Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: EG
Program Code: EG021342A
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00:14 >>I'M DOING A SERIES RIGHT NOW ON ELIJAH - 'THE DAYS OF ELIJAH' 00:19 - AND THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THAT SERIES. 00:23 BECAUSE, SOMETIMES, OF TRAVELING SCHEDULES AND THE WAY THE 00:26 PREACHING SCHEDULE LINES UP, THERE MIGHT BE A WEEK OFF HERE 00:30 AND THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING ON WITH THIS SERIES AND IF YOU TURN 00:35 IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS - 1 KINGS, CHAPTER 17. 00:41 AND JUST A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE STORY: ELIJAH IS SUDDENLY 00:47 INTRODUCED ON HISTORY. IT DOESN'T TELL US WHERE HE 00:49 CAME FROM. WELL, IT DOES TELL US WHERE HE 00:51 CAME FROM, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT HIS FAMILY. 00:54 IT JUST SAYS THAT HE'S A TISHBITE AND - THERE'S A REGION 00:58 UP IN GILEAD - AND HE TELLS THE KING, AHAB, 'THERE'S NOT GOING 01:02 TO BE ANY RAIN OR DEW THESE YEARS EXCEPT AT MY WORD'. 01:05 AND AFTER MAKING THIS STRANGE AND STARK ANNOUNCEMENT, HE 01:11 DISAPPEARS FROM THE COURT AND GOD DIRECTS HIM TO GO STAY BY A 01:15 BROOK CALLED CHERITH, WHICH IS UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 01:19 JORDAN RIVER AND THERE'S A TIME OF FAMINE AT THAT TIME. 01:24 AND SO WHILE HE'S THERE AT THE BROOK, THE LORD MIRACULOUSLY 01:27 FEEDS HIM. THIS FAMINE GOES ON, MONTH AFTER MONTH. 01:31 THERE'S NO RAIN, JUST HOT, DUST, DRY - PLANTS ARE DYING, THE 01:36 LEAVES ARE FALLING OFF THE TREES - BUT GOD INSTRUCTS THE BIRDS TO 01:42 FEED HIM AND IT TELLS US THAT THE RAVENS FEED HIM TWICE A DAY. 01:47 THEY GIVE HIM FLESH AND BREAD IN THE MORNING AND FLESH AND BREAD 01:50 IN THE EVENING. AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER I SHARED 01:54 THE MESSAGE LAST WEEK IT OCCURRED TO ME JESUS 01:56 SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE RAVENS IN LUKE 12:24. 02:01 HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE RAVENS: FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP; 02:06 WHICH HAVE NEITHER STOREHOUSES NOR BARN; AND GOD FEEDS THEM. 02:10 OF HOW MUCH MORE VALUE ARE YOU THAN THE BIRDS?" 02:13 YOU KNOW, ANTS WILL STORE AWAY FOOD AND WE'VE GOT SQUIRRELS 02:16 IN OUR BACKYARD THAT WILL BURY NUTS, BUT RAVENS TYPICALLY 02:20 DON'T DO THAT. 02:21 SO, I MEAN, HERE GOD SAYS THEY LIVE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND 02:25 YET THEY WERE BRINGING THIS FOOD, VIA AIR MAIL, TO ELIJAH. 02:32 WELL, AFTER AWHILE, EVEN THOUGH THE PROVISION FROM HEAVEN DID 02:36 NOT CEASE, THE PROVISION ON EARTH BEGAN TO DRY UP. 02:40 IT TELLS US THAT THE BROOK BEGAN TO FAIL. 02:43 YOU KNOW, GOD PROMISES TO FEED HIS PEOPLE AND JESUS MADE A 02:47 PROMISE IN JOHN 6:35: HE SAID, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. 02:51 HE WHO COMES TO ME SHALL NEVER HUNGER, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN 02:55 ME SHALL NEVER THIRST." AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A 02:58 FAMINE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL - WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FAMINE - 03:01 IT'S A TYPE OF A SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE LAST DAYS. 03:05 YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL FAMINE. 03:07 THERE MIGHT BE A FAMINE IN THE LAND AGAIN - YOU KNOW, JESUS 03:10 SAID ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING - HE SAYS, 03:13 'THERE'S GOING TO BE WARS AND THERE'LL BE RUMORS OF WARS AND 03:16 THERE MAY BE PESTILENCE AND THERE MAY BE EARTHQUAKES AND THE 03:18 SEA AND THE WAVE ROARING AND', HE SAYS, 'FAMINE'. 03:23 NOW WE MIGHT THINK A FAMINE COULD NEVER COME TO NORTH 03:26 AMERICA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUMP THE WATER OUT OF THESE 03:29 DEEP AQUIFERS AND WE KNOW HOW TO FARM AND - THAT'S A MISTAKE. 03:36 THERE CAN STILL BE A FAMINE EVEN IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS SUCH 03:39 SOPHISTICATED AGRICULTURE AS NORTH AMERICA. 03:41 IT'S STILL THE BLESSING OF GOD THAT BRINGS THE CROPS. 03:45 IF IT DOESN'T RAIN AT THE WRONG TIME - OR IF IT DOES RAIN AT THE 03:49 WRONG TIME, WITH SOME CROPS, IT CAN DESTROY THEM. 03:52 I UNDERSTAND THAT - WAS IT IN MONTANA? 03:56 THEY JUST HAD A TERRIBLE RAIN AND THE RAIN WAS FOLLOWED BY A 04:00 FREEZE AND THEN A BLIZZARD AND 75,000 CATTLE WERE KILLED IN ONE 04:05 WEEK. HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD THAT? 04:08 IT'S STILL THE BLESSING OF GOD THAT KEEPS US FED. 04:13 YOU KNOW, GOD'S PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 04:17 IN THE LAST DAYS THERE MAY BE FAMINE EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY AND 04:19 SCARCITY OF FOOD. IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 33:16, THE 04:24 BELIEVERS, "WILL DWELL ON HIGH; HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE WILL BE THE 04:28 FORTRESS OF ROCKS" - LIKE ELIJAH - "BREAD WILL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS 04:33 WATER WILL BE SURE." DO YOU SEE A PATTERN IN THE 04:36 BIBLE OF GOD FEEDING HIS PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS? 04:40 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12 AND THE WOMAN FLED 04:42 INTO THE WILDERNESS AND SHE HAS A PLACE PREPARED OF GOD WHERE HE 04:45 FEEDS HER THERE 1,260 DAYS. ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? HOW LONG 04:52 WAS THE FAMINE IN THE BIBLE IN THE DAYS OF ELIJAH? 1,260 DAYS. 04:58 AND DURING THIS PROPHETIC 1,260 DAYS, GOD FEEDS HIS CHURCH AS IT 05:03 FLEES INTO THE WILDERNESS. SO GOD FEEDS US. 05:06 IF WE SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE SAYS THE 05:11 OTHER THINGS WILL BE ADDED. DON'T WORRY ABOUT 05:13 'WHAT SHALL I EAT?' OR 'WHAT SHALL I DRINK?' 05:15 OR 'WHAT WILL I WEAR?' SEEK GOD FIRST. 05:18 PSALM 37:25, DAVID SAID, "I HAVE BEEN YOUNG; AND NOW AM OLD; YET 05:24 I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS 05:28 BEGGING BREAD." GOD SEEMS TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS OF 05:32 HIS PEOPLE. SO THERE'S TWO KINDS OF FAMINE. 05:36 THERE COULD BE A PHYSICAL FAMINE - BELIEVERS DON'T NEED TO WORRY 05:38 ABOUT THAT, GOD FEEDS HIS PEOPLE. 05:40 THERE CAN BE A SPIRITUAL FAMINE. AMOS TELLS US THAT THERE'S A 05:45 TIME WHEN THERE COULD BE A FAMINE NOT JUST FOR FOOD - THERE 05:49 COULD BE A FAMINE FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU COULD BE IN A 05:52 COUNTRY THAT IS SURROUNDED WITH PHYSICAL BLESSINGS AND BE 05:55 STARVING SPIRITUALLY. SO ARE YOU FEEDING YOUR SOUL? 06:00 THE DAY IS GOING TO COME WHEN THEY - CAN THERE BE A FAMINE FOR 06:02 THE WORD OF GOD EVEN IN THE CHURCH? 06:05 DID PAUL WARN US THAT IN THE LAST DAYS 'MEN WILL HEAP UNTO 06:08 THEMSELVES TEACHERS AND PREACHERS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT 06:12 ITCHING EARS' TO HEAR THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING? 06:16 'PREACH UNTO US SMOOTH THINGS. SAY 'PEACE, PEACE.'' YOU CAN 06:19 HAVE A FAMINE EVEN IN A CHURCH WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A BIBLE, 06:22 IF WE'RE NOT HEARING THE STRAIGHT WORD OF GOD. 06:25 SO THAT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF A PREFACE FOR WHERE WE ARE NOW. 06:29 BUT GOD'LL GUIDE US WHEN WE'RE HUNGERING AND THIRSTING AFTER 06:33 RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS HE DID THE ISRAELITES. 06:36 ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP WHERE WE WERE. 06:38 1 KINGS CHAPTER 17 - AND IT TELLS US, AFTER THE BROOK 06:42 CHERITH BEGAN TO DRY UP, GOD'S STILL SUPPLYING THE RAVENS. 06:47 BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 06:51 HE SAID, "ARISE, GO TO ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGS TO 06:55 SIDON, AND DWELL THERE. SEE, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW 07:00 THERE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU." ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF ISRAEL 07:06 YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A STAR - A YELLOW STAR - THAT'S ZAREPHATH. 07:10 YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE JORDAN VALLEY 07:13 BETWEEN AND THEN THERE'S A YELLOW STAR AND THAT'S WHERE THE 07:16 BROOK CHERITH IS. THE RED STAR REPRESENTS SAMARIA, 07:20 THAT'S THE CAPITAL WHERE AHAB AND JEZEBEL ARE. 07:23 LATER ELIJAH'S GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AS WELL - JEZREEL, SAMARIA 07:27 - ARE IN THAT VALLEY THERE, NOT FAR FROM MEGIDDO. 07:31 AND SO NOW HE'S GOING WAY UP NORTH. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE 07:34 FURTHEST NORTH THAT HE GOES AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IT IS 07:38 ALSO THE FURTHEST NORTH THAT JESUS GOES DURING HIS MINISTRY. 07:42 YOU KNOW, THE ONLY TIME JESUS EVER PREACHED TO THE GENTILES, 07:46 HE WENT UP INTO THE REGION OF SIDON, WHICH IS WHERE ELIJAH 07:49 GOES, AND A WOMAN CAME TO HIM THERE THAT HAD A DAUGHTER THAT 07:53 WAS POSSESSED BY DEVILS AND SHE FOLLOWED AFTER HIM AND SAID, 07:57 'SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON US' AND THE DISCIPLES SAID, 08:00 'SEND HER AWAY. SHE'S BECOMING A SPECTACLE' AND 08:02 JESUS DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AT FIRST. 08:05 HE ANSWERED HER NOT A WORD, TO BEGIN WITH. 08:08 BUT SHE KEPT FOLLOWING AFTER JESUS AND JESUS SAID TO THAT 08:12 SIDONIAN WOMAN, 'EVEN THE DOGS' - JESUS SAID, 'IT'S NOT 08:17 APPROPRIATE TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S FOOD AND GIVE IT TO 08:19 THE DOGS'. AND THE WOMAN RESPONDED, 'BUT, YES, EVEN 08:21 THE PUPPIES GET THE CRUMBS THAT FALL FROM THE MASTER'S TABLE'. 08:25 SEE THE APOSTLES AND THE JEWS THOUGHT THAT 'WE'RE GOD'S CHOSEN 08:29 PEOPLE AND THE GENTILES ARE DOGS' - THAT'S HOW THEY REFERRED 08:32 TO THEM. AND THEY SAID, 'IT'S NOT RIGHT 08:35 TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S FOOD' - THE MESSIAH'S COME FOR THE 08:37 CHILDREN - 'AND TO GIVE IT TO THE DOGS' - THE GENTILES. 08:40 AND JESUS WAS TESTING THE APOSTLES TO SHOW THEM HOW THEY 08:43 SOUNDED. JESUS SAID TO THE WOMAN, 'GREAT IS YOUR FAITH. 08:47 IF YOU GO HOME, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS 08:49 HEALED' AND HER DAUGHTER WAS HEALED. 08:52 IT'S THE ONLY THING HE DID UP THERE 08:53 IS HE HELPED ONE SIDONIAN WOMAN. AND SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING 08:59 - YOU NOTICE IN THE SCRIPTURE READING - IT STARTS OUT TALKING 09:02 ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY HE SAID THERE WERE MANY 09:05 WIDOWS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL WHEN THE HEAVENS WERE SHUT UP 09:09 FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, BUT ELIJAH WASN'T SENT TO ANY OF THE 09:13 ISRAELI WIDOWS. HE WAS SENT TO A GENTILE WIDOW. NOW, YOU KNOW 09:17 WHAT ELSE IS AMAZING ABOUT GOD SENDING ELIJAH UP TO ZAREPHATH? 09:21 THAT'S THE REGION OF TYRE AND SIDON - THEY KNEW SOMETHING 09:27 ABOUT THE REAL GOD - YOU REMEMBER WHO IT WAS WHO HELPED 09:30 KING DAVID BUILD HIS HOUSE? 09:32 IT WAS THE KING OF TYRE AND HE SENT DOWN HIS MERCHANTS AND WHEN 09:36 SOLOMON BECAME KING, HIRAM, THE KING OF TYRE, HE SENT SHIPS AND 09:40 THEY SUPPLIED WOOD FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND THERE 09:42 WAS A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP, AT LEAST BACK DURING THAT TIME, 09:46 BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF TYRE AND SIDON IN THE NORTH - THEY WERE 09:50 PHOENICIANS - AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. 09:53 THEY KNEW ABOUT THE GOD OF ISRAEL. THEY KNEW THE STORIES. 09:57 BUT THE AMAZING THING IS THEY WORSHIPED BAAL UP THERE - EVEN 10:01 THOUGH THEY KNEW ABOUT GOD - AND WHO IS NOW MANIPULATING THE 10:05 KINGDOM IN THE SOUTH? AHAB MARRIED WHO? 10:09 JEZEBEL. WHO WAS JEZEBEL? 10:13 JEZEBEL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF THE SIDONIANS - ETHBAAL. 10:18 SO THEY'RE LOOKING ALL OVER THE WORLD TO FIND ELIJAH, WHO'S 10:22 PRONOUNCED THIS CURSE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY RAIN 10:24 - THEY'RE LOOKING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND GOD SAID, 'ELIJAH, I 10:28 WANT YOU TO GO NORTH AND I WANT YOU TO MOVE INTO JEZEBEL'S 10:31 NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'LL NEVER LOOK FOR YOU 10:33 THERE.' THAT'S REALLY WHAT HE DOES. 10:39 I MEAN, WHO WOULD THINK THAT HE WOULD GO THERE? 10:42 AND SO HE TELLS HIM TO GO UP THERE. AND SO - YOU GOT YOUR 10:44 BIBLES? YOU'RE STILL WITH ME IN 1 KINGS 17? "ARISE AND GO TO 10:50 ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGS TO SIDON, AND DWELL THERE. 10:54 SEE, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW THERE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU." - 10:58 NOW, THE WIDOW DIDN'T KNOW YET THAT SHE WAS COMMANDED TO 11:01 PROVIDE - "SO HE AROSE AND WENT TO ZAREPHATH." 11:05 - BY THE WAY, IF YOU GO TO THAT LAND TODAY, THERE IS STILL A 11:09 TOWN THAT HAS THE NAME - IT'S - THE SPELLING IS A LITTLE 11:13 DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE PRONUNCIATION THAT 11:15 IT'S ZAREPHATH. IT IS A VERY ANCIENT TOWN AND 11:18 IT'S BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE ALL THAT TIME. SO ELIJAH OBEYS. 11:23 HE ARISES AND HE GOES AND CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE 11:27 TRAVELED? FIRST OF ALL, HE'S PROBABLY GOT TO TAKE 11:28 THE COUNTRY ROUTE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR HIM. 11:32 ON EVERY TELEPHONE POLE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL HE'S GOT HIS 11:34 WANTED POSTER THAT'S PASTED UP THERE: 'DEAD OR ALIVE - 11:37 ELIJAH THE PROPHET' AND THEY PROBABLY WANTED HIM 11:40 ALIVE TO BRING TO THE KING. 11:42 BUT, BOY, WHEN HE FIRST WENT DOWN AND STOOD AT THE BROOK 11:46 CHERITH, HE PASSED THROUGH A LUSH COUNTRY THAT WAS FULL OF 11:49 THE BOUNTIES OF HEAVEN AND THE GREEN MEADOWS AND THE FLOWERS 11:52 AND THE LIVESTOCK AND NOW WHEN HE LEAVES, THE FAMINE HAS DEEPLY 11:56 SET IN AND HE GOES BY AND HE SEES DUST DEVILS SWIRLING ON THE 12:02 HORIZON. THE TREES ARE WITHERED. THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN OFF. 12:06 THE PLANTS ARE ALL FADED AND SHRIVELED UP. 12:09 THERE ARE CARCASSES OF DEAD CATTLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE 12:13 FIELDS. I MEAN, IT IS A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE. 12:16 AND HE GOES BY ALL THAT AND HE HEADS UP TO THIS TOWN OF 12:19 ZAREPHATH - IT'S NOT FAR FROM THE OCEAN - AND AS HE NEARS THE 12:24 VILLAGE AND OUTSIDE THE WALLS, HE ENCOUNTERS A WOMAN. NOW 12:31 HE JUST HAD TO KNOW, PROVIDENTIALLY, 12:33 THIS WAS THE WOMAN. 12:34 THERE WERE PROBABLY MANY WOMEN THAT LIVED IN THAT TOWN BUT GOD, 12:36 THROUGH INSPIRATION, TOLD HIM 'THAT'S THE ONE'. 12:39 IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN ELEAZAR, THE SERVANT OF ABRAHAM, 12:43 HE GOES LOOKING FOR A WIFE FOR ISAAC, HE GOES TO A TOWN THAT 12:47 JUST HAPPENS THAT THE ONE WHO COMES OUT AT THE TIME THAT HE 12:50 ARRIVES, IS THE ONE THAT GOD PROVIDENTIALLY ARRANGED TO BE 12:53 THE BRIDE OF ISAAC. HER NAME WAS REBEKKAH. 12:56 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY? GOD'S TIMING'S AMAZING. 12:59 AND SO JUST AS ELIJAH GETS THERE AND HE'S JUST WONDERING WHERE HE 13:02 CAN FIND SOME SHADE, THIS WOMAN'S GOING OUT AND SHE'S 13:05 GATHERING STICKS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, 'THAT'S THE WOMAN'. 13:08 GOD - SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN SHE WENT OUT TO GATHER STICKS THAT 13:11 DAY THAT GOD WAS GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING MIRACULOUS FOR 13:14 HER. AND IT SAYS THAT, "A WIDOW WAS THERE GATHERING STICKS. 13:20 AND HE CALLED TO HER AND SAID, 'PLEASE BRING ME A LITTLE WATER 13:23 IN A CUP, THAT I MAY DRINK.' AND AS SHE WAS GOING TO GET IT," - 13:28 NOW THERE'S A FAMINE - DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S NO WATER? 13:32 NO, IT MEANS THERE'S NO RAIN. THERE WAS PROBABLY STILL SOME 13:35 WATER IN THE WELLS. THERE WERE CERTAIN SPRINGS - 13:37 EVEN IN DROUGHTS - WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR CABIN UP IN 13:42 COVELO, WE'VE HAD DROUGHTS IN CALIFORNIA BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW 13:45 SPRINGS UP THERE THAT HAVE NEVER GONE DRY. 13:47 AND SO THERE WERE PROBABLY STILL SOME WELLS AND IF YOU WANTED A 13:50 DRINK OF WATER, THAT WASN'T THAT BIG AN ISSUE. 13:53 THEY WEREN'T DYING FROM THIRST, THEY WERE DYING FROM HUNGER. 13:57 AND SO HE ASKS HER FOR A DRINK AND SHE'S ON HER WAY TO GET THE 14:01 DRINK. BY THE WAY, I MEANT TO TELL YOU, 14:03 THE NAME ZAREPHATH MEANS 'SMELTING' OR 'REFINING'. 14:09 AND HE'S JUST COME FROM A PLACE CALLED CHERITH, WHICH MEANS 14:12 'CUTTING'. AND SO ELIJAH'S - NOT ONLY ARE 14:16 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL BEING REVIVED IN THIS, ELIJAH IS BEING 14:19 REACHED THROUGH IT ALL. NOW, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY WHEN SOMEONE 14:23 ASKS YOU FOR A DRINK OF WATER? SHOULD YOU GIVE IT TO THEM? 14:27 MARK 9:41, "FOR WHOEVER GIVES YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK IN 14:32 MY NAME, BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO CHRIST, ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, 14:35 HE WILL BY NO MEANS LOSE HIS REWARD." 14:38 WHEN YOU READ LATER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, DOES JESUS MEET A 14:44 GENTILE WOMAN AND ASK FOR A DRINK OF WATER? 14:48 YOU KNOW, ELIJAH IS A TYPE OF CHRIST IN MANY WAYS AND WE'VE 14:52 TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOSE ANALOGIES AND COMPARISONS, BUT 14:55 THIS IS ONE MORE TIME. 14:57 YOU HAVE JESUS GOING TO THE NORTH AND HE TALKS TO ONE 15:00 GENTILE WOMAN UP IN THE REGION OF SIDON, AND THEN YOU HAVE 15:03 JESUS MEETING A GENTILE WOMAN BY A WELL AND ASKING FOR A DRINK OF 15:06 WATER. TWO THINGS THAT ELIJAH DID. 15:10 HE SAYS, 'CAN I PLEASE HAVE A DRINK?' SO SHE'S GOING BACK INTO 15:13 THE CITY, MAYBE WHERE THE WELL IS, TO GET A DRINK, AND AS SHE'S 15:17 GOING TO GET IT, HE'S GOT THE AUDACITY TO SAY TO HER, 15:21 "AND PLEASE BRING ME A MORSEL OF BREAD IN YOUR HAND." 15:25 HE'S NOT ASKING FOR A FULL-COURSE MEAL, BUT HE WAS 15:28 SAYING, 'IF YOU COULD BRING ME A CAKE, A LOAF' - YOU KNOW - 'A 15:30 LITTLE CHAPATI' - THEY'RE - YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE BREAD IS NOT 15:34 LIKE OUR GREAT BIG OROWHEAT LOAF SLICED INTO MANY PIECES, IT WAS 15:38 A LITTLE MORE THAN A GLORIFIED TORTILLA AND SO HE'S JUST ASKING 15:44 FOR JUST ONE OF THESE LITTLE LOAVES OF BREAD AND SHE THINKS 15:51 THAT'S TOO MUCH. SHE SAYS, "AS THE LORD YOUR GOD LIVES," - 15:56 NOW, YOU NOTICE THAT? SHE IS SURROUNDED WITH BAAL WORSHIP. 16:00 SHE DOESN'T KNOW ELIJAH'S NAME YET BUT SHE SAYS, "AS THE LORD 16:04 YOUR GOD LIVES," - AND SHE USES THE WORD 'JEHOVAH' - YOUR GOD. 16:07 SHE CAN TELL IMMEDIATELY BY LOOKING AT HIM HE'S ONE OF THESE 16:10 SONS OF THE PROPHETS AND HE'S AN ISRAELITE. SHE CAN TELL FROM HIS 16:13 ACCENT THAT HE'S EVEN FROM ANOTHER NATION. 16:17 AND SHE SAID, 'LOOK, I'M MAKING - I'M PROMISING YOU - I WOULD 16:21 HELP YOU IF I COULD - I'M PROMISING YOU I CAN'T. 16:24 AND HERE'S THE REASON.' - SHE'S SAYING IN THE NAME OF HIS GOD - 16:27 "AS THE LORD YOUR GOD LIVES, I DO NOT HAVE BREAD, ONLY A 16:32 HANDFUL OF FLOUR IN A BIN" - SHE'S SAYING, 'I'VE GOT ONE 16:35 HANDFUL' - IF YOU SCRAPE THE BOTTOM IT MIGHT FILL YOUR HAND - 16:39 "AND A LITTLE OIL IN A JAR; AND SEE," - 'YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DOING 16:43 RIGHT NOW? I'M OUT HERE GATHERING STICKS 16:45 FOR MY LAST SUPPER' - THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BASICALLY 16:48 SAYING. SHE SAYS, "SEE, I AM GATHERING A 16:50 COUPLE OF STICKS" - SHE USES THE WORD 'TWO' - A PAIR OF STICKS. 16:55 SHE SAYS 'I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A VERY BIG LOAF. 16:57 I DON'T NEED A VERY BIG FIRE. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M BAKING A LOT. 17:00 I'M JUST GETTING A COUPLE OF STICKS TO MAKE A LITTLE LOAF OF 17:03 BREAD TO MAKE THE LAST MEAL FOR MY SON AND I THAT WE MIGHT EAT 17:08 IT AND THEN WAIT TO DIE.' BOY, TALK ABOUT A PATHETIC SCENE. 17:13 HAD THE FAMINE BECOME PRETTY SEVERE UP IN HER COUNTRY? 17:17 NOW, THERE WAS STILL, BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE COAST AND THEY 17:21 WERE THE PHOENICIANS, THEY PROBABLY BROUGHT IN A LITTLE BIT 17:23 OF FISH FROM THE SEA BUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT BREAD - YOU CAN'T 17:28 JUST LIVE ON SARDINES INDEFINITELY AND A LOT OF THAT 17:33 WAS TAKEN WHERE IT HAD A BETTER PROFIT AND THEY'RE REALLY ON 17:36 SUBSISTENCE LIVING SO THEY WERE REALLY STARVING TO DEATH NOW. 17:41 AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY BECAUSE LISTEN TO 17:44 WHAT ELIJAH SAYS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF A WOMAN 17:46 SAID THAT TO YOU? YOU ASK FOR A LOAF OF BREAD AND 17:48 SHE SAYS, 'LOOK, MY BOY AND I ARE GETTING READY TO EAT. 17:50 WE'VE JUST GOT ONE LITTLE SPLASH OF OIL IN OUR JAR AND WE'VE GOT 17:55 ONE LITTLE HANDFUL OF FLOUR - WE'RE GOING TO MIX IT UP AND EAT 17:59 OUR LAST LOAF AND JUST WATCH UNTIL WE DIE.' 18:03 WOULD YOU SAY, 'WELL, MAKE IT FOR ME FIRST.'? 18:09 DOESN'T THAT SOUND A TAD SELFISH? 18:12 I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE HE WAS PART OF THE FAMILY. 18:14 THEY JUST MET. HERE'S A STRANGER. 18:18 NOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CUSTOM THAT IF YOU MEET A 18:21 STRANGER AND THEY ASK FOR A GLASS OF WATER, YOU DON'T MISS 18:23 THE BLESSING, YOU GIVE THEM THAT GLASS OF WATER. 18:26 BUT TO ASK FOR YOUR LAST MEAL WHEN YOU'VE GOT HUNGRY CHILDREN 18:33 - NOW, I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERSE THAT A LOT OF 18:36 EVANGELISTS AND PASTORS HAVE ABUSED. HAVE WE ALL HEARD ABOUT 18:40 'PROSPERITY PREACHING'? THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY'LL 18:44 POINT TO THIS AND THEY WILL LITERALLY TELL POOR WIDOWS IN 18:47 THEIR CONGREGATION, 'YOU MAY NOT HAVE MUCH. 18:49 YOU MIGHT BE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, BUT GOD IS TELLING YOU TODAY 18:52 THAT IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO ME - IF YOU'LL SUPPORT MY MINISTRY, 18:56 GOD IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. 18:58 BUT THE LORD'S TOLD ME THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO ME 18:59 FIRST.' AND THEY ABUSE AND EXPLOIT THIS VERSE. 19:05 NOW UNLESS THAT PASTOR THINKS HE'S THE PROPHET ELIJAH, AND 19:08 THAT HE'S BEEN DIRECTED BY GOD, THAT'S REALLY STRETCHING THE 19:12 LIBERTIES OF THE VERSE. BUT YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT ELIJAH 19:17 IS ASKING IS A REAL STRETCH AND IT IS A STEP OF FAITH. 19:21 ELIJAH SAYS TO HER, VERSE 13, "DO NOT FEAR; GO AND DO AS YOU 19:28 HAVE SAID," - YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR LAST LOAF. 19:30 GET YOUR STICKS - MAKE YOUR LAST LOAF - "BUT MAKE ME A SMALL CAKE 19:34 FROM IT FIRST, AND BRING IT TO ME; AND AFTERWARD MAKE SOME FOR 19:40 YOURSELF AND YOUR SON." NOW IF HE HAD STOPPED THERE, 19:44 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS. 19:45 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES? 19:46 HE THEN MAKES A PROMISE BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD. 19:50 HE DOESN'T JUST SAY, 'MAKE A LOAF FOR ME FIRST AND THEN YOU 19:52 MAKE SOME FOR YOU, HE SAYS, "'FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD OF 19:57 ISRAEL:'" - THUS SAYS JEHOVAH, THE GOD OF ISRAEL - "''THE BIN 20:01 OF FLOUR SHALL NOT BE USED UP, NOR SHALL THE JAR OF OIL RUN 20:06 DRY, UNTIL THE DAY THE LORD SENDS RAIN ON THE EARTH.''" SO 20:12 HE'S MAKING A PROMISE. NOW, UPON WHAT IS THAT PROMISE BASED? 20:17 DID ALL THOSE NATIONS AROUND KNOW HOW ISRAEL GOT INTO THE 20:20 PROMISED LAND? SURE THEY DID. DID THEY KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW 20:24 THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT - HOW GOD MIRACULOUSLY FED THEM 20:27 FOR 40 YEARS? AND SO, DID HE HAVE SOME 20:30 EVIDENCE? HE SAID, 'GOD HAS DONE THIS 20:32 BEFORE'. CAN GOD MULTIPLY BREAD? 20:36 SO, SHE'S GOT TO MAKE A DECISION: 'DO I BELIEVE THIS 20:41 HAIRY SCARY PROPHET THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND IS ASKING FOR 20:45 OUR LAST MEAL OR DO I SAY, 'HE'S CRAZY' AND I GO MAKE MY LAST 20:50 MEAL?' NOW, PUT YOURSELF IN HER SHOES 20:53 FOR A MINUTE. YOU'VE GOT ONE MEAL LEFT. 20:56 SOMEBODY'S TELLING ME THAT THEY'VE BEEN SENT BY GOD AND IF 21:00 I GIVE THEM THE FIRST LOAF, THAT GOD IS GOING TO MULTIPLY WHAT 21:04 I'VE GOT LEFT AND WE WILL LIVE. IF I THINK THEY'RE CRAZY OR 21:09 THEY'RE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH OR I'M AFRAID AND I EAT THE LAST 21:13 LOAF, I KNOW I'M GOING TO DIE. SO, WHY NOT TRY IT? 21:21 I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN HER SHOES, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? 21:23 ALL YOU'RE GOING TO GET IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IS YOU GET ONE 21:25 MORE MEAL AND THEN YOU DIE, RIGHT? 21:29 BUT HERE YOU'RE BEING GIVEN A TEST AND IT MIGHT WORK. 21:35 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT STORY ABOUT THE HORSE THAT FLIES? 21:39 THERE WAS A MAGICIAN IN THE COURT AND THE KING BEGAN TO GET 21:44 SUSPICIOUS THAT THIS MAGICIAN WAS UNTRUSTWORTHY AND HE SET A 21:48 DAY AND HE SAID, 'THE END OF NEXT WEEK YOU'RE GOING TO BE 21:52 EXECUTED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A REAL MAGICIAN.' AND THE 21:56 MAGICIAN SAID, 'YOUR HIGHNESS, THAT'S A TERRIBLE SHAME BECAUSE 21:58 I WAS GETTING READY TO TEACH YOUR HORSE TO FLY AND IT WOULD 22:00 BE THE ONLY FLYING HORSE IN THE WORLD, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME 22:03 A YEAR.' SO THE KING IS THINKING, 'YOU CAN TEACH MY 22:10 HORSE TO FLY?' 'YES, YOUR HIGHNESS.' AND HE'S 22:14 THINKING, 'IF I KILL HIM MY HORSE WON'T FLY.' AND SO SOMEONE 22:17 WENT TO THE MAGICIAN AND THEY SAID, 'CAN YOU REALLY MAKE THE 22:19 KING'S HORSE FLY?' AND HE SAID, 'WELL, IF YOU WANT 22:22 TO KNOW THE TRUTH, I DON'T KNOW.' HE SAID, 'BUT I DO KNOW 22:25 THAT IN ONE YEAR EITHER THE HORSE WILL FLY OR THE KING WILL 22:34 DIE OR I WILL DIE. BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE HORSE 22:37 FLIES.' SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? AND SO SHE'S THINKING, 22:45 'WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS THAT PROPHET. 22:50 HE LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURE ON THE TELEPHONE POLES.' AND SO SHE 22:56 TAKES THIS INCREDIBLE STEP OF FAITH AND THE BIBLE TELLS HER 23:02 THAT IF SHE DOES THIS GOD'LL FEED HER HOUSE. 23:05 "SO SHE WENT AWAY AND SHE DID ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF ELIJAH; 23:10 AND SHE AND HER HOUSEHOLD ATE FOR MANY DAYS." 23:15 NOW THIS IS A WONDERFUL STORY. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DOES OIL 23:20 REPRESENT? HOLY SPIRIT. CAN GOD MULTIPLY THE OIL? 23:27 WHAT DOES BREAD REPRESENT? 'MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY BREAD ALONE 23:32 BUT BY EVERY WORD' - IT'S A SYMBOL OR A TYPE. 23:35 AND WHAT DOES RAIN REPRESENT? 23:39 IT ALSO REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 23:41 AND SO GOD WANTS TO SUSTAIN US WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE 23:46 LATTER RAIN AND THAT RAIN THAT CAME AT THE END OF THIS FAMINE 23:50 WAS A DOWNPOUR, WASN'T IT? WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE LATER, 23:54 BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU KNOW THE STORY. 23:55 AND HERE, ELIJAH WAS SAYING, 'GOD IS GOING TO SEND AN 23:58 ABUNDANCE OF RAIN.' SO, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE. 24:02 THIS POOR WOMAN, SHE DOESN'T KNOW SHE'S GOING TO MEET ELIJAH 24:04 THAT DAY. EVERYBODY'S STARVING. 24:08 YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD. YOU EMPTY THE CUPBOARDS, 24:11 YOU'RE PICKING UP EVERY LITTLE BEAN YOU CAN FIND IN THE FIELD. 24:14 AND, YOU KNOW, DURING A FAMINE, PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS. 24:17 FINALLY SHE KNOWS - SHE'S JUST GOT THE - THE MARKETS ARE 24:20 STRIPPED BARE - THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STORES. 24:22 THERE'S NOBODY OUT SELLING IN THE MORNING LIKE THERE 24:24 USED TO BE. YOU CAN'T BUY BREAD. 24:27 ONLY THE VERY RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE PALACE ARE SHIPPING SOME IN 24:29 FOR THEM FROM DISTANT COUNTRIES. THERE'S NO FOOD IN THE LAND. 24:34 AND SO SHE'S THINKING ALL THESE THINGS AND SHE'S PRAYING AND 24:38 SHE'S SAYING, 'LORD, WHAT SHALL I DO? OH, WHY AM I BOTHERING 24:40 PRAYING TO BAAL? BAAL HASN'T HELPED US. 24:45 MAYBE I OUGHT TO BE TALKING TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL BECAUSE HE HAS 24:48 MULTIPLIED BREAD BEFORE.' AND SO WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 24:51 HER MIND AS SHE WALKS OUT AND SHE'S DESPERATE AND SHE'S 24:54 PRAYING. HER SON IS HUNGRY AT HOME AND SHE MEETS THIS PROPHET. 25:00 AND SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO FACTOR IN SOMETHING MUST HAVE 25:02 BEEN GOING ON IN HER HEART WHERE SHE WAS SEARCHING. 25:06 SHE WAS WONDERING, 'DOESN'T GOD CARE ABOUT POOR WIDOWS?' 25:11 WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WAS THINKING. AND THEN SHE MEETS ELIJAH AND HE 25:15 WORKS A MIRACLE ON HER BEHALF AND SHE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT'. 25:18 SHE MAKES HIM A LOAF, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? 25:20 SHE SAID SHE HAD HOW MANY LOAVES LEFT? SHE HAD ONE. 25:23 HE SAYS, 'MAKE A LOAF FOR ME FIRST AND THEN FOR YOU AND YOUR 25:25 SON.' SO SHE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO MAKE A LOAF AND SHE 25:28 REACHES INTO THE BIN, SHE GETS THAT LAST HANDFUL, SHE MAKES A 25:31 LOAF, SHE POURS A LITTLE OIL ON IT, SHE LOOKS BACK IN AND 25:33 THERE'S STILL ANOTHER HANDFUL. 25:36 SHE SAYS, 'WOW, DID I JUST SEE THAT HAPPEN? 25:39 HE JUST MULTIPLIED ENOUGH FOR ME AND MY SON.' SO SHE BRINGS HIM 25:44 HIS LOAF AND SAYS, 'IT'S KIND OF HOT OUT HERE, WHY DON'T YOU COME 25:46 BACK TO THE HOUSE AND STAY WITH US. THIS GUY'S GOOD LUCK.' 25:52 AND SO HE COMES BACK AND SHE HAS AN UPPER ROOM. 25:56 YOU FIND THAT OUT LATER IN THE STORY. 25:58 SHE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SPARE ROOM UPSTAIRS YOU COULD 26:01 STAY THERE.' AND THERE ARE, EVIDENTLY, OTHER PEOPLE IN THE 26:04 HOUSE BECAUSE IT SAYS SHE "AND HER HOUSEHOLD" - AND THAT TERM 26:09 'HOUSEHOLD' THERE - IT WOULD HAVE SAID SHE AND HER SON IF IT 26:12 WAS JUST HER SON, BUT BECAUSE IT SAYS 'SHE AND HER HOUSEHOLD' 26:15 THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE 26:17 OTHER, YOU KNOW, RELATIVES OR IF THERE ARE SERVANTS OR WHAT'S 26:21 GOING ON, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. 26:24 NOW, THE WHOLE TOWN IS STARVING BUT SOMEHOW, EVERYDAY, THEY'VE 26:28 GOT ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY'S PROVISION. 26:30 DID GOD SAY YOU'LL MAKE A LOAF OF BREAD AND THEN ALL OF A 26:33 SUDDEN HE'S GOING TO FILL THE CUPBOARDS OR THERE WOULD ALWAYS 26:35 BE ANOTHER HANDFUL IN THE BIN? HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER KIND OF 26:40 HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WHERE THE LORD JUST SEEMED TO - 26:44 YOU NEVER QUITE GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF IT - AND EVERY TIME 26:47 YOU THOUGHT THERE'S ONLY ONE LEFT, YOU GO BACK AND SAY, 26:50 'WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS SO MUCH' - THERE'S STILL A 26:52 LITTLE MORE LEFT - THERE'S STILL A LITTLE MORE LEFT. 26:54 I REMEMBER YEARS AGO - HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ROGER MORNEAUX? 26:57 THE MAN WHO WROTE THOSE BOOKS 'INCREDIBLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER' 27:01 AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF HIS INCREDIBLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS 27:05 HE HAD A COPY MACHINE - HE WAS SENDING OUT SPIRITUAL MATERIAL 27:10 AND LETTERS TO PEOPLE AND HE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH MONEY. 27:12 AND HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT REPLACEMENT INK FOR YOUR COPIER? 27:15 IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO MORTGAGE YOUR HOUSE TO BUY ONE OF THOSE 27:19 THINGS. AND HE SAID, 'LORD, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW 27:22 BUT IF YOU COULD KEEP' - AND HE SAID LONG 27:24 AFTER HIS COPIER SAID THAT IT WAS EMPTY, IT JUST KEPT PUTTING 27:27 OUT BLACK AND WHITE PAPER AND IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON FOR 27:31 MONTHS. WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED HIM - 27:33 LAST INTERVIEW HE DID ON TV WAS RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. 27:35 AND I'VE EXPERIENCED MIRACLES LIKE THAT BEFORE WHERE, YOU 27:39 KNOW, I HAD A TRUCK THAT KEPT BURNING OIL AND I JUST HAD ONE 27:43 QUART LEFT AND I KEPT PUTTING IN HALF - I KEPT PUTTING IN HALF A 27:50 QUART AND THEN I'D PUT THE SCREW-ON LID BACK ON IT AND THEN 27:54 I'D CHECK THE OIL AND IT WAS LOW AND I'D POUR ANOTHER HALF A 27:56 QUART IN THERE AND I'D THINK, 'HEY, THIS HAS STILL GOT OIL IN 27:58 IT!' AND I'D PUT THE LID BACK ON. 28:00 THIS WAS BACK WHEN I WAS POOR, YOU KNOW. 28:02 GOD DOESN'T WORK MIRACLES FOR YOU WHEN YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH. 28:04 NOW WHEN MY OIL GETS LOW I SAY, 'LORD'. 28:07 HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT MONEY, GO BUY SOME OIL.' SO HE - YOU 28:11 NOTICE, GOD DOESN'T DO MIRACLES FOR YOU IN YOUR ABUNDANCE. 28:16 GOD PERFORMS MIRACLES FOR US IN OUR EXTREMITY. 28:20 AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME KIND OF DROUGHT OR 28:23 WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME KIND OF FAMINE OR WHEN YOU'RE 28:25 GOING THROUGH SOME KIND OF EXTREMITY, THOSE ARE THE 28:28 OPPORTUNITIES. GOD DOES NOT PART THE OCEAN FOR 28:31 YOU TO GO ACROSS BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO BUY A BOAT 28:34 TICKET. YOU'VE GOT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET, 28:37 AND YOU CAN BUY A BOAT TICKET, YOU CAN BUY A TICKET. 28:39 BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A TICKET AND IF THERE ARE NO 28:42 BOATS AND IF AN ANGRY EGYPTIAN ARMY IS CHASING AFTER YOU WITH 28:45 THEIR SWORDS DRAWN, THEN YOU MIGHT SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE PART 28:48 THE OCEAN FOR ME.' IN YOUR EXTREMITY, GOD IS INCLINED TO 28:53 PERFORM MIRACLES. YOU KNOW, I WONDER HOW MANY MIRACLES WE'VE 28:57 MISSED IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES. LET ME GIVE YOU 29:01 AN EXAMPLE: YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY YOUR TITHE 29:06 AND SO YOU SAY, 'LORD, I KNOWN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. 29:11 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO PAY THESE BILLS AND 29:13 I'VE GOT TO DO THIS AND THAT. I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY 29:15 TITHE.' I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE 29:17 GOING TO BE THINKING THIS IS A CONTRADICTION. DOESN'T GOD SAY, 29:20 'IF YOU'LL PROVE ME, I'LL OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN 29:23 AND THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM TO RECEIVE IT'? 29:26 AND SO, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR GOD TO WORK A MIRACLE AND OPEN 29:29 THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, YOU MISS THE MIRACLE BECAUSE YOU TAKE 29:32 YOUR TITHE MONEY AND USE IT TO PAY YOUR VCR BILL OR YOUR CABLE 29:35 BILL OR WHATEVER IT IS. 29:38 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE THINK ARE NECESSITIES AND THEY'RE NOT. 29:43 AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE - IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF 'SHALL I 29:45 EAT TODAY OR SHALL I PAY MY TITHE?' 29:47 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T PAY THEIR TITHE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE 29:49 DEPRIVED OF SOME LUXURY OR CONVENIENCE. 29:53 AND WE DON'T GIVE GOD A CHANCE TO WORK A MIRACLE FOR US AND 29:56 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MANY MIRACLES GOD COULD HAVE - 'LORD, 30:00 MY BOSS IS TELLING ME I'VE GOT TO WORK THIS SABBATH. 30:03 I KNOW I'VE TOLD HIM I CAN'T WORK SABBATH BUT HE SAID THERE'S 30:06 AN EMERGENCY AT THE COMPANY AND I'VE GOT TO JUST THIS ONCE. 30:09 IF JUST THIS ONCE.' YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES WE GET 30:13 A CALL AT THE OFFICE AND SOME COMPANY WILL SAY, 'ARE YOU THE 30:16 PASTOR OF SO AND SO?' 'YES.' 'LOOK, HE TELLS ME HE 30:20 CAN'T WORK SABBATH, BUT I FIGURE IF I ASK HIS PRIEST YOU CAN 30:23 ABSOLVE HIM THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY. 30:25 CAN YOU WRITE HIM A LETTER AND LET HIM WORK THIS WEEK?' 30:28 I SAID, 'IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.' I SAID, 'IT'S A 30:30 COMMANDMENT OF GOD. PRIESTS DON'T GET TO CHANGE IT.' 30:34 BUT SOMETIMES THE EMPLOYEE WILL SAY, 'JUST THIS ONCE. 30:39 HOW ELSE - I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB.' AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD 30:43 WOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD SAID, 'NO, I'M GOING TO STAND UP FOR 30:46 THE LORD.' HE COULD HAVE WORKED A MIRACLE. 30:49 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT. 30:50 WE'LL NEVER KNOW UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN, BUT THERE'S ALL THESE 30:53 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD GIVES US TO SEE, 'DO WE REALLY 30:57 TRUST HIM?' AND BECAUSE WE TAKE THINGS INTO 31:00 OUR OWN HANDS - YOU REMEMBER WHAT ABRAHAM DID? 31:03 GOD SAID, 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SON' AND ABRAHAM WAITED AND 31:06 WAITED AND NOTHING HAPPENED AND HE SAID, 'LORD, LET ME HELP YOU 31:08 OUT. I'M GOING TO MARRY THIS 31:10 EGYPTIAN.' DID THAT WORK VERY WELL? 31:15 GOD WAS GOING TO WORK A MIRACLE BUT HE TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN 31:17 HANDS. AND SO, THIS WOMAN, SHE DECIDED 31:21 TO TRUST GOD AND HE WORKED A MIRACLE. 31:24 AND EVERY DAY THEY SAW A MIRACLE. 31:27 AND EVERY TIME THEY WENT THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE FLOUR IN THE 31:30 BOTTOM OF THAT BIN AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT JUST SORT OF ROSE UP 31:34 OUT OF THE BOTTOM LIKE WATER DOES IN A WELL, BUT IT WAS 31:38 SPRINGING UP AND THEY'D DIP IT OUT. 31:41 AND I THINK IT TASTED A LITTLE BETTER TOO. 31:43 I DON'T THINK IT WAS STALE. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE OIL 31:47 THAT CAME OUT OF THE CRUSE AND GOD JUST CONTINUED TO SUPPLY. 31:52 NOW, IF HE DID THAT FOR THE WOMAN, WILL GOD DO THAT FOR THE 31:56 CHURCH? DID GOD TELL HER, 'I WANT YOU TO 32:00 GO TO YOUR CUPBOARD EVERY DAY AND A LOAF WILL FALL OUT'? 32:04 DID YOU NOTICE THAT SHE HAD TO ACTUALLY COOK IT? 32:08 GOD COULD HAVE SAID, 'IF YOU'LL JUST PULL ASIDE THE CURTAIN 32:10 EVERY DAY OR LOOK UNDER YOUR PILLOW, LIKE THE TOOTH FAIRY, 32:12 THERE'LL BE A NEW LOAF.' HE SAID, 'NO, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE 32:18 MEAL, MIX IN THE WATER, MIX IN THE OIL' - THEY HAD SALT FROM 32:22 THE SEA - 'AND MAKE THE LOAF.' WAS JESUS GOING TO TAKE HIS 32:27 MESSAGE TO, NOT JUST THE JEWS, BUT TO THE GENTILES? 32:30 CHRIST PREACHED TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN ISRAEL AND THEN HE 32:33 TALKED TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN - A SYMBOL THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE 32:36 GOSPEL WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE GENTILES. 32:39 AND ELIJAH SPENT TIME REVIVING ISRAEL BUT HE ALSO SPENT TIME 32:44 WITH A GENTILE WOMAN. BUT IN ORDER FOR HER TO BE FED 32:48 WITH THE BREAD OF LIFE AND TO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE HAD TO 32:51 GO OUT AND GATHER IT, JUST LIKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 32:53 SHE HAD TO WORK WITH IT. DURING A FAMINE, CAN WE BE FED 32:56 WITH THE WORD OF GOD? BUT DO WE HAVE TO COOK? 33:00 DO WE STILL HAVE TO GO GATHER STICKS? 33:03 WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR PART, RIGHT? 33:05 GOD'LL WORK MIRACLES FOR US. HE'LL FEED YOU WITH THAT BREAD 33:08 OF HEAVEN, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 33:11 SO THE BIN OF FLOUR WAS NOT USED UP, NOR DID THE JAR OF OIL RUN 33:15 DRY, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPOKE BY 33:19 ELIJAH. GOD'S WORD DOES NOT FAIL, AMEN? 33:22 NOW AS LONG AS ELIJAH WAS IN HER HOUSE, SHE WAS FED. 33:27 DID HE STAY WITH HER? IN THAT HOUSEHOLD? 33:30 YEAH. WHO DOES ELIJAH REPRESENT? IS JESUS IN OUR HOUSE? 33:36 I HOPE HE'S IN OUR CHURCH. IS HE IN YOUR HOME? 33:40 IS HE THE CENTER OF YOUR HOME? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DISCIPLES 33:47 BROUGHT THEIR BREAD TO JESUS WHEN PEOPLE WERE HUNGRY? 33:52 YOU REMEMBER CHRIST SAID, 'DON'T SEND THE PEOPLE AWAY, THEY'RE 33:53 HUNGRY'? 'WHERE - LORD, WHERE ARE WE 33:55 GOING TO FEED THEM?' 'YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO 33:57 EAT.' 'US? THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THEM. 34:00 THERE'S AT LEAST 5,000 MEN, NOT COUNTING THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 34:03 HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM?' 34:04 JESUS SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU HAVE?' ALL WE'VE GOT HERE - THERE'S A 34:07 BOY WE FOUND WHO HASN'T EATEN HIS LUNCH YET AND HE'S GOT 5 34:10 LOAVES AND TWO STINKING LITTLE SARDINES, BUT WHAT'S THAT 34:15 AMONGST SO MANY?' AND YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'BRING 34:18 IT TO ME.' THEY GAVE THAT BREAD TO JESUS. 34:23 HE TOOK IT IN HIS HANDS. HE WORKED A MIRACLE. 34:25 HE BLESSED IT. HE GAVE IT BACK TO THEM. 34:28 THEN AS THE DISCIPLES BROKE IT AND GAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE IT 34:31 CONTINUED TO GROW IN THEIR HANDS. 34:32 SO EVERY TIME THEY BROKE OFF A PIECE OF THE LOAF THERE WAS JUST 34:35 - LIKE IT WAS AN ENDLESS SUBMARINE - IT JUST KEPT GROWING 34:37 OUT OF THEIR HANDS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE FEEDING OTHER 34:41 PEOPLE. YOU GIVE WHAT YOU DO HAVE TO 34:44 JESUS AND HE CAN WORK A MIRACLE WITH IT AND HE CAN MULTIPLY IT. 34:48 NOW THAT'S NOT ONLY TRUE WITH BREAD, THAT'S TRUE WITH YOUR 34:51 RESOURCES. THAT'S TRUE WITH WHATEVER 34:53 TALENTS AND ABILITIES YOU HAVE. YOU BRING THEM TO JESUS, HE CAN 34:56 BLESS AND MULTIPLY IT AND THEN HE WILL USE IT TO FEED OTHERS. 35:01 SO MUCH SO - AND IF YOU QUESTION WHETHER IT WAS A MIRACLE - MAYBE 35:03 IT WAS A FIGMENT OF THEIR IMAGINATION, BUT IF YOU START 35:06 OUT WITH FIVE LOAVES AND YOU END UP WITH TWELVE BASKETS, 35:10 SOMETHING HAPPENED. THERE WAS A MIRACLE THAT TOOK PLACE. 35:14 WELL, THE LORD DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE BIBLE. 35:16 HE ALSO DOES IT THROUGH ELISHA LATER - MULTIPLIES THE BREAD. 35:20 NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MIRACLE, ANOTHER TRIAL COMES 35:25 THAT WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE 35:27 SERVING GOD - YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN ELIJAH IS IN YOUR 35:30 HOUSE, NOTHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? 35:35 "NOW IT HAPPENED AFTER THESE THINGS THAT THE SON OF THE WOMAN 35:38 WHO OWNED THE HOUSE BECAME SICK. AND HIS SICKNESS WAS SO SERIOUS 35:45 THAT THERE WAS NO BREATH LEFT IN HIM." - NOW THAT PHRASE 'NO 35:48 BREATH IN HIM' MEANS HE CEASED TO BREATHE - HE DIED - "SO SHE 35:56 SAID TO ELIJAH, 'WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH YOU, O MAN OF GOD? 36:00 HAVE YOU COME TO ME TO BRING MY SIN TO REMEMBRANCE, AND TO KILL 36:03 MY SON?'" YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST 36:07 THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THERE'S SOME TRAGEDY THAT COMES 36:10 INTO OUR LIFE, ALL OF US HAVE AN ELEMENT OF GUILT BECAUSE WE'VE 36:13 ALL SINNED AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A REFLEX. 36:17 WHEN THERE'S SOME TRAGEDY IN OUR LIFE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE 36:19 START TO THINK, 'WHAT HAVE I DONE? IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS. 36:23 IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT. LORD, FORGIVE ME.' WHO WAS IT? 36:29 WHO'S THE GUY THAT WROTE THE - WAS IT ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE? 36:34 YEAH, I THINK IT WAS SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, THE AUTHOR. 36:38 KNOWING HUMAN NATURE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE OFTEN GUILTY, HE SENT 36:42 A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS ON HIS MAILING LIST IN ENGLAND A NOTE 36:45 THAT SIMPLY SAID, 'ALL IS DISCOVERED. 36:48 FLEE.' 'ALL IS DISCOVERED. FLEE.' AND HE SAID IT WAS 36:53 AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE SUDDENLY LEFT THEIR HOMES AND THEIR JOBS. 36:59 HE JUST FIGURED A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GUILTY OF HIDDEN SIN AND ALL 37:05 HAVE SINNED. AND WHATEVER IT WAS IN THIS 37:07 LADY'S LIFE THAT WAS NAGGING HER CONSCIENCE, SHE SAID, 'HAVE YOU 37:10 COME TO BRING MY SIN TO MY REMEMBRANCE? 37:12 HERE I THOUGHT GOD WAS BLESSING ME. THIS BAD THING HAPPENED. 37:15 IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF MY SIN.' WAS IT BECAUSE OF HER SIN? NO. 37:20 EVEN IN THE MIDST OF GOD'S BLESSINGS, EVEN WHEN ELIJAH IS 37:24 IN THE HOUSE, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A DAILY MIRACLE 37:28 THINGS CAN GO WRONG. WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IT DOES 37:32 NOT ALWAYS MEAN IT'S BECAUSE OF SIN. SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN 37:36 BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO BE GLORIFIED IN IT. 37:40 MARTHA AND MARY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY LAZARUS GOT SICK. 37:45 I MEAN, THEY SAID, 'JESUS, THIS IS YOUR FRIEND. 37:48 HOW COULD YOU LET HIM GET SICK AND DIE?' 37:51 AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO MARTHA? 'THIS HAS HAPPENED THAT 37:54 GOD MIGHT BE GLORIFIED.' AND SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING, 37:58 'LORD, WHY DID THIS TRAGEDY COME? I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH 38:00 US. I THOUGHT YOU WERE FEEDING US. 38:03 WE'VE SEEN SO MANY MIRACLES AND THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAS COME.' 38:06 IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE SERIOUS THAN THE DEATH OF A CHILD. 38:11 YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AT THE EVANGELISTIC MEETING LAST NIGHT 38:15 BECAUSE I WAS HELPING CONDUCT A FUNERAL - A MEMORIAL SERVICE, IN 38:20 PARTICULAR, FOR THE SON - DRAGO AND DARIUS' SON DARIO, WHO - 38:29 DRAGO IS OFTEN ON THAT CAMERA AND THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG 38:34 BOY WHO CAME OUT WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. 38:37 AND GRADUALLY IT TOOK ITS TOLL AND HE DIED ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 38:42 THIRTEEN YEARS OLD. MIND WAS BRIGHT. 38:45 LOVED THE LORD. HAD BEEN STUDYING THE BIBLE. 38:47 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN THE KINGDOM. 38:49 BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY STARTS TO ASK 38:51 QUESTIONS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT - 'WELL, IF GOD IS GOOD, 38:55 WHY DOES HE ALLOW INNOCENT CHILDREN TO SUFFER?' 38:59 'IF GOD IS GOOD' - DOES IT MEAN THAT GOD DOESN'T LOVE US WHEN 39:03 THERE'S SOME TRIAL OR SOME TRAGEDY OR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED 39:06 HAPPENS? THIS IS THE STORY OF JOB. 39:09 ALL OF JOB'S FRIENDS ARE SAYING, 'YOU MUST HAVE SINNED. THAT'S 39:12 WHY ALL THESE CALAMITIES CAME UPON YOU.' LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL 39:15 NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT AGAINST OTHERS OR EVEN OURSELVES. 39:20 'TIME AND CHANCE' - SOLOMON SAID - 'HAPPENS TO ALL'. 39:24 THERE IS A DEVIL RAMPAGING THROUGH OUR WORLD AND HE BRINGS 39:27 ALL KINDS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND SORROW. 39:30 AND SO SHE IMMEDIATELY SAYS, 'IS IT BECAUSE OF MY SIN?' 39:35 AND WHAT DOES ELIJAH SAY? 'GIVE YOUR SON TO ME. 39:39 NOT ONLY DO YOU BRING YOUR BREAD TO ME, YOU BRING YOUR OIL TO ME, 39:44 BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO ME' - "SO HE TOOK HIM OUT OF HER ARMS" - 39:50 THIS BREATHLESS, COLD CHILD WAS IN THE MOTHER'S ARMS AND HE 39:53 PRIED HIM OUT OF HER ARMS - "AND CARRIED HIM TO THE UPPER ROOM" - 39:59 NOW I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. HAVE YOU NOTICED - YOU EVER READ 40:01 ABOUT UPPER ROOMS IN THE BIBLE? A LITTLE LATER, ELISHA 40:07 RESURRECTS A BOY WHERE? IN AN UPPER ROOM. 40:11 THERE'S A BOY IN AN UPPER ROOM, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, NAMED 40:14 EUTYCHUS WHO'S LISTENING TO PAUL PREACH, BUT HE FALLS ASLEEP, 40:16 FALLS OUT, DIES. PAUL, LIKE ELIJAH AND ELISHA, 40:22 PRAYS OVER THAT BOY - HE COMES BACK TO LIFE. 40:25 JESUS INAUGURATES THE NEW COVENANT IN AN UPPER ROOM AND 40:30 IT'S BASED ON THE DEATH OF A SON. 40:33 THE NEW COVENANT IN THE UPPER ROOM IS BASED ON THE DEATH OF A 40:35 SON. 'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE 40:37 HIS SON.' A SON THAT DIES AND IS RESURRECTED. 40:42 SO WHEN ELIJAH TAKES THIS BOY INTO THE UPPER ROOM - DON'T MISS 40:46 THAT - "AND LAID HIM ON HIS OWN BED. 40:50 THEN HE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD AND SAID, 'O LORD MY GOD, HAVE 40:53 YOU ALSO BROUGHT TRAGEDY ON THE WIDOW WITH WHOM I LODGE, BY 40:57 KILLING HER SON?' AND HE STRETCHED HIMSELF OUT ON 41:01 THE CHILD THREE TIMES, AND CRIED OUT TO THE LORD AND SAID, 'O 41:04 LORD MY GOD, I PRAY, LET THIS CHILD'S SOUL COME BACK TO HIM.'" 41:09 - YOU'LL FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT ELIJAH - ELIJAH IS A 41:12 PERSISTENT PRAYER. IF IT TAKES THREE PRAYERS HE'LL 41:15 PRAY THREE TIMES. IF IT TAKES SEVEN PRAYERS, HE'LL 41:18 PRAY SEVEN TIMES. IF IT TAKES THREE AND A HALF 41:20 YEARS OF PRAYER, HE'LL PRAY THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 41:24 BUT GOD ANSWERED ALL THE PRAYERS OF ELIJAH. 41:27 IT TEACHES US SOMETHING ABOUT PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER - "LET 41:31 THIS CHILD'S SOUL COME BACK TO HIM." 41:34 - HE HAD DIED - "THEN THE LORD HEARD THE VOICE OF ELIJAH; AND 41:39 THE SOUL OF THE CHILD CAME BACK TO HIM, AND HE REVIVED." 41:43 THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION IN SCRIPTURE. 41:46 THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE RESURRECTIONS IN THE BIBLE. 41:49 THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. 41:50 IT IS A TYPE OF GOD WHO IS GOING TO RAISE HIS SON, JESUS, AND IT 41:57 REPRESENTS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH. 41:59 WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO THAT WOMAN'S FAITH? 42:01 WHEN ELIJAH LEFT TOWN WAS SHE GOING TO WORSHIP BAAL ANYMORE - 42:05 EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A PHOENICIAN? 42:07 WHAT GOD WAS SHE GOING TO WORSHIP? WHY? 42:11 BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE SON. 42:14 WHY IS IT NOW THERE ARE MORE GENTILES THAT BELIEVE IN JEHOVAH 42:17 THAN JEWS? IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION 42:20 OF THE SON THAT CAME BACK TO LIFE. 42:24 "AND ELIJAH TOOK THE CHILD AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN FROM THE UPPER 42:28 ROOM INTO THE HOUSE, AND GAVE HIM TO HIS MOTHER. 42:32 AND ELIJAH SAID, 'SEE, BEHOLE, YOUR SON LIVES!' 42:36 THEN THE WOMAN SAID TO ELIJAH, 'NOW BY THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE 42:41 A MAN OF GOD, AND THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD IN YOUR MOUTH IS THE 42:47 TRUTH.'" IN MY BIBLE, I SOMETIMES UNDERLINE, AND 42:50 SOMETIMES I'LL USE A PENCIL AND SOMETIMES I'LL USE YELLOW AND 42:54 THEN SOMETIMES, FOR REALLY IMPORTANT VERSES, I GOT ONE OF 42:56 THOSE COLORED PENCILS - I'LL USE RED. 42:58 I'VE GOT THIS ONE UNDERLINED IN YELLOW AND RED. 43:02 VERSE 24, CHAPTER 17, 1 KINGS, "THEN THE WOMAN SAID TO ELIJAH" 43:08 - WHAT DOES THE NAME ELIJAH MEAN? 43:09 'MY GOD IS JEHOVAH' - "'NOW BY THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A MAN 43:14 OF GOD, AND THAT THE WORD OF 'JEHOVAH' IN YOUR MOUTH IS THE 43:19 TRUTH.'" BY WHAT? BY THIS MIRACLE OF A SON WHO 43:23 DIES AND IS RAISED BACK TO LIFE AGAIN. ABOUT THIS MIRACLE OF 43:28 MULTIPLYING BREAD. DOES JESUS DO THOSE THINGS? 43:33 DOES JESUS RESURRECT A WIDOW'S SON? 43:35 DO YOU REMEMBER THE WIDOW OF NAIN? 43:37 FUNERAL PROCESSION GOING OUT OF THE CITY - JESUS STOPS - HIS 43:40 HEART WAS BROKEN FOR THIS WIDOW WHO WAS LOSING HER ONLY SON. 43:44 HE TOUCHES THE BOY, HE COMES BACK TO LIFE - IS THAT PART OF 43:47 THE REASON WE KNOW CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH? 43:49 DID JESUS MULTIPLY BREAD TO FEED HIS PEOPLE? 43:53 NOT ONLY IN THE WILDERNESS, HE DID IT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 43:55 AND SHE - A TYPE OF THE CHURCH - SHE SAYS, 'BY THIS I THINK' - IS 44:01 THAT WHAT IT SAYS? 'BY THIS I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A 44:05 MAN OF GOD.' YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTERFEITS OUT THERE. 44:09 JESUS SAID 'BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS IN THE LAST DAYS.' YOU 44:12 NOTICE JESUS DOESN'T SAY, 'DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY PROPHETS' - 44:15 BECAUSE HE'LL STILL HAVE TRUE ONES. 44:18 HOW DO YOU KNOW THE TRUE FROM THE FALSE? 44:20 YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS AND YOU'LL KNOW IF THE WORD OF 44:23 TRUTH IS IN THEIR MOUTH - IF THEY'RE PREACHING THE WORD - 44:27 'NOW I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A MAN OF GOD AND THE WORD OF THE LORD IS 44:29 IN YOUR MOUTH AND IT IS TRUTH.' YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS US TO BE 44:34 DISCRIMINATING AND DISCERNING THIS WAY. 44:38 BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE BREAD WAS MULTIPLIED AND BECAUSE OF THE 44:40 NEW LIFE THAT WAS GIVEN - THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL. 44:45 I HEAR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT OPEN THE BIBLE AND CLAIM TO HAVE 44:48 A MESSAGE FROM GOD, BUT HEARTS AREN'T TRANSFORMED BY IT. 44:52 THEIR BREAD IS NOT MULTIPLIED. NEW LIFE IS NOT GIVEN. BY THIS I 44:56 KNOW - DO YOU KNOW IN WHOM YOU BELIEVE? AND ARE YOU PERSUADED 45:01 THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH YOU'VE COMMITTED UNTO HIM? 45:04 NOW, IN CONCLUSION - SOMETIMES I SAY THAT JUST TO KEEP YOU WITH 45:10 ME - BUT I REALLY AM GOING TO TIE THIS OFF - IN CONCLUSION, I 45:16 WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SYMBOLS: THERE'S A JAR IN THE 45:20 BIBLE, WHAT DOES A JAR REPRESENT? 45:23 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE VESSELS. 45:26 YOU CAN READ IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4:7, "BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE 45:30 IN EARTHEN VESSELS," - THAT'S IN A BIN - IN A JAR - AND THE WORD 45:34 THAT'S USED FOR THE BIN OF FLOUR IS 'EARTHEN VESSEL' - IN HEBREW. 45:38 SO HERE YOU'VE GOT A JAR - IT'S LIKE US - AND IT'S GOT BREAD 45:43 INSIDE AND ANOTHER VESSEL, IT'S GOT OIL INSIDE. 45:46 DOES GOD WANT HIS WORD IN US? DOES HE WANT HIS SPIRIT IN US? 45:51 AND HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS WOMAN. SHE'S GOING OUT AND SHE'S 45:54 GATHERING - HOW MANY STICKS? TWO STICKS. 45:58 HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CROSS? 46:02 AND SHE SAYS, 'WE'RE GOING TO EAT OUR LAST MEAL AND DIE.' IS 46:06 THERE A TIME WHEN THE CHURCH HAS WHAT THEY CALL THE LAST SUPPER? 46:10 AND REALLY, WAS IT HER LAST OR WAS IT A BEGINNING? 46:14 WHEN SHE PUT ELIJAH FIRST - WITH THAT MEAL THAT SHE SHARED WITH 46:17 HIM - IT FED HER HOUSE UNTIL THE RAIN CAME. 46:21 THERE'S THE UPPER ROOM THAT IS SORT OF A SYMBOL FOR WHAT GOD 46:24 DOES WHEN HE POURS OUT THE SPIRIT. 46:25 WHEN JESUS REVEALED HIMSELF TO THE APOSTLES TOGETHER, WHERE 46:28 WERE THEY - AFTER THE RESURRECTION? 46:31 THEY WERE IN THE UPPER ROOM. CHRISTIANITY THAT WAS FIRST 46:35 REJECTED BY THE JEWS AS A NATION, WAS LATER EMBRACED BY 46:40 THE GENTILES. THIS WHOLE STORY IS REALLY 46:43 TELLING US ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. 46:45 CHRIST SAID, 'SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, IN THEM YE THINK YE 46:49 HAVE ETERNAL LIFE; THESE ARE THEY THAT TESTIFY OF ME. 46:52 WHEN YOU READ THESE OLD TESTAMENTS - EVEN STORIES LIKE 46:54 THIS ABOUT ELIJAH - YOU'RE REALLY READING ABOUT JESUS. 46:58 NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT AFTER ALL THESE MIRACLES, 47:03 THAT THE NATION WOULD BE CONVERTED. 47:05 YOU KNOW, CHRIST SAID, 'LOOK IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME BECAUSE OF 47:10 MY WORD - IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME BECAUSE OF THE TESTIMONY OF 47:13 MY LIFE' - CHRIST SAID - 'AT LEAST BELIEVE THE MIRACLES.' 47:17 DOES GOD DEMONSTRATE THAT HE'S REAL, ALSO THROUGH THE 47:20 MIRACULOUS THINGS HE'S DONE IN HIS WORD? 47:24 CAN HE DO THOSE MIRACULOUS THINGS IN OUR LIFE? 47:28 CAN HE MULTIPLY THE BREAD, MULTIPLY THE OIL, OPEN THE 47:31 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN FOR US? IF WE'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE, YOU 47:35 KNOW, I THINK HE'LL DO MORE MIRACLES FOR US. 47:37 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT MIRACLE IS BRINGING THAT SON TO LIFE 47:40 IN US. ONE MORE POINT THAT I DON'T WANT TO MISS. YOU CAN 47:45 KEEP PLAYING, IT'S ALRIGHT. SHE HAD A BOY THAT WAS DEAD. 47:52 HE HAD NO BREATH LEFT IN HIM AND ELIJAH SAID, 'BRING HIM TO ME. 47:58 MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OF YOU OUT THERE AND YOU'VE GOT LOVED ONES 48:01 - YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY DON'T HAVE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 48:05 WHAT DOES JESUS SAY TO US? 48:07 SAME THING ELIJAH SAID TO THAT WOMAN, 'BRING THEM TO ME'. 48:11 AND HE HAD TO PRAY OVER THAT BOY THREE TIMES - SYMBOLIZING LIKE 48:15 THE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE RESURRECTION, BUT IT MEANT 48:17 MULTIPLE PRAYERS. WE MAY HAVE TO PRAY MULTIPLE 48:21 TIMES FOR OUR LOVED ONES THAT ARE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SIN. 48:25 JUST IN THIS MESSAGE I WANTED TO ALSO EXTEND HOPE TO YOU. 48:30 YOU MAY HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE - SOME FAMILY THAT ARE OUT THERE 48:32 WANDERING AND THEY NEED A RESURRECTION - A SPIRITUAL 48:35 RESURRECTION. JESUS IS SAYING TO YOU WHAT 48:39 ELIJAH SAID TO THAT WOMAN, 'BRING THEM TO ME.' PRAY THAT 48:42 CHRIST WILL TAKE THEM TO THAT UPPER ROOM AND BREATHE NEW LIFE 48:45 INTO THEM. CAN HE DO THAT? HE CAN WORK A MIRACLE FOR THEM. 48:49 >>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A 48:53 GREAT REFORMATION, CALLING PEOPLE BACK TO THE FOUNDATIONAL 48:57 TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE; HOWEVER, IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED, 49:01 THE CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY 49:05 OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS. THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE 49:09 PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW NINE-PART SERIES CALLED 49:12 FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH - A PERFECT SERIES FOR ANYONE 49:16 SEEKING A PERSONAL REVIVAL AND RENEWAL IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP 49:19 WITH CHRIST. PLEASE PLAN, NOW, TO JOIN ME IN 49:22 PERSON, ONLINE, OR ON TELEVISION AND BE SURE TO INVITE 49:25 OTHERS TO JOIN YOU AS WELL. THE REFORMATION CONTINUES. 49:33 >>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES. 49:43 >>IN EARLY 1980, ALL THE BABY BOOMERS WERE TURNING 21 AND THE 49:46 NIGHTCLUB SCENES WERE EXPLODING AND I STARTED AN ENTERTAINMENT 49:49 LIGHTING COMPANY. >>I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND 49:52 THERE WAS SIX DIVISIONS. DOING THE RAVES IN THE 80S AND 49:55 90S, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAREHOUSE WHERE YOU'RE SETTING UP LIGHTING 49:58 AND FOG AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE. 50:01 AND NIGHTCLUB - NIGHTCLUB INSTALLATIONS - I LOVED IT AND 50:05 IT WAS WHO I WAS. >>BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE OUT OF TOWN 50:08 AND WE MOVED ABOUT TWO OR THREE TIMES, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS 50:12 GOING TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES. WE WERE AT A LUTHERAN CHURCH 50:14 AND THEN WE WERE IN A METHODIST CHURCH. 50:16 I THINK WE WERE IN THREE DIFFERENT BAPTIST CHURCHES. 50:19 MY WIFE WAS RAISED CATHOLIC, I WAS RAISED METHODIST. 50:22 CURRENTLY I'D BEEN OUT READING ALL THE HAL LINDSEY BOOKS AND 50:24 WATCHING ALL THE LEFT BEHIND MOVIES, AND JOY REALLY WANTED TO 50:27 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS ALL ABOUT, BUT 50:30 NOTHING EVER MADE SENSE TO ME. >>ONE DAY, PASTOR ROY LOGAN CAME 50:34 KNOCKING AND HE HAD THAT NET 99 FLIER. 50:37 >>WE WERE PREPARING FOR AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES AND 50:42 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH 50:44 HANDBILLS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS. 50:48 >>I SAW THAT COMING AT ME, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COLORS, AND I 50:51 THOUGHT, 'OH NO, THIS IS SOME KIND OF CULT THING. 50:54 >>AND SHE SAID, 'THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M NOT MUCH INTERESTED 50:57 MYSELF, BUT MY HUSBAND LIKES THAT KIND OF THING.' 51:00 >>THEN LLOYD SAID, 'WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?' 51:03 AND I SAID, 'OKAY, I WILL.' AND SO I TOOK THE PAMPHLET AND I PUT 51:08 IT ON THE COUNTER. GARY CAME HOME AND HE WALKED BY IT. 51:11 >>RAN THROUGH THE KITCHEN TO QUICKLY EAT AND TAKE A SHOWER 51:14 AND GO BACK OUT AND WORK A SHOW. >>TWO OR THREE DAYS WENT BY 51:17 LIKE THIS AND I HAD MOVED THAT BROCHURE FROM THE COUNTER, PUT 51:21 IT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE, PUT IT BACK ON THE COUNTER, AND 51:25 I ACTUALLY THROUGH IT IN THE GARBAGE. 51:27 AS I THREW IT IN THAT GARBAGE CAN, I COULD HEAR HIM AND SEE 51:31 HIS FACE SAYING, 'WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?' 51:34 AND I ACTUALLY TOOK THE GARBAGE OUT AND THAT NIGHT, LYING IN 51:37 BED, I KEPT SEEING HIS FACE AND HEARING HIS VOICE AND THINKING, 51:41 'OH BOY, I'VE GOT TO GET THAT BROCHURE OUT OF THE GARBAGE' AND 51:45 I TOOK THAT AND I PUT IT RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REMOTE CONTROL. 51:49 BRIGHT COLORS - HE'LL SEE IT. 51:51 >>I FINALLY SAT DOWN IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I PICKED UP THE 51:53 REMOTE AND I SAW THAT ANGEL HOLDING UP THAT SCROLL. 51:56 >>'WOAH, COOL! WHAT IS THIS?' 51:59 AND I WAS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING AND I THOUGHT, 'OH NO.' 52:02 >>AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I TURNED IT OVER AND THERE'S A 52:06 LITTLE BUILDING - A LITTLE CHURCH BUILDING - AND IT WASN'T 52:08 TOO FAR AWAY, IT WAS ABOUT SIX HOUSES DOWN - AND IT SAID 52:11 'FRIDAY NIGHT'. >>AND I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING. 52:14 I MEAN, IT WASN'T MY INTENTION TO GO. 52:17 >>I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SHOWS THAT NIGHT AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A 52:20 ONE-NIGHT DEAL AND I WENT AND AS I HEARD ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL MAN 52:23 I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END. 52:27 I KNEW WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS ALL FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND IT 52:30 WASN'T BASED ON HOLLYWOOD MOVIES OR OTHER BOOKS THAT WERE 52:32 WRITTEN. THEY SAID, 'COME AGAIN TOMORROW 52:34 NIGHT.' AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW, GREAT - TWO NIGHTS!' 52:38 SO I TRIED TO TELL MY WIFE ABOUT IT AND SHE STILL WASN'T 52:40 INTERESTED. AND THEN SHE DECIDED TO COME. 52:43 >>I STARTED TO HEAR THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW? 52:45 AND I STARTED TO GET FED. >>EVERY NIGHT AFTER THE SEMINAR 52:47 THEY WOULD HAND US AN AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDE. 52:50 I COULDN'T DO THOSE FAST ENOUGH. >>THE BUSINESS KEPT US GOING 52:54 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND IT WAS NIGHT AND DAY. 52:57 >>CREWS WORKING ALL AROUND THE CLOCK AND SO, WHEN WE FINALLY 53:00 HEARD THE SABBATH MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, SO FAR EVERYTHING HAD BEEN 53:03 TRUE - RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE. >>CHURCH ON SATURDAY. 53:06 NO WORK. ANYWAY, IT ALL CLICKED. 53:09 >>BOTH OUR HEADS TURNED AT EACH OTHER, OUR JAWS DROPPED OPEN. 53:12 >>I SAID, 'WE CAN'T DO THAT.' >>AND THE FIRST THING THAT CAME 53:16 OUT OF MY MOUTH WAS, 'WE HAVE TO.' 53:18 >>I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE A SACRIFICE AND I WAS IN FEAR 53:22 ABOUT IT. >>WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE 53:24 GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE TALKED TO 53:27 THE PASTOR ABOUT IT AND THE PASTOR SAID, 'WE'LL JUST PRAY 53:29 ABOUT IT AND GOD WILL OPEN DOORS. 53:31 >>I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ALL THE CONNECTIONS I HAD MADE, ALL 53:34 THE NETWORKING, ALL THE MONEY, ALL THE INVESTMENT. 53:37 >>WE WENT TO THE BOARD AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER 53:40 CLOSING ON SATURDAY AND THEY AGREED TO. 53:43 SO WE CLOSED THE STOREFRONT ON SATURDAY, BUT WE WERE STILL 53:45 DOING PRODUCTIONS AND THAT KIND OF BOTHERED US, SO A COUPLE 53:50 MONTHS LATER GOD OPENED A DOOR FOR MY WIFE AND SHE EXITED THE 53:52 COMPANY. I PRAYED ABOUT IT AND GOD 53:54 OPENED A DOOR FOR ME TOO. >>GARY, SHORTLY AFTER, WAS 53:58 OFFERED A JOB BEING PAID MORE MONEY THAN HE MADE AS 54:02 AN OWNER OF THE COMPANY. >>HE SAID, 'I'LL GIVE YOU A 54:06 THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE AND YOU'LL NEVER WORK ANOTHER WEEKEND. 54:09 >>AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE SABBATH AND ENJOY THE WONDERFUL 54:14 BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAD FOR US ON SABBATH DAY. 54:17 >>MY KIDS NEVER AGAIN HAD TO SAY, 'QUIT TALKING ABOUT WORK.' 54:20 AFTER THE SEMINAR WAS OVER, MY WIFE AND I AND MY CHILDREN WERE 54:23 ALL BAPTIZED INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 54:26 EVEN IF I GAVE UP EVERYTHING, I KNEW THAT GOD WOULD HAVE 54:28 SOMETHING BETTER. >>I HAVE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING 54:32 AND THERE'S MUCH MORE DEPTH IN MY CHRISTIAN WALK WITH THE LORD. 54:37 >>WE STARTED AN AMAZING FACTS BIBLE SCHOOL AT OUR CHURCH THAT 54:40 ALLOWS ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES - UNDERSTAND THE END 54:43 TIMES. CHURCH CHANGED MY LIFE 54:45 DRAMATICALLY AND I'M VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. 54:57 (MUSIC) 55:07 >>EVERY NOW AND THEN, IN THE PANORAMA OF HISTORY, WE HEAR 55:10 ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FROM THE LOWEST DEPTHS TO THE HIGHEST 55:14 PINACLES. THEY EMERGE FROM THE SHACKLES 55:16 OF PRISON TO LEAD AND INSPIRE A NATION. 55:20 TAKE JOSEPH, FOR INSTANCE: HE'S SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AS A SLAVE, 55:24 THEN FALSELY ACCUSED AND THRUST INTO PRISON. 55:27 YET, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIVINE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIRACULOUSLY 55:30 GOES FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE, RULING THE ONES WHO ONCE 55:34 IMPRISONED HIM. SOUND FAR-FETCHED? 55:36 IT'S HAPPENED IN HISTORY MORE THAN YOU THINK. 55:38 SOUTH AFRICA IS THE HOME OF JUST SUCH A LEADER. 55:42 NELSON MANDELA WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND FREEDOM 55:46 IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS INFLUENCE WAS FELT AROUND THE WORLD. 55:51 BEFORE FREEDOM, THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS. 55:53 LIKE JOSEPH, WHO WAS UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT 55:57 COMMIT, NELSON MANDELA WAS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND 56:00 SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON ROBIN ISLAND. 56:03 HE WAS OFTEN EXPOSED TO CRUEL PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE. 56:06 BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF APPARENT FAILURE AND 56:07 DISCOURAGEMENT, HE NEVER LOST HEART AND HE NEVER GAVE UP. 56:11 AFTER YEARS IN PRISON, A GROWING NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR 56:15 HIS RELEASE AND EVENTUALLY IT TOOK PLACE. 56:17 AND GOD USED HIM SO THAT HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO 56:20 ABOLISH RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA. 56:24 INCREDIBLY, HE NOW WAS, VIRTUALLY, THE ABSOLUTE LEADER 56:27 IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAD IMPRISONED HIM. 56:30 HE HAD ALL THE TOOLS AND THE POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET 56:32 EVEN WITH THE PRISON GUARDS AND OTHERS THAT HAD MISTREATED HIM. 56:36 INSTEAD, MANDELA CHOSE FORGIVENESS. 56:39 IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE IN THE BIBLE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 56:41 4, VERSE 31, "LET ALL BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER, 56:46 CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE. 56:49 AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE 56:53 ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU." 56:58 I'M SO THANKFUL THAT NELSON MANDELA, LIKE JOSEPH, CHOSE TO 57:01 FORGIVE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE HIS ENEMIES, AND TO SERVE HIS NATION 57:04 WITH LOVE AND COURAGE. YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER OF 57:07 EXAMPLES OF THIS HAPPENING IN THE BIBLE. 57:09 YOU HAVE DANIEL, WHO WAS A CAPTIVE FROM THE LAND OF JUDAH, 57:12 AND YET GOD ARRANGED THINGS WHERE HE BECOMES THE PRIME 57:15 MINISTER IN THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON. 57:17 YOU HAVE ESTHER, WHO WAS A POOR ORPHAN GIRL IN PERSIA, AND YET 57:20 GOD WORKED THINGS OUT WHERE SHE BECOMES THE QUEEN OF THAT 57:22 COUNTRY. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH ENDS WITH 57:25 AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF A YOUNG KING NAMED JEHOIACHIN, WHO WAS 57:29 IN A BABYLONIAN DUNGEON FOR 37 YEARS AND THEN KING 57:32 EVIL-MEREDOCH HAS MERCY ON HIM AND HE HAD A NEW STATUS, GOING 57:36 FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTS TO 57:39 DO WITH YOU AND ME, FRIENDS. HE GIVES YOU THE BREAD OF LIFE. 57:41 HE GIVES YOU THE ROBE OF JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS. 57:44 HE GIVES YOU A SEAT AT HIS TABLE. 57:46 IF YOU ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PASS IT 57:48 ON, YOU AND I CAN LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST. 57:51 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT EXPERIENCE? 57:53 (MUSIC) |
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