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*ELIJAH* the Tishbite
*James 5:17-18 (NIV) \\ \\ *
I heard about a group of British tourists, who were vacationing in Arizona, they saw a cowboy by the side of the road with his ear to the ground.
"What’s going on?" they asked him.
\\ \\ "Two horses, one grey and one chestnut, are pulling a wagon carrying
2 men," the cowboy said.
"One man is wearing a red shirt and the other a black shirt.
And they’re heading east."
\\ \\ "Wow, you can tell all that just by listening to the ground?" says one of the tourists.
\\ \\ *"No" replies the cowboy.
"They just ran over me."*
* \\ POOR GUY WAS RUN OVER BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE.*
*James 5:17-18 (NIV) \\ \\ *
*17 **Elijah was a man just like us.
He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
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James the brother of Jesus, said that Elijah was a man just like us.
He was no more privileged than we could be if we would commit ourselves to God like he did.
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I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO THINGS IN OUR DAY
THAT ARE AS AMAZING
AS THE THINGS THAT ELIJAH DID IN HIS DAY.
I.
ELIJAH’S LIFE
a.
There is too much in the Bible about Elijah for me to adequately cover all the things that Elijah did this morning.
b.
The important thing is that Elijah’s life was tuned into God and he was radically obedient to whatever God told him to do.
c.
We need to be Elijah’s to America today.
d.
We need to speak God’s Words to the world we live in today.
IF YOU KNEW THAT TOMORROW WAS TO BE YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH, WHAT WOULD YOU PLAN TO DO TOMORROW?
MAYBE THE FIRST THING SOME OF US WOULD DO IS
PRAY THE SINNERS PRAYER.
/(It’s Better to live prayed up and ready)/
MAYBE SOME OF WOULD GO VISIT FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO SAY GOOD BYE.
WE MIGHT GO PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO SOME FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES THAT NEED TO GET RIGHT WITH THE LORD.
THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO SEE ONE LAST TIME.
WE MAY HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GROOMING TO TAKE OUR PLACE WHEN WE ARE GONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME LAST MINUTE ADVICE TO.
WE MAY WANT TO TEST THIS PERSON AND SEE IF THEY’RE READY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.
*WELL TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT ELIJAH DID ON HIS LAST DAY ON EARTH.*
I.
ELIJAH’S LAST DAY. *2 Kings 2:1-14*
*2 Kings 2:1-14 (NIV) \\ */Elijah Taken Up to Heaven/
*2* When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from *Gilgal*. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to *Bethel*.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”
So they went down to Bethel.
3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “but do not speak of it.”
4 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to *Jericho*.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”
So they went to Jericho.
5 The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” he replied, “but do not speak of it.”
6 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the *Jordan*.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”
So the two of them walked on.
7 Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.
8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it.
The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”
“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise not.”
11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father!
My father!
The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
And Elisha saw him no more.
Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart.
13 He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
14 Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the water with it.
“Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked.
When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
WE HAVE JUST READ THE ACCOUNT OF ELIJAH’S LAST DAY ON EARTH.
WHAT HE DOES, WHERE HE GOES, AND WHAT HE SAYS ON THIS DAY IS CLOSELY TIED UP WITH HIS YOUNG APPRENTICE ELISHA.
ON ELIJAH'S LAST DAY HE GOES TO FOUR PLACES.
EACH PLACE HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.
ON ELIJAH'S LAST DAY HE WAS PREPARING HIS APPRENTICE ELISHA.
I BELIEVE HE WAS TESTING ELISHA
\\ \\ THE FIRST PLACE THAT THEY VISITED WAS
*Gilgal*
*GILGAL WAS A PLACE OF TESTIMONY (Joshua 4:19-20)*
*THERE WAS A MONUMENT IN GILGAL*
*THIS MONUMENT WAS MADE OUT OF 12 STONES THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE JORDAN RIVER WHEN THE ISRAELITES FIRST ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND.*
*GOD HAD DRIED UP THE JORDAN RIVER WHEN THE PRIESTS STEPPED INTO THE RIVER WITH THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY.*
*GILGAL WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS *
*A PLACE OR RECOMMITMENT (Joshua 5:9)*
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*DURING THE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS *
*THE ISRAELITES HAD NOT CIRCUMCISED THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY HAD BEEN TOLD TO DO.*
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*SO HERE AT GILGAL THEY RECOMMITTED *
*THEMSELVES TO GOD AND *
*TO OBEYING EVERYTHING GOD ASKED THEM TO DO.*
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*GILGAL WAS A PLACE OF SANCTIFICATION*
BEFORE WE CAN POSSESS GOD’S BLESSING WE MUST BE CLEAN IN HIS SIGHT.
WE CAN’T EXPECT GOD TO BLESS US IF WE'RE HARBORING SIN IN OUR LIVES.
ELIJAH OFFERED ELISHA THE OPPORTUNITY STAY AT GILGAL.
BUT ELISHA WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND.
*BETHEL WAS THE NEXT PLACE THAT THEY VISITED*
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BETH MEANS HOUSE, AND EL MEANS GOD, SO BETH-EL MEANS HOUSE OF GOD.
JUST LIKE BETH-EL; BETH-LEHEM MEANS HOUSE OF BREAD.
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