WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 Let's turn again to the chapter we read in 1 Kings 18. 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:14.660 And we find the challenge in verse 21 that Elijah is throwing out towards Israel. 00:00:14.660 --> 00:00:18.320 ! And Elijah came near to all the people and said, 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:22.519 How long will you go limping between two different opinions? 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:25.519 If the Lord is God, follow him. 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.039 But if Baal, then follow him. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.719 And the people did not answer him a word. 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:42.000 As a boy growing up, Elijah was one of my favorite characters in the Bible 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.280 because he seemed to be tough as nails. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:52.400 And he seemed to be just a man who was utterly fearless and would do anything and go anywhere. 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:54.659 And that one mission was to serve God. 00:00:54.659 --> 00:01:00.339 And he was, I suppose, like a lot of young boys, Elijah was a hero to us. 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:08.319 And I used to think it was very fitting that when God was taking, as he took Enoch, 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:16.719 he also took Elijah, that he was to take this incredible servant of his out of this world, never meeting death. 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:21.760 But Elijah, although he may appear otherworldly to us, 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.760 because sometimes when you read through Elijah, 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.000 apart from the one lapse that he had when he ran away from Jezebel, 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:34.500 everything else about his life was unbelievably passionate, zealous. 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:37.060 And you'd almost think he was kind of different to us. 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:38.120 But he wasn't. 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:43.540 James, in his letter, tells us, Elijah was exactly like you and me, 00:01:43.660 --> 00:01:46.420 with the same passions, the same kind of character. 00:01:47.020 --> 00:01:50.080 They're no different to the likes of you and me. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:53.160 So James tells us this. 00:01:54.400 --> 00:02:00.460 Now in this chapter that we meet here, there's a crisis has come in the land. 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:06.460 And the idolatry of Israel is just beginning to overwhelm the whole place. 00:02:06.459 --> 00:02:11.479 And because of that idolatry, God has sent a drought on the land, 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:15.719 so that they were without water for three years. 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:22.259 And it's in light of this that Elijah comes to bring this challenge to Israel. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.719 And they have to make a decision. 00:02:24.939 --> 00:02:28.099 Now you and I know life is full of decision making. 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:29.659 We're always having to make decisions. 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:34.560 Some of these decisions are so small, we don't realize that they're actually decisions. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.580 The likes of, what am I going to eat? 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.379 Or if you have leisure time, will I read? 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:40.460 Will I watch something? 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:41.439 Will I go for a walk? 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:47.759 These are the kind of sort of little decisions that we make within the day 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.020 that have no great consequences at all. 00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:53.000 But then there are bigger choices, bigger decisions. 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:57.099 The likes of, when it comes to marriage, who you're marrying, 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:00.159 where you're going to live, the job you're going to have. 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.240 These are much bigger choices, bigger decisions. 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:07.400 But the biggest decision, the biggest choice that anybody could ever make 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.340 is what we do with the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:12.280 Do we follow him? 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:14.340 Or do we push him away? 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:16.579 Do we side with Jesus? 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:20.079 Do we ask Jesus to be our Lord and our King? 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.879 Or do we walk away from Jesus? 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:28.479 Do we push Jesus aside every time that he comes near us in the Gospel or in Providence? 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.519 What is our reaction to Jesus? 00:03:32.939 --> 00:03:35.759 Because we're always making a decision at these times, 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:38.579 either accepting or rejecting. 00:03:39.739 --> 00:03:44.379 And so we find that Israel has come to this point where a choice has to be made. 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:46.599 Now as we read here, 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.859 Ab was searching the whole land for Elijah 00:03:50.859 --> 00:03:53.799 because he blamed Elijah for the drought. 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.900 You see, Elijah, according to God's word, 00:03:58.020 --> 00:04:00.620 had come to Ab and said to him, 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.080 As the Lord God lives, there will be no rain for three years. 00:04:05.260 --> 00:04:11.640 Because Ab was leading Israel in a downward spiral of idolatry. 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:13.900 It was getting worse and worse and worse. 00:04:14.260 --> 00:04:17.639 And they were going further and further and further away from God. 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.719 And so God said, 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:20.479 My judgment. 00:04:20.979 --> 00:04:25.759 And this was a judgment in order to bring Israel back to repentance, 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:27.399 to turn again to God. 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.199 But it was doing the very opposite. 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:31.279 And you know, 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:32.879 when we look at our own country, 00:04:32.979 --> 00:04:33.599 our own land, 00:04:33.699 --> 00:04:35.379 can we not see a similar picture? 00:04:36.219 --> 00:04:37.800 Because you and I were very conscious. 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:39.639 Things are not improving. 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:43.860 Despite all the advances in technology and medicine 00:04:43.860 --> 00:04:44.879 and all these, 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.779 and we're thankful for all these advances that are being made 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:50.240 and do make life better. 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:51.839 As a nation, 00:04:52.339 --> 00:04:53.519 it's not getting better. 00:04:53.659 --> 00:04:54.839 It's not getting any safer. 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.199 It's not getting any wealthier. 00:04:57.419 --> 00:04:58.180 It's not getting... 00:04:58.180 --> 00:04:59.240 We're struggling. 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:01.919 Even our politicians will talk about 00:05:01.919 --> 00:05:04.699 us being broken as a society. 00:05:04.699 --> 00:05:08.839 And God is speaking to us 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:10.379 through these things. 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:13.240 And rather than turning to God 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.959 and repenting of where we are, 00:05:16.039 --> 00:05:17.759 that's what should be happening nationally. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.360 It's like digging our heels in and saying, 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.899 No, we won't. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:23.919 We'll go further away from God. 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:27.259 And that's exactly what was happening here 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:30.060 in the time of Ahab and Elijah. 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:33.219 So chapter 18 opens here with 00:05:33.220 --> 00:05:36.140 God telling Elijah to show himself 00:05:36.140 --> 00:05:39.100 to Ahab because he was going to send rain. 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:41.300 And as we could see there, 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:42.620 the land was in a crisis. 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:44.200 There was so much drought 00:05:44.200 --> 00:05:45.360 and people were suffering. 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:47.420 People would be dying because of the famine, 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:49.760 because there wouldn't be the crops 00:05:49.760 --> 00:05:51.940 due to the lack of water. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:55.180 And what is King Ahab doing at this point? 00:05:55.380 --> 00:05:57.180 When his people are in a crisis, 00:05:57.940 --> 00:06:00.760 he's looking for a bit of grass and water 00:06:00.760 --> 00:06:02.200 for his mules and horses. 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.979 No word about the people. 00:06:04.659 --> 00:06:07.099 All he's concerned about are his mules 00:06:07.099 --> 00:06:08.719 and his horses. 00:06:09.719 --> 00:06:11.039 He's looking for a bit of grass 00:06:11.039 --> 00:06:13.039 and water for them. 00:06:14.719 --> 00:06:15.719 And it's here we see, 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:17.759 here's this king who's supposed to be 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:18.980 caring for the people, 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:20.159 looking after the people. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.899 But he's so self-centered, 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:24.480 so self-obsessed, 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.160 that his horses and his mules 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.240 count far more to him 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.780 than the people that he's looking after. 00:06:32.939 --> 00:06:33.439 And you know, 00:06:33.640 --> 00:06:35.580 it's almost like the picture 00:06:35.580 --> 00:06:37.060 of the rich man and Lazarus. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.080 Remember the rich man 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:40.040 and he had all the wealth 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.040 and he was there indulging himself 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.980 in all his finery 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:45.879 and the beggar Lazarus at the door 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:48.060 starving, full of sores 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:49.339 and he had no word of him. 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:50.839 And you know, 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:52.519 the sinful heart 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.759 that becomes self-obsessed, 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:56.420 can't see others, 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:57.879 can't empathize with others, 00:06:58.220 --> 00:06:59.519 can't sympathize, 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:01.040 void of compassion. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.680 And it's an awful picture 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.720 of how we can go. 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:08.500 Anyway, 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:09.819 we see here 00:07:09.819 --> 00:07:13.600 that the time has come 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.100 there's to be a showdown. 00:07:15.660 --> 00:07:16.460 And we've got to remember 00:07:16.460 --> 00:07:17.379 it's a fearful thing 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:18.360 to be instrumental 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.220 in leading people away 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:21.520 from the Lord. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:22.939 And it's a, 00:07:23.400 --> 00:07:24.580 I'm not going to go bad, 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:26.020 I'm not making this 00:07:26.020 --> 00:07:27.560 any political sermon 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:28.439 in any shape or form, 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:28.840 but you know, 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:30.540 when you think of our 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:32.580 our governments 00:07:32.580 --> 00:07:33.819 and the policies 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:35.520 that they are passing, 00:07:35.700 --> 00:07:37.000 the laws that pass, 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:38.939 everything that takes us 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:40.360 further away from God, 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:42.340 everything that pushes God 00:07:42.340 --> 00:07:43.100 further out 00:07:43.100 --> 00:07:44.860 is not to our well-being, 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:45.840 it's to our detriment. 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:47.960 And it's an awesome responsibility 00:07:47.960 --> 00:07:49.040 before God 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:50.400 for people to do that 00:07:50.400 --> 00:07:51.200 because one day 00:07:51.200 --> 00:07:51.920 they're going to have to 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:52.820 stand before him 00:07:52.820 --> 00:07:54.160 and to give an account 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:55.340 as we all have 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:56.340 for everything 00:07:56.340 --> 00:07:57.360 that they've done. 00:07:58.920 --> 00:07:59.140 Well, 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:00.080 the thing is, 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.560 Ahab was somebody 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:02.859 who had sold himself 00:08:02.859 --> 00:08:03.699 to sin, 00:08:03.819 --> 00:08:04.479 to idolatry. 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:05.899 But bad and all 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:06.639 though Ahab was, 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:07.740 he was nothing like his wife. 00:08:07.979 --> 00:08:09.819 Jezebel was the power 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:10.919 behind the throne. 00:08:11.719 --> 00:08:13.099 She was utterly evil. 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:14.639 She was the one 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:15.399 who was just, 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.199 she had a hatred 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:17.919 for God 00:08:17.919 --> 00:08:19.819 and for the cause 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:20.419 of Christ. 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:21.899 And she was just 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:22.659 somebody who wanted 00:08:22.659 --> 00:08:23.740 to obliterate, 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:25.399 out of the land, 00:08:25.599 --> 00:08:26.060 everybody 00:08:26.060 --> 00:08:27.360 that followed the Lord. 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:28.500 Bad and all 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:29.360 though Ahab was, 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:30.339 he wasn't that bad 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:31.220 because we find 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:32.179 as we look at the life 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:32.639 of Ahab, 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:34.840 there was a side 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:35.720 somewhere in him 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:36.539 because he knew, 00:08:36.820 --> 00:08:38.000 he knew who God was. 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.080 There was a God consciousness 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:41.480 in Ahab 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.039 that was not in Jezebel. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:44.840 And we find 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.480 that there's a period 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:47.279 later on 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:48.120 where Ahab 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:48.659 actually 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:49.899 humbles himself 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:50.720 before God 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:52.019 because of the judgment 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:52.919 that's going to come. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:54.399 And God said, 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:55.799 because Ahab 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:56.799 has humbled himself 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:57.379 in this way, 00:08:57.740 --> 00:08:58.759 I won't bring it 00:08:58.759 --> 00:08:59.399 in his day 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.019 but in his family's day. 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:02.199 So you see 00:09:02.199 --> 00:09:03.159 that bad and all 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:03.799 though he was, 00:09:04.219 --> 00:09:04.679 there was this 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:05.360 God side, 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:06.159 God awareness 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:07.740 in his heart. 00:09:08.219 --> 00:09:08.699 But as I said, 00:09:08.740 --> 00:09:09.219 he was nothing 00:09:09.219 --> 00:09:10.439 like his wife 00:09:10.439 --> 00:09:11.500 who was the power 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:12.379 behind the throne. 00:09:13.179 --> 00:09:13.659 And we see 00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:14.439 another instance 00:09:14.439 --> 00:09:14.939 of this 00:09:14.939 --> 00:09:15.979 is that 00:09:15.979 --> 00:09:18.599 the chief man 00:09:18.599 --> 00:09:20.139 that Ahab had, 00:09:20.579 --> 00:09:20.899 the man 00:09:20.899 --> 00:09:22.120 who was his governor, 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.539 like his lieutenant, 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:24.960 his main man 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:26.039 in operations 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:27.440 was Obadiah 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:28.899 who was a devout 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:30.019 God-fearing man. 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:31.399 And there's no doubt 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:31.820 that Ahab 00:09:31.820 --> 00:09:33.039 had to intercede 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:34.480 or had to plead 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.620 for Obadiah's life 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:37.299 when Jezebel 00:09:37.299 --> 00:09:38.340 was doing a purge 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:39.419 of trying to remove 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:42.179 all the God-fearing people 00:09:42.179 --> 00:09:43.179 in the nation. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:44.519 So you see 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:45.580 there was this 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:46.399 side to him. 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:48.340 And Obadiah 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:49.060 tells us 00:09:49.060 --> 00:09:50.080 there was a period 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.340 when Ahab 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:52.060 was killing 00:09:52.060 --> 00:09:52.580 all the prophets, 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.480 when Jezebel 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:54.040 was killing 00:09:54.040 --> 00:09:54.840 all the prophets 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.040 of God, 00:09:56.560 --> 00:09:57.420 that Obadiah 00:09:57.420 --> 00:09:58.620 took a hundred 00:09:58.620 --> 00:09:59.040 prophets 00:09:59.040 --> 00:09:59.620 and hid 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:00.920 fifty in one cave, 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:01.920 fifty in another, 00:10:02.280 --> 00:10:03.360 and he fed them 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:04.399 with bread and water, 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:05.720 probably out of 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.060 his own expenses. 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:09.120 But the thing is 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:09.960 he tells us 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:10.879 in verse 13 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.160 that Ahab 00:10:12.160 --> 00:10:13.840 actually knew 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:14.720 what he did. 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:15.840 Has it not been 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:16.800 told, my lord, 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:17.639 what I did 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:18.639 when Jezebel 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.480 killed the prophets? 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:21.220 So Ahab knew 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:22.440 what Obadiah 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:22.960 was doing. 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.019 So that shows us 00:10:24.019 --> 00:10:24.379 that there was 00:10:24.379 --> 00:10:25.420 this other side 00:10:25.420 --> 00:10:26.080 to Ahab 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.460 who was totally 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:28.000 different 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.399 to his wife. 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:30.720 Anyway, 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:31.560 the time comes 00:10:31.560 --> 00:10:32.460 and Elijah 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:33.379 meets Obadiah 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:34.039 and tells him, 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:36.120 go tell Ahab 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.820 that I'm going 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:38.320 to meet him 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:38.759 today. 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:39.980 And Obadiah 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.240 says, 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.659 I can't. 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:43.100 I can't do that 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:43.420 because 00:10:43.420 --> 00:10:45.279 Ahab has searched 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.080 the whole land 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:46.600 and the land 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:47.320 is round about 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.139 and I know 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:48.540 what's going 00:10:48.540 --> 00:10:48.920 to happen 00:10:48.920 --> 00:10:49.520 because when 00:10:49.520 --> 00:10:50.020 I go and 00:10:50.020 --> 00:10:50.540 tell Ahab, 00:10:52.180 --> 00:10:52.960 Elijah's going 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:53.440 to meet you, 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:54.080 the spirit 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:54.500 of the Lord 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:54.960 will take you 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:55.259 away. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:56.960 And then Ahab's 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.440 going to kill 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:58.480 me for this. 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:00.100 But Elijah 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:01.040 gives his word 00:11:01.040 --> 00:11:01.639 and he said, 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.500 I am going 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.500 to meet Ahab 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:04.900 today. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.360 And it's very 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:07.139 interesting how 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:09.259 Ahab addresses 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:10.080 Elijah 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.620 in verse 17. 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:15.259 When Ahab 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:16.240 saw Elijah, 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:17.080 Ahab said 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:17.460 to him, 00:11:17.780 --> 00:11:18.780 is it you, 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:20.100 you troubler 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:21.280 of Israel? 00:11:22.280 --> 00:11:22.680 Isn't it 00:11:22.680 --> 00:11:23.259 incredible 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:24.040 how sin 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:25.139 distorts 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:25.740 the picture? 00:11:27.180 --> 00:11:27.680 The one 00:11:27.680 --> 00:11:28.240 person 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:28.900 who was 00:11:28.900 --> 00:11:31.100 capable 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:31.820 of turning 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:32.280 things, 00:11:32.400 --> 00:11:32.920 this great 00:11:32.920 --> 00:11:33.460 man of 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:33.940 prayer, 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:34.860 and yet 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:35.460 Ahab 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:36.460 is the one 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:36.900 who has 00:11:36.900 --> 00:11:37.420 caused 00:11:37.420 --> 00:11:38.160 all the 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:38.480 havoc 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.120 and yet 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:39.600 he blames 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:40.139 Elijah. 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:40.659 You see, 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.060 that's what 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:41.800 sin does. 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:43.600 Sin distorts 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.159 our understanding. 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:46.019 There's no 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.759 discernment, 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.240 there's no 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:47.740 awareness, 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:48.360 there's no 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:48.860 spiritual 00:11:48.860 --> 00:11:49.680 understanding. 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:50.940 And we can 00:11:50.940 --> 00:11:51.560 see it so 00:11:51.560 --> 00:11:52.340 often what 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:52.980 people call 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.720 evil good 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:54.180 and good 00:11:54.180 --> 00:11:54.460 evil, 00:11:54.540 --> 00:11:54.840 and that's 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.019 the way 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:55.320 they look 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:55.659 at it. 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:56.100 And they 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:56.500 genuinely 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.600 think because 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:58.220 sin has 00:11:58.220 --> 00:11:59.060 so distorted 00:11:59.060 --> 00:11:59.700 their thinking, 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.519 they think 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:00.940 good is 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:01.420 evil and 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:01.879 evil is 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:02.159 good. 00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:02.980 And we 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:03.360 see it, 00:12:03.420 --> 00:12:03.899 we see it 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.180 in our 00:12:04.180 --> 00:12:05.019 own 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:05.379 nation. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.019 Anyway, 00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:08.580 Elijah is 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:09.379 saying enough 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:09.919 is enough. 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:11.000 And Elijah 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.399 says, 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:11.939 you're the 00:12:11.939 --> 00:12:12.259 one who 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:12.740 has troubled 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:13.220 Israel. 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.460 And he 00:12:14.460 --> 00:12:15.100 said to 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.779 Ahab, 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:16.980 I'm throwing 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:17.480 down a 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:18.799 challenge to 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.639 you and 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:19.960 to the 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.419 whole of 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:20.879 Israel. 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.059 Enough is 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:22.379 enough. 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:23.899 And I want 00:12:23.899 --> 00:12:24.379 you to meet 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:24.779 on Mount 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:25.299 Carmel, 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:26.100 all the 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.679 prophets of 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:27.519 Baal and 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.000 the prophets 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:28.320 of the 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:28.720 Asherah, 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.100 that would 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:30.179 be 850 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:30.759 altogether, 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:31.559 450 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:32.419 prophets of 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:32.840 Baal and 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:33.960 400 of 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:34.519 the Asherah. 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:35.980 and I 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:36.500 will meet 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:37.179 and where 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:37.519 there's going 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:37.899 to be a 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:39.019 challenge to 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:39.720 see who 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:40.819 is the 00:12:40.819 --> 00:12:41.439 living and 00:12:41.439 --> 00:12:41.799 the true 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:42.220 God. 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:44.039 And so we 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.659 find that 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:45.460 they gather 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:46.000 together, 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:46.679 there's to 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:47.059 be two 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:48.220 altars and 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:49.220 two sacrifices 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:50.439 and two 00:12:50.439 --> 00:12:51.039 bulls, 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:51.360 one, 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:52.279 Elijah is 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:52.539 going to 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.379 sacrifice one 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.340 bull and 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:54.759 the prophets 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.399 of Baal will 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.360 sacrifice another. 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:57.500 And there's no 00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:57.919 doubt that 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.759 Elijah in 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:00.579 planning for 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:01.059 this would 00:13:01.059 --> 00:13:01.279 have, 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:01.899 or because 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:02.419 people wonder 00:13:02.419 --> 00:13:02.939 where does the 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:03.400 water come? 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:03.600 Well, 00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:04.280 Mount Carmel 00:13:04.280 --> 00:13:05.100 is just 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:05.720 beside the 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:06.340 Mediterranean 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.140 Sea. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:07.720 And there's 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.140 no doubt 00:13:08.140 --> 00:13:08.820 that Elijah, 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.640 in order to 00:13:09.640 --> 00:13:10.300 prove what 00:13:10.300 --> 00:13:10.800 was happening, 00:13:10.920 --> 00:13:11.200 would have 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:12.160 asked people 00:13:12.160 --> 00:13:12.880 to bring up 00:13:12.880 --> 00:13:13.720 water from 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:14.480 salt water 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.240 from the 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:15.840 Mediterranean 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.260 because he 00:13:17.260 --> 00:13:17.720 was going to 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.620 soak the 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:19.480 sacrifice as 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:19.720 well, 00:13:19.900 --> 00:13:20.360 just to 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:20.900 prove to 00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.300 the people 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:21.700 what was 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:22.040 happening. 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:23.560 And so 00:13:23.560 --> 00:13:24.820 everybody 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:25.880 comes together 00:13:25.880 --> 00:13:27.040 to watch. 00:13:27.260 --> 00:13:27.380 Now, 00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:27.780 I wouldn't 00:13:27.780 --> 00:13:28.440 imagine the 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:28.940 whole of 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:29.520 Israel would 00:13:29.520 --> 00:13:29.760 have been 00:13:29.760 --> 00:13:29.980 there, 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.460 but 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.180 representatives 00:13:31.180 --> 00:13:32.080 from all 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:32.660 the different 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.819 tribes would 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.079 have been 00:13:34.079 --> 00:13:34.360 there. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.679 And Elijah 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:37.600 throws down 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.419 this challenge 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.519 to Israel. 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.799 How long 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:41.759 will you go 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.839 limping between 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:44.279 two different 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:44.779 opinions? 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.600 If the 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.339 Lord is God, 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.019 follow him. 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:48.120 If Baal is 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.559 God, 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.639 follow him. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.240 And the 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:50.620 God who 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:51.259 answers by 00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:51.740 fire, 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:53.179 he is 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:53.879 the Lord. 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:54.879 And the 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.519 people initially 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.139 said nothing, 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.779 but then when 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:58.179 he threw out 00:13:58.179 --> 00:13:58.639 the challenge 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:58.980 again, 00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.339 they said, 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:00.139 more or less, 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.559 they said, 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:02.439 this is 00:14:02.439 --> 00:14:03.039 well spoken 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:03.379 or this 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.580 is a fair 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.220 challenge. 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:07.960 And you 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.199 know, 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.840 it's a 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.740 solemn 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.480 thought because 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.399 this challenge 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:15.039 that Elijah 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.899 threw out 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.819 is a challenge 00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.580 that is relevant 00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:18.480 today as well. 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:20.220 Probably nearly 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:21.100 3,000, 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.279 not far off, 00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:23.240 3,000 years 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.539 ago, 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.000 when that 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.419 challenge 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:25.159 boomed out 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.580 across 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.139 Carmel, 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.519 it echoes 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.580 out to this 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.379 very day. 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.040 How long 00:14:31.040 --> 00:14:31.440 will you 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.220 go limping 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.740 between 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.580 two? 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.379 How long 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.680 will you 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.500 go halting 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.420 between 00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:37.560 two decisions? 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.520 If the 00:14:38.520 --> 00:14:39.100 Lord is 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.500 God, 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.600 follow him. 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.060 And can I 00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.480 say that 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.759 that's a 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.360 question that 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.740 we have to 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.460 ask ourselves 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.940 today. 00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:48.660 If the 00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:49.139 Lord is 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.500 God, 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.180 if you're 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.720 here today 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:51.000 and you 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.379 have never 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:52.040 yet begun 00:14:52.040 --> 00:14:52.520 to follow 00:14:52.520 --> 00:14:53.020 the Lord, 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.160 you have to 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:54.700 ask yourself 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.340 why not? 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.080 Now I 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:57.540 don't believe 00:14:57.540 --> 00:14:58.040 there's anybody 00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.559 in here 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.480 today who 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.000 isn't at 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.059 one level 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:01.559 or another 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.360 interested 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:04.959 at some 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.299 point. 00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:05.919 There's some 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.860 level of 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.919 interest in 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.579 your heart 00:15:08.579 --> 00:15:09.799 or it's 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:10.279 not very 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.899 likely that 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:11.139 you would 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:11.559 be here 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:11.959 today. 00:15:13.079 --> 00:15:13.839 But the 00:15:13.839 --> 00:15:14.379 thing is, 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.120 it's not 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.759 enough simply 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.279 just to 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.139 come to 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.559 church. 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:19.879 It's 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.620 important that 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.259 we deal 00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:21.759 with what 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.500 we see 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:22.899 and what 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.360 we hear 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.740 and what 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.740 God requires 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.240 of us 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.139 because he's 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.599 our maker. 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.080 He's 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.460 the one 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:27.940 who we 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.240 have to 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.519 give an 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.100 account to 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.360 at the 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:29.680 end of 00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.040 the day 00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:30.879 and he 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.259 has made 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:31.920 a provision 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.519 for us 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.080 in Jesus 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:34.279 Christ so 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.940 that everything 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.759 can be right. 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.340 At the moment 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:36.840 it's all 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.220 wrong. 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.220 The Lord 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.000 alone can 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.340 make it 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:39.680 right. 00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.279 And so he 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.560 says, 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.460 come on. 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.100 Now maybe 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.460 there are 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:44.800 people, 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.560 might even 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:46.000 be people 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.600 here today 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:46.980 are saying, 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.279 well you 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.420 know, 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.420 I intend 00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:49.100 one day 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:49.480 to get 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.060 this sorted. 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.540 It's my, 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.720 as sure 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.040 as I'm 00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.680 sitting here, 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.600 one day 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.420 it's my 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.259 aim to 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:55.759 become a 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.040 Christian. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:56.500 I want to 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.639 get, 00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.519 before I 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.820 die, 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.180 I'm going 00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.440 to get 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.080 this sorted. 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.759 But right 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.139 now, 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.800 don't push 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.040 it. 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.320 Because 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:05.940 if I 00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:06.420 became a 00:16:06.420 --> 00:16:06.779 Christian 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.420 just now, 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.320 it's going 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.700 to really 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:09.220 interfere 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.399 with my 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.840 schedule, 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:11.340 with the 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.019 plans I 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.300 have. 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.040 I have 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.360 certain 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.860 things I'm 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.080 going to 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.420 do. 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.659 Can you 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.019 not leave 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.340 it another 00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.940 year or 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.139 two? 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.580 And honestly, 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.759 I have 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.660 every intention 00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:21.759 of seeing 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.180 to this, 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.639 it's one of 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.059 the things, 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.419 it's on 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.019 my to-do 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.559 list. 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.220 Well, 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.539 the thing 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:26.840 is, 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.939 we can't 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.580 guarantee a 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:29.879 day or 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.279 an hour. 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.740 And the 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.379 very fact 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.080 that today 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.120 you might 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.580 be saying, 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:34.980 I do 00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.439 want to 00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:35.759 be a 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.139 Christian 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.759 at some 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.259 point, 00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:39.139 there might 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.500 come, 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:39.939 the Lord 00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.559 might spare 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:40.919 you a 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.559 few years, 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.019 and in a 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.500 few years 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.840 you might 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.360 not want 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.720 to think 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.179 like that. 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.980 I sadly 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.659 know people, 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.299 and there 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:47.819 was a day 00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.179 that they 00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.580 appeared 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.080 interested, 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.299 and today 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:51.259 they're as 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.799 far away 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.259 with not 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.080 as far 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.379 as I 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.879 can see, 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.980 no interest 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.559 at all. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:56.939 That's a 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.500 solemn thing, 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:57.840 it's a 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.240 challenging 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.639 thing. 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.179 So God 00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:00.620 is saying 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:00.939 to us 00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.259 today, 00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.399 this is 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.919 absolutely 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.639 essential, 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.339 and it's 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.799 important 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.460 that we 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.420 confess the 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.980 Lord Jesus 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.519 Christ. 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.480 And can I 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.839 say to 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.440 those who 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.879 have come 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.440 to faith, 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:13.819 and there 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.180 might be 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.660 some here 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.119 like that 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.400 today, 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.140 you've 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.599 come to 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.019 faith in 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.319 the Lord 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.799 Jesus Christ, 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.180 you've 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.480 come to 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.980 trust him. 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:20.839 you love 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.319 Jesus, 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.220 but you've 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.599 never 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.819 publicly 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.900 confessed him. 00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.500 We had a 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.180 communion last 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.480 week, 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.960 and that's 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.400 the time 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.819 for the 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.259 public 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.220 confession. 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.740 Because remember 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.039 what the 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.839 scripture says, 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.259 we are to 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.000 believe in 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.680 our heart 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:37.160 and confess 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.140 with our 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:39.700 mouth that 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.539 Jesus Christ 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.140 is Lord. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.700 And Jesus 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.819 wants that 00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.500 public 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.279 confession. 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:45.680 That's what 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.180 you do when 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.500 you come 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.019 before the 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.180 church 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:47.420 says, 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.460 it's not 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:50.119 a big 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:50.819 question, 00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.759 all the 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.779 session 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.339 wants is 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.859 to hear 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.139 your 00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.759 confession, 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.819 that you 00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.700 love the 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.359 Lord Jesus 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:57.900 Christ, 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:58.879 and that 00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.839 he is 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.139 your 00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:00.480 savior. 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.779 And so 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.319 it's 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.960 important, 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.339 some people 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.379 they just 00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:06.500 say, 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.359 I can't 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.079 do it. 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.240 Well, 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.660 think of 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.180 what Jesus 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:09.700 has done 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.279 for you. 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.660 Because there's 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.900 going to 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.460 come a day 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.839 when you 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.139 have to 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.519 meet him. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.079 And he's 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.379 going to 00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.759 say to 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:15.900 you, 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.319 think of 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.779 all I 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.259 did for 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.559 you. 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.960 And all 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.420 I asked 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:19.799 you to 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.299 do was 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.599 to publicly 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.359 confess my 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:23.779 name. 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.700 And maybe 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.180 you're saying, 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:28.139 oh, I'm 00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.759 not worthy 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.160 to do 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.519 that. 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.180 None of 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.660 us are. 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:31.680 There's 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.099 not one 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.480 single 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.319 passion who 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:33.859 is worthy. 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.599 All the 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.000 worthiness 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.680 belongs to 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.059 Jesus. 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.720 It's for 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.539 unworthy 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:40.660 people that 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.180 the Lord's 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.619 Supper has 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.119 been given. 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.819 And it's 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:45.039 a wonderful 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.700 privilege. 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:45.740 church. 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:46.740 So, 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.100 I want 00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:48.279 you, 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.620 if you 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.019 love the 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.460 Lord and 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.880 have never 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.420 done so, 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.880 to think 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:52.160 seriously and 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.779 pray for the 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.259 grace to 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.340 do that when 00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:54.720 the next 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.279 communion comes. 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.160 So anyway, 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:58.920 we find, 00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.559 and just in a 00:18:59.559 --> 00:18:59.799 word, 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.400 we find that 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.860 the prophets 00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.519 of Baal, 00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:03.539 they shout, 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.400 they dance, 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.059 they sing, 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.840 they call, 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:07.559 and nothing 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.100 happens. 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:08.940 Nothing 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.460 happens. 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:11.019 Elijah begins 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.500 to mock 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.700 them. 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.160 I might 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.839 be sleeping. 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.819 And of 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.079 course, 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.579 nothing 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.039 happens. 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.559 They cut 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.139 themselves, 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.859 the self-mutilation, 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.960 all the process 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.619 that goes on. 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.579 And of 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:22.839 course, 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.039 Baal is a 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.639 dead God. 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.200 Nothing. 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.480 And then 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:28.019 Elijah rebuilds 00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.639 the altar of 00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:28.920 God, 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:30.779 puts the 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:32.240 slain bullock 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.799 on the top, 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.859 the wood, 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.740 everything on 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.079 there, 00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.879 and then he 00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.359 asks that 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.680 they'd be 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.660 soaked with 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.019 water. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.460 and then 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.519 prays to 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.960 the Lord, 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.279 and the 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.579 Lord answers 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.720 with fire. 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.519 And the 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.039 people just 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.660 fall down 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.960 on their 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.299 faces. 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.079 It must 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.299 have been 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.660 the most 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.579 extraordinary, 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.940 awesome spectacle 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:53.299 that they'd 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.759 ever seen 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.059 in their 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.480 lives. 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.859 This 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.579 visual 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.339 representation 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.960 of the 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.599 power of 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:58.960 God, 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.000 answering 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.740 the call 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.180 of this 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.319 lonesome 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.019 prophet, 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.660 Lord, 00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:06.980 show that 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.279 you are 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.720 God. 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.099 By sending 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:10.160 down fire 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.519 on the 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.160 sacrifice. 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.019 And the 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.559 fire came 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:12.819 down, 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.900 consumed the 00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.200 bull, 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.379 consumed the 00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.639 wood, 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.799 consumed even 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.660 the stones, 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.519 dried up, 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.720 nothing left, 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.639 obliterated. 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.099 And the 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.660 people fall 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.119 down on 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.500 their faces 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.779 saying, 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.319 the Lord, 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.759 he is 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.180 God. 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:27.000 The Lord, 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.460 he is 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.859 God. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.359 I hope 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.900 today that 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.339 that's what 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.819 you're seeing 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.079 in your 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.420 heart. 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.859 The Lord, 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.279 he is 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.539 God. 00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:33.940 The Lord 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.460 is my 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:34.859 God. 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.859 Because 00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:38.419 the 00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.000 alternative 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.859 doesn't 00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.039 bear 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.539 thinking. 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.240 Now, 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.659 we find 00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.299 that Elijah 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.199 orders that 00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:44.179 they get 00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:44.559 all the 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.159 prophets of 00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.439 Baal, 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.139 and they're 00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.519 taking them 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.899 down to 00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.359 the brook, 00:20:47.439 --> 00:20:47.699 and they're 00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:48.240 slaughtered, 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.599 and people 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:48.859 say, 00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.199 oh my 00:20:49.199 --> 00:20:49.539 goodness, 00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.219 that's 00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:50.559 harsh, 00:20:50.719 --> 00:20:51.619 that's 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.039 brutal. 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.740 So it 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.039 is. 00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.119 But the 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.559 point that 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.319 Elijah is 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.479 so on 00:20:57.479 --> 00:20:58.059 fire for 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.539 the Lord, 00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.879 he's saying 00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.599 if they 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.619 continue to 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.000 live, 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.220 they will 00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.240 continue to 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.819 take people 00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.359 away from 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.759 the God, 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.160 and they 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.680 will lead 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.240 people to 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.480 hell, 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.859 they're doing 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.480 the devil's 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.859 work. 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.980 And so 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.500 there is a 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.039 pictorial 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.759 representation 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.519 here of 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.119 the judgment 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.759 that faces 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.920 those who 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.559 spend their 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.140 life taking 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.779 people away 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.400 from God. 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.740 It's an 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:18.960 hopeful 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.420 thought. 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.700 There are 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.400 people today, 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.759 and you 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.160 know and I 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.400 know, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.019 there are 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.440 people who 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.779 give their 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.180 lives. 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.799 God gives 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.160 them their 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.460 life, 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.220 sustains 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.480 them, 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.140 blesses 00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.380 them, 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.180 and yet they 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.779 give all 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.500 their time and 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.759 energy in 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.200 trying to 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.039 lead people 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.619 away from 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:33.900 God. 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.599 There is 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.339 no God. 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.359 What an 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.839 end, 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.900 unless God 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.379 has first 00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:41.160 mercy on 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.680 their soul. 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.779 But the 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.480 wonderful thing 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.920 for us 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.559 today is 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.740 the fire 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.359 of God's 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.879 wrath has 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.440 fallen on 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.900 his son, 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.400 and his 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.920 son was 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.900 consumed on 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.460 the cross 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.220 in order 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.759 that we 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.180 can go 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.500 free. 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.700 And all 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.019 we have 00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.460 to do 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.160 is accept 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.839 and believe. 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.579 well will 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.759 you? 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.660 Let's 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.920 pray. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.259 Lord our 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.579 God, 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.720 we pray to 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.319 bless us. 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.519 And we 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.119 give thanks 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.519 that you 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.019 are God 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.460 of heaven 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.980 and earth, 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.160 and that 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.420 you have 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.119 set before 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.680 us life 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.220 and death, 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.400 and you 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.839 have shown 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.200 us the 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.539 way of 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.059 salvation. 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.480 And we 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.980 pray that 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.480 we will 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.940 not have 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.519 resistant 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.200 hearts, 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.559 but hearts 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.900 that are 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.460 molded, 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.339 and hearts 00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.680 that are 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.000 willing to 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.539 be 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:29.440 embracing 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.600 Jesus as 00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.140 Lord and 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.600 Saviour. 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.880 Lord, 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.480 bless and 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.039 pity us, 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.039 shine on 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.740 us with 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.860 thy face. 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.539 Have 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.160 mercy upon 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.400 us, 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.799 we pray. 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.220 Take us 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.500 to our 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.220 home safely, 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.960 forgiving us 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.380 of every 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.720 sin. 00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.279 In 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.580 Jesus' 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.140 name we 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.620 ask it. 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.019 Amen. 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.539 We're 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.759 going to 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.120 conclude 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.620 singing in 00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.340 the 80th 00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.759 Psalm, 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.580 Psalm 00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.860 number 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.360 80, 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.039 and this 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.320 is from 00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.500 the 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.820 Scottish 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.360 Psalter, 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.600 Psalm 00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.059 80, 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.740 from the 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.039 Scottish 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.600 Psalter, 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.759 and we're 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.000 going to 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.359 sing the 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.480 last three 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.079 verses of 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.259 the 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.559 Psalm. 00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:02.899 Psalm 00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.359 80, 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.240 from 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.659 verse, 00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.319 from 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.719 verse, 00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.379 it's 00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.219 verse 17, 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.699 maybe I 00:23:09.699 --> 00:23:10.000 put the 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.179 wrong, 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.500 did I, 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.699 if I 00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.599 put 19, 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:11.859 I'm 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.079 sorry, 00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.299 it's 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.579 verses 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:14.579 17 to 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.919 the end, 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.439 the last 00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.039 three 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.740 verses of 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:16.879 the 00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.139 Psalm. 00:23:19.459 --> 00:23:20.159 O let 00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.759 thy hand 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.339 be still 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.819 upon the 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.240 man of 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.500 thy 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.879 right 00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.299 hand, 00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:24.159 the 00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:24.539 son of 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.859 man, 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.119 whom 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.359 for 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.000 thyself 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.259 thou 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.559 made 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.819 us 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.379 strong 00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.619 to 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.059 stand, 00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:28.959 so 00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.579 henceforth 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.799 we 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:29.979 will 00:23:29.979 --> 00:23:30.219 not 00:23:30.219 --> 00:23:30.419 go 00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:30.719 back, 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:30.959 nor 00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:31.359 turn 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.659 from 00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:31.839 thee 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.039 at 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.379 all, 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.299 oh, 00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.439 do 00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:33.639 thou 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.079 quicken 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.279 us, 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.599 and we 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.899 upon 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.139 thy 00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.459 name 00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:35.699 will 00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.139 call, 00:23:36.719 --> 00:23:36.939 turn 00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.119 us 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.539 again, 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:37.859 Lord 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.179 God 00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.359 of 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.719 hosts, 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:38.959 and 00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.219 upon 00:23:39.219 --> 00:23:39.479 us 00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:39.799 about 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.279 safe, 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:40.979 to 00:23:40.979 --> 00:23:41.279 make 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.559 thy 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.279 countenance 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.479 to 00:23:42.479 --> 00:23:42.879 shine, 00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:44.099 and so 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.659 we 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:44.979 shall 00:23:44.979 --> 00:23:45.239 be 00:23:45.239 --> 00:23:45.599 safe. 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.439 Verses 00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.139 17 to 00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.299 the 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.599 end 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:47.819 of 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.179 Psalm 00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.179 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.119 ! 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.379 Oh, 00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:59.419 let thy hand 00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:02.500 be still upon 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:06.259 the man of thy right hand, 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:12.000 the man of thy right hand, 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:16.140 the son of man who 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:19.000 call thyself, 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.759 a 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.279 mede 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.019 strong 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.440 to 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.099 stand, 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.380 a 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.019 mede 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.700 strong 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.180 to 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.740 stand, 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.019 a 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.740 mede 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.400 strong 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.940 to 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.380 stand, 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.900 a 00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.519 mede 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.700 strong 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.460 to 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:34.259 stand. 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.799 Oh, 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.559 hand 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:36.960 from 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.500 the 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.420 evil 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.480 Lord 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.359 go 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.359 back, 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.179 nor 00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.579 turn 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.099 from 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.579 me 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.019 at 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.000 all, 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.759 nor 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.419 turn 00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.579 from 00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.519 me 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.479 at 00:24:49.479 --> 00:24:50.839 all, 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00:25:17.799 again, 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:19.279 Lord God 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.200 of 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.160 holds, 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.140 and 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.080 upon 00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.519 us 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.920 our 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:25.060 save, 00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.920 and 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.279 upon 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.640 us 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.480 our 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.060 save, 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.080 through 00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:33.000 it 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.560 thy 00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.400 fountain 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.400 and 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:37.000 to 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.180 shine, 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.940 and 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.320 so 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.799 we 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.279 shall 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.720 be 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.620 saved, 00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:44.480 and 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.920 so 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