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 Morning. It's quite a long section, but it's full of drama. It's a very exciting event that takes place on Mount Carmel.

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 So we're going to pick up the reading from 1 Kings chapter 18 and verse 16. 1 Kings chapter 18 and verse 16.

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 So let's hear God's word to us. We're going to read down to verse 39.

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 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab then went to meet Elijah.

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 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, is that you, you troubler of Israel?

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 I have not made trouble for Israel, Elijah replied, but you and your father's family have.

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 You have abandoned the Lord's commands and have followed the Baals.

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 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel and bring the 450 prophets of Baal

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 and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.

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 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

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 Elijah went before the people and said, how long will you waver between two opinions?

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 If the Lord is God, follow him.

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 But if Baal is God, follow him.

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 But the people said nothing.

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 Then Elijah said to them, I am the only one of the Lord's prophets left.

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 But Baal has 450 prophets.

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 Get two bulls for us.

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 Let Baal's prophets choose one for themselves and let them cut it into pieces, put it on the wood,

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 but not set fire to it.

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 I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood, but not set fire to it.

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 Then you will call on the name of your God and I will call on the name of the Lord.

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 The God who answers by fire, he is God.

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 Then all the people said, what you say is good.

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 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, choose one of the bulls and prepare it first,

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 since there are so many of you.

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 Call on the name of your God, but do not light the fire.

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 So they took the bull that was given to them and prepared it.

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 Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon.

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 Baal, answer us, they shouted.

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 But there was no response.

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 No one answered.

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 Now jump down to verse 30.

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 Then Elijah said to all the people, come here to me.

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 They came to him and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down.

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 Elijah took 12 stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob,

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 to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, your name shall be Israel.

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 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord.

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 And he dug a trench around it, large enough to hold two seats of seed.

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 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, laid it on the wood.

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 Then he said to them, fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.

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 Do it again, he said.

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 And they did it again.

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 Do it a third time, he ordered.

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 And they did it a third time.

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 And the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

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 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed,

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 Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel,

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 let it be known today that you are God in Israel

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 and that I am your servant and have done all the things at your command.

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 Answer me, Lord.

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 Lord, answer me.

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 So these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you are turning their hearts back again.

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 Then fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil

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 and also licked up the water in the trench.

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 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried,

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 The Lord, he is God.

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 The Lord, he is God.

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 Well, what a drama on the mountain.

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 Well, we're going to pray and then we're going to look at God's word together.

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 Let's pray and ask for his help.

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 Father, we thank you for your word, the Bible.

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 We thank you for these events, these true historical events,

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 which happened so many years ago but written down and recorded for us

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 so we can learn about you and know what you are like.

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 And we ask that you would give us understanding of your word

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 and how it applies to us today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I want to start with a question.

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 God is.

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 How would you answer that question?

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 God is.

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 Well, the Irish Times conducted a survey asking people that very question

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 and here's what some of them responded with.

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 One said, God is a person to me.

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 Another one said,

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 If anything, God is disconnected at this point.

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 A student answered,

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 God is sovereign of the universe.

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 He has the right to tell us what to do because he is the creator.

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 Another person said,

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 God is asleep.

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 When things go too far,

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 maybe he'll wake up.

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 God is what humans want to be.

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 Another,

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 God is me.

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 Another student says,

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 God is,

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 there is no God.

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 God is everything around us.

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 So it seems there is a variety of opinions as to who God is.

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 But can we definitively know who God is?

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 Well, I think that's the big question being asked of the text,

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 the reading we just had from 1 Kings.

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 We're going to look at three things this morning.

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 Here's the first question we're going to ask.

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 Who is the true God?

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 Who is the true God?

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 Remember what's been going on in the account of 1 Kings.

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 You might just flick back a couple of pages to the very end of chapter 16.

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 And there we've been learning that Ahab is king over all of God's people.

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 And as king,

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 part of his leadership was to make sure that people worshipped only God.

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 The God who loved them.

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 The God who made them.

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 The God who had made promises to them.

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 The God who entered into a relationship with them and was committed and loyal to them.

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 But, and here's the problem.

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 Look at verse 31 of chapter 16.

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 He, that is Ahab,

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 not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat,

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 but he also married Jezebel, daughter of Esbal, king of the Sidonians,

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 and began to serve Baal and worship him.

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 Now, we might be used to Baal.

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 But Baal at that time was the big God.

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 The God of the weather.

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 So if you wanted rain for your crops,

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 well then you simply called on Baal.

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 And it would rain.

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 So they hoped.

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 But God was not going to let his people wander away from him.

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 He was jealous for them.

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 He loved them.

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 God was like in a marriage relationship with them.

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 He didn't want to let them go.

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 So God confronted Ahab through his prophet Elijah.

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 Chapter 17, verse 1.

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 Now Elijah, the Tishbite from Tishbe in Gilead, a prophet of God, said to Ahab,

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 As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve,

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 there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except my word.

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 Chapter 18, verse 1.

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 After a long time, in the third year, so three years later,

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 the word of the Lord came to Elijah,

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 Go and present yourself to Ahab,

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 and I will send rain to the land.

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 You see, God was sending a very clear message to Ahab and his people.

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 There is only one true God.

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 There is only one God who controls the weather.

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 The God who made everything and the God who rules everything.

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 I am the God who provides all that you have.

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 So worship me.

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 Chapter 18, verse 2.

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 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab,

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 and on his way, if we were to read on,

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 Elijah meets this character called Obadiah,

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 who is also a follower of God,

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 and Elijah sends Obadiah to arrange a meeting with Ahab.

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 Let's pick it up again in verse 16.

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 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him,

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 and Ahab then went to meet Elijah.

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 When he saw Elijah, he said to him,

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 Is that you, you troubler of Israel?

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 You see, we've got to remember,

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 the last time Elijah had met Ahab

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 was when he had told him,

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 God says no more rain for three years.

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 Now three years have passed,

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 and there's been a terrible famine,

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 and things are really difficult,

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 Ahab is really angry,

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 and so he's not best pleased to see Elijah.

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 But let's be clear whose fault it really is.

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 Verse 18.

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 Elijah says,

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 Remember God's command?

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 I am the Lord your God.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 It's not that there are lots of other gods.

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 The Bible makes this exclusive claim,

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 there is only one true God.

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 Here's a verse from Deuteronomy.

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 Acknowledge and take to heart this day

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 that the Lord is God.

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 In heaven above and on earth below,

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 there is no other.

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 So God is making it abundantly clear

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 that he is the only God.

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 But it seems Ahab is of the opinion

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 there are other gods.

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 He worships the Baals.

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 You see, Ahab has not only rejected God,

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 he's replaced God with his own gods.

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 And isn't that exactly what we do?

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 We exchange the true God

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 for our own gods.

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 We mightn't have a little idol of Baal

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 in our garden that we go and talk to

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 and say,

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 Gosh, don't like those clouds.

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 Baal, could you remove those clouds

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 and send a bit of sunshine?

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 We mightn't do that.

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 But we have got our own little God substitutes.

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 Richard Keyes is an author

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 and in a book called

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 No God But God,

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 he explains it like this.

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 Here's a quote.

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 He says,

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 When we cease to worship God,

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 we do not worship nothing.

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 We worship anything.

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 We do not just eliminate God,

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 we erect God's substitutes

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 in his place.

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 So let me ask us all a question.

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 Who or what is your God?

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 What is your God?

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 Well, I think there's two ways

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 to help us to identify

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 who our God is.

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 First, ask ourselves this question.

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 What do I most fear losing

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 in my life?

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 What thing or person

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 that you have in your life,

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 if you lost it,

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 if it was taken away from you,

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 it would devastate you,

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 it would break you?

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 What if your husband

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 or your wife

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 was taken away?

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 Or what if tomorrow

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 you went in

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 and you discovered

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 you had no more job?

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 Or if you lost your health?

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 What is the one thing

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 that you most fear losing

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 in your life?

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 Another good question

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 to ask is this.

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 What do you most want

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 in your life?

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 What occupies your mind

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 when you wake up

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 in the morning?

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 Or as you lie in bed at night

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 and everything else is gone,

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 it's just you and your thoughts.

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 What is it that you think about

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 and you most desire

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 in your life?

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 Is it more money?

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 Is it deeper sexual pleasure?

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 What is it that you most want

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 in your life?

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 You see,

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 whatever we fear losing,

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 whatever we most want in our life,

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 whatever occupies our thinking

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 and our striving,

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 that's your God.

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 that's what you worship.

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 For Ahab,

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 it was Baal.

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 For us,

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 it may be the God of money,

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 the God of success,

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 the God of sex,

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 the God of body image.

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 Well,

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 Elijah has a plan.

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 He arranges for all the people

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 of Israel

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 and all the prophets of Baal

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 to come and meet them together

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 on Mount Carmel.

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 Verse 20.

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 So Ahab sent word

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 throughout all Israel

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 and they assembled

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 the prophets

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 on Mount Carmel.

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 Now,

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 Mount Carmel

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 wasn't just any

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 ordinary hill

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 in the area.

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 It was like

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 the cathedral

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 of Baal worship.

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 This was

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 Baal territory.

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 This is kind of

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 where

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 he was.

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 And this was

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 going to settle

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 things once

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 and for all.

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 On this mountain,

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 they were going

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 to discover

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 who the true God is.

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 Verse 21.

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 Elijah went

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 before the people

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 and said,

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 How long

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 will you waver

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 between two opinions?

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 If the Lord

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 is God,

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 follow him.

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 But if Baal

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 is God,

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 follow him.

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 But the people

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 said nothing.

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 They couldn't

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 make up their minds.

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 In other words,

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 he's saying,

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 Pick your God.

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 Choose whoever

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 and whatever you want.

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 And when you've

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 chosen your God,

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 follow him.

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 But remember,

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 the God of the Bible

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:53.920
 is an exclusive God.

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 You can't

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 pick your own God

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 and then have

00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:00.779
 the true God

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 in case of

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 an emergency.

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 So like,

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 I'll forget about

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 the God of the Bible,

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 I'll have my own God,

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 but if I get into trouble,

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 I'll go and give him a call.

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 No,

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 choose

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 the God

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 you're going to follow.

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 And we can't

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 have this

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 different kind of God

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 that we have on

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 Monday to Saturday

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 and then come Sunday

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 we change to

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 kind of the

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 holy religious God.

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 It doesn't work

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 like that.

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 if the Lord

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 is God,

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 if the Creator

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 God

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 is God,

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 follow him.

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 But if

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 Baal or your

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 own God

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 is God,

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 well,

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.620
 follow him.

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 Make your choice.

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 You see,

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 the God we choose

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 is the God

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 we're ultimately

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 going to follow.

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 The God that we

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 desire,

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 the things that we

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 long for,

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 the people that we

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 most want,

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 they're the ones

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 and the things

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 we're going to trust

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 and submit our

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 life to.

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 But be careful.

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 Whoever we follow,

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 whatever we follow,

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 will demand our

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 loyalty

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 and demand our

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 obedience

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 and will want

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 all of our time

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 and our

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 energies.

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 So who is it

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 going to be?

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 The point is,

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 we all have a

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 God that we

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 worship.

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 the question

00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:27.019
 is,

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 who is the

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 real,

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:31.000
 true God?

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 Well,

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.500
 second,

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 God is claiming

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 that he's the

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 true God.

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 Well,

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.700
 how do we know

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 who the true

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.420
 God is?

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 How can we

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 work that out?

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 Well,

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 let's go back

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 to Mount Carmel

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 because Elijah

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 has a test.

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 We can call it

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 the truth test,

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 verse 23.

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 Elijah says,

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 get two bulls

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 for us.

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 Let the

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 Baals,

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 let the

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.519
 Baals

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.339
 prophets choose

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 one for

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 themselves and

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 let them cut

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 it into pieces,

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 put it on the

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 wood,

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.420
 but not set

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.139
 fire to it.

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 And I will

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.660
 prepare the

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 other bull and

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 I'll put it on

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 the wood,

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 but not set

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 fire to it.

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 Then you call

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 on the name

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 of your God

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 and I'll call

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.940
 on the name

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.420
 of the Lord

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 and the God

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.180
 who answers

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.000
 by fire,

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.680
 well,

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.299
 he's your

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 God.

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 And all

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.680
 the people

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.059
 said,

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.299
 sounds good

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.799
 to me,

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 pretty obvious.

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 But why

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.200
 fire?

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.279
 Why call

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.119
 down fire?

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 I thought

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 this was all

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.319
 about the

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.980
 rain that had

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.500
 stopped and

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.019
 the rain that

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.420
 was going to

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.819
 come and

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.779
 who controlled

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.240
 the weather.

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:40.980
 Well,

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:42.740
 fire was

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.299
 always a

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.879
 sign of

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:46.619
 power and

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.139
 the sign

00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:48.180
 of presence

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:49.019
 of the

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.480
 God.

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 fire.

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:52.240
 When fire

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.039
 showed up,

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.360
 certainly as we

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.839
 read through

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.380
 the Bible,

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.339
 God is

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.980
 present in

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.539
 power.

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.720
 Remember the

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.819
 burning bush?

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.319
 Remember the

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.339
 fire on the

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.940
 mountain as

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.940
 Moses went up

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.640
 to speak with

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.019
 God?

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.480
 Even for

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.579
 Baal worshippers,

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.740
 fire from

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.420
 heaven was a

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.860
 sign of

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.339
 power.

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.399
 fire.

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.819
 So the

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.419
 test was

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.339
 really simple.

00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.819
 The God

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.439
 who answers

00:20:19.439 --> 00:20:20.299
 by fire,

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.939
 he's the

00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:23.679
 true God.

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.439
 So the

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:27.599
 prophets of

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.179
 Baal go

00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:28.879
 first.

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:31.419
 Verse 26,

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.439
 they took

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:33.919
 the bowl

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.339
 that was

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.839
 given to

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.000
 them,

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.720
 they prepared

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.019
 it,

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.459
 put it on

00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:38.019
 this altar,

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.399
 and then

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.079
 they called

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.799
 on the name

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.399
 of Baal.

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.159
 From morning,

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.699
 that's from

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.580
 about six

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:44.140
 in the

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.480
 morning,

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.779
 till noon.

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.960
 Baal,

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.319
 answer us!

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.900
 They shouted,

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.380
 but there

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.740
 was no

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.420
 response.

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.600
 No one

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.059
 answered.

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.340
 They began

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.019
 to dance

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.580
 around the

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.240
 altar they

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.799
 had made.

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.759
 After six

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.220
 hours,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.860
 noon,

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.960
 Elijah began

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.519
 to taunt

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.740
 them.

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:04.960
 Shout

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.580
 louder!

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.880
 Surely

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.559
 he is a

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.920
 God.

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.840
 Perhaps

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:12.039
 he's deep

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.779
 in thought.

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:13.700
 Maybe

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.000
 he's

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.639
 planning out

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.079
 his day

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.799
 and you

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.119
 need to

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.519
 get his

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.019
 attention.

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.099
 Or perhaps

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.879
 he's busy.

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.119
 Literally,

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.519
 maybe he's

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.019
 sitting on

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.559
 the toilet.

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.720
 You need

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.139
 to go and

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.500
 get him.

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:28.139
 Or he's

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:28.579
 travelling,

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.159
 he's away

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.460
 on his

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.879
 holidays,

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.159
 maybe he'll

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:31.659
 come back

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.059
 later.

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.680
 Or maybe

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.500
 he's sleeping

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.920
 and he's

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.399
 got to be

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.180
 wakened up.

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:39.160
 So they

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.519
 shouted

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.340
 louder and

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.920
 slashed

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.480
 themselves

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.340
 with swords

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.320
 and spears

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:44.080
 as was

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:44.640
 their custom

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.220
 until their

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.279
 blood flowed.

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.600
 Midday

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:50.100
 passed and

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.920
 they continued

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.920
 their frantic

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.259
 prophesying until

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.960
 the time of

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.519
 the evening

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.200
 sacrifice.

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.279
 But there

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.700
 was no

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.380
 response.

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.019
 No one

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.460
 answered.

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.360
 No one

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.880
 paid

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.900
 attention.

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.000
 attention.

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.060
 Four

00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.740
 hundred and

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.700
 fifty prophets

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.060
 dancing for

00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:10.160
 twelve hours

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.820
 on the go.

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.320
 All getting

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.300
 worked up and

00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:14.220
 blood pouring

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.740
 from their

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.200
 bodies.

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.680
 But at the

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.080
 end of it

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:18.360
 all, end

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.640
 of verse

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.240
 twenty-nine,

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:20.300
 no response.

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.040
 No one

00:22:22.040 --> 00:22:22.580
 answered.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.300
 No one

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:25.120
 paid attention.

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:27.980
 Baal

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.420
 doesn't

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.980
 answer

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:31.560
 because he

00:22:31.560 --> 00:22:32.100
 doesn't have

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.640
 power.

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.900
 Baal

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.300
 doesn't

00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:35.660
 answer

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.160
 because

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.600
 Baal

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.000
 doesn't

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.620
 exist.

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.220
 Baal

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.600
 is just

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.180
 a name,

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.720
 an imagination,

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.660
 a made-up,

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.800
 make-believe

00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:44.300
 God.

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.400
 When I

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.960
 was small,

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.540
 I used to

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:48.880
 wear a

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.620
 little black

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.759
 Zorro

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.400
 mask.

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.560
 I put it

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:55.019
 on and

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.820
 I changed.

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.740
 I was

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.600
 invincible.

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.820
 It gave

00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.740
 me powers

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.240
 like you

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.640
 never knew

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:00.980
 before.

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.640
 It even

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.240
 enabled me

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.800
 to swim.

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.240
 I couldn't

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.680
 swim without

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.099
 it but

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.039
 put the

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.920
 Zorro

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.500
 mask on.

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:06.880
 I could

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.240
 swim.

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:07.900
 I could

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.519
 fend off

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.059
 baddies,

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.980
 fight sea

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.420
 monsters.

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.980
 I could

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.220
 do

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.680
 anything.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.420
 But it's

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.220
 all made-believe.

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.200
 And that's

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.579
 what our

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.120
 gods are

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.380
 like.

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.039
 It's like

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.920
 a mask.

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.059
 They're

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.339
 just

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.380
 imaginations.

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.279
 We have

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.819
 believed

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.640
 what Satan

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.359
 said to

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.920
 Adam in

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.440
 the garden

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.019
 right at

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.440
 the beginning

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.860
 of the

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.539
 story of

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.220
 the Bible.

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.320
 Satan

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.900
 came to

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.360
 Adam and

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.620
 said,

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.759
 you can

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.600
 be like

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.740
 God.

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.940
 You can

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.600
 be God.

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.519
 Forget about

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.940
 the true

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.299
 God.

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.240
 You be

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.700
 God and

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.440
 decide what's

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.840
 right and

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.360
 what's wrong.

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.400
 And people

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.059
 ever since,

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.660
 we've all

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.039
 done it,

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.680
 we continue

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.240
 to fall

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.700
 into the

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.440
 same trap.

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.200
 The

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.920
 apostle Paul

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.220
 in the

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.799
 New Testament

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.400
 picks it

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.840
 up and he

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.240
 makes it

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.940
 crystal clear.

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.640
 He says,

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.279
 the God

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.839
 of this

00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:00.220
 age has

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.279
 blinded the

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.759
 minds of

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.660
 unbelievers so

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.240
 that we do

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.879
 not worship

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.440
 the true

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.859
 God.

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.059
 You see,

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.599
 the gods

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.559
 we make,

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.740
 whether I

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.339
 am God

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.859
 and see

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.819
 myself as

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.200
 God,

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.960
 or whether

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.680
 we think of

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.379
 nature as

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.980
 being God,

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.859
 or even if

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.460
 we say there

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.940
 is no

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.359
 God,

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.559
 it's all

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.980
 a lie.

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.139
 Now Elijah

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:27.000
 steps up.

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.559
 And to

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.460
 demonstrate who

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.879
 the true

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.460
 God is,

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.879
 look what he

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.339
 does in

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.160
 verse 33.

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.220
 He arranged

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.680
 the wood,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.420
 cut the

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.839
 bull into

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.220
 pieces,

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.879
 laid it on

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.220
 the wood,

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.839
 then he

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.119
 said,

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.299
 fill four

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.960
 jars of

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.500
 water and

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.000
 pour it on

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.460
 the offering

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.779
 and on

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.079
 the wood.

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.779
 Do it

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.200
 again,

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.759
 do it a

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.480
 third time,

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.319
 and they

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.259
 pour water

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.559
 on,

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.259
 gallons of

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.619
 water,

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.500
 all onto

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.059
 the altar,

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.039
 and everything

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.740
 is soaking

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.220
 wet.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.119
 Have you

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.759
 ever tried to

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.099
 light a

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.619
 fire when

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.099
 everything is

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.420
 wet?

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.160
 I mean,

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.660
 if this is

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.079
 going to

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.500
 burn,

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.440
 it's going

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.940
 to need

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.980
 some fire.

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.220
 There's no

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.759
 tricks,

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.700
 there's no

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.319
 sleight of

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.019
 hand here.

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.859
 Verse 36,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.640
 at the time

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.460
 of sacrifice,

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.059
 the prophet

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.940
 Elijah stepped

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.500
 forward and

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.759
 prayed,

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.519
 Lord,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.379
 the God of

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.839
 Abraham,

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.440
 Isaac,

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.960
 and Israel,

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.900
 this is the

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.920
 promise-making,

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.940
 promise-keeping

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.559
 God,

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.799
 who says,

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.420
 I will be

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.880
 your God

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.200
 and you

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.519
 will be

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.200
 my people.

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.820
 Let it

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.320
 be known

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.059
 today that

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.539
 you are

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.080
 God in

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.660
 Israel and

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.160
 that I

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.480
 am your

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.840
 servant,

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.240
 have done

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.680
 all the

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.120
 things you

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.720
 have commanded.

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.160
 Verse 38,

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.640
 then the

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.740
 fire of the

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.440
 Lord fell

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.120
 and burned

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.519
 up the

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.120
 sacrifice,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.660
 the wood,

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.340
 the stones,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.680
 and the

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.019
 soil,

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.660
 and it

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.360
 also licked

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.740
 up the

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.220
 water in

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.820
 the trench.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.920
 And when

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.400
 all the

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.160
 people saw

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.480
 this,

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.320
 they fell

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.279
 prostrate and

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.620
 cried,

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.739
 the Lord,

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:53.099
 he is

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.539
 God.

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.859
 The

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.579
 Lord,

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.199
 he is

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.639
 God.

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.359
 I mean,

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.979
 it's utterly

00:26:00.979 --> 00:26:01.699
 convincing.

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:03.399
 It's

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:04.339
 undeniable.

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.759
 And in

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.379
 case there

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.819
 are any

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.299
 doubts

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.839
 lingering,

00:26:09.719 --> 00:26:10.500
 just jump

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.979
 ahead to

00:26:10.979 --> 00:26:11.919
 verse 45,

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.819
 because

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.259
 remember,

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.779
 God had

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.279
 said no

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.719
 rain,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.299
 and then

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.579
 he said

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.819
 he would

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.299
 bring the

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.579
 rain.

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:19.039
 Verse 45,

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.659
 meanwhile,

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.559
 the sky

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.639
 grew black

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.480
 with clouds,

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.019
 the wind

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.480
 rose,

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.059
 a heavy

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.779
 rainstorm

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.500
 came on,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.819
 and Ahab

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.519
 rode off

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.019
 to

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.639
 Jezreel.

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.419
 I mean,

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.919
 what more

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.419
 proof do

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.940
 we need?

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.200
 God

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.720
 said no

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.019
 rain,

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.299
 and there

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.740
 was no

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:36.899
 rain.

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.159
 God

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.639
 said let

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:37.960
 there be

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.220
 rain,

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.460
 and there

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.839
 was rain.

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.399
 God

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.899
 said let

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.200
 there be

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.679
 fire,

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.000
 and there

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.679
 was fire.

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.159
 You see,

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.700
 the gods

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.059
 of our

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.679
 making are

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.159
 powerless.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:49.480
 there is

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.100
 only one

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.640
 true

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.660
 God.

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.340
 Listen to

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.860
 the writer

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.540
 of Psalm

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.380
 115.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.779
 I have it

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.080
 on the

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.880
 screen there.

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.440
 Why do

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.940
 the nation

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.500
 say,

00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:02.540
 where is

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.180
 their God?

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.700
 Answer,

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.180
 our God

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.519
 is in

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.800
 heaven.

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.340
 He does

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.940
 whatever

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.500
 pleases

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.860
 him,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.279
 but their

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.180
 idols are

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.080
 silver and

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.779
 gold made

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.519
 by human

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.920
 hands.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.299
 They have

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.700
 mouths,

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.200
 but cannot

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.720
 speak,

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.420
 eyes,

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.960
 but cannot

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.339
 see,

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:19.980
 they have

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.359
 ears,

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.900
 but cannot

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.139
 hear,

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.799
 noses,

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.339
 but cannot

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.799
 smell,

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.859
 hands,

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.400
 but cannot

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.799
 feel,

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.539
 feet,

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.099
 but cannot

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.579
 walk,

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.599
 nor can

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.039
 they utter

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.660
 a sound

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.559
 with their

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.059
 throats.

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.119
 Those who

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.859
 make them

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.940
 will be

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.579
 like them,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.180
 and so

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.619
 will all

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.440
 who trust

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.519
 in them.

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.940
 There's

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.440
 only one

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.119
 true God,

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.779
 the God

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.259
 who made

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.779
 the heaven

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.119
 and the

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.359
 earth,

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.979
 who rules

00:27:45.979 --> 00:27:46.679
 all things

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.079
 and all

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.479
 people.

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.599
 He is

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.039
 the God

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.419
 that we

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.659
 should

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.000
 worship.

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.119
 So,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.539
 third

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.059
 question,

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.000
 what does

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.619
 this true

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.500
 God demand

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.139
 of us?

00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:03.259
 If God,

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.119
 the creator

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.399
 God,

00:28:04.479 --> 00:28:04.799
 the God

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.139
 of the

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.559
 Bible,

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.500
 who makes

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.039
 promises

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.719
 and keeps

00:28:07.719 --> 00:28:07.959
 them,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.799
 what does

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.639
 this God

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.599
 demand of

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.259
 people like

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.679
 us?

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.759
 Well,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.240
 to answer

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.579
 that,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.960
 let's

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.559
 look just

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.259
 briefly

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.159
 at three

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.759
 things.

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.399
 First,

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.879
 look at

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.179
 the way

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.980
 the prophets

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.619
 of Baal

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.679
 call on

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.399
 their God.

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:26.199
 Verse 26.

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.139
 They

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.879
 called on

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.259
 the name

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.879
 of Baal

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.659
 from morning

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.480
 till noon.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.079
 Baal,

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.720
 answer us,

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.240
 they shouted,

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.659
 but there

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.099
 was no

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.899
 response.

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.440
 no one

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.940
 answered,

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.340
 and then

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:41.980
 they danced

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.540
 around the

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.660
 altar they

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.240
 had made.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.800
 They're simply

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.600
 just trying to

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.180
 get their

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.600
 God's

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.000
 attention,

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.840
 and when

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.360
 their God

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.740
 doesn't

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.200
 answer,

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.000
 then they

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.620
 just up

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.519
 the performance,

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.120
 don't they?

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.820
 Verse 28.

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.440
 They get

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.320
 more excited.

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.560
 They shouted

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:57.040
 louder,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.620
 and then they

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.180
 flashed

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.880
 themselves with

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.620
 swords and

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.140
 spears,

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.120
 and cut

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.620
 themselves

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.180
 until their

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.519
 blood

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.080
 flowed.

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:08.339
 Now isn't

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.919
 that what we

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.639
 think God

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.899
 sometimes demands

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.579
 of us?

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.059
 If I pray

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.519
 enough,

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.399
 if I'm

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.179
 ecstatic

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.960
 enough in my

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.539
 worship,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.980
 then God

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.779
 will hear me

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.259
 and God

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.759
 will answer

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.079
 me.

00:29:22.699 --> 00:29:23.539
 If I

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.599
 serve more,

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.000
 if I

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.639
 sacrifice

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.220
 more,

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.839
 if I

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.399
 give more

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.859
 money and

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.359
 give more

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.679
 of my

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.000
 time,

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.799
 if I

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.480
 stop doing

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.139
 bad things

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.639
 and start

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.240
 doing good

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.599
 things,

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.599
 then God

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.319
 will see

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.659
 my

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.199
 performance

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:36.199
 and he'll

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.959
 respond to

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.259
 me and

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.500
 he'll

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.199
 bless me.

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.799
 Maybe we

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.379
 don't believe

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.799
 in this

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.579
 religious God

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.980
 at all,

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.759
 and we've

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.059
 got our

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.519
 own kind

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.879
 of God

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.199
 and we're

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.779
 striving

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.559
 after money

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.299
 and success

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.839
 and work

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.119
 and all

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.639
 that does

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.039
 is just

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.919
 demand more

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.279
 and more

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.619
 of our

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.159
 performance

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.000
 and do

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.539
 more and

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.359
 work harder

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.279
 and give

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.779
 more of

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.379
 your time

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.439
 and leave

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.059
 your family

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.759
 behind and

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.519
 just go and

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.839
 do your

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.419
 own thing.

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.619
 And then

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:06.119
 things will

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.599
 be good.

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:11.359
 But all

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.000
 we're doing

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.679
 is cutting

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.679
 ourselves like

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.299
 the prophets.

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.119
 We end up

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.199
 killing ourselves

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.839
 by our

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.539
 performances.

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.259
 In some

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.659
 cases,

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.179
 literally

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.759
 working

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.279
 ourselves

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.000
 to death.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.420
 and we

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.079
 try and

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.619
 do so

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.079
 much.

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.220
 If only

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.240
 I could

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.000
 pray more

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.559
 and read

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.220
 my Bible

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.579
 more,

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.900
 then God

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.940
 will bless

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.380
 me and

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.099
 do good

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.680
 things for

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.920
 me.

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.079
 You see,

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.039
 the true God

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.660
 does not

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.599
 answer us

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.599
 or respond

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.279
 to us

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.000
 on the

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.440
 basis

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.320
 of our

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.920
 performance.

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.799
 That's

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.220
 not how

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.660
 God

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.559
 works.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.000
 We're not

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.600
 singing our

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.220
 songs here

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.080
 today and

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.580
 doing what

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:54.940
 we're doing

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.380
 in the hope

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.779
 that God

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.059
 is going

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.440
 to listen

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.920
 to me.

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.900
 So how

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.519
 does God

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.320
 respond to

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.740
 us?

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.059
 Well,

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.759
 it's not

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.580
 performance.

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.779
 Look at

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.440
 how Elijah

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.059
 comes.

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:11.100
 Verse 30.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:13.839
 Then Elijah

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.519
 said to

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.019
 all the

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.379
 people,

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.099
 come here

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.539
 to me.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.319
 They came

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.719
 to him

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:19.879
 and he

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.539
 repaired

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.519
 the altar

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.199
 of the

00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:22.859
 Lord which

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.240
 had been

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.119
 torn down.

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.740
 Verse 32.

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.139
 With the

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.799
 stones he

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.439
 built an

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.559
 altar in

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.939
 the name

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.259
 of the

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.579
 Lord.

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.519
 The altar

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.099
 of the

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.639
 Lord was

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.279
 the way

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.899
 God had

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.339
 prescribed

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.299
 for people

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.159
 to come

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.619
 to him.

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.139
 You see,

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.939
 to turn

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:40.039
 away from

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.659
 God to

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.040
 other

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.519
 gods,

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:42.800
 well,

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.040
 it would

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:44.140
 mean death

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.440
 and separation

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.040
 from God.

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.340
 It would

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.180
 mean punishment.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.160
 So through

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.040
 the sacrifice

00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:51.279
 on the

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.759
 altar,

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.060
 reconciliation

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:54.400
 took place.

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.740
 The people

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.279
 could be

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.360
 reconciled

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.080
 to God.

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:58.700
 Look at

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.360
 Elijah's

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.700
 prayer,

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.779
 verse 37.

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.460
 Answer me,

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.800
 Lord,

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.620
 answer me,

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.660
 so these

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.400
 people will

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.060
 know that

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.560
 you,

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.120
 Lord,

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.100
 are God

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.779
 and that

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.160
 you are

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.519
 turning

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.180
 their hearts

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.960
 back again.

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.379
 Then the

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.160
 fire of

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.539
 the Lord

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.220
 fell and

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.799
 burned up

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.500
 the sacrifice.

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.619
 Do you

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.180
 see what's

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.740
 going on

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.000
 here?

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.539
 As the

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.700
 fire came,

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.319
 the fire

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.960
 fell on

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.779
 the sacrifice.

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.720
 The fire

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.440
 should have

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.039
 fallen on

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.740
 the people,

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.639
 instead it

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.319
 falls on

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.139
 the sacrifice.

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.960
 You see,

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.039
 sacrifice is

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.500
 what is

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.619
 required to

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.099
 know the

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.980
 true God.

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.599
 Something or

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.880
 someone must

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.400
 take our

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.740
 place.

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.460
 Either the

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.039
 people are

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.380
 going to

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.839
 burn up

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.480
 or the

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.039
 sacrifice

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.079
 burns up.

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.079
 And isn't

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.640
 that the

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.220
 same for

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.720
 us?

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.240
 Sacrifice

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.119
 must be

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.880
 made if

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.460
 we are to

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.000
 know and

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.740
 enjoy the

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.519
 true God.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.420
 But here's

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.860
 the point.

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.460
 It's not

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.539
 our sacrifice.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.840
 It's God's

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.560
 sacrifice.

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.380
 You see,

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.019
 the true

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.640
 God,

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.120
 who's

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.600
 spoken,

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.380
 who did

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.779
 all of

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.480
 these things,

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.539
 came to

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.200
 us in the

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.779
 person of

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.620
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.580
 As Jesus

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.340
 walked his

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.880
 life on

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.220
 the earth,

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.300
 people pointed

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:25.779
 and said,

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.240
 there's God.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.860
 He did

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.380
 what only

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.080
 God could

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.420
 do.

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.860
 But not

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.380
 only was

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.960
 he God,

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.980
 he came to

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.480
 be the

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.480
 sacrifice for

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.740
 us.

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.740
 He climbed

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.380
 the mountain

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.880
 to the

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.559
 mountain of

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.420
 crucifixion.

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.319
 He laid

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.880
 down his

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.500
 life on

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.980
 the altar

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.360
 of the

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.200
 cross and

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.940
 the fire

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.759
 from heaven

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.759
 fell on

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.099
 him.

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.079
 The

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.920
 judgment of

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.039
 God fell

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.900
 on Christ.

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.920
 Christ took

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.579
 the punishment

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.140
 that we

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.180
 deserve for

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.160
 rejecting him

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.680
 as the one

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.120
 and only

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.960
 true God.

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:00.880
 The

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.519
 separation

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.099
 that we

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.839
 deserve for

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.640
 ignoring God

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.059
 and living

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.460
 life on

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.880
 our own

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.220
 way.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.799
 Christ took

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.279
 the blame

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.980
 for that.

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.940
 The fire

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.579
 should fall

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.320
 on us.

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.480
 But God

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.199
 takes the

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.780
 fire for

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.260
 us when

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.119
 Christ died

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.500
 on the

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.880
 cross.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.820
 The wrath,

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.480
 the judgment

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.019
 of God

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.579
 fell on

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.980
 him.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.599
 You see,

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.099
 the true

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.720
 God does

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.500
 not demand

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.420
 our performance.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.720
 The true

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.599
 God gives

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.619
 himself for

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:32.199
 us in

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.940
 sacrifice.

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.220
 sacrifice.

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.820
 He gives

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.380
 his life

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.019
 for us.

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.360
 So what

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.780
 does this

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.480
 God demand

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.760
 of us?

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.500
 It's not

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.119
 performance.

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.980
 It's not

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.659
 sacrifice

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.700
 because God

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.139
 did the

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.659
 sacrifice.

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.240
 The only

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.780
 way to

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.179
 come to

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.800
 God is in

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.280
 repentance.

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.760
 Verse 37,

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:56.119
 which is

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.579
 really the

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.280
 key to this

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:58.019
 whole section.

00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:00.139
 look at

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.699
 his prayer.

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.480
 Answer me,

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:02.960
 Lord,

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:04.059
 answer me,

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.460
 so these

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.159
 people will

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.820
 know that

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.159
 you,

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.599
 Lord,

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.480
 are God

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.880
 and that

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.280
 you are

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.920
 turning their

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.840
 hearts back

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.820
 again.

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.800
 When we

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.719
 look at

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.400
 the God

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:19.559
 who sacrificed

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.340
 himself for

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.639
 me,

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.800
 who gave

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.519
 his life

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.460
 for me,

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.240
 then the

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.960
 only right

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.740
 response is

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.220
 to turn

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.760
 our hearts

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.480
 back again.

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.579
 That's what

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.539
 repentance is.

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.480
 Repentance

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.159
 means turning

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.740
 from going

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.440
 one way

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.840
 and turning

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.320
 to going

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.740
 the other

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.039
 way.

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.440
 Turning our

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.099
 backs on

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.599
 the things

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:38.980
 that we

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.800
 long for

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.400
 and the

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.840
 things we

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.699
 fear losing.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.940
 And instead

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.019
 we run to

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.559
 the true

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.460
 God who

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.139
 gives us

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.639
 what we've

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.539
 always needed

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.239
 and that

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.619
 we can

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.880
 never lose.

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.340
 The God

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.920
 who made

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.320
 us and

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.019
 who loves

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.500
 us and

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.400
 provides for

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.719
 us.

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.519
 The God

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.199
 who listens

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.539
 to us.

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:55.880
 We don't

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.440
 have to

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.239
 shout and

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.699
 make a lot

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.199
 of noise

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.639
 for God

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.019
 to listen.

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.099
 He delights

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.779
 in listening

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.300
 to his

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.699
 children.

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.619
 The only

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.179
 way we

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.579
 will ever

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.139
 turn our

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.900
 hearts back

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.599
 to God

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:10.539
 is to

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.259
 gaze in

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.759
 wonder,

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.960
 not at the

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.619
 altar on

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.440
 Mount Carmel,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.099
 but to

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.619
 look at the

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.179
 Mount of

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.079
 Crucifixion

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.779
 where Jesus

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.319
 Christ,

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.919
 the God

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.299
 man,

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.059
 died for

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.480
 us.

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.679
 To gaze

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.239
 in wonder

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.799
 and look at

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:24.500
 the sacrifice

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.339
 of Jesus

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:26.440
 who died

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.980
 for me,

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.759
 who gave

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.379
 his life

00:36:28.379 --> 00:36:28.960
 for me,

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.839
 so that

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.399
 we might

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.980
 know and

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.759
 enjoy this

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.219
 God.

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.460
 Where fire

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.099
 no longer

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.799
 burns,

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.480
 but grace

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.480
 and mercy

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.239
 and love

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.159
 and generosity

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.199
 and kindness

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.519
 and compassion

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:47.719
 and eternal

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.699
 treasures to

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.679
 come are

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.679
 all ours

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:52.820
 because of

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.320
 what he did

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.159
 for us.

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.800
 Who is

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.539
 your God?

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.139
 We must

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.780
 follow our

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.179
 God,

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.239
 but be very

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.699
 careful.

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.300
 The God,

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:09.800
 the true

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.219
 God,

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.259
 is the one

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.659
 who gave

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.159
 his life

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.719
 for you.

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.539
 to ignore

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.000
 that

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.599
 is to put

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.139
 our place

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.579
 self

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.459
 in the

00:37:18.459 --> 00:37:18.939
 place of

00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:19.500
 the fire.

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.480
 Or will

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.159
 we instead

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.179
 receive that

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.679
 forgiveness,

00:37:23.899 --> 00:37:24.579
 that welcome

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:26.099
 and know

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.480
 him and

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.339
 enjoy him,

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.099
 the God

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.859
 who delights

00:37:29.859 --> 00:37:31.139
 in us.

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.319
 Let's pray

00:37:33.319 --> 00:37:34.000
 together.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.059
 Let's pray

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.079
 together.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.000
 Let's pray

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:36.000
 together.

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.000
 Let's pray

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.000
 together.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:40.000
 Let's pray

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.000
 together.

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.059
 Let's pray