"Much More"

A fortiori in Latin literally means "from the stronger (argument)". The term is used when drawing a conclusion that's even more obvious or convincing than the one just drawn. If God can do the harder thing, He easily can do the easier thing.

Elijah and Positional Truth

1 Ki 17:1-7 The Drought - Dry Creek Bed (Conditional Truth)

The Word of the LORD said - go desert training

*** God protects life - desert for a time

“Where God guides, He provides” provisions in the desert

Elijah makes the drought and now is dependent on God

Watchman Nee, “we look at the bucket instead of the fountain, He changes the source to keep our eyes fixed”

The dry creek bed is a channel through which God can flow

a mixture of natural (brook) and supernatural (ravens)

The sin of statistics - looking at creek get lower, calculate how long it will last. look at sight and not see what God can do. don’t calculate God’s potential by your assets!

1 Ki 17:8-16 The Widow - Empty Barrel (Conditional Truth)

***God sustains life

The Word of the LORD came to him and said GO

to a widow a gentile near Jezebels hometown who has very limited assets.

A little grain, a little oil, and two sticks

An empty barrel for an Almighty God to fill

Elijah’s assets were unlimited.

Jn 4 a well of living water, a Savior who is the Bread of Life

1 Ki 17:17-24 The Dead Son - No Life (Conditional Truth)

He was dead v:17;21-22

James 2:26 “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

John 9:2 “And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?””

Looking for blame. Blame Game. Who did this? Focus on the empty bucket instead of the fountain.

***God imparts life

Elijah was in training, as are all of us. He security was that The Word of the LORD told him certain things. He walked by faith, believing and saw great things. If God can do the difficult things He certainly can do the easier.

Know Word of God is True.

He would need this history to battle the prophets of baal.

The Doctrine of A fortiori -

The Doctrine of “much more” -

XXI. Having Access to God:

1.Ephesians 2:18 “For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.” ; Rom. 5:2; Heb. 4:14–16; 10:19, 20).

XXII. Within the “Much More” Care of God:

Romans 5:9 “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” , Romans 5:10 “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”

1. Objects of His love, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us” (Eph. 2:4; 5:2, etc.).

2. Objects of His grace,

a, For salvation, “For by grace are ye saved” (Eph. 2:8).

b, For keeping, “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand” (Rom. 5:2).

c, For service, “But to every one of us is this grace given” (Eph. 2:7).

d, For instruction, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present age” (Tit. 2:12, 13).

3. Objects of His power, “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward” (Eph. 1:19; Phil. 2:13).

4. Objects of His faithfulness, “For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb. 13:5; Phil. 1:6).

5. Objects of His peace, “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which ye are called in one body” (Col. 3:15).

6. Objects of His consolation, “Our Father which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation” (2 Thes. 2:16).

7. Objects of His intercession, “Seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Heb. 7:25; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24).

XXIII. His Inheritance:

1(Ephesians 1:18 “the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,” ).

XXIV. Our Inheritance:

1. (1 Peter 1:4 “to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,” ; Eph. 1:14; Col. 3:24; Heb. 9:15).

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