BUT RAVENS TYPICALLY
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DON'T DO THAT.
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SO, I MEAN, HERE GOD SAYS THEY
LIVE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND
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YET THEY WERE BRINGING THIS
FOOD, VIA AIR MAIL, TO ELIJAH.
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WELL, AFTER AWHILE, EVEN THOUGH
THE PROVISION FROM HEAVEN DID
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NOT CEASE, THE PROVISION
ON EARTH BEGAN TO DRY UP.
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IT TELLS US THAT
THE BROOK BEGAN TO FAIL.
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YOU KNOW, GOD PROMISES TO
FEED HIS PEOPLE AND JESUS MADE A
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PROMISE IN JOHN 6:35: HE
SAID, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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HE WHO COMES TO ME SHALL NEVER
HUNGER, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN
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ME SHALL NEVER THIRST."
AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A
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FAMINE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
- WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FAMINE -
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IT'S A TYPE OF A SPIRITUAL
FAMINE IN THE LAST DAYS.
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YOU DON'T NEED TO
HAVE A SPIRITUAL FAMINE.
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THERE MIGHT BE A FAMINE IN
THE LAND AGAIN - YOU KNOW, JESUS
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SAID ONE OF THE SIGNS OF
THE SECOND COMING - HE SAYS,
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'THERE'S GOING TO BE WARS AND
THERE'LL BE RUMORS OF WARS AND
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THERE MAY BE PESTILENCE AND
THERE MAY BE EARTHQUAKES AND THE
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SEA AND THE WAVE
ROARING AND', HE SAYS, 'FAMINE'.
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NOW WE MIGHT THINK A
FAMINE COULD NEVER COME TO NORTH
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AMERICA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE
CAN PUMP THE WATER OUT OF THESE
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DEEP AQUIFERS AND WE KNOW HOW
TO FARM AND - THAT'S A MISTAKE.
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THERE CAN STILL BE A FAMINE
EVEN IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS SUCH
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SOPHISTICATED
AGRICULTURE AS NORTH AMERICA.
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IT'S STILL THE BLESSING
OF GOD THAT BRINGS THE CROPS.
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IF IT DOESN'T RAIN AT THE WRONG
TIME - OR IF IT DOES RAIN AT THE
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WRONG TIME, WITH SOME
CROPS, IT CAN DESTROY THEM.
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I UNDERSTAND THAT
- WAS IT IN MONTANA?
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THEY JUST HAD A TERRIBLE RAIN
AND THE RAIN WAS FOLLOWED BY A
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FREEZE AND THEN A BLIZZARD AND
75,000 CATTLE WERE KILLED IN ONE
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WEEK. HOW MANY
OF YOU HEARD THAT?
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IT'S STILL THE BLESSING
OF GOD THAT KEEPS US FED.
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YOU KNOW, GOD'S PEOPLE
DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
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IN THE LAST DAYS THERE MAY BE
FAMINE EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY AND
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SCARCITY OF FOOD. IT
SAYS IN ISAIAH 33:16, THE
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BELIEVERS, "WILL DWELL ON HIGH;
HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE WILL BE THE
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FORTRESS OF ROCKS" - LIKE ELIJAH
- "BREAD WILL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS
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WATER WILL BE SURE." DO
YOU SEE A PATTERN IN THE
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BIBLE OF GOD FEEDING HIS
PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS?
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YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 12 AND THE WOMAN FLED
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INTO THE WILDERNESS AND SHE HAS
A PLACE PREPARED OF GOD WHERE HE
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FEEDS HER THERE 1,260 DAYS.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? HOW LONG
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WAS THE FAMINE IN THE BIBLE IN
THE DAYS OF ELIJAH? 1,260 DAYS.
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AND DURING THIS PROPHETIC 1,260
DAYS, GOD FEEDS HIS CHURCH AS IT
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FLEES INTO THE
WILDERNESS. SO GOD FEEDS US.
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IF WE SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE SAYS THE
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OTHER THINGS WILL BE
ADDED. DON'T WORRY ABOUT
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'WHAT SHALL I EAT?'
OR 'WHAT SHALL I DRINK?'
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OR 'WHAT WILL I
WEAR?' SEEK GOD FIRST.
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PSALM 37:25, DAVID SAID, "I HAVE
BEEN YOUNG; AND NOW AM OLD; YET
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I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS
FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS
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BEGGING BREAD." GOD
SEEMS TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS OF
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HIS PEOPLE. SO
THERE'S TWO KINDS OF FAMINE.
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THERE COULD BE A PHYSICAL FAMINE
- BELIEVERS DON'T NEED TO WORRY
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ABOUT THAT, GOD
FEEDS HIS PEOPLE.
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THERE CAN BE A SPIRITUAL FAMINE.
AMOS TELLS US THAT THERE'S A
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TIME WHEN THERE COULD BE A
FAMINE NOT JUST FOR FOOD - THERE
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COULD BE A FAMINE FOR THE WORD
OF GOD AND YOU COULD BE IN A
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COUNTRY THAT IS SURROUNDED
WITH PHYSICAL BLESSINGS AND BE
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STARVING SPIRITUALLY. SO
ARE YOU FEEDING YOUR SOUL?
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THE DAY IS GOING TO COME WHEN
THEY - CAN THERE BE A FAMINE FOR
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THE WORD OF GOD
EVEN IN THE CHURCH?
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DID PAUL WARN US THAT IN THE
LAST DAYS 'MEN WILL HEAP UNTO
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THEMSELVES TEACHERS AND
PREACHERS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT
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ITCHING EARS' TO HEAR
THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING?
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'PREACH UNTO US SMOOTH THINGS.
SAY 'PEACE, PEACE.'' YOU CAN
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HAVE A FAMINE EVEN IN A CHURCH
WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A BIBLE,
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IF WE'RE NOT HEARING
THE STRAIGHT WORD OF GOD.
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SO THAT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF
A PREFACE FOR WHERE WE ARE NOW.
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BUT GOD'LL GUIDE US WHEN WE'RE
HUNGERING AND THIRSTING AFTER
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS
HE DID THE ISRAELITES.
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ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING
TO CATCH UP WHERE WE WERE.
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1 KINGS CHAPTER 17 - AND
IT TELLS US, AFTER THE BROOK
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CHERITH BEGAN TO DRY UP, GOD'S
STILL SUPPLYING THE RAVENS.
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BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
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HE SAID, "ARISE, GO TO
ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGS TO
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SIDON, AND DWELL THERE.
SEE, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW
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THERE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU."
ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF ISRAEL
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YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A STAR - A
YELLOW STAR - THAT'S ZAREPHATH.
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YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE THAT
YOU'VE GOT THE JORDAN VALLEY
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BETWEEN AND THEN THERE'S A
YELLOW STAR AND THAT'S WHERE THE
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BROOK CHERITH IS. THE
RED STAR REPRESENTS SAMARIA,
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THAT'S THE CAPITAL
WHERE AHAB AND JEZEBEL ARE.
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LATER ELIJAH'S GOING TO GO DOWN
THERE AS WELL - JEZREEL, SAMARIA
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- ARE IN THAT VALLEY
THERE, NOT FAR FROM MEGIDDO.
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AND SO NOW HE'S GOING WAY UP
NORTH. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE
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FURTHEST NORTH THAT HE GOES AND
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IT IS
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ALSO THE FURTHEST NORTH THAT
JESUS GOES DURING HIS MINISTRY.
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YOU KNOW, THE ONLY TIME JESUS
EVER PREACHED TO THE GENTILES,
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HE WENT UP INTO THE REGION
OF SIDON, WHICH IS WHERE ELIJAH
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GOES, AND A WOMAN CAME TO HIM
THERE THAT HAD A DAUGHTER THAT
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WAS POSSESSED BY DEVILS AND
SHE FOLLOWED AFTER HIM AND SAID,
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'SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY
ON US' AND THE DISCIPLES SAID,
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'SEND HER AWAY. SHE'S
BECOMING A SPECTACLE' AND
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JESUS DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING AT FIRST.
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HE ANSWERED HER NOT
A WORD, TO BEGIN WITH.
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BUT SHE KEPT FOLLOWING AFTER
JESUS AND JESUS SAID TO THAT
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SIDONIAN WOMAN, 'EVEN THE
DOGS' - JESUS SAID, 'IT'S NOT
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APPROPRIATE TO TAKE THE
CHILDREN'S FOOD AND GIVE IT TO
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THE DOGS'. AND THE WOMAN
RESPONDED, 'BUT, YES, EVEN
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THE PUPPIES GET THE CRUMBS THAT
FALL FROM THE MASTER'S TABLE'.
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SEE THE APOSTLES AND THE JEWS
THOUGHT THAT 'WE'RE GOD'S CHOSEN
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PEOPLE AND THE GENTILES ARE
DOGS' - THAT'S HOW THEY REFERRED
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TO THEM. AND THEY
SAID, 'IT'S NOT RIGHT
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TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S FOOD'
- THE MESSIAH'S COME FOR THE
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CHILDREN - 'AND TO GIVE IT
TO THE DOGS' - THE GENTILES.
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AND JESUS WAS TESTING THE
APOSTLES TO SHOW THEM HOW THEY
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SOUNDED. JESUS SAID TO THE
WOMAN, 'GREAT IS YOUR FAITH.
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IF YOU GO HOME, YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS
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HEALED' AND HER
DAUGHTER WAS HEALED.
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IT'S THE ONLY
THING HE DID UP THERE
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IS HE HELPED ONE SIDONIAN WOMAN.
AND SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
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- YOU NOTICE IN THE SCRIPTURE
READING - IT STARTS OUT TALKING
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ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S
MINISTRY HE SAID THERE WERE MANY
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WIDOWS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
WHEN THE HEAVENS WERE SHUT UP
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FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, BUT
ELIJAH WASN'T SENT TO ANY OF THE
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ISRAELI WIDOWS. HE WAS SENT TO
A GENTILE WIDOW. NOW, YOU KNOW
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WHAT ELSE IS AMAZING ABOUT GOD
SENDING ELIJAH UP TO ZAREPHATH?
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THAT'S THE REGION OF TYRE
AND SIDON - THEY KNEW SOMETHING
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ABOUT THE REAL GOD - YOU
REMEMBER WHO IT WAS WHO HELPED
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KING DAVID BUILD HIS HOUSE?
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IT WAS THE KING OF TYRE AND HE
SENT DOWN HIS MERCHANTS AND WHEN
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SOLOMON BECAME KING, HIRAM, THE
KING OF TYRE, HE SENT SHIPS AND
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THEY SUPPLIED WOOD FOR THE
BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND THERE
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WAS A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP,
AT LEAST BACK DURING THAT TIME,
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BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF TYRE AND
SIDON IN THE NORTH - THEY WERE
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PHOENICIANS - AND
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
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THEY KNEW ABOUT THE GOD OF
ISRAEL. THEY KNEW THE STORIES.
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BUT THE AMAZING THING IS THEY
WORSHIPED BAAL UP THERE - EVEN
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THOUGH THEY KNEW ABOUT GOD -
AND WHO IS NOW MANIPULATING THE
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KINGDOM IN THE
SOUTH? AHAB MARRIED WHO?
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JEZEBEL. WHO WAS JEZEBEL?
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JEZEBEL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE
KING OF THE SIDONIANS - ETHBAAL.
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SO THEY'RE LOOKING ALL OVER
THE WORLD TO FIND ELIJAH, WHO'S
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PRONOUNCED THIS CURSE THAT
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY RAIN
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- THEY'RE LOOKING ALL OVER THE
PLACE AND GOD SAID, 'ELIJAH, I
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WANT YOU TO GO NORTH AND I
WANT YOU TO MOVE INTO JEZEBEL'S
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NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'LL NEVER LOOK FOR YOU
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THERE.' THAT'S
REALLY WHAT HE DOES.
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I MEAN, WHO WOULD
THINK THAT HE WOULD GO THERE?
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AND SO HE TELLS HIM TO GO
UP THERE. AND SO - YOU GOT YOUR
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BIBLES? YOU'RE STILL WITH ME
IN 1 KINGS 17? "ARISE AND GO TO
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ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGS
TO SIDON, AND DWELL THERE.
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SEE, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW
THERE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU." -
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NOW, THE WIDOW DIDN'T KNOW
YET THAT SHE WAS COMMANDED TO
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PROVIDE - "SO HE AROSE
AND WENT TO ZAREPHATH."
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- BY THE WAY, IF YOU GO TO THAT
LAND TODAY, THERE IS STILL A
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TOWN THAT HAS THE NAME -
IT'S - THE SPELLING IS A LITTLE
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DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
FROM THE PRONUNCIATION THAT
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IT'S ZAREPHATH. IT IS
A VERY ANCIENT TOWN AND
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IT'S BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE
ALL THAT TIME. SO ELIJAH OBEYS.
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HE ARISES AND HE GOES AND CAN
YOU IMAGINE WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE
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TRAVELED? FIRST OF ALL,
HE'S PROBABLY GOT TO TAKE
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THE COUNTRY ROUTE BECAUSE
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR HIM.
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ON EVERY TELEPHONE POLE IN
THE LAND OF ISRAEL HE'S GOT HIS
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WANTED POSTER THAT'S PASTED
UP THERE: 'DEAD OR ALIVE -
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ELIJAH THE PROPHET' AND
THEY PROBABLY WANTED HIM
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ALIVE TO BRING TO THE KING.
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BUT, BOY, WHEN HE FIRST
WENT DOWN AND STOOD AT THE BROOK
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CHERITH, HE PASSED THROUGH A
LUSH COUNTRY THAT WAS FULL OF
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THE BOUNTIES OF HEAVEN AND THE
GREEN MEADOWS AND THE FLOWERS
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AND THE LIVESTOCK AND NOW WHEN
HE LEAVES, THE FAMINE HAS DEEPLY
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SET IN AND HE GOES BY AND HE
SEES DUST DEVILS SWIRLING ON THE
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HORIZON. THE TREES ARE WITHERED.
THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN OFF.
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THE PLANTS ARE ALL
FADED AND SHRIVELED UP.
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THERE ARE CARCASSES OF
DEAD CATTLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE
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FIELDS. I MEAN, IT IS
A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE.
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AND HE GOES BY ALL THAT
AND HE HEADS UP TO THIS TOWN OF
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ZAREPHATH - IT'S NOT FAR FROM
THE OCEAN - AND AS HE NEARS THE
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VILLAGE AND OUTSIDE THE WALLS,
HE ENCOUNTERS A WOMAN. NOW
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HE JUST HAD TO
KNOW, PROVIDENTIALLY,
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THIS WAS THE WOMAN.
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THERE WERE PROBABLY MANY WOMEN
THAT LIVED IN THAT TOWN BUT GOD,
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THROUGH INSPIRATION,
TOLD HIM 'THAT'S THE ONE'.
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IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN
ELEAZAR, THE SERVANT OF ABRAHAM,
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HE GOES LOOKING FOR A WIFE FOR
ISAAC, HE GOES TO A TOWN THAT
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JUST HAPPENS THAT THE ONE WHO
COMES OUT AT THE TIME THAT HE
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ARRIVES, IS THE ONE THAT GOD
PROVIDENTIALLY ARRANGED TO BE
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THE BRIDE OF ISAAC.
HER NAME WAS REBEKKAH.
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DO YOU REMEMBER THAT
STORY? GOD'S TIMING'S AMAZING.
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AND SO JUST AS ELIJAH GETS THERE
AND HE'S JUST WONDERING WHERE HE
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CAN FIND SOME SHADE, THIS
WOMAN'S GOING OUT AND SHE'S
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GATHERING STICKS AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT SAYS, 'THAT'S THE WOMAN'.
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GOD - SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN SHE
WENT OUT TO GATHER STICKS THAT
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DAY THAT GOD WAS GETTING READY
TO DO SOMETHING MIRACULOUS FOR
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HER. AND IT SAYS THAT, "A WIDOW
WAS THERE GATHERING STICKS.
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AND HE CALLED TO HER AND SAID,
'PLEASE BRING ME A LITTLE WATER
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IN A CUP, THAT I MAY DRINK.' AND
AS SHE WAS GOING TO GET IT," -
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NOW THERE'S A FAMINE -
DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S NO WATER?
00:13:28.70\00:13:32.04
NO, IT MEANS THERE'S NO RAIN.
THERE WAS PROBABLY STILL SOME
00:13:32.07\00:13:35.54
WATER IN THE WELLS.
THERE WERE CERTAIN SPRINGS -
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EVEN IN DROUGHTS - WE'VE
TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR CABIN UP IN
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COVELO, WE'VE HAD DROUGHTS IN
CALIFORNIA BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW
00:13:42.78\00:13:45.82
SPRINGS UP THERE
THAT HAVE NEVER GONE DRY.
00:13:45.85\00:13:47.86
AND SO THERE WERE PROBABLY STILL
SOME WELLS AND IF YOU WANTED A
00:13:47.89\00:13:50.43
DRINK OF WATER, THAT
WASN'T THAT BIG AN ISSUE.
00:13:50.46\00:13:53.66
THEY WEREN'T DYING FROM THIRST,
THEY WERE DYING FROM HUNGER.
00:13:53.70\00:13:57.33
AND SO HE ASKS HER FOR A DRINK
AND SHE'S ON HER WAY TO GET THE
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DRINK. BY THE WAY,
I MEANT TO TELL YOU,
00:14:01.50\00:14:03.74
THE NAME ZAREPHATH MEANS
'SMELTING' OR 'REFINING'.
00:14:03.77\00:14:09.14
AND HE'S JUST COME FROM A PLACE
CALLED CHERITH, WHICH MEANS
00:14:09.18\00:14:12.41
'CUTTING'. AND SO
ELIJAH'S - NOT ONLY ARE
00:14:12.45\00:14:16.92
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL BEING
REVIVED IN THIS, ELIJAH IS BEING
00:14:16.95\00:14:19.95
REACHED THROUGH IT ALL. NOW,
WHAT DOES JESUS SAY WHEN SOMEONE
00:14:19.99\00:14:23.79
ASKS YOU FOR A DRINK OF WATER?
SHOULD YOU GIVE IT TO THEM?
00:14:23.83\00:14:27.66
MARK 9:41, "FOR WHOEVER GIVES
YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK IN
00:14:27.73\00:14:32.53
MY NAME, BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO
CHRIST, ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
00:14:32.57\00:14:35.64
HE WILL BY NO
MEANS LOSE HIS REWARD."
00:14:35.67\00:14:38.67
WHEN YOU READ LATER IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT, DOES JESUS MEET A
00:14:38.71\00:14:44.25
GENTILE WOMAN AND
ASK FOR A DRINK OF WATER?
00:14:44.28\00:14:48.25
YOU KNOW, ELIJAH IS A TYPE
OF CHRIST IN MANY WAYS AND WE'VE
00:14:48.28\00:14:52.29
TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOSE
ANALOGIES AND COMPARISONS, BUT
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THIS IS ONE MORE TIME.
00:14:55.72\00:14:57.53
YOU HAVE JESUS GOING TO
THE NORTH AND HE TALKS TO ONE
00:14:57.56\00:15:00.50
GENTILE WOMAN UP IN THE REGION
OF SIDON, AND THEN YOU HAVE
00:15:00.53\00:15:03.77
JESUS MEETING A GENTILE WOMAN BY
A WELL AND ASKING FOR A DRINK OF
00:15:03.80\00:15:06.67
WATER. TWO
THINGS THAT ELIJAH DID.
00:15:06.70\00:15:10.14
HE SAYS, 'CAN I PLEASE HAVE A
DRINK?' SO SHE'S GOING BACK INTO
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THE CITY, MAYBE WHERE THE WELL
IS, TO GET A DRINK, AND AS SHE'S
00:15:13.91\00:15:17.81
GOING TO GET IT, HE'S GOT
THE AUDACITY TO SAY TO HER,
00:15:17.85\00:15:21.82
"AND PLEASE BRING ME A
MORSEL OF BREAD IN YOUR HAND."
00:15:21.85\00:15:25.25
HE'S NOT ASKING FOR A
FULL-COURSE MEAL, BUT HE WAS
00:15:25.29\00:15:28.19
SAYING, 'IF YOU COULD BRING ME
A CAKE, A LOAF' - YOU KNOW - 'A
00:15:28.22\00:15:30.39
LITTLE CHAPATI' - THEY'RE -
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE BREAD IS NOT
00:15:30.43\00:15:34.56
LIKE OUR GREAT BIG OROWHEAT LOAF
SLICED INTO MANY PIECES, IT WAS
00:15:34.56\00:15:38.70
A LITTLE MORE THAN A GLORIFIED
TORTILLA AND SO HE'S JUST ASKING
00:15:38.73\00:15:44.14
FOR JUST ONE OF THESE LITTLE
LOAVES OF BREAD AND SHE THINKS
00:15:44.17\00:15:51.25
THAT'S TOO MUCH. SHE SAYS,
"AS THE LORD YOUR GOD LIVES," -
00:15:51.28\00:15:56.15
NOW, YOU NOTICE THAT? SHE IS
SURROUNDED WITH BAAL WORSHIP.
00:15:56.18\00:16:00.62
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ELIJAH'S NAME
YET BUT SHE SAYS, "AS THE LORD
00:16:00.66\00:16:04.36
YOUR GOD LIVES," - AND SHE USES
THE WORD 'JEHOVAH' - YOUR GOD.
00:16:04.39\00:16:07.86
SHE CAN TELL IMMEDIATELY BY
LOOKING AT HIM HE'S ONE OF THESE
00:16:07.86\00:16:10.23
SONS OF THE PROPHETS AND HE'S AN
ISRAELITE. SHE CAN TELL FROM HIS
00:16:10.27\00:16:13.54
ACCENT THAT HE'S
EVEN FROM ANOTHER NATION.
00:16:13.57\00:16:17.37
AND SHE SAID, 'LOOK, I'M MAKING
- I'M PROMISING YOU - I WOULD
00:16:17.41\00:16:21.21
HELP YOU IF I COULD -
I'M PROMISING YOU I CAN'T.
00:16:21.24\00:16:24.95
AND HERE'S THE REASON.' - SHE'S
SAYING IN THE NAME OF HIS GOD -
00:16:24.98\00:16:27.88
"AS THE LORD YOUR GOD LIVES,
I DO NOT HAVE BREAD, ONLY A
00:16:27.92\00:16:32.05
HANDFUL OF FLOUR IN A BIN"
- SHE'S SAYING, 'I'VE GOT ONE
00:16:32.09\00:16:35.36
HANDFUL' - IF YOU SCRAPE THE
BOTTOM IT MIGHT FILL YOUR HAND -
00:16:35.39\00:16:39.23
"AND A LITTLE OIL IN A JAR; AND
SEE," - 'YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
00:16:39.26\00:16:43.26
RIGHT NOW? I'M OUT
HERE GATHERING STICKS
00:16:43.30\00:16:45.93
FOR MY LAST SUPPER' -
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BASICALLY
00:16:45.97\00:16:48.80
SAYING. SHE SAYS,
"SEE, I AM GATHERING A
00:16:48.84\00:16:50.91
COUPLE OF STICKS" - SHE USES THE
WORD 'TWO' - A PAIR OF STICKS.
00:16:50.94\00:16:55.11
SHE SAYS 'I'M NOT GOING
TO MAKE A VERY BIG LOAF.
00:16:55.14\00:16:57.21
I DON'T NEED A VERY BIG FIRE.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M BAKING A LOT.
00:16:57.25\00:17:00.95
I'M JUST GETTING A COUPLE OF
STICKS TO MAKE A LITTLE LOAF OF
00:17:00.98\00:17:03.85
BREAD TO MAKE THE LAST MEAL FOR
MY SON AND I THAT WE MIGHT EAT
00:17:03.89\00:17:08.96
IT AND THEN WAIT TO DIE.' BOY,
TALK ABOUT A PATHETIC SCENE.
00:17:08.99\00:17:13.76
HAD THE FAMINE BECOME
PRETTY SEVERE UP IN HER COUNTRY?
00:17:13.80\00:17:17.70
NOW, THERE WAS STILL, BECAUSE
THEY WERE ON THE COAST AND THEY
00:17:17.73\00:17:21.24
WERE THE PHOENICIANS, THEY
PROBABLY BROUGHT IN A LITTLE BIT
00:17:21.27\00:17:23.84
OF FISH FROM THE SEA BUT, YOU
KNOW, WITHOUT BREAD - YOU CAN'T
00:17:23.87\00:17:28.74
JUST LIVE ON SARDINES
INDEFINITELY AND A LOT OF THAT
00:17:28.78\00:17:33.42
WAS TAKEN WHERE IT HAD A BETTER
PROFIT AND THEY'RE REALLY ON
00:17:33.45\00:17:36.72
SUBSISTENCE LIVING SO THEY WERE
REALLY STARVING TO DEATH NOW.
00:17:36.75\00:17:41.32
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN
AMAZING STORY BECAUSE LISTEN TO
00:17:41.36\00:17:44.19
WHAT ELIJAH SAYS. WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY IF A WOMAN
00:17:44.23\00:17:46.49
SAID THAT TO YOU? YOU
ASK FOR A LOAF OF BREAD AND
00:17:46.53\00:17:48.16
SHE SAYS, 'LOOK, MY BOY
AND I ARE GETTING READY TO EAT.
00:17:48.20\00:17:50.67
WE'VE JUST GOT ONE LITTLE SPLASH
OF OIL IN OUR JAR AND WE'VE GOT
00:17:50.70\00:17:55.04
ONE LITTLE HANDFUL OF FLOUR -
WE'RE GOING TO MIX IT UP AND EAT
00:17:55.07\00:17:59.14
OUR LAST LOAF AND
JUST WATCH UNTIL WE DIE.'
00:17:59.17\00:18:03.11
WOULD YOU SAY, 'WELL,
MAKE IT FOR ME FIRST.'?
00:18:03.14\00:18:09.75
DOESN'T THAT
SOUND A TAD SELFISH?
00:18:09.78\00:18:12.02
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE
HE WAS PART OF THE FAMILY.
00:18:12.05\00:18:14.46
THEY JUST MET.
HERE'S A STRANGER.
00:18:14.49\00:18:18.39
NOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A CUSTOM THAT IF YOU MEET A
00:18:18.43\00:18:21.63
STRANGER AND THEY ASK FOR A
GLASS OF WATER, YOU DON'T MISS
00:18:21.66\00:18:23.83
THE BLESSING, YOU GIVE
THEM THAT GLASS OF WATER.
00:18:23.87\00:18:26.57
BUT TO ASK FOR YOUR LAST MEAL
WHEN YOU'VE GOT HUNGRY CHILDREN
00:18:26.60\00:18:33.07
- NOW, I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A VERSE THAT A LOT OF
00:18:33.11\00:18:36.54
EVANGELISTS AND PASTORS HAVE
ABUSED. HAVE WE ALL HEARD ABOUT
00:18:36.58\00:18:40.75
'PROSPERITY PREACHING'?
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY'LL
00:18:40.78\00:18:44.55
POINT TO THIS AND THEY WILL
LITERALLY TELL POOR WIDOWS IN
00:18:44.59\00:18:47.76
THEIR CONGREGATION,
'YOU MAY NOT HAVE MUCH.
00:18:47.79\00:18:49.66
YOU MIGHT BE ON SOCIAL SECURITY,
BUT GOD IS TELLING YOU TODAY
00:18:49.69\00:18:52.19
THAT IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO ME
- IF YOU'LL SUPPORT MY MINISTRY,
00:18:52.23\00:18:56.53
GOD IS GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF YOU.
00:18:56.56\00:18:58.10
BUT THE LORD'S TOLD ME THAT
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO ME
00:18:58.13\00:18:59.90
FIRST.' AND THEY ABUSE
AND EXPLOIT THIS VERSE.
00:18:59.93\00:19:05.07
NOW UNLESS THAT PASTOR THINKS
HE'S THE PROPHET ELIJAH, AND
00:19:05.11\00:19:08.71
THAT HE'S BEEN DIRECTED BY GOD,
THAT'S REALLY STRETCHING THE
00:19:08.74\00:19:12.61
LIBERTIES OF THE VERSE.
BUT YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT ELIJAH
00:19:12.65\00:19:17.72
IS ASKING IS A REAL STRETCH
AND IT IS A STEP OF FAITH.
00:19:17.75\00:19:21.46
ELIJAH SAYS TO HER, VERSE 13,
"DO NOT FEAR; GO AND DO AS YOU
00:19:21.49\00:19:28.66
HAVE SAID," - YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE YOUR LAST LOAF.
00:19:28.70\00:19:30.87
GET YOUR STICKS - MAKE YOUR LAST
LOAF - "BUT MAKE ME A SMALL CAKE
00:19:30.90\00:19:34.80
FROM IT FIRST, AND BRING IT TO
ME; AND AFTERWARD MAKE SOME FOR
00:19:34.84\00:19:40.18
YOURSELF AND YOUR SON."
NOW IF HE HAD STOPPED THERE,
00:19:40.21\00:19:44.21
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS.
00:19:44.25\00:19:45.41
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES?
00:19:45.45\00:19:46.82
HE THEN MAKES A PROMISE
BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD.
00:19:46.85\00:19:50.02
HE DOESN'T JUST SAY, 'MAKE A
LOAF FOR ME FIRST AND THEN YOU
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.69
MAKE SOME FOR YOU, HE SAYS,
"'FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD OF
00:19:52.72\00:19:57.66
ISRAEL:'" - THUS SAYS JEHOVAH,
THE GOD OF ISRAEL - "''THE BIN
00:19:57.69\00:20:01.53
OF FLOUR SHALL NOT BE USED
UP, NOR SHALL THE JAR OF OIL RUN
00:20:01.56\00:20:06.33
DRY, UNTIL THE DAY THE LORD
SENDS RAIN ON THE EARTH.''" SO
00:20:06.37\00:20:12.64
HE'S MAKING A PROMISE. NOW,
UPON WHAT IS THAT PROMISE BASED?
00:20:12.67\00:20:17.28
DID ALL THOSE NATIONS AROUND
KNOW HOW ISRAEL GOT INTO THE
00:20:17.31\00:20:20.95
PROMISED LAND? SURE THEY DID.
DID THEY KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW
00:20:20.98\00:20:24.49
THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT -
HOW GOD MIRACULOUSLY FED THEM
00:20:24.52\00:20:27.46
FOR 40 YEARS? AND
SO, DID HE HAVE SOME
00:20:27.49\00:20:30.79
EVIDENCE? HE
SAID, 'GOD HAS DONE THIS
00:20:30.83\00:20:32.76
BEFORE'. CAN GOD MULTIPLY BREAD?
00:20:32.79\00:20:36.40
SO, SHE'S GOT TO MAKE A
DECISION: 'DO I BELIEVE THIS
00:20:36.43\00:20:40.97
HAIRY SCARY PROPHET THAT CAME
OUT OF NOWHERE AND IS ASKING FOR
00:20:41.00\00:20:45.61
OUR LAST MEAL OR DO I SAY, 'HE'S
CRAZY' AND I GO MAKE MY LAST
00:20:45.64\00:20:50.41
MEAL?' NOW, PUT
YOURSELF IN HER SHOES
00:20:50.45\00:20:53.08
FOR A MINUTE.
YOU'VE GOT ONE MEAL LEFT.
00:20:53.11\00:20:56.35
SOMEBODY'S TELLING ME THAT
THEY'VE BEEN SENT BY GOD AND IF
00:20:56.38\00:21:00.32
I GIVE THEM THE FIRST LOAF, THAT
GOD IS GOING TO MULTIPLY WHAT
00:21:00.36\00:21:04.79
I'VE GOT LEFT AND WE WILL LIVE.
IF I THINK THEY'RE CRAZY OR
00:21:04.83\00:21:09.83
THEY'RE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH
OR I'M AFRAID AND I EAT THE LAST
00:21:09.86\00:21:13.03
LOAF, I KNOW I'M GOING
TO DIE. SO, WHY NOT TRY IT?
00:21:13.07\00:21:21.08
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN HER SHOES,
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?
00:21:21.11\00:21:23.51
ALL YOU'RE GOING TO GET IF
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IS YOU GET ONE
00:21:23.55\00:21:25.78
MORE MEAL AND
THEN YOU DIE, RIGHT?
00:21:25.81\00:21:29.65
BUT HERE YOU'RE BEING
GIVEN A TEST AND IT MIGHT WORK.
00:21:29.68\00:21:35.52
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT STORY
ABOUT THE HORSE THAT FLIES?
00:21:35.56\00:21:39.16
THERE WAS A MAGICIAN IN THE
COURT AND THE KING BEGAN TO GET
00:21:39.19\00:21:44.47
SUSPICIOUS THAT THIS MAGICIAN
WAS UNTRUSTWORTHY AND HE SET A
00:21:44.50\00:21:48.70
DAY AND HE SAID, 'THE END
OF NEXT WEEK YOU'RE GOING TO BE
00:21:48.74\00:21:52.27
EXECUTED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
YOU'RE A REAL MAGICIAN.' AND THE
00:21:52.31\00:21:56.18
MAGICIAN SAID, 'YOUR HIGHNESS,
THAT'S A TERRIBLE SHAME BECAUSE
00:21:56.21\00:21:58.58
I WAS GETTING READY TO TEACH
YOUR HORSE TO FLY AND IT WOULD
00:21:58.61\00:22:00.95
BE THE ONLY FLYING HORSE IN THE
WORLD, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME
00:22:00.98\00:22:03.89
A YEAR.' SO THE KING IS
THINKING, 'YOU CAN TEACH MY
00:22:03.92\00:22:10.69
HORSE TO FLY?' 'YES,
YOUR HIGHNESS.' AND HE'S
00:22:10.73\00:22:14.20
THINKING, 'IF I KILL HIM MY
HORSE WON'T FLY.' AND SO SOMEONE
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.07
WENT TO THE MAGICIAN AND THEY
SAID, 'CAN YOU REALLY MAKE THE
00:22:17.10\00:22:19.80
KING'S HORSE FLY?' AND
HE SAID, 'WELL, IF YOU WANT
00:22:19.83\00:22:22.37
TO KNOW THE TRUTH, I DON'T
KNOW.' HE SAID, 'BUT I DO KNOW
00:22:22.40\00:22:25.91
THAT IN ONE YEAR EITHER THE
HORSE WILL FLY OR THE KING WILL
00:22:25.94\00:22:34.78
DIE OR I WILL DIE. BUT
I'M HOPING THAT THE HORSE
00:22:34.82\00:22:37.35
FLIES.' SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
TO LOSE? AND SO SHE'S THINKING,
00:22:37.39\00:22:44.99
'WELL, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THIS IS THAT PROPHET.
00:22:45.03\00:22:50.20
HE LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURE ON
THE TELEPHONE POLES.' AND SO SHE
00:22:50.23\00:22:56.40
TAKES THIS INCREDIBLE STEP
OF FAITH AND THE BIBLE TELLS HER
00:22:56.44\00:23:02.64
THAT IF SHE DOES THIS
GOD'LL FEED HER HOUSE.
00:23:02.68\00:23:05.31
"SO SHE WENT AWAY AND SHE DID
ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF ELIJAH;
00:23:05.35\00:23:10.05
AND SHE AND HER
HOUSEHOLD ATE FOR MANY DAYS."
00:23:10.09\00:23:15.59
NOW THIS IS A WONDERFUL STORY.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DOES OIL
00:23:15.62\00:23:20.33
REPRESENT? HOLY SPIRIT.
CAN GOD MULTIPLY THE OIL?
00:23:20.36\00:23:27.70
WHAT DOES BREAD REPRESENT?
'MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY BREAD ALONE
00:23:27.74\00:23:32.24
BUT BY EVERY WORD' -
IT'S A SYMBOL OR A TYPE.
00:23:32.27\00:23:35.31
AND WHAT DOES RAIN REPRESENT?
00:23:35.34\00:23:39.11
IT ALSO
REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.65
AND SO GOD WANTS TO SUSTAIN
US WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE
00:23:41.68\00:23:46.02
LATTER RAIN AND THAT RAIN THAT
CAME AT THE END OF THIS FAMINE
00:23:46.05\00:23:50.39
WAS A DOWNPOUR, WASN'T IT?
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE LATER,
00:23:50.43\00:23:54.10
BUT I'M ASSUMING
YOU KNOW THE STORY.
00:23:54.10\00:23:55.76
AND HERE, ELIJAH WAS
SAYING, 'GOD IS GOING TO SEND AN
00:23:55.80\00:23:58.00
ABUNDANCE OF RAIN.' SO, I CAN'T
IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE.
00:23:58.03\00:24:02.44
THIS POOR WOMAN, SHE DOESN'T
KNOW SHE'S GOING TO MEET ELIJAH
00:24:02.47\00:24:04.94
THAT DAY. EVERYBODY'S STARVING.
00:24:04.97\00:24:08.84
YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU
COULD. YOU EMPTY THE CUPBOARDS,
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.05
YOU'RE PICKING UP EVERY LITTLE
BEAN YOU CAN FIND IN THE FIELD.
00:24:11.08\00:24:14.58
AND, YOU KNOW, DURING A FAMINE,
PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS.
00:24:14.62\00:24:17.89
FINALLY SHE KNOWS - SHE'S
JUST GOT THE - THE MARKETS ARE
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.46
STRIPPED BARE -
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STORES.
00:24:20.49\00:24:22.39
THERE'S NOBODY OUT SELLING
IN THE MORNING LIKE THERE
00:24:22.42\00:24:24.29
USED TO BE. YOU CAN'T BUY BREAD.
00:24:24.33\00:24:27.36
ONLY THE VERY RICHEST PEOPLE IN
THE PALACE ARE SHIPPING SOME IN
00:24:27.40\00:24:29.90
FOR THEM FROM DISTANT COUNTRIES.
THERE'S NO FOOD IN THE LAND.
00:24:29.93\00:24:34.60
AND SO SHE'S THINKING ALL THESE
THINGS AND SHE'S PRAYING AND
00:24:34.64\00:24:38.14
SHE'S SAYING, 'LORD, WHAT SHALL
I DO? OH, WHY AM I BOTHERING
00:24:38.17\00:24:40.88
PRAYING TO BAAL?
BAAL HASN'T HELPED US.
00:24:40.91\00:24:44.98
MAYBE I OUGHT TO BE TALKING TO
THE GOD OF ISRAEL BECAUSE HE HAS
00:24:45.01\00:24:48.68
MULTIPLIED BREAD BEFORE.' AND SO
WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.85
HER MIND AS SHE WALKS OUT
AND SHE'S DESPERATE AND SHE'S
00:24:51.89\00:24:54.62
PRAYING. HER SON IS HUNGRY AT
HOME AND SHE MEETS THIS PROPHET.
00:24:54.66\00:25:00.20
AND SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO
FACTOR IN SOMETHING MUST HAVE
00:25:00.23\00:25:02.76
BEEN GOING ON IN HER
HEART WHERE SHE WAS SEARCHING.
00:25:02.80\00:25:06.67
SHE WAS WONDERING, 'DOESN'T
GOD CARE ABOUT POOR WIDOWS?'
00:25:06.70\00:25:11.01
WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WAS THINKING.
AND THEN SHE MEETS ELIJAH AND HE
00:25:11.04\00:25:15.08
WORKS A MIRACLE ON HER
BEHALF AND SHE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT'.
00:25:15.11\00:25:18.41
SHE MAKES HIM A LOAF,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
00:25:18.45\00:25:20.38
SHE SAID SHE HAD HOW
MANY LOAVES LEFT? SHE HAD ONE.
00:25:20.42\00:25:23.65
HE SAYS, 'MAKE A LOAF FOR ME
FIRST AND THEN FOR YOU AND YOUR
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.65
SON.' SO SHE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT, I'M
GOING TO GO MAKE A LOAF AND SHE
00:25:25.69\00:25:28.46
REACHES INTO THE BIN, SHE GETS
THAT LAST HANDFUL, SHE MAKES A
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.23
LOAF, SHE POURS A LITTLE
OIL ON IT, SHE LOOKS BACK IN AND
00:25:31.26\00:25:33.76
THERE'S STILL ANOTHER HANDFUL.
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.96
SHE SAYS, 'WOW, DID
I JUST SEE THAT HAPPEN?
00:25:36.00\00:25:39.20
HE JUST MULTIPLIED ENOUGH FOR ME
AND MY SON.' SO SHE BRINGS HIM
00:25:39.23\00:25:44.11
HIS LOAF AND SAYS, 'IT'S KIND OF
HOT OUT HERE, WHY DON'T YOU COME
00:25:44.14\00:25:46.57
BACK TO THE HOUSE AND STAY
WITH US. THIS GUY'S GOOD LUCK.'
00:25:46.61\00:25:52.58
AND SO HE COMES BACK
AND SHE HAS AN UPPER ROOM.
00:25:52.61\00:25:56.05
YOU FIND THAT OUT
LATER IN THE STORY.
00:25:56.08\00:25:58.82
SHE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A SPARE ROOM UPSTAIRS YOU COULD
00:25:58.85\00:26:01.36
STAY THERE.' AND THERE ARE,
EVIDENTLY, OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
00:26:01.39\00:26:04.73
HOUSE BECAUSE IT SAYS SHE "AND
HER HOUSEHOLD" - AND THAT TERM
00:26:04.76\00:26:09.40
'HOUSEHOLD' THERE - IT WOULD
HAVE SAID SHE AND HER SON IF IT
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.17
WAS JUST HER SON, BUT BECAUSE
IT SAYS 'SHE AND HER HOUSEHOLD'
00:26:12.20\00:26:15.04
THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE
00:26:15.07\00:26:17.41
OTHER, YOU KNOW, RELATIVES OR
IF THERE ARE SERVANTS OR WHAT'S
00:26:17.44\00:26:21.18
GOING ON, BUT THERE'S
SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.
00:26:21.21\00:26:24.35
NOW, THE WHOLE TOWN IS STARVING
BUT SOMEHOW, EVERYDAY, THEY'VE
00:26:24.38\00:26:28.22
GOT ENOUGH FOR
ONE DAY'S PROVISION.
00:26:28.25\00:26:30.95
DID GOD SAY YOU'LL MAKE A
LOAF OF BREAD AND THEN ALL OF A
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.29
SUDDEN HE'S GOING TO FILL THE
CUPBOARDS OR THERE WOULD ALWAYS
00:26:33.32\00:26:35.92
BE ANOTHER HANDFUL IN THE BIN?
HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER KIND OF
00:26:35.96\00:26:40.20
HAD THAT EXPERIENCE
WHERE THE LORD JUST SEEMED TO -
00:26:40.23\00:26:44.07
YOU NEVER QUITE GOT TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT - AND EVERY TIME
00:26:44.10\00:26:47.47
YOU THOUGHT THERE'S ONLY
ONE LEFT, YOU GO BACK AND SAY,
00:26:47.50\00:26:50.27
'WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE
WAS SO MUCH' - THERE'S STILL A
00:26:50.31\00:26:52.04
LITTLE MORE LEFT - THERE'S
STILL A LITTLE MORE LEFT.
00:26:52.07\00:26:54.68
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO - HOW
MANY OF YOU KNOW ROGER MORNEAUX?
00:26:54.71\00:26:57.95
THE MAN WHO WROTE THOSE BOOKS
'INCREDIBLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER'
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.52
AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF HIS
INCREDIBLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS
00:27:01.55\00:27:05.49
HE HAD A COPY MACHINE - HE WAS
SENDING OUT SPIRITUAL MATERIAL
00:27:05.52\00:27:10.03
AND LETTERS TO PEOPLE AND
HE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH MONEY.
00:27:10.06\00:27:12.66
AND HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT
REPLACEMENT INK FOR YOUR COPIER?
00:27:12.69\00:27:15.36
IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO MORTGAGE
YOUR HOUSE TO BUY ONE OF THOSE
00:27:15.40\00:27:19.00
THINGS. AND HE SAID, 'LORD, I
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW
00:27:19.03\00:27:22.04
BUT IF YOU COULD
KEEP' - AND HE SAID LONG
00:27:22.07\00:27:24.24
AFTER HIS COPIER SAID THAT IT
WAS EMPTY, IT JUST KEPT PUTTING
00:27:24.27\00:27:27.68
OUT BLACK AND WHITE PAPER
AND IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON FOR
00:27:27.71\00:27:31.48
MONTHS. WE
ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED HIM -
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.11
LAST INTERVIEW HE DID ON
TV WAS RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME.
00:27:33.15\00:27:35.82
AND I'VE EXPERIENCED MIRACLES
LIKE THAT BEFORE WHERE, YOU
00:27:35.85\00:27:39.32
KNOW, I HAD A TRUCK THAT KEPT
BURNING OIL AND I JUST HAD ONE
00:27:39.35\00:27:43.43
QUART LEFT AND I KEPT PUTTING IN
HALF - I KEPT PUTTING IN HALF A
00:27:43.46\00:27:50.57
QUART AND THEN I'D PUT THE
SCREW-ON LID BACK ON IT AND THEN
00:27:50.60\00:27:54.37
I'D CHECK THE OIL AND IT WAS
LOW AND I'D POUR ANOTHER HALF A
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.57
QUART IN THERE AND I'D THINK,
'HEY, THIS HAS STILL GOT OIL IN
00:27:56.60\00:27:58.27
IT!' AND I'D
PUT THE LID BACK ON.
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.31
THIS WAS BACK WHEN
I WAS POOR, YOU KNOW.
00:28:00.34\00:28:02.04
GOD DOESN'T WORK MIRACLES
FOR YOU WHEN YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH.
00:28:02.08\00:28:04.85
NOW WHEN MY OIL
GETS LOW I SAY, 'LORD'.
00:28:04.88\00:28:07.35
HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT MONEY,
GO BUY SOME OIL.' SO HE - YOU
00:28:07.38\00:28:11.39
NOTICE, GOD DOESN'T DO MIRACLES
FOR YOU IN YOUR ABUNDANCE.
00:28:11.42\00:28:16.09
GOD PERFORMS MIRACLES
FOR US IN OUR EXTREMITY.
00:28:16.12\00:28:20.40
AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH SOME KIND OF DROUGHT OR
00:28:20.43\00:28:23.63
WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME
KIND OF FAMINE OR WHEN YOU'RE
00:28:23.67\00:28:25.77
GOING THROUGH SOME KIND
OF EXTREMITY, THOSE ARE THE
00:28:25.80\00:28:28.37
OPPORTUNITIES. GOD
DOES NOT PART THE OCEAN FOR
00:28:28.40\00:28:31.71
YOU TO GO ACROSS BECAUSE YOU
JUST DON'T WANT TO BUY A BOAT
00:28:31.74\00:28:34.11
TICKET. YOU'VE GOT
MONEY IN YOUR POCKET,
00:28:34.14\00:28:37.55
AND YOU CAN BUY A BOAT
TICKET, YOU CAN BUY A TICKET.
00:28:37.58\00:28:39.38
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY
FOR A TICKET AND IF THERE ARE NO
00:28:39.41\00:28:42.08
BOATS AND IF AN ANGRY EGYPTIAN
ARMY IS CHASING AFTER YOU WITH
00:28:42.12\00:28:45.29
THEIR SWORDS DRAWN, THEN YOU
MIGHT SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE PART
00:28:45.32\00:28:48.32
THE OCEAN FOR ME.' IN YOUR
EXTREMITY, GOD IS INCLINED TO
00:28:48.36\00:28:53.46
PERFORM MIRACLES. YOU KNOW, I
WONDER HOW MANY MIRACLES WE'VE
00:28:53.50\00:28:57.17
MISSED IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE HAD
OPPORTUNITIES. LET ME GIVE YOU
00:28:57.20\00:29:01.84
AN EXAMPLE: YOU DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY YOUR TITHE
00:29:01.87\00:29:06.94
AND SO YOU SAY, 'LORD,
I KNOWN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
00:29:06.98\00:29:10.98
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE
GOT TO PAY THESE BILLS AND
00:29:11.01\00:29:13.25
I'VE GOT TO DO THIS AND THAT.
I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY
00:29:13.28\00:29:15.75
TITHE.' I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE
00:29:15.78\00:29:17.55
GOING TO BE THINKING THIS IS A
CONTRADICTION. DOESN'T GOD SAY,
00:29:17.59\00:29:20.79
'IF YOU'LL PROVE ME, I'LL OPEN
FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
00:29:20.82\00:29:23.36
AND THERE WILL NOT BE
ENOUGH ROOM TO RECEIVE IT'?
00:29:23.39\00:29:26.39
AND SO, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR
GOD TO WORK A MIRACLE AND OPEN
00:29:26.43\00:29:29.40
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, YOU MISS
THE MIRACLE BECAUSE YOU TAKE
00:29:29.43\00:29:32.27
YOUR TITHE MONEY AND USE IT TO
PAY YOUR VCR BILL OR YOUR CABLE
00:29:32.30\00:29:35.40
BILL OR WHATEVER IT IS.
00:29:35.44\00:29:38.57
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE THINK
ARE NECESSITIES AND THEY'RE NOT.
00:29:38.61\00:29:42.98
AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE -
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF 'SHALL I
00:29:43.01\00:29:45.55
EAT TODAY OR
SHALL I PAY MY TITHE?'
00:29:45.58\00:29:47.32
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T PAY THEIR
TITHE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.72
DEPRIVED OF SOME
LUXURY OR CONVENIENCE.
00:29:49.75\00:29:53.56
AND WE DON'T GIVE GOD A CHANCE
TO WORK A MIRACLE FOR US AND
00:29:53.59\00:29:56.76
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MANY
MIRACLES GOD COULD HAVE - 'LORD,
00:29:56.79\00:29:59.96
MY BOSS IS TELLING ME
I'VE GOT TO WORK THIS SABBATH.
00:30:00.00\00:30:03.90
I KNOW I'VE TOLD HIM I CAN'T
WORK SABBATH BUT HE SAID THERE'S
00:30:03.93\00:30:06.07
AN EMERGENCY AT THE COMPANY
AND I'VE GOT TO JUST THIS ONCE.
00:30:06.10\00:30:09.77
IF JUST THIS ONCE.' YOU'D BE
SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES WE GET
00:30:09.80\00:30:12.97
A CALL AT THE OFFICE AND SOME
COMPANY WILL SAY, 'ARE YOU THE
00:30:13.01\00:30:16.68
PASTOR OF SO AND SO?'
'YES.' 'LOOK, HE TELLS ME HE
00:30:16.71\00:30:20.15
CAN'T WORK SABBATH, BUT I FIGURE
IF I ASK HIS PRIEST YOU CAN
00:30:20.18\00:30:23.28
ABSOLVE HIM THIS TIME
BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.82
CAN YOU WRITE HIM A LETTER
AND LET HIM WORK THIS WEEK?'
00:30:25.85\00:30:28.32
I SAID, 'IT DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY.' I SAID, 'IT'S A
00:30:28.36\00:30:30.36
COMMANDMENT OF GOD.
PRIESTS DON'T GET TO CHANGE IT.'
00:30:30.39\00:30:34.66
BUT SOMETIMES THE EMPLOYEE
WILL SAY, 'JUST THIS ONCE.
00:30:34.73\00:30:39.47
HOW ELSE - I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB.'
AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD
00:30:39.50\00:30:43.67
WOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD SAID,
'NO, I'M GOING TO STAND UP FOR
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.81
THE LORD.' HE COULD
HAVE WORKED A MIRACLE.
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.14
I DON'T KNOW HOW
HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.91
WE'LL NEVER KNOW UNTIL WE GET
TO HEAVEN, BUT THERE'S ALL THESE
00:30:50.95\00:30:53.31
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD
GIVES US TO SEE, 'DO WE REALLY
00:30:53.35\00:30:57.59
TRUST HIM?' AND
BECAUSE WE TAKE THINGS INTO
00:30:57.62\00:31:00.79
OUR OWN HANDS - YOU
REMEMBER WHAT ABRAHAM DID?
00:31:00.82\00:31:03.46
GOD SAID, 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
A SON' AND ABRAHAM WAITED AND
00:31:03.49\00:31:06.93
WAITED AND NOTHING HAPPENED AND
HE SAID, 'LORD, LET ME HELP YOU
00:31:06.96\00:31:08.40
OUT. I'M GOING TO MARRY THIS
00:31:08.43\00:31:10.43
EGYPTIAN.' DID
THAT WORK VERY WELL?
00:31:10.47\00:31:15.04
GOD WAS GOING TO WORK A MIRACLE
BUT HE TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.94
HANDS. AND SO,
THIS WOMAN, SHE DECIDED
00:31:17.97\00:31:21.58
TO TRUST GOD AND
HE WORKED A MIRACLE.
00:31:21.61\00:31:24.91
AND EVERY DAY
THEY SAW A MIRACLE.
00:31:24.95\00:31:27.68
AND EVERY TIME THEY WENT THERE
WAS A LITTLE MORE FLOUR IN THE
00:31:27.72\00:31:30.89
BOTTOM OF THAT BIN AND I DON'T
KNOW IF IT JUST SORT OF ROSE UP
00:31:30.92\00:31:34.96
OUT OF THE BOTTOM LIKE
WATER DOES IN A WELL, BUT IT WAS
00:31:34.99\00:31:38.19
SPRINGING UP AND
THEY'D DIP IT OUT.
00:31:38.23\00:31:41.03
AND I THINK IT
TASTED A LITTLE BETTER TOO.
00:31:41.06\00:31:43.63
I DON'T THINK IT WAS STALE.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE OIL
00:31:43.67\00:31:47.30
THAT CAME OUT OF THE CRUSE AND
GOD JUST CONTINUED TO SUPPLY.
00:31:47.34\00:31:52.44
NOW, IF HE DID THAT FOR THE
WOMAN, WILL GOD DO THAT FOR THE
00:31:52.47\00:31:56.95
CHURCH? DID GOD
TELL HER, 'I WANT YOU TO
00:31:56.98\00:32:00.32
GO TO YOUR CUPBOARD EVERY
DAY AND A LOAF WILL FALL OUT'?
00:32:00.35\00:32:04.75
DID YOU NOTICE THAT SHE
HAD TO ACTUALLY COOK IT?
00:32:04.79\00:32:08.52
GOD COULD HAVE SAID, 'IF YOU'LL
JUST PULL ASIDE THE CURTAIN
00:32:08.56\00:32:10.39
EVERY DAY OR LOOK UNDER YOUR
PILLOW, LIKE THE TOOTH FAIRY,
00:32:10.43\00:32:12.49
THERE'LL BE A NEW LOAF.' HE
SAID, 'NO, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE
00:32:12.53\00:32:18.43
MEAL, MIX IN THE WATER, MIX
IN THE OIL' - THEY HAD SALT FROM
00:32:18.47\00:32:22.07
THE SEA - 'AND MAKE THE LOAF.'
WAS JESUS GOING TO TAKE HIS
00:32:22.10\00:32:27.18
MESSAGE TO, NOT JUST THE
JEWS, BUT TO THE GENTILES?
00:32:27.21\00:32:30.78
CHRIST PREACHED TO ALL THE
PEOPLE IN ISRAEL AND THEN HE
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.08
TALKED TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN -
A SYMBOL THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE
00:32:33.11\00:32:36.25
GOSPEL WAS ALSO
SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE GENTILES.
00:32:36.28\00:32:39.95
AND ELIJAH SPENT TIME REVIVING
ISRAEL BUT HE ALSO SPENT TIME
00:32:39.99\00:32:44.06
WITH A GENTILE WOMAN. BUT
IN ORDER FOR HER TO BE FED
00:32:44.09\00:32:48.43
WITH THE BREAD OF LIFE AND TO
HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE HAD TO
00:32:48.46\00:32:51.33
GO OUT AND GATHER IT, JUST
LIKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.94
SHE HAD TO WORK WITH IT.
DURING A FAMINE, CAN WE BE FED
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.54
WITH THE WORD OF GOD?
BUT DO WE HAVE TO COOK?
00:32:56.57\00:33:00.78
DO WE STILL HAVE
TO GO GATHER STICKS?
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.11
WE STILL HAVE TO
DO OUR PART, RIGHT?
00:33:03.14\00:33:05.61
GOD'LL WORK MIRACLES FOR US.
HE'LL FEED YOU WITH THAT BREAD
00:33:05.65\00:33:08.88
OF HEAVEN, BUT
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.52
SO THE BIN OF FLOUR WAS NOT USED
UP, NOR DID THE JAR OF OIL RUN
00:33:11.55\00:33:15.59
DRY, ACCORDING TO THE WORD
OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPOKE BY
00:33:15.62\00:33:19.26
ELIJAH. GOD'S WORD
DOES NOT FAIL, AMEN?
00:33:19.29\00:33:22.76
NOW AS LONG AS ELIJAH WAS
IN HER HOUSE, SHE WAS FED.
00:33:22.80\00:33:27.14
DID HE STAY WITH
HER? IN THAT HOUSEHOLD?
00:33:27.17\00:33:30.17
YEAH. WHO DOES ELIJAH REPRESENT?
IS JESUS IN OUR HOUSE?
00:33:30.21\00:33:36.91
I HOPE HE'S IN OUR
CHURCH. IS HE IN YOUR HOME?
00:33:36.95\00:33:40.75
IS HE THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DISCIPLES
00:33:40.78\00:33:47.09
BROUGHT THEIR BREAD TO
JESUS WHEN PEOPLE WERE HUNGRY?
00:33:47.12\00:33:52.03
YOU REMEMBER CHRIST SAID, 'DON'T
SEND THE PEOPLE AWAY, THEY'RE
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.86
HUNGRY'? 'WHERE -
LORD, WHERE ARE WE
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.93
GOING TO FEED THEM?'
'YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.83
EAT.' 'US?
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THEM.
00:33:57.87\00:34:00.50
THERE'S AT LEAST 5,000 MEN, NOT
COUNTING THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
00:34:00.54\00:34:03.34
HOW ARE WE
SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM?'
00:34:03.37\00:34:04.61
JESUS SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU HAVE?'
ALL WE'VE GOT HERE - THERE'S A
00:34:04.64\00:34:07.44
BOY WE FOUND WHO HASN'T EATEN
HIS LUNCH YET AND HE'S GOT 5
00:34:07.48\00:34:10.55
LOAVES AND TWO STINKING
LITTLE SARDINES, BUT WHAT'S THAT
00:34:10.58\00:34:15.18
AMONGST SO MANY?' AND
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'BRING
00:34:15.22\00:34:18.19
IT TO ME.' THEY
GAVE THAT BREAD TO JESUS.
00:34:18.22\00:34:23.36
HE TOOK IT IN HIS
HANDS. HE WORKED A MIRACLE.
00:34:23.39\00:34:25.89
HE BLESSED IT. HE
GAVE IT BACK TO THEM.
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.56
THEN AS THE DISCIPLES BROKE
IT AND GAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE IT
00:34:28.60\00:34:31.17
CONTINUED TO
GROW IN THEIR HANDS.
00:34:31.20\00:34:32.87
SO EVERY TIME THEY BROKE OFF A
PIECE OF THE LOAF THERE WAS JUST
00:34:32.90\00:34:35.07
- LIKE IT WAS AN ENDLESS
SUBMARINE - IT JUST KEPT GROWING
00:34:35.10\00:34:37.51
OUT OF THEIR HANDS AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO CONTINUE FEEDING OTHER
00:34:37.54\00:34:41.18
PEOPLE. YOU GIVE
WHAT YOU DO HAVE TO
00:34:41.21\00:34:44.38
JESUS AND HE CAN WORK A MIRACLE
WITH IT AND HE CAN MULTIPLY IT.
00:34:44.41\00:34:48.48
NOW THAT'S NOT ONLY TRUE WITH
BREAD, THAT'S TRUE WITH YOUR
00:34:48.52\00:34:51.29
RESOURCES. THAT'S
TRUE WITH WHATEVER
00:34:51.32\00:34:53.56
TALENTS AND ABILITIES YOU HAVE.
YOU BRING THEM TO JESUS, HE CAN
00:34:53.59\00:34:56.83
BLESS AND MULTIPLY IT AND THEN
HE WILL USE IT TO FEED OTHERS.
00:34:56.86\00:35:01.33
SO MUCH SO - AND IF YOU QUESTION
WHETHER IT WAS A MIRACLE - MAYBE
00:35:01.36\00:35:03.70
IT WAS A FIGMENT OF THEIR
IMAGINATION, BUT IF YOU START
00:35:03.73\00:35:06.13
OUT WITH FIVE LOAVES AND
YOU END UP WITH TWELVE BASKETS,
00:35:06.17\00:35:10.47
SOMETHING HAPPENED. THERE
WAS A MIRACLE THAT TOOK PLACE.
00:35:10.51\00:35:14.61
WELL, THE LORD DOES THIS
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE BIBLE.
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.95
HE ALSO DOES IT THROUGH ELISHA
LATER - MULTIPLIES THE BREAD.
00:35:16.98\00:35:20.72
NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
MIRACLE, ANOTHER TRIAL COMES
00:35:20.75\00:35:24.99
THAT WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE
00:35:25.02\00:35:27.89
SERVING GOD - YOU WOULD THINK
THAT WHEN ELIJAH IS IN YOUR
00:35:27.92\00:35:30.09
HOUSE, NOTHING BAD IS
GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT?
00:35:30.13\00:35:35.13
"NOW IT HAPPENED AFTER THESE
THINGS THAT THE SON OF THE WOMAN
00:35:35.16\00:35:38.80
WHO OWNED THE HOUSE BECAME SICK.
AND HIS SICKNESS WAS SO SERIOUS
00:35:38.83\00:35:45.44
THAT THERE WAS NO BREATH LEFT
IN HIM." - NOW THAT PHRASE 'NO
00:35:45.47\00:35:48.74
BREATH IN HIM' MEANS HE CEASED
TO BREATHE - HE DIED - "SO SHE
00:35:48.78\00:35:56.85
SAID TO ELIJAH, 'WHAT HAVE I
TO DO WITH YOU, O MAN OF GOD?
00:35:56.89\00:36:00.49
HAVE YOU COME TO ME TO BRING MY
SIN TO REMEMBRANCE, AND TO KILL
00:36:00.52\00:36:03.59
MY SON?'" YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST
00:36:03.63\00:36:07.10
THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS WHEN
THERE'S SOME TRAGEDY THAT COMES
00:36:07.13\00:36:10.03
INTO OUR LIFE, ALL OF US HAVE AN
ELEMENT OF GUILT BECAUSE WE'VE
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.37
ALL SINNED AND IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A REFLEX.
00:36:13.40\00:36:17.01
WHEN THERE'S SOME TRAGEDY IN OUR
LIFE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.94
START TO THINK, 'WHAT HAVE
I DONE? IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS.
00:36:19.97\00:36:23.71
IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT.
LORD, FORGIVE ME.' WHO WAS IT?
00:36:23.75\00:36:29.45
WHO'S THE GUY THAT WROTE
THE - WAS IT ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE?
00:36:29.48\00:36:34.86
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS SIR
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, THE AUTHOR.
00:36:34.89\00:36:38.46
KNOWING HUMAN NATURE AND HOW
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN GUILTY, HE SENT
00:36:38.49\00:36:42.30
A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS ON HIS
MAILING LIST IN ENGLAND A NOTE
00:36:42.33\00:36:45.67
THAT SIMPLY SAID,
'ALL IS DISCOVERED.
00:36:45.70\00:36:48.00
FLEE.' 'ALL IS DISCOVERED.
FLEE.' AND HE SAID IT WAS
00:36:48.04\00:36:53.41
AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE SUDDENLY
LEFT THEIR HOMES AND THEIR JOBS.
00:36:53.44\00:36:59.55
HE JUST FIGURED A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GUILTY OF HIDDEN SIN AND ALL
00:36:59.58\00:37:05.55
HAVE SINNED. AND
WHATEVER IT WAS IN THIS
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.16
LADY'S LIFE THAT WAS NAGGING HER
CONSCIENCE, SHE SAID, 'HAVE YOU
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.79
COME TO BRING MY
SIN TO MY REMEMBRANCE?
00:37:10.83\00:37:12.76
HERE I THOUGHT GOD WAS BLESSING
ME. THIS BAD THING HAPPENED.
00:37:12.79\00:37:15.66
IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF MY SIN.'
WAS IT BECAUSE OF HER SIN? NO.
00:37:15.70\00:37:20.87
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF GOD'S
BLESSINGS, EVEN WHEN ELIJAH IS
00:37:20.90\00:37:24.27
IN THE HOUSE, EVEN IN THE
PRESENCE OF A DAILY MIRACLE
00:37:24.31\00:37:28.58
THINGS CAN GO WRONG.
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IT DOES
00:37:28.61\00:37:32.28
NOT ALWAYS MEAN IT'S BECAUSE OF
SIN. SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN
00:37:32.31\00:37:36.35
BECAUSE GOD IS GOING
TO BE GLORIFIED IN IT.
00:37:36.38\00:37:40.16
MARTHA AND MARY COULD NOT
FIGURE OUT WHY LAZARUS GOT SICK.
00:37:40.19\00:37:45.39
I MEAN, THEY SAID,
'JESUS, THIS IS YOUR FRIEND.
00:37:45.43\00:37:48.76
HOW COULD YOU LET
HIM GET SICK AND DIE?'
00:37:48.80\00:37:51.27
AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO
MARTHA? 'THIS HAS HAPPENED THAT
00:37:51.30\00:37:54.37
GOD MIGHT BE GLORIFIED.' AND SO
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING,
00:37:54.40\00:37:58.51
'LORD, WHY DID THIS TRAGEDY
COME? I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH
00:37:58.54\00:38:00.88
US. I THOUGHT
YOU WERE FEEDING US.
00:38:00.91\00:38:03.31
WE'VE SEEN SO MANY MIRACLES AND
THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAS COME.'
00:38:03.35\00:38:06.61
IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE SERIOUS
THAN THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
00:38:06.65\00:38:11.95
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AT THE
EVANGELISTIC MEETING LAST NIGHT
00:38:11.99\00:38:15.82
BECAUSE I WAS HELPING CONDUCT A
FUNERAL - A MEMORIAL SERVICE, IN
00:38:15.86\00:38:20.20
PARTICULAR, FOR THE SON - DRAGO
AND DARIUS' SON DARIO, WHO -
00:38:20.23\00:38:29.54
DRAGO IS OFTEN ON THAT CAMERA
AND THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
00:38:29.57\00:38:34.04
BOY WHO CAME OUT
WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
00:38:34.08\00:38:37.18
AND GRADUALLY IT TOOK ITS TOLL
AND HE DIED ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
00:38:37.21\00:38:42.48
THIRTEEN YEARS
OLD. MIND WAS BRIGHT.
00:38:42.52\00:38:45.89
LOVED THE LORD. HAD
BEEN STUDYING THE BIBLE.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.66
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING HIM IN THE KINGDOM.
00:38:47.69\00:38:49.79
BUT YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY STARTS TO ASK
00:38:49.82\00:38:51.59
QUESTIONS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE
THAT - 'WELL, IF GOD IS GOOD,
00:38:51.63\00:38:55.60
WHY DOES HE ALLOW
INNOCENT CHILDREN TO SUFFER?'
00:38:55.63\00:38:59.40
'IF GOD IS GOOD' - DOES IT MEAN
THAT GOD DOESN'T LOVE US WHEN
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.64
THERE'S SOME TRIAL OR SOME
TRAGEDY OR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED
00:39:03.67\00:39:06.27
HAPPENS? THIS IS
THE STORY OF JOB.
00:39:06.31\00:39:09.78
ALL OF JOB'S FRIENDS ARE SAYING,
'YOU MUST HAVE SINNED. THAT'S
00:39:09.81\00:39:12.31
WHY ALL THESE CALAMITIES CAME
UPON YOU.' LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.45
NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT AGAINST
OTHERS OR EVEN OURSELVES.
00:39:15.48\00:39:20.96
'TIME AND CHANCE' -
SOLOMON SAID - 'HAPPENS TO ALL'.
00:39:20.99\00:39:24.26
THERE IS A DEVIL RAMPAGING
THROUGH OUR WORLD AND HE BRINGS
00:39:24.29\00:39:27.23
ALL KINDS OF DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION AND SORROW.
00:39:27.30\00:39:30.77
AND SO SHE IMMEDIATELY
SAYS, 'IS IT BECAUSE OF MY SIN?'
00:39:30.80\00:39:35.40
AND WHAT DOES ELIJAH
SAY? 'GIVE YOUR SON TO ME.
00:39:35.44\00:39:39.77
NOT ONLY DO YOU BRING YOUR BREAD
TO ME, YOU BRING YOUR OIL TO ME,
00:39:39.81\00:39:44.11
BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO ME' - "SO
HE TOOK HIM OUT OF HER ARMS" -
00:39:44.15\00:39:50.05
THIS BREATHLESS, COLD CHILD
WAS IN THE MOTHER'S ARMS AND HE
00:39:50.09\00:39:53.79
PRIED HIM OUT OF HER ARMS - "AND
CARRIED HIM TO THE UPPER ROOM" -
00:39:53.82\00:39:59.36
NOW I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
HAVE YOU NOTICED - YOU EVER READ
00:39:59.39\00:40:01.60
ABOUT UPPER ROOMS IN THE
BIBLE? A LITTLE LATER, ELISHA
00:40:01.63\00:40:06.97
RESURRECTS A BOY
WHERE? IN AN UPPER ROOM.
00:40:07.00\00:40:11.71
THERE'S A BOY IN AN UPPER ROOM,
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, NAMED
00:40:11.74\00:40:14.04
EUTYCHUS WHO'S LISTENING TO PAUL
PREACH, BUT HE FALLS ASLEEP,
00:40:14.08\00:40:16.95
FALLS OUT, DIES. PAUL,
LIKE ELIJAH AND ELISHA,
00:40:16.98\00:40:22.25
PRAYS OVER THAT BOY -
HE COMES BACK TO LIFE.
00:40:22.28\00:40:25.12
JESUS INAUGURATES THE NEW
COVENANT IN AN UPPER ROOM AND
00:40:25.15\00:40:30.36
IT'S BASED ON
THE DEATH OF A SON.
00:40:30.39\00:40:33.26
THE NEW COVENANT IN THE UPPER
ROOM IS BASED ON THE DEATH OF A
00:40:33.29\00:40:35.56
SON. 'GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.37
HIS SON.' A SON THAT
DIES AND IS RESURRECTED.
00:40:37.40\00:40:42.00
SO WHEN ELIJAH TAKES THIS BOY
INTO THE UPPER ROOM - DON'T MISS
00:40:42.04\00:40:46.14
THAT - "AND LAID
HIM ON HIS OWN BED.
00:40:46.17\00:40:50.41
THEN HE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD
AND SAID, 'O LORD MY GOD, HAVE
00:40:50.45\00:40:53.88
YOU ALSO BROUGHT TRAGEDY ON
THE WIDOW WITH WHOM I LODGE, BY
00:40:53.92\00:40:57.49
KILLING HER SON?' AND
HE STRETCHED HIMSELF OUT ON
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.99
THE CHILD THREE TIMES, AND CRIED
OUT TO THE LORD AND SAID, 'O
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.66
LORD MY GOD, I PRAY, LET THIS
CHILD'S SOUL COME BACK TO HIM.'"
00:41:04.69\00:41:09.26
- YOU'LL FIND OUT SOMETHING
ABOUT ELIJAH - ELIJAH IS A
00:41:09.30\00:41:12.33
PERSISTENT PRAYER. IF IT
TAKES THREE PRAYERS HE'LL
00:41:12.37\00:41:15.77
PRAY THREE TIMES. IF IT
TAKES SEVEN PRAYERS, HE'LL
00:41:15.80\00:41:18.24
PRAY SEVEN TIMES. IF
IT TAKES THREE AND A HALF
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.14
YEARS OF PRAYER, HE'LL
PRAY THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
00:41:20.18\00:41:24.05
BUT GOD ANSWERED ALL
THE PRAYERS OF ELIJAH.
00:41:24.08\00:41:27.75
IT TEACHES US SOMETHING ABOUT
PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER - "LET
00:41:27.78\00:41:31.45
THIS CHILD'S SOUL
COME BACK TO HIM."
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.52
- HE HAD DIED - "THEN THE LORD
HEARD THE VOICE OF ELIJAH; AND
00:41:34.56\00:41:39.23
THE SOUL OF THE CHILD CAME
BACK TO HIM, AND HE REVIVED."
00:41:39.26\00:41:43.43
THIS IS THE FIRST
RESURRECTION IN SCRIPTURE.
00:41:43.47\00:41:46.23
THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE
RESURRECTIONS IN THE BIBLE.
00:41:46.27\00:41:49.30
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.
00:41:49.34\00:41:50.84
IT IS A TYPE OF GOD WHO IS GOING
TO RAISE HIS SON, JESUS, AND IT
00:41:50.87\00:41:57.21
REPRESENTS THE
BIRTH OF THE CHURCH.
00:41:57.25\00:41:59.18
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENED TO THAT WOMAN'S FAITH?
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.65
WHEN ELIJAH LEFT TOWN WAS SHE
GOING TO WORSHIP BAAL ANYMORE -
00:42:01.68\00:42:05.19
EVEN THOUGH SHE
WAS A PHOENICIAN?
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.86
WHAT GOD WAS SHE
GOING TO WORSHIP? WHY?
00:42:07.89\00:42:11.83
BECAUSE OF THE
RESURRECTION OF THE SON.
00:42:11.86\00:42:14.46
WHY IS IT NOW THERE ARE MORE
GENTILES THAT BELIEVE IN JEHOVAH
00:42:14.46\00:42:17.43
THAN JEWS? IT'S
BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION
00:42:17.47\00:42:20.74
OF THE SON THAT
CAME BACK TO LIFE.
00:42:20.77\00:42:24.44
"AND ELIJAH TOOK THE CHILD AND
BROUGHT HIM DOWN FROM THE UPPER
00:42:24.47\00:42:28.38
ROOM INTO THE HOUSE,
AND GAVE HIM TO HIS MOTHER.
00:42:28.41\00:42:32.01
AND ELIJAH SAID, 'SEE,
BEHOLE, YOUR SON LIVES!'
00:42:32.05\00:42:36.45
THEN THE WOMAN SAID TO ELIJAH,
'NOW BY THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
00:42:36.48\00:42:41.96
A MAN OF GOD, AND THAT THE WORD
OF THE LORD IN YOUR MOUTH IS THE
00:42:41.99\00:42:47.20
TRUTH.'" IN MY BIBLE, I
SOMETIMES UNDERLINE, AND
00:42:47.23\00:42:50.93
SOMETIMES I'LL USE A PENCIL AND
SOMETIMES I'LL USE YELLOW AND
00:42:50.97\00:42:54.07
THEN SOMETIMES, FOR REALLY
IMPORTANT VERSES, I GOT ONE OF
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.17
THOSE COLORED
PENCILS - I'LL USE RED.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.64
I'VE GOT THIS ONE
UNDERLINED IN YELLOW AND RED.
00:42:58.67\00:43:02.44
VERSE 24, CHAPTER 17, 1 KINGS,
"THEN THE WOMAN SAID TO ELIJAH"
00:43:02.48\00:43:08.42
- WHAT DOES THE
NAME ELIJAH MEAN?
00:43:08.45\00:43:09.95
'MY GOD IS JEHOVAH' - "'NOW BY
THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A MAN
00:43:09.98\00:43:14.42
OF GOD, AND THAT THE WORD OF
'JEHOVAH' IN YOUR MOUTH IS THE
00:43:14.46\00:43:19.66
TRUTH.'" BY WHAT? BY
THIS MIRACLE OF A SON WHO
00:43:19.69\00:43:23.90
DIES AND IS RAISED BACK TO LIFE
AGAIN. ABOUT THIS MIRACLE OF
00:43:23.93\00:43:28.00
MULTIPLYING BREAD.
DOES JESUS DO THOSE THINGS?
00:43:28.04\00:43:33.31
DOES JESUS
RESURRECT A WIDOW'S SON?
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.94
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE WIDOW OF NAIN?
00:43:35.98\00:43:37.75
FUNERAL PROCESSION GOING OUT
OF THE CITY - JESUS STOPS - HIS
00:43:37.78\00:43:40.65
HEART WAS BROKEN FOR THIS WIDOW
WHO WAS LOSING HER ONLY SON.
00:43:40.68\00:43:44.19
HE TOUCHES THE BOY, HE COMES
BACK TO LIFE - IS THAT PART OF
00:43:44.22\00:43:47.19
THE REASON WE KNOW
CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH?
00:43:47.22\00:43:49.49
DID JESUS MULTIPLY
BREAD TO FEED HIS PEOPLE?
00:43:49.52\00:43:53.33
NOT ONLY IN THE WILDERNESS,
HE DID IT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:43:53.36\00:43:55.70
AND SHE - A TYPE OF THE CHURCH -
SHE SAYS, 'BY THIS I THINK' - IS
00:43:55.73\00:44:01.17
THAT WHAT IT SAYS? 'BY
THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A
00:44:01.20\00:44:05.74
MAN OF GOD.' YOU KNOW THERE'S
A LOT OF COUNTERFEITS OUT THERE.
00:44:05.77\00:44:09.24
JESUS SAID 'BEWARE OF FALSE
PROPHETS IN THE LAST DAYS.' YOU
00:44:09.28\00:44:12.05
NOTICE JESUS DOESN'T SAY, 'DON'T
BELIEVE IN ANY PROPHETS' -
00:44:12.08\00:44:15.78
BECAUSE HE'LL
STILL HAVE TRUE ONES.
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.42
HOW DO YOU KNOW THE
TRUE FROM THE FALSE?
00:44:18.45\00:44:20.86
YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS
AND YOU'LL KNOW IF THE WORD OF
00:44:20.89\00:44:23.96
TRUTH IS IN THEIR MOUTH -
IF THEY'RE PREACHING THE WORD -
00:44:23.99\00:44:27.30
'NOW I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A MAN OF
GOD AND THE WORD OF THE LORD IS
00:44:27.30\00:44:29.90
IN YOUR MOUTH AND IT IS TRUTH.'
YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS US TO BE
00:44:29.93\00:44:34.50
DISCRIMINATING AND
DISCERNING THIS WAY.
00:44:34.54\00:44:38.27
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE BREAD WAS
MULTIPLIED AND BECAUSE OF THE
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.88
NEW LIFE THAT WAS GIVEN - THAT'S
ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL.
00:44:40.91\00:44:45.18
I HEAR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT
OPEN THE BIBLE AND CLAIM TO HAVE
00:44:45.21\00:44:48.65
A MESSAGE FROM GOD, BUT
HEARTS AREN'T TRANSFORMED BY IT.
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.22
THEIR BREAD IS NOT MULTIPLIED.
NEW LIFE IS NOT GIVEN. BY THIS I
00:44:52.25\00:44:56.26
KNOW - DO YOU KNOW IN WHOM YOU
BELIEVE? AND ARE YOU PERSUADED
00:44:56.29\00:45:01.23
THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT
WHICH YOU'VE COMMITTED UNTO HIM?
00:45:01.26\00:45:04.47
NOW, IN CONCLUSION - SOMETIMES
I SAY THAT JUST TO KEEP YOU WITH
00:45:04.50\00:45:10.17
ME - BUT I REALLY AM GOING TO
TIE THIS OFF - IN CONCLUSION, I
00:45:10.21\00:45:16.91
WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE
SYMBOLS: THERE'S A JAR IN THE
00:45:16.95\00:45:20.15
BIBLE, WHAT
DOES A JAR REPRESENT?
00:45:20.18\00:45:23.52
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT WE ARE VESSELS.
00:45:23.55\00:45:26.76
YOU CAN READ IN 2 CORINTHIANS
4:7, "BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE
00:45:26.79\00:45:30.09
IN EARTHEN VESSELS," - THAT'S IN
A BIN - IN A JAR - AND THE WORD
00:45:30.13\00:45:34.00
THAT'S USED FOR THE BIN OF FLOUR
IS 'EARTHEN VESSEL' - IN HEBREW.
00:45:34.00\00:45:38.37
SO HERE YOU'VE GOT A JAR - IT'S
LIKE US - AND IT'S GOT BREAD
00:45:38.40\00:45:43.61
INSIDE AND ANOTHER
VESSEL, IT'S GOT OIL INSIDE.
00:45:43.64\00:45:46.91
DOES GOD WANT HIS WORD IN US?
DOES HE WANT HIS SPIRIT IN US?
00:45:46.94\00:45:51.81
AND HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS
WOMAN. SHE'S GOING OUT AND SHE'S
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.45
GATHERING - HOW
MANY STICKS? TWO STICKS.
00:45:54.48\00:45:58.85
HOW MANY DOES IT
TAKE TO MAKE A CROSS?
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.29
AND SHE SAYS, 'WE'RE GOING TO
EAT OUR LAST MEAL AND DIE.' IS
00:46:02.32\00:46:06.59
THERE A TIME WHEN THE CHURCH HAS
WHAT THEY CALL THE LAST SUPPER?
00:46:06.63\00:46:10.70
AND REALLY, WAS IT HER
LAST OR WAS IT A BEGINNING?
00:46:10.73\00:46:14.37
WHEN SHE PUT ELIJAH FIRST - WITH
THAT MEAL THAT SHE SHARED WITH
00:46:14.40\00:46:17.84
HIM - IT FED HER
HOUSE UNTIL THE RAIN CAME.
00:46:17.87\00:46:21.14
THERE'S THE UPPER ROOM THAT
IS SORT OF A SYMBOL FOR WHAT GOD
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.05
DOES WHEN HE
POURS OUT THE SPIRIT.
00:46:24.08\00:46:25.88
WHEN JESUS REVEALED HIMSELF
TO THE APOSTLES TOGETHER, WHERE
00:46:25.91\00:46:28.82
WERE THEY -
AFTER THE RESURRECTION?
00:46:28.85\00:46:31.02
THEY WERE IN THE UPPER ROOM.
CHRISTIANITY THAT WAS FIRST
00:46:31.05\00:46:35.76
REJECTED BY THE JEWS AS A
NATION, WAS LATER EMBRACED BY
00:46:35.79\00:46:40.03
THE GENTILES. THIS
WHOLE STORY IS REALLY
00:46:40.06\00:46:43.16
TELLING US ABOUT
THE MINISTRY OF JESUS.
00:46:43.20\00:46:45.53
CHRIST SAID, 'SEARCH THE
SCRIPTURES, IN THEM YE THINK YE
00:46:45.57\00:46:49.24
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE; THESE
ARE THEY THAT TESTIFY OF ME.
00:46:49.27\00:46:52.71
WHEN YOU READ THESE OLD
TESTAMENTS - EVEN STORIES LIKE
00:46:52.74\00:46:54.88
THIS ABOUT ELIJAH - YOU'RE
REALLY READING ABOUT JESUS.
00:46:54.91\00:46:58.45
NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT
AFTER ALL THESE MIRACLES,
00:46:58.48\00:47:03.45
THAT THE NATION
WOULD BE CONVERTED.
00:47:03.49\00:47:05.92
YOU KNOW, CHRIST SAID, 'LOOK IF
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME BECAUSE OF
00:47:05.95\00:47:10.26
MY WORD - IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE
ME BECAUSE OF THE TESTIMONY OF
00:47:10.29\00:47:13.53
MY LIFE' - CHRIST SAID -
'AT LEAST BELIEVE THE MIRACLES.'
00:47:13.56\00:47:17.17
DOES GOD DEMONSTRATE THAT
HE'S REAL, ALSO THROUGH THE
00:47:17.20\00:47:20.74
MIRACULOUS THINGS
HE'S DONE IN HIS WORD?
00:47:20.77\00:47:24.31
CAN HE DO THOSE
MIRACULOUS THINGS IN OUR LIFE?
00:47:24.34\00:47:28.01
CAN HE MULTIPLY THE BREAD,
MULTIPLY THE OIL, OPEN THE
00:47:28.04\00:47:31.58
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN FOR US?
IF WE'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE, YOU
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.12
KNOW, I THINK HE'LL
DO MORE MIRACLES FOR US.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.62
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT MIRACLE
IS BRINGING THAT SON TO LIFE
00:47:37.65\00:47:40.52
IN US. ONE MORE POINT THAT
I DON'T WANT TO MISS. YOU CAN
00:47:40.56\00:47:45.23
KEEP PLAYING, IT'S ALRIGHT.
SHE HAD A BOY THAT WAS DEAD.
00:47:45.26\00:47:52.40
HE HAD NO BREATH LEFT IN HIM AND
ELIJAH SAID, 'BRING HIM TO ME.
00:47:52.43\00:47:58.04
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OF YOU OUT
THERE AND YOU'VE GOT LOVED ONES
00:47:58.07\00:48:01.64
- YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND
THEY DON'T HAVE SPIRITUAL LIFE.
00:48:01.68\00:48:05.08
WHAT DOES JESUS SAY TO US?
00:48:05.11\00:48:07.25
SAME THING ELIJAH SAID TO
THAT WOMAN, 'BRING THEM TO ME'.
00:48:07.28\00:48:11.49
AND HE HAD TO PRAY OVER THAT BOY
THREE TIMES - SYMBOLIZING LIKE
00:48:11.52\00:48:15.92
THE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE
RESURRECTION, BUT IT MEANT
00:48:15.96\00:48:17.79
MULTIPLE PRAYERS. WE
MAY HAVE TO PRAY MULTIPLE
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.03
TIMES FOR OUR LOVED ONES THAT
ARE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SIN.
00:48:21.06\00:48:25.37
JUST IN THIS MESSAGE I WANTED
TO ALSO EXTEND HOPE TO YOU.
00:48:25.40\00:48:30.41
YOU MAY HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE
- SOME FAMILY THAT ARE OUT THERE
00:48:30.44\00:48:32.94
WANDERING AND THEY NEED A
RESURRECTION - A SPIRITUAL
00:48:32.97\00:48:35.74
RESURRECTION. JESUS
IS SAYING TO YOU WHAT
00:48:35.78\00:48:39.21
ELIJAH SAID TO THAT WOMAN,
'BRING THEM TO ME.' PRAY THAT
00:48:39.25\00:48:42.12
CHRIST WILL TAKE THEM TO THAT
UPPER ROOM AND BREATHE NEW LIFE
00:48:42.15\00:48:45.25
INTO THEM. CAN HE DO THAT?
HE CAN WORK A MIRACLE FOR THEM.
00:48:45.29\00:48:49.76
>>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD
USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A
00:48:49.79\00:48:53.83
GREAT REFORMATION, CALLING
PEOPLE BACK TO THE FOUNDATIONAL
00:48:53.86\00:48:57.73
TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE; HOWEVER,
IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED,
00:48:57.77\00:49:01.50
THE CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE
BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY
00:49:01.54\00:49:05.34
OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS.
THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE
00:49:05.37\00:49:09.08
PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW
NINE-PART SERIES CALLED
00:49:09.11\00:49:12.85
FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH - A
PERFECT SERIES FOR ANYONE
00:49:12.88\00:49:16.12
SEEKING A PERSONAL REVIVAL AND
RENEWAL IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
00:49:16.15\00:49:19.49
WITH CHRIST. PLEASE
PLAN, NOW, TO JOIN ME IN
00:49:19.52\00:49:22.49
PERSON, ONLINE, OR ON
TELEVISION AND BE SURE TO INVITE
00:49:22.52\00:49:25.76
OTHERS TO JOIN YOU AS
WELL. THE REFORMATION CONTINUES.
00:49:25.79\00:49:33.44
>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
00:49:33.47\00:49:43.21
>>IN EARLY 1980, ALL THE BABY
BOOMERS WERE TURNING 21 AND THE
00:49:43.24\00:49:46.35
NIGHTCLUB SCENES WERE EXPLODING
AND I STARTED AN ENTERTAINMENT
00:49:46.38\00:49:49.72
LIGHTING COMPANY.
>>I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND
00:49:49.75\00:49:52.22
THERE WAS SIX DIVISIONS.
DOING THE RAVES IN THE 80S AND
00:49:52.25\00:49:55.16
90S, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAREHOUSE
WHERE YOU'RE SETTING UP LIGHTING
00:49:55.19\00:49:58.16
AND FOG AND, YOU KNOW, WHO
KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.
00:49:58.19\00:50:01.40
AND NIGHTCLUB - NIGHTCLUB
INSTALLATIONS - I LOVED IT AND
00:50:01.43\00:50:05.53
IT WAS WHO I WAS.
>>BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE OUT OF TOWN
00:50:05.57\00:50:08.60
AND WE MOVED ABOUT TWO OR
THREE TIMES, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS
00:50:08.64\00:50:12.37
GOING TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
WE WERE AT A LUTHERAN CHURCH
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.88
AND THEN WE WERE
IN A METHODIST CHURCH.
00:50:14.91\00:50:16.61
I THINK WE WERE IN THREE
DIFFERENT BAPTIST CHURCHES.
00:50:16.64\00:50:19.01
MY WIFE WAS RAISED CATHOLIC,
I WAS RAISED METHODIST.
00:50:19.05\00:50:22.05
CURRENTLY I'D BEEN OUT READING
ALL THE HAL LINDSEY BOOKS AND
00:50:22.08\00:50:24.59
WATCHING ALL THE LEFT BEHIND
MOVIES, AND JOY REALLY WANTED TO
00:50:24.62\00:50:27.62
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOOK OF
REVELATION WAS ALL ABOUT, BUT
00:50:27.66\00:50:30.03
NOTHING EVER MADE SENSE TO ME.
>>ONE DAY, PASTOR ROY LOGAN CAME
00:50:30.06\00:50:34.20
KNOCKING AND HE
HAD THAT NET 99 FLIER.
00:50:34.23\00:50:37.67
>>WE WERE PREPARING FOR
AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES AND
00:50:37.70\00:50:42.64
DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE
GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.84
HANDBILLS TO INVITE
PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS.
00:50:44.87\00:50:48.81
>>I SAW THAT COMING AT ME,
YOU KNOW, ALL THE COLORS, AND I
00:50:48.84\00:50:51.68
THOUGHT, 'OH NO, THIS
IS SOME KIND OF CULT THING.
00:50:51.71\00:50:54.42
>>AND SHE SAID, 'THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, I'M NOT MUCH INTERESTED
00:50:54.45\00:50:57.02
MYSELF, BUT MY HUSBAND
LIKES THAT KIND OF THING.'
00:50:57.05\00:51:00.96
>>THEN LLOYD SAID, 'WOULD
YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?'
00:51:00.99\00:51:03.89
AND I SAID, 'OKAY, I WILL.' AND
SO I TOOK THE PAMPHLET AND I PUT
00:51:03.93\00:51:08.36
IT ON THE COUNTER. GARY
CAME HOME AND HE WALKED BY IT.
00:51:08.40\00:51:11.50
>>RAN THROUGH THE KITCHEN TO
QUICKLY EAT AND TAKE A SHOWER
00:51:11.53\00:51:14.34
AND GO BACK OUT AND WORK A SHOW.
>>TWO OR THREE DAYS WENT BY
00:51:14.37\00:51:17.67
LIKE THIS AND I HAD MOVED THAT
BROCHURE FROM THE COUNTER, PUT
00:51:17.71\00:51:21.84
IT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE,
PUT IT BACK ON THE COUNTER, AND
00:51:21.88\00:51:25.95
I ACTUALLY
THROUGH IT IN THE GARBAGE.
00:51:25.98\00:51:27.18
AS I THREW IT IN THAT GARBAGE
CAN, I COULD HEAR HIM AND SEE
00:51:27.22\00:51:31.15
HIS FACE SAYING, 'WOULD
YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?'
00:51:31.19\00:51:34.59
AND I ACTUALLY TOOK THE GARBAGE
OUT AND THAT NIGHT, LYING IN
00:51:34.62\00:51:37.53
BED, I KEPT SEEING HIS FACE AND
HEARING HIS VOICE AND THINKING,
00:51:37.56\00:51:41.03
'OH BOY, I'VE GOT TO GET THAT
BROCHURE OUT OF THE GARBAGE' AND
00:51:41.06\00:51:45.30
I TOOK THAT AND I PUT IT RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THE REMOTE CONTROL.
00:51:45.33\00:51:49.50
BRIGHT COLORS - HE'LL SEE IT.
00:51:49.54\00:51:51.57
>>I FINALLY SAT DOWN IN MY
LIVING ROOM AND I PICKED UP THE
00:51:51.61\00:51:53.78
REMOTE AND I SAW THAT
ANGEL HOLDING UP THAT SCROLL.
00:51:53.81\00:51:56.58
>>'WOAH, COOL! WHAT IS THIS?'
00:51:56.61\00:51:59.48
AND I WAS IN THE KITCHEN
COOKING AND I THOUGHT, 'OH NO.'
00:51:59.51\00:52:02.48
>>AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I
TURNED IT OVER AND THERE'S A
00:52:02.52\00:52:06.05
LITTLE BUILDING - A LITTLE
CHURCH BUILDING - AND IT WASN'T
00:52:06.09\00:52:08.72
TOO FAR AWAY, IT WAS ABOUT
SIX HOUSES DOWN - AND IT SAID
00:52:08.76\00:52:11.96
'FRIDAY NIGHT'. >>AND
I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING.
00:52:11.99\00:52:14.86
I MEAN, IT WASN'T
MY INTENTION TO GO.
00:52:14.93\00:52:17.07
>>I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SHOWS THAT
NIGHT AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A
00:52:17.10\00:52:20.04
ONE-NIGHT DEAL AND I WENT AND AS
I HEARD ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL MAN
00:52:20.07\00:52:23.81
I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY.
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END.
00:52:23.84\00:52:27.34
I KNEW WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS
ALL FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND IT
00:52:27.38\00:52:30.21
WASN'T BASED ON HOLLYWOOD
MOVIES OR OTHER BOOKS THAT WERE
00:52:30.25\00:52:32.81
WRITTEN. THEY SAID,
'COME AGAIN TOMORROW
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.72
NIGHT.' AND I THOUGHT,
'WOW, GREAT - TWO NIGHTS!'
00:52:34.75\00:52:37.99
SO I TRIED TO TELL MY WIFE
ABOUT IT AND SHE STILL WASN'T
00:52:38.02\00:52:40.66
INTERESTED. AND
THEN SHE DECIDED TO COME.
00:52:40.69\00:52:43.02
>>I STARTED TO HEAR
THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW?
00:52:43.06\00:52:45.16
AND I STARTED TO GET FED.
>>EVERY NIGHT AFTER THE SEMINAR
00:52:45.19\00:52:47.86
THEY WOULD HAND US AN
AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDE.
00:52:47.86\00:52:50.70
I COULDN'T DO THOSE FAST ENOUGH.
>>THE BUSINESS KEPT US GOING
00:52:50.73\00:52:54.57
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
AND IT WAS NIGHT AND DAY.
00:52:54.60\00:52:57.31
>>CREWS WORKING ALL AROUND THE
CLOCK AND SO, WHEN WE FINALLY
00:52:57.34\00:53:00.44
HEARD THE SABBATH MESSAGE, YOU
KNOW, SO FAR EVERYTHING HAD BEEN
00:53:00.48\00:53:03.48
TRUE - RIGHT FROM THE
BIBLE. >>CHURCH ON SATURDAY.
00:53:03.51\00:53:06.21
NO WORK. ANYWAY, IT ALL CLICKED.
00:53:06.25\00:53:09.12
>>BOTH OUR HEADS TURNED AT EACH
OTHER, OUR JAWS DROPPED OPEN.
00:53:09.15\00:53:12.42
>>I SAID, 'WE CAN'T DO THAT.'
>>AND THE FIRST THING THAT CAME
00:53:12.45\00:53:16.46
OUT OF MY MOUTH
WAS, 'WE HAVE TO.'
00:53:16.49\00:53:18.76
>>I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE
A SACRIFICE AND I WAS IN FEAR
00:53:18.79\00:53:22.76
ABOUT IT. >>WE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE
00:53:22.80\00:53:24.53
GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE TALKED TO
00:53:24.57\00:53:27.47
THE PASTOR ABOUT IT AND THE
PASTOR SAID, 'WE'LL JUST PRAY
00:53:27.50\00:53:29.67
ABOUT IT AND
GOD WILL OPEN DOORS.
00:53:29.70\00:53:31.91
>>I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ALL
THE CONNECTIONS I HAD MADE, ALL
00:53:31.94\00:53:34.74
THE NETWORKING, ALL THE
MONEY, ALL THE INVESTMENT.
00:53:34.78\00:53:37.91
>>WE WENT TO THE BOARD AND ASKED
THEM IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER
00:53:37.95\00:53:40.52
CLOSING ON
SATURDAY AND THEY AGREED TO.
00:53:40.55\00:53:43.28
SO WE CLOSED THE STOREFRONT
ON SATURDAY, BUT WE WERE STILL
00:53:43.32\00:53:45.95
DOING PRODUCTIONS AND THAT
KIND OF BOTHERED US, SO A COUPLE
00:53:45.99\00:53:50.03
MONTHS LATER GOD OPENED A DOOR
FOR MY WIFE AND SHE EXITED THE
00:53:50.06\00:53:52.93
COMPANY. I
PRAYED ABOUT IT AND GOD
00:53:52.96\00:53:54.93
OPENED A DOOR FOR ME TOO.
>>GARY, SHORTLY AFTER, WAS
00:53:54.93\00:53:58.67
OFFERED A JOB BEING PAID
MORE MONEY THAN HE MADE AS
00:53:58.70\00:54:02.10
AN OWNER OF THE COMPANY.
>>HE SAID, 'I'LL GIVE YOU A
00:54:02.14\00:54:06.07
THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE AND YOU'LL
NEVER WORK ANOTHER WEEKEND.
00:54:06.11\00:54:09.31
>>AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE
SABBATH AND ENJOY THE WONDERFUL
00:54:09.34\00:54:14.22
BLESSINGS THAT GOD
HAD FOR US ON SABBATH DAY.
00:54:14.25\00:54:17.15
>>MY KIDS NEVER AGAIN HAD TO
SAY, 'QUIT TALKING ABOUT WORK.'
00:54:17.19\00:54:20.56
AFTER THE SEMINAR WAS OVER, MY
WIFE AND I AND MY CHILDREN WERE
00:54:20.59\00:54:23.22
ALL BAPTIZED INTO THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
00:54:23.26\00:54:25.99
EVEN IF I GAVE UP EVERYTHING,
I KNEW THAT GOD WOULD HAVE
00:54:26.03\00:54:28.76
SOMETHING BETTER. >>I
HAVE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING
00:54:28.80\00:54:32.93
AND THERE'S MUCH MORE DEPTH IN
MY CHRISTIAN WALK WITH THE LORD.
00:54:32.97\00:54:37.11
>>WE STARTED AN AMAZING FACTS
BIBLE SCHOOL AT OUR CHURCH THAT
00:54:37.14\00:54:40.21
ALLOWS ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE
SCRIPTURES - UNDERSTAND THE END
00:54:40.24\00:54:43.75
TIMES. CHURCH CHANGED MY LIFE
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.51
DRAMATICALLY AND I'M VERY HAPPY
AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.
00:54:45.55\00:54:57.16
(MUSIC)
00:54:57.19\00:55:07.84
>>EVERY NOW AND THEN, IN
THE PANORAMA OF HISTORY, WE HEAR
00:55:07.87\00:55:10.67
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FROM
THE LOWEST DEPTHS TO THE HIGHEST
00:55:10.71\00:55:14.24
PINACLES. THEY
EMERGE FROM THE SHACKLES
00:55:14.28\00:55:16.58
OF PRISON TO LEAD
AND INSPIRE A NATION.
00:55:16.61\00:55:20.62
TAKE JOSEPH, FOR INSTANCE: HE'S
SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AS A SLAVE,
00:55:20.65\00:55:24.59
THEN FALSELY ACCUSED
AND THRUST INTO PRISON.
00:55:24.62\00:55:27.49
YET, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIVINE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIRACULOUSLY
00:55:27.52\00:55:30.63
GOES FROM THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE, RULING THE ONES WHO ONCE
00:55:30.66\00:55:34.10
IMPRISONED HIM.
SOUND FAR-FETCHED?
00:55:34.10\00:55:36.67
IT'S HAPPENED IN
HISTORY MORE THAN YOU THINK.
00:55:36.70\00:55:38.87
SOUTH AFRICA IS THE
HOME OF JUST SUCH A LEADER.
00:55:38.90\00:55:42.74
NELSON MANDELA WORKED TIRELESSLY
TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND FREEDOM
00:55:42.77\00:55:46.44
IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS INFLUENCE
WAS FELT AROUND THE WORLD.
00:55:46.47\00:55:51.28
BEFORE FREEDOM,
THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS.
00:55:51.31\00:55:53.65
LIKE JOSEPH, WHO WAS UNJUSTLY
ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT
00:55:53.68\00:55:57.02
COMMIT, NELSON MANDELA
WAS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND
00:55:57.05\00:56:00.19
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON ON ROBIN ISLAND.
00:56:00.22\00:56:03.02
HE WAS OFTEN EXPOSED TO
CRUEL PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE.
00:56:03.06\00:56:06.09
BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF APPARENT FAILURE AND
00:56:06.13\00:56:07.96
DISCOURAGEMENT, HE NEVER
LOST HEART AND HE NEVER GAVE UP.
00:56:07.96\00:56:11.20
AFTER YEARS IN PRISON, A GROWING
NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR
00:56:11.23\00:56:14.97
HIS RELEASE AND
EVENTUALLY IT TOOK PLACE.
00:56:15.00\00:56:17.81
AND GOD USED HIM SO THAT HE
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
00:56:17.84\00:56:20.41
ABOLISH RACIAL SEGREGATION
IN THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA.
00:56:20.44\00:56:24.41
INCREDIBLY, HE NOW WAS,
VIRTUALLY, THE ABSOLUTE LEADER
00:56:24.45\00:56:27.88
IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HAD IMPRISONED HIM.
00:56:27.92\00:56:30.05
HE HAD ALL THE TOOLS AND
THE POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET
00:56:30.09\00:56:32.72
EVEN WITH THE PRISON GUARDS AND
OTHERS THAT HAD MISTREATED HIM.
00:56:32.75\00:56:36.19
INSTEAD, MANDELA
CHOSE FORGIVENESS.
00:56:36.22\00:56:39.16
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE IN
THE BIBLE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER
00:56:39.19\00:56:41.76
4, VERSE 31, "LET ALL
BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER,
00:56:41.80\00:56:46.00
CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT
AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE.
00:56:46.03\00:56:49.70
AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER,
TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE
00:56:49.74\00:56:53.54
ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD
IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU."
00:56:53.58\00:56:58.08
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT NELSON
MANDELA, LIKE JOSEPH, CHOSE TO
00:56:58.11\00:57:01.65
FORGIVE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE HIS
ENEMIES, AND TO SERVE HIS NATION
00:57:01.68\00:57:04.55
WITH LOVE AND COURAGE.
YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER OF
00:57:04.59\00:57:07.39
EXAMPLES OF THIS
HAPPENING IN THE BIBLE.
00:57:07.42\00:57:09.82
YOU HAVE DANIEL, WHO WAS A
CAPTIVE FROM THE LAND OF JUDAH,
00:57:09.86\00:57:12.76
AND YET GOD ARRANGED THINGS
WHERE HE BECOMES THE PRIME
00:57:12.79\00:57:15.00
MINISTER IN THE
KINGDOM OF BABYLON.
00:57:15.03\00:57:17.03
YOU HAVE ESTHER, WHO WAS A POOR
ORPHAN GIRL IN PERSIA, AND YET
00:57:17.07\00:57:20.67
GOD WORKED THINGS OUT WHERE
SHE BECOMES THE QUEEN OF THAT
00:57:20.70\00:57:22.90
COUNTRY. THE BOOK
OF JEREMIAH ENDS WITH
00:57:22.94\00:57:25.51
AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF A YOUNG
KING NAMED JEHOIACHIN, WHO WAS
00:57:25.54\00:57:29.18
IN A BABYLONIAN DUNGEON
FOR 37 YEARS AND THEN KING
00:57:29.21\00:57:32.71
EVIL-MEREDOCH HAS MERCY ON HIM
AND HE HAD A NEW STATUS, GOING
00:57:32.75\00:57:36.28
FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTS TO
00:57:36.32\00:57:39.22
DO WITH YOU AND ME, FRIENDS.
HE GIVES YOU THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:57:39.25\00:57:41.96
HE GIVES YOU THE ROBE
OF JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:57:41.99\00:57:44.36
HE GIVES YOU A
SEAT AT HIS TABLE.
00:57:44.39\00:57:46.03
IF YOU ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PASS IT
00:57:46.06\00:57:48.56
ON, YOU AND I CAN
LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST.
00:57:48.60\00:57:51.37
WOULDN'T YOU
LIKE THAT EXPERIENCE?
00:57:51.40\00:57:53.90
(MUSIC)
00:57:53.94\00:58:09.02