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day,<00:10:02.240><c> but</c><00:10:02.379><c> you</c><00:10:02.519><c> had</c><00:10:02.700><c> to</c><00:10:02.860><c> because</c><00:10:03.100><c> of</c><00:10:03.259><c> your</c><00:10:03.460><c> circumstances.</c>

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become<00:10:28.899><c> governor</c><00:10:29.320><c> of</c><00:10:29.539><c> Ahab's</c><00:10:29.960><c> house</c><00:10:30.740><c> before</c><00:10:31.460><c> the</c><00:10:31.759><c> family.</c>

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Again,<00:10:33.360><c> we</c><00:10:33.460><c> don't</c><00:10:33.659><c> know</c><00:10:33.820><c> for</c><00:10:34.080><c> certain.</c>

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So<00:10:35.000><c> that</c><00:10:35.139><c> when</c><00:10:35.299><c> the</c><00:10:35.519><c> famine</c><00:10:35.720><c> came,</c><00:10:36.639><c> Obadiah</c><00:10:36.840><c> would</c><00:10:36.980><c> be</c><00:10:37.120><c> in</c><00:10:37.240><c> a</c>

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Now<00:10:40.340><c> that</c><00:10:40.419><c> didn't</c><00:10:40.659><c> guarantee</c><00:10:41.559><c> that</c><00:10:42.519><c> Obadiah</c><00:10:43.080><c> would</c><00:10:43.379><c> willingly</c><00:10:43.820><c> choose</c>

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family,<00:10:49.519><c> with</c><00:10:49.620><c> our</c><00:10:49.860><c> ecclesia,</c><00:10:50.259><c> with</c><00:10:50.500><c> the</c><00:10:50.700><c> community.</c>

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Where<00:10:52.500><c> he</c><00:10:52.700><c> can't</c><00:10:53.100><c> control</c><00:10:53.600><c> how</c><00:10:53.919><c> we're</c><00:10:55.120><c> going</c><00:10:55.179><c> to</c><00:10:55.379><c> respond</c><00:10:55.840><c> to</c>

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But<00:10:58.059><c> he</c><00:10:58.200><c> puts</c><00:10:58.460><c> us</c><00:10:58.679><c> in</c><00:10:58.779><c> a</c><00:10:58.899><c> position</c><00:10:59.399><c> so</c><00:10:59.700><c> that</c><00:10:59.820><c> if</c><00:10:59.899><c> we</c><00:11:00.120><c> do</c><00:11:00.399><c> the</c><00:11:00.519><c> right</c><00:11:00.840><c> thing,</c><00:11:02.019><c> many,</c><00:11:02.299><c> many,</c><00:11:02.820><c> many</c><00:11:03.100><c> people</c><00:11:03.460><c> can</c><00:11:03.659><c> benefit.</c>

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And<00:11:06.320><c> true</c><00:11:06.440><c> to</c><00:11:06.580><c> the</c><00:11:06.700><c> ways</c><00:11:06.840><c> of</c><00:11:07.100><c> providence,</c><00:11:07.519><c> we</c><00:11:07.600><c> may</c><00:11:07.820><c> not</c><00:11:07.960><c> have</c><00:11:08.120><c> realized</c><00:11:08.679><c> years</c><00:11:08.980><c> ago</c><00:11:09.519><c> when</c><00:11:09.720><c> a</c>

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decision<00:11:10.320><c> was</c><00:11:10.879><c> made</c>

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governor<00:11:14.500><c> of</c><00:11:14.820><c> Ahab's</c><00:11:15.200><c> house.</c>

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It<00:11:16.259><c> would</c><00:11:16.460><c> put</c><00:11:16.580><c> him</c><00:11:16.700><c> in</c><00:11:16.840><c> a</c><00:11:17.039><c> position</c><00:11:17.279><c> to</c><00:11:17.440><c> be</c><00:11:17.539><c> so</c><00:11:17.820><c> helpful</c><00:11:18.159><c> to</c><00:11:18.899><c> God's</c><00:11:19.279><c> people</c><00:11:19.620><c> and</c><00:11:19.940><c> to</c>

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his<00:11:20.259><c> prophets.</c>

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It's<00:11:25.559><c> not</c><00:11:25.799><c> identical</c><00:11:26.580><c> to</c><00:11:26.879><c> Elijah's</c><00:11:27.559><c> zeal,</c><00:11:27.840><c> which</c><00:11:27.940><c> is</c><00:11:28.139><c> why</c><00:11:28.259><c> Elijah</c><00:11:28.620><c> couldn't</c><00:11:28.820><c> even</c><00:11:29.240><c> see</c>

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But<00:11:32.559><c> we</c><00:11:32.659><c> don't</c><00:11:32.820><c> all</c><00:11:33.100><c> have</c><00:11:33.379><c> to</c><00:11:33.639><c> be</c><00:11:34.200><c> men</c><00:11:34.820><c> who</c><00:11:35.440><c> look</c><00:11:35.600><c> like</c><00:11:35.919><c> Elijah,</c>

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who<00:11:36.539><c> live</c><00:11:36.720><c> out</c><00:11:36.919><c> in</c><00:11:37.039><c> the</c><00:11:37.200><c> bush.</c>

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life,<00:11:46.100><c> for</c><00:11:46.279><c> God's</c><00:11:46.639><c> work.</c>

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he<00:11:59.360><c> was</c><00:11:59.620><c> far</c><00:12:00.039><c> above</c><00:12:00.639><c> all</c><00:12:01.120><c> else</c><00:12:01.360><c> in</c><00:12:01.519><c> their</c><00:12:01.700><c> life.</c>

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They<00:12:02.159><c> esteemed</c><00:12:02.779><c> God</c><00:12:03.159><c> to</c><00:12:03.379><c> be</c><00:12:03.480><c> of</c><00:12:03.700><c> more</c><00:12:03.919><c> value</c><00:12:04.279><c> than</c><00:12:04.519><c> everything</c><00:12:04.899><c> else.</c>

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He<00:12:05.279><c> was</c><00:12:05.600><c> awesome</c><00:12:06.039><c> in</c><00:12:06.340><c> the</c><00:12:06.620><c> scriptural</c><00:12:07.080><c> sense</c><00:12:07.340><c> of</c><00:12:07.519><c> the</c><00:12:07.639><c> word.</c>

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And<00:12:08.799><c> they</c><00:12:08.899><c> had</c><00:12:09.039><c> a</c><00:12:09.220><c> reverence</c><00:12:09.519><c> and</c><00:12:09.720><c> respect</c><00:12:10.120><c> for</c><00:12:10.320><c> him.</c>

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Both<00:12:12.279><c> men</c><00:12:12.480><c> were</c><00:12:12.659><c> living</c><00:12:12.840><c> for</c><00:12:13.019><c> the</c><00:12:13.179><c> future</c><00:12:13.399><c> kingdom,</c><00:12:13.779><c> not</c><00:12:13.980><c> for</c>

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the<00:12:14.360><c> present.</c>

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Both<00:12:14.940><c> men</c><00:12:15.240><c> shared</c><00:12:15.440><c> a</c><00:12:15.679><c> common</c><00:12:16.000><c> hatred</c><00:12:16.460><c> of</c><00:12:16.779><c> the</c><00:12:17.000><c> idolatry</c><00:12:17.620><c> and</c>

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evil<00:12:18.139><c> brought</c><00:12:18.440><c> into</c><00:12:18.620><c> Israel</c><00:12:19.019><c> by</c><00:12:19.379><c> Ahab</c><00:12:19.679><c> and</c><00:12:19.899><c> Jezebel.</c>

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of<00:12:25.159><c> them</c><00:12:25.360><c> to</c><00:12:25.620><c> remain</c><00:12:25.899><c> separate</c><00:12:26.299><c> from</c><00:12:26.539><c> the</c><00:12:26.799><c> evil.</c>

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he<00:12:48.879><c> risked</c><00:12:49.200><c> his</c><00:12:49.340><c> life.</c>

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Where<00:13:06.059><c> do</c><00:13:06.200><c> you</c><00:13:06.360><c> find</c><00:13:06.659><c> food</c><00:13:07.059><c> for</c><00:13:07.299><c> a</c><00:13:07.460><c> hundred</c><00:13:07.659><c> men</c><00:13:08.200><c> and</c><00:13:08.879><c> then</c><00:13:09.120><c> provide</c><00:13:09.460><c> this</c><00:13:09.700><c> for</c>

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them<00:13:15.639><c> every</c><00:13:15.980><c> day</c><00:13:16.200><c> or</c><00:13:16.539><c> a</c><00:13:16.639><c> couple</c><00:13:16.799><c> of</c><00:13:16.899><c> days</c><00:13:17.120><c> a</c><00:13:17.320><c> week</c><00:13:17.539><c> or</c><00:13:17.720><c> whatever</c>

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it<00:13:18.159><c> was.</c>

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But<00:13:26.700><c> his</c><00:13:26.960><c> prayers</c><00:13:27.360><c> daily</c><00:13:28.139><c> would</c><00:13:28.620><c> have</c><00:13:28.779><c> been</c><00:13:28.919><c> for</c><00:13:29.120><c> God</c><00:13:29.360><c> to</c><00:13:29.580><c> bless</c><00:13:29.779><c> that</c>

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situation<00:13:30.740><c> because</c><00:13:32.259><c> he</c><00:13:33.179><c> feared</c><00:13:33.519><c> his</c><00:13:33.840><c> God.</c>

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We<00:13:36.440><c> learn</c><00:13:36.679><c> a</c><00:13:36.799><c> lot</c><00:13:37.019><c> about</c><00:13:37.279><c> the</c><00:13:37.460><c> character</c><00:13:37.700><c> of</c><00:13:37.940><c> Ahab</c><00:13:38.139><c> and</c><00:13:38.299><c> how</c><00:13:38.440><c> he</c>

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responds<00:13:39.139><c> to</c><00:13:39.340><c> the</c><00:13:39.539><c> drought.</c>

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and<00:13:43.259><c> the</c><00:13:43.440><c> children,</c><00:13:43.759><c> he</c><00:13:43.879><c> cares</c><00:13:44.159><c> more</c><00:13:44.419><c> about</c><00:13:44.639><c> the</c><00:13:44.899><c> animal's</c>

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well<00:13:45.440><c>-being</c><00:13:45.820><c> than</c><00:13:46.620><c> his</c><00:13:46.879><c> people's</c><00:13:47.500><c> spiritual</c><00:13:47.960><c> well</c><00:13:48.279><c>-being.</c>

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Time<00:13:48.919><c> and</c><00:13:49.120><c> again</c><00:13:49.340><c> in</c><00:13:49.580><c> the</c><00:13:49.720><c> record,</c><00:13:50.100><c> we</c><00:13:50.139><c> will</c><00:13:50.419><c> see</c><00:13:50.940><c> that</c><00:13:51.419><c> he's</c>

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more<00:13:51.899><c> concerned</c><00:13:52.259><c> with</c><00:13:52.460><c> his</c><00:13:52.679><c> possessions</c><00:13:53.440><c> than</c><00:13:54.399><c> he</c><00:13:54.519><c> is</c><00:13:54.720><c> with</c>

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So<00:13:55.659><c> in</c><00:13:55.799><c> Chapter</c><00:13:56.100><c> 18,</c><00:13:56.539><c> he's</c><00:13:56.779><c> very</c><00:13:57.059><c> concerned</c><00:13:57.399><c> about</c><00:13:57.620><c> his</c><00:13:57.919><c> beasts,</c><00:13:59.039><c> his</c>

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horses<00:13:59.700><c> and</c><00:14:00.059><c> his</c><00:14:00.299><c> mules</c><00:14:00.740><c> and</c><00:14:00.940><c> his</c><00:14:01.159><c> beasts.</c>

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In<00:14:01.700><c> Chapter</c><00:14:02.019><c> 21,</c><00:14:02.440><c> he's</c><00:14:02.580><c> very</c><00:14:02.879><c> concerned</c><00:14:03.179><c> about</c><00:14:03.440><c> his</c><00:14:05.000><c> vegetable</c><00:14:05.860><c> garden.</c>

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That's<00:14:08.019><c> what</c><00:14:08.059><c> was</c><00:14:08.379><c> foremost</c><00:14:08.700><c> in</c><00:14:08.879><c> his</c><00:14:09.139><c> mind.</c>

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Throughout<00:14:10.559><c> the</c><00:14:10.919><c> drought,</c><00:14:11.419><c> he</c><00:14:11.639><c> refuses</c><00:14:12.100><c> to</c><00:14:12.379><c> repent</c><00:14:12.820><c> and</c><00:14:13.120><c> fails</c><00:14:13.460><c> to</c>

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accept<00:14:13.980><c> responsibility</c><00:14:14.899><c> that</c><00:14:15.879><c> it</c><00:14:16.059><c> was</c><00:14:16.580><c> his</c><00:14:17.480><c> sins</c><00:14:18.220><c> that</c><00:14:18.779><c> were</c>

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bringing<00:14:19.220><c> the</c><00:14:19.519><c> famine.</c>

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He<00:14:20.360><c> could</c><00:14:20.580><c> have</c><00:14:20.840><c> ended</c><00:14:21.200><c> the</c><00:14:21.519><c> famine</c><00:14:21.980><c> much,</c><00:14:22.740><c> much</c><00:14:23.379><c> earlier.</c>

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Had<00:14:26.919><c> he</c><00:14:27.200><c> searched</c><00:14:27.600><c> for</c><00:14:28.019><c> Elijah</c><00:14:28.600><c> and</c><00:14:29.100><c> found</c><00:14:29.419><c> him</c><00:14:29.980><c> and</c><00:14:30.320><c> repented</c>

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and<00:14:32.000><c> confessed</c><00:14:32.559><c> his</c><00:14:32.960><c> sin,</c><00:14:34.759><c> as</c><00:14:35.019><c> Solomon's</c><00:14:35.639><c> prayer</c><00:14:36.200><c> mentions</c>

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when<00:14:37.039><c> the</c><00:14:37.220><c> temple</c><00:14:37.460><c> was</c><00:14:37.679><c> dedicated.</c>

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And<00:14:39.759><c> Solomon</c><00:14:39.980><c> points</c><00:14:40.320><c> out</c><00:14:40.620><c> how</c><00:14:40.980><c> in</c><00:14:41.259><c> the</c><00:14:41.480><c> time</c><00:14:41.700><c> of</c><00:14:42.000><c> sin,</c><00:14:42.220><c> God</c>

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If<00:14:43.700><c> the</c><00:14:43.899><c> nation</c><00:14:44.159><c> then</c><00:14:44.460><c> comes</c><00:14:44.700><c> and</c><00:14:44.940><c> repents,</c><00:14:46.799><c> hear</c><00:14:46.919><c> thou</c><00:14:47.100><c> in</c>

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heaven<00:14:47.620><c> and</c><00:14:48.000><c> forgive</c><00:14:48.620><c> and</c><00:14:49.059><c> bless.</c>

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Our<00:14:51.039><c> God</c><00:14:51.240><c> would</c><00:14:51.399><c> have</c><00:14:51.539><c> done</c><00:14:51.700><c> that.</c>

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We<00:14:52.039><c> say</c><00:14:52.220><c> that</c><00:14:52.399><c> with</c><00:14:52.960><c> conviction</c><00:14:53.360><c> because</c><00:14:53.659><c> that's</c><00:14:53.919><c> how</c><00:14:54.080><c> he</c><00:14:54.279><c> acts.</c>

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But<00:14:54.759><c> Ahab</c><00:14:55.000><c> never</c><00:14:55.480><c> responded</c><00:14:55.940><c> that</c><00:14:56.259><c> way.</c>

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It<00:14:57.340><c> was</c><00:14:57.639><c> never</c><00:14:58.080><c> his</c><00:14:58.379><c> fault.</c>

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In<00:15:00.659><c> fact,</c><00:15:00.779><c> when</c><00:15:00.919><c> he</c><00:15:01.000><c> sees</c><00:15:01.159><c> Elijah,</c><00:15:01.620><c> as</c><00:15:01.759><c> we</c><00:15:01.899><c> saw</c><00:15:02.039><c> in</c><00:15:02.179><c> the</c><00:15:02.299><c> readings</c><00:15:02.539><c> today,</c>

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You're<00:15:05.019><c> the</c><00:15:05.179><c> problem,</c><00:15:06.000><c> Elijah.</c>

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You're<00:15:06.580><c> the</c><00:15:06.700><c> one</c><00:15:06.799><c> that's</c><00:15:07.120><c> causing</c><00:15:07.320><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:15:09.679><c> Elijah</c><00:15:09.960><c> cuts</c><00:15:10.259><c> him</c><00:15:10.480><c> off.</c>

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No,<00:15:11.299><c> it's</c><00:15:11.480><c> not</c><00:15:11.639><c> me</c><00:15:11.840><c> that's</c><00:15:12.139><c> troubling</c><00:15:12.360><c> Israel.</c>

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You<00:15:14.120><c> have</c><00:15:14.399><c> forsaken</c><00:15:15.500><c> the</c><00:15:15.960><c> commandments</c><00:15:16.379><c> of</c><00:15:16.700><c> God.</c>

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You<00:15:17.860><c> are</c><00:15:18.240><c> the</c><00:15:18.379><c> one</c><00:15:18.500><c> that's</c><00:15:18.759><c> gone</c><00:15:18.899><c> after</c><00:15:19.179><c> the</c><00:15:19.360><c> Balaam.</c>

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He<00:15:21.840><c> couldn't</c><00:15:22.340><c> accept</c><00:15:22.759><c> responsibility</c><00:15:23.519><c> for</c><00:15:23.799><c> his</c><00:15:24.039><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:15:25.759><c> remember,</c><00:15:26.179><c> brethren</c><00:15:26.299><c> and</c><00:15:26.539><c> sisters,</c><00:15:27.279><c> if</c><00:15:27.460><c> you're</c><00:15:27.639><c> anything</c><00:15:27.840><c> like</c><00:15:28.100><c> me,</c><00:15:28.399><c> oh</c>

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yeah,<00:15:28.620><c> that</c><00:15:28.799><c> was</c><00:15:29.039><c> Ahab</c><00:15:29.320><c> and</c><00:15:29.460><c> I'm</c><00:15:29.679><c> sure</c><00:15:29.879><c> glad</c><00:15:30.019><c> I'm</c><00:15:30.200><c> not</c><00:15:30.320><c> like</c><00:15:30.580><c> Ahab.</c>

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And<00:15:31.059><c> you've</c><00:15:31.220><c> got</c><00:15:31.240><c> to</c><00:15:31.360><c> come</c><00:15:31.580><c> back</c><00:15:31.799><c> to</c><00:15:32.019><c> remember</c><00:15:32.600><c> when</c><00:15:33.679><c> I</c><00:15:33.899><c> am</c><00:15:34.039><c> under</c><00:15:34.379><c> sin's</c><00:15:34.759><c> influence,</c><00:15:35.200><c> that's</c><00:15:35.720><c> exactly</c><00:15:36.159><c> what</c><00:15:36.360><c> I</c>

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want<00:15:36.799><c> to</c><00:15:37.019><c> do</c><00:15:37.159><c> when</c><00:15:37.340><c> somebody</c><00:15:37.620><c> comes</c><00:15:37.860><c> up</c><00:15:38.100><c> and</c><00:15:38.259><c> tells</c><00:15:38.399><c> me</c><00:15:38.639><c> I'm</c>

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the<00:15:39.039><c> problem.</c>

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Oh<00:15:39.620><c> no,</c><00:15:39.720><c> I'm</c><00:15:39.899><c> not</c><00:15:40.080><c> the</c><00:15:40.279><c> problem.</c>

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You're<00:15:41.279><c> the</c><00:15:41.440><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:15:43.019><c> we</c><00:15:43.200><c> are</c><00:15:43.539><c> extremely</c><00:15:44.200><c> reluctant</c><00:15:44.840><c> to</c><00:15:45.480><c> take</c><00:15:45.700><c> responsibility</c>

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for<00:15:46.940><c> our</c><00:15:47.220><c> failures,</c><00:15:48.460><c> take</c><00:15:48.600><c> responsibility</c><00:15:49.460><c> for</c><00:15:49.820><c> our</c><00:15:50.019><c> mistakes,</c><00:15:52.159><c> and</c><00:15:52.340><c> to</c>

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look<00:15:52.639><c> to</c><00:15:52.899><c> blame</c><00:15:53.080><c> others.</c>

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That's<00:15:55.460><c> not</c><00:15:55.700><c> where</c><00:15:55.860><c> God</c><00:15:56.100><c> is</c><00:15:56.360><c> encouraging</c><00:15:56.779><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:15:57.740><c> not</c><00:15:57.879><c> what</c><00:15:57.960><c> he's</c><00:15:58.139><c> encouraging</c><00:15:58.480><c> us</c><00:15:58.720><c> to</c><00:15:58.940><c> learn</c><00:15:59.120><c> in</c><00:15:59.299><c> the</c><00:15:59.480><c> example</c><00:15:59.899><c> of</c><00:16:01.039><c> Ahab.</c>

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The<00:16:02.840><c> sore</c><00:16:03.080><c> famine</c><00:16:03.519><c> did</c><00:16:03.799><c> not</c><00:16:04.139><c> bring</c><00:16:04.340><c> Ahab</c><00:16:04.759><c> to</c><00:16:05.080><c> repentance.</c>

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It<00:16:06.460><c> brought</c><00:16:06.740><c> him</c><00:16:07.139><c> to</c><00:16:08.860><c> vengeance.</c>

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That's<00:16:10.879><c> the</c><00:16:11.080><c> difference</c><00:16:11.460><c> between</c><00:16:11.840><c> the</c><00:16:12.039><c> thinking</c><00:16:12.200><c> of</c><00:16:12.360><c> the</c><00:16:12.539><c> flesh</c><00:16:12.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:13.440><c> thinking</c><00:16:13.620><c> of</c><00:16:13.799><c> the</c><00:16:13.980><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:16:19.120><c> word</c><00:16:19.379><c> for</c><00:16:19.700><c> sore,</c><00:16:20.220><c> just</c><00:16:20.299><c> briefly</c><00:16:20.639><c> in</c><00:16:20.879><c> passing</c><00:16:21.139><c> in</c><00:16:21.320><c> verse</c>

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2,<00:16:21.860><c> is</c><00:16:21.960><c> the</c><00:16:22.200><c> same</c><00:16:22.440><c> word</c><00:16:22.740><c> for</c><00:16:22.899><c> the</c><00:16:23.059><c> boy's</c><00:16:23.440><c> sickness</c><00:16:23.860><c> back</c><00:16:24.340><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:16:24.799><c> 17.</c>

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We<00:16:26.820><c> won't</c><00:16:27.000><c> take</c><00:16:27.179><c> the</c><00:16:27.320><c> time</c><00:16:27.440><c> this</c><00:16:27.679><c> morning,</c><00:16:27.980><c> but</c><00:16:28.100><c> you</c><00:16:28.259><c> look</c><00:16:28.539><c> through,</c><00:16:29.340><c> and</c>

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what<00:16:29.700><c> happens,</c><00:16:30.399><c> as</c><00:16:30.500><c> we</c><00:16:30.659><c> see</c><00:16:30.799><c> so</c><00:16:31.100><c> often</c><00:16:31.200><c> in</c><00:16:31.440><c> Scripture,</c>

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as<00:16:32.779><c> you</c><00:16:32.919><c> can</c><00:16:33.220><c> develop</c><00:16:33.679><c> how</c><00:16:33.919><c> God</c><00:16:34.240><c> is</c><00:16:34.500><c> bringing</c><00:16:34.820><c> Ahab</c><00:16:35.279><c> to</c><00:16:35.519><c> the</c><00:16:35.799><c> exact</c><00:16:36.500><c> same</c><00:16:37.460><c> point</c><00:16:38.019><c> as</c>

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he<00:16:39.120><c> brought</c><00:16:39.299><c> the</c><00:16:39.500><c> widow.</c>

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Same<00:16:41.899><c> famine,</c><00:16:43.200><c> same</c><00:16:43.740><c> sore</c><00:16:44.080><c> trials,</c><00:16:46.940><c> same</c><00:16:47.240><c> opportunity</c><00:16:47.940><c> to</c><00:16:48.200><c> respond</c><00:16:48.980><c> faithfully,</c><00:16:49.919><c> same</c><00:16:50.200><c> opportunity</c><00:16:50.820><c> to</c>

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realize<00:16:51.580><c> this</c><00:16:52.419><c> trial</c><00:16:52.759><c> brought</c><00:16:53.019><c> into</c><00:16:53.220><c> my</c><00:16:53.440><c> life</c><00:16:53.639><c> is</c><00:16:53.919><c> connected</c>

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to<00:16:54.440><c> my</c><00:16:54.700><c> sin.</c>

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They<00:16:55.480><c> all</c><00:16:55.720><c> line</c><00:16:55.940><c> up.</c>

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The<00:16:57.740><c> one</c><00:16:58.039><c> responds</c><00:16:58.580><c> by</c><00:16:58.879><c> faith,</c><00:16:59.539><c> and</c><00:16:59.659><c> the</c><00:16:59.720><c> other</c><00:17:00.019><c> responds</c><00:17:00.620><c> by</c>

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rebellion<00:17:01.460><c> and</c><00:17:02.299><c> by</c><00:17:02.539><c> vengeance.</c>

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And<00:17:04.960><c> this</c><00:17:05.140><c> great</c><00:17:05.519><c> king,</c><00:17:07.640><c> who</c><00:17:07.799><c> had</c><00:17:07.980><c> the</c><00:17:08.059><c> opportunity</c><00:17:08.599><c> to</c><00:17:08.880><c> affect</c><00:17:09.039><c> so</c><00:17:09.279><c> much</c><00:17:09.420><c> good</c><00:17:09.559><c> in</c><00:17:09.680><c> Israel,</c>

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is<00:17:12.559><c> laid</c><00:17:12.779><c> alongside</c><00:17:13.500><c> this</c><00:17:13.900><c> widow</c><00:17:14.140><c> woman</c><00:17:14.400><c> that</c><00:17:14.599><c> no</c><00:17:14.799><c> one</c><00:17:14.960><c> would</c>

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ever<00:17:15.539><c> even</c><00:17:15.880><c> know</c><00:17:16.019><c> the</c><00:17:16.180><c> name</c><00:17:16.359><c> of,</c><00:17:16.660><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:16.779><c> know</c><00:17:16.980><c> she</c><00:17:17.240><c> existed,</c><00:17:19.039><c> if</c><00:17:19.220><c> Elijah</c><00:17:19.480><c> hadn't</c><00:17:19.700><c> been</c>

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sent<00:17:20.119><c> to</c><00:17:20.339><c> her.</c>

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And<00:17:22.019><c> her</c><00:17:22.339><c> faith</c><00:17:22.740><c> and</c><00:17:23.019><c> her</c><00:17:23.420><c> response</c><00:17:23.920><c> and</c><00:17:24.220><c> her</c><00:17:24.380><c> willingness</c><00:17:24.680><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:17:25.299><c> her</c><00:17:25.599><c> sin</c><00:17:25.819><c> are</c><00:17:26.160><c> held</c><00:17:26.339><c> up</c><00:17:26.519><c> as</c><00:17:26.799><c> models</c><00:17:27.079><c> for</c><00:17:27.299><c> all</c><00:17:27.500><c> of</c><00:17:27.599><c> us.</c>

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So<00:17:32.299><c> that</c><00:17:32.440><c> the</c><00:17:32.619><c> great</c><00:17:32.799><c> miracles</c><00:17:33.299><c> in</c><00:17:33.559><c> chapter</c><00:17:33.880><c> 17</c><00:17:34.579><c> will</c><00:17:35.059><c> cement</c>

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or<00:17:36.339><c> confirm</c><00:17:36.779><c> her</c><00:17:37.119><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:17:38.720><c> great</c><00:17:39.079><c> miracle</c><00:17:39.460><c> of</c><00:17:39.700><c> chapter</c><00:17:40.000><c> 18,</c><00:17:41.119><c> see</c><00:17:41.319><c> Ahab</c><00:17:41.559><c> has</c><00:17:41.799><c> his</c><00:17:42.000><c> own</c>

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miracle,<00:17:44.099><c> it</c><00:17:44.319><c> will</c><00:17:44.579><c> last</c><00:17:44.880><c> for</c><00:17:45.279><c> less</c><00:17:45.660><c> than</c><00:17:46.160><c> six</c><00:17:46.420><c> hours.</c>

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In<00:17:50.740><c> verse</c><00:17:51.019><c> 4</c><00:17:52.059><c> of</c><00:17:52.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:52.700><c> 18,</c><00:17:54.839><c> you</c><00:17:54.920><c> might</c><00:17:55.299><c> ask</c><00:17:55.579><c> yourself,</c><00:17:56.079><c> so</c>

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how<00:17:56.220><c> did</c><00:17:56.380><c> the</c><00:17:56.539><c> royal</c><00:17:56.720><c> couple</c><00:17:57.079><c> respond</c><00:17:58.380><c> to</c><00:18:00.700><c> this</c><00:18:00.920><c> three</c><00:18:01.119><c> and</c><00:18:01.259><c> a</c>

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half<00:18:01.420><c> year</c><00:18:01.599><c> famine</c><00:18:01.920><c> that</c><00:18:02.059><c> they're</c><00:18:02.319><c> responsible</c><00:18:02.779><c> for?</c>

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Verse<00:18:04.059><c> 4</c><00:18:04.440><c> describes</c><00:18:05.039><c> how</c><00:18:05.319><c> Jezebel</c><00:18:05.799><c> responded,</c><00:18:08.079><c> verse</c><00:18:08.400><c> 5</c><00:18:08.660><c> describes</c><00:18:09.079><c> how</c>

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Ahab<00:18:09.579><c> responded.</c>

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Did<00:18:11.240><c> this</c><00:18:11.519><c> famine</c><00:18:11.740><c> bring</c><00:18:12.079><c> them</c><00:18:12.299><c> any</c><00:18:12.619><c> closer</c><00:18:12.920><c> to</c><00:18:13.039><c> God?</c>

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Did<00:18:15.759><c> they</c><00:18:15.940><c> recognize</c><00:18:16.619><c> their</c><00:18:16.859><c> own</c><00:18:17.140><c> sin?</c><00:18:17.420><c> Did</c><00:18:17.460><c> they</c><00:18:17.599><c> see</c><00:18:17.759><c> the</c>

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connection<00:18:18.279><c> between</c><00:18:18.740><c> their</c><00:18:19.119><c> sin</c><00:18:19.619><c> and</c><00:18:20.380><c> this</c><00:18:20.640><c> severe</c><00:18:20.900><c> trial?</c>

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Of<00:18:21.900><c> course</c><00:18:22.039><c> the</c><00:18:22.160><c> answer</c><00:18:22.400><c> is</c><00:18:22.599><c> no</c><00:18:23.000><c> and</c><00:18:23.319><c> no</c><00:18:23.740><c> and</c><00:18:23.980><c> no.</c>

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So<00:18:25.579><c> we</c><00:18:25.720><c> depict</c><00:18:25.940><c> it</c><00:18:26.039><c> on</c><00:18:26.180><c> the</c><00:18:26.380><c> screen,</c><00:18:26.599><c> we</c><00:18:26.680><c> now</c><00:18:26.880><c> have</c><00:18:27.019><c> four</c><00:18:27.299><c> people</c><00:18:27.759><c> who</c>

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were<00:18:28.299><c> involved,</c><00:18:29.099><c> infected,</c><00:18:29.960><c> not</c><00:18:30.140><c> infected,</c><00:18:30.839><c> but</c><00:18:31.240><c> came</c><00:18:31.519><c> under</c>

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the<00:18:31.960><c> influence</c><00:18:32.299><c> of</c><00:18:32.500><c> this</c><00:18:32.740><c> sore</c><00:18:32.960><c> famine.</c>

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And<00:18:34.759><c> scripture</c><00:18:35.180><c> is</c><00:18:35.519><c> pointing</c><00:18:35.779><c> out</c><00:18:36.079><c> to</c><00:18:36.160><c> us,</c><00:18:36.700><c> four</c><00:18:36.740><c> different</c>

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people,<00:18:37.480><c> they</c><00:18:37.700><c> responded</c><00:18:38.259><c> in</c><00:18:38.980><c> four</c><00:18:39.420><c> different</c><00:18:39.819><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:18:42.359><c> brothers</c><00:18:42.480><c> and</c><00:18:42.700><c> sisters,</c><00:18:43.119><c> how</c><00:18:43.359><c> we</c><00:18:43.599><c> respond</c><00:18:44.000><c> to</c><00:18:44.299><c> our</c><00:18:44.619><c> trials</c><00:18:45.059><c> probably</c><00:18:45.779><c> fits</c>

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into<00:18:46.660><c> one</c><00:18:46.920><c> of</c><00:18:47.039><c> those</c><00:18:47.339><c> four</c><00:18:47.599><c> categories.</c>

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Same<00:18:50.000><c> famine,</c><00:18:51.180><c> same</c><00:18:51.539><c> trial,</c><00:18:52.440><c> same</c><00:18:52.740><c> time</c><00:18:53.059><c> period,</c><00:18:53.640><c> same</c><00:18:53.920><c> profit.</c>

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The<00:18:56.319><c> widow,</c><00:18:56.599><c> she</c><00:18:56.960><c> faced</c><00:18:57.220><c> death,</c><00:18:57.619><c> yet</c><00:18:57.759><c> her</c><00:18:57.980><c> faith</c><00:18:58.200><c> grew</c><00:18:58.839><c> out</c><00:18:59.400><c> of</c>

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those<00:18:59.779><c> circumstances.</c>

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Obadiah<00:19:01.680><c> faced</c><00:19:02.000><c> the</c><00:19:02.240><c> trial</c><00:19:02.500><c> and</c><00:19:02.640><c> while</c><00:19:02.819><c> he</c><00:19:02.940><c> didn't</c><00:19:03.180><c> face</c><00:19:03.559><c> death,</c><00:19:04.380><c> he</c>

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put<00:19:04.640><c> his</c><00:19:04.799><c> own</c><00:19:05.059><c> life</c><00:19:05.339><c> in</c><00:19:05.599><c> jeopardy</c><00:19:07.079><c> to</c><00:19:07.299><c> save</c><00:19:07.539><c> others.</c>

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Jezebel<00:19:09.720><c> rebels</c><00:19:10.160><c> against</c><00:19:10.619><c> God,</c><00:19:11.279><c> despised</c><00:19:11.740><c> his</c><00:19:11.980><c> chastening,</c>

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resented<00:19:13.039><c> his</c><00:19:13.380><c> words,</c><00:19:13.960><c> slew</c><00:19:14.200><c> his</c><00:19:14.500><c> prophets</c><00:19:14.859><c> to</c><00:19:15.140><c> eliminate</c>

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the<00:19:15.680><c> word</c><00:19:15.839><c> from</c><00:19:16.039><c> the</c><00:19:16.140><c> land.</c>

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Ahab,<00:19:18.160><c> his</c><00:19:18.279><c> foremost</c><00:19:18.559><c> concern</c><00:19:18.980><c> was</c><00:19:19.200><c> for</c><00:19:19.440><c> his</c><00:19:19.660><c> possessions.</c>

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Today<00:19:20.519><c> we</c><00:19:20.660><c> would</c><00:19:20.839><c> say</c><00:19:21.000><c> it</c><00:19:21.099><c> was</c><00:19:21.279><c> his</c><00:19:21.519><c> net</c><00:19:21.720><c> worth.</c>

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He'd<00:19:23.779><c> sit</c><00:19:23.859><c> down</c><00:19:24.119><c> and</c><00:19:24.259><c> calculate,</c><00:19:24.660><c> now</c><00:19:24.779><c> how</c><00:19:24.900><c> much</c><00:19:25.059><c> am</c><00:19:25.220><c> I</c><00:19:25.279><c> worth</c><00:19:25.480><c> today?</c>

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And<00:19:25.960><c> if</c><00:19:26.119><c> the</c><00:19:26.279><c> famine</c><00:19:26.420><c> keeps</c><00:19:26.680><c> going,</c><00:19:26.960><c> how</c><00:19:27.039><c> much</c><00:19:27.220><c> am</c><00:19:27.339><c> I</c><00:19:27.420><c> going</c><00:19:27.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:27.720><c> worth</c><00:19:27.839><c> in</c><00:19:28.019><c> six</c><00:19:28.200><c> months</c><00:19:28.420><c> from</c><00:19:28.660><c> now?</c>

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Ooh,<00:19:30.119><c> we've</c><00:19:30.319><c> got</c><00:19:30.319><c> to</c><00:19:30.420><c> go</c><00:19:30.440><c> out</c><00:19:30.619><c> and</c><00:19:30.700><c> find</c><00:19:30.819><c> some</c><00:19:31.079><c> water</c><00:19:31.400><c> so</c><00:19:31.579><c> I</c><00:19:31.619><c> can</c>

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save<00:19:31.960><c> these</c><00:19:32.240><c> beasts</c><00:19:32.539><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:19:34.859><c> that's</c><00:19:34.960><c> where</c><00:19:35.079><c> his</c><00:19:35.279><c> mind</c><00:19:35.539><c> went.</c>

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And<00:19:38.799><c> God</c><00:19:38.920><c> is</c><00:19:39.079><c> asking</c><00:19:39.359><c> us,</c><00:19:39.619><c> how</c><00:19:39.740><c> do</c><00:19:40.480><c> we</c><00:19:40.579><c> respond</c><00:19:41.059><c> to</c><00:19:41.279><c> the</c><00:19:41.440><c> severe</c>

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trials<00:19:42.059><c> in</c><00:19:42.220><c> our</c><00:19:42.400><c> life?</c>

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So<00:19:48.119><c> we</c><00:19:48.220><c> have</c><00:19:48.380><c> the</c><00:19:48.599><c> four</c><00:19:48.980><c> reactions.</c><00:19:49.599><c> We</c><00:19:49.740><c> then</c><00:19:49.980><c> come</c><00:19:50.240><c> to</c><00:19:50.759><c> the</c><00:19:51.000><c> contest</c><00:19:51.400><c> on</c>

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Mount<00:19:51.859><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:19:53.039><c> it</c><00:19:53.180><c> is</c><00:19:53.500><c> clearly</c><00:19:53.799><c> pitting</c><00:19:55.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:56.180><c> against</c><00:19:56.799><c> Baal.</c>

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In<00:19:57.359><c> fact,</c><00:19:58.240><c> Elijah</c><00:19:58.240><c> will</c><00:19:58.640><c> purposely</c><00:19:59.359><c> choreograph</c><00:20:01.099><c> all</c><00:20:01.859><c> the</c><00:20:02.079><c> events</c><00:20:02.619><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:03.119><c> day</c><00:20:03.720><c> to</c><00:20:04.559><c> pit</c><00:20:05.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:06.559><c> against</c><00:20:07.160><c> Baal.</c>

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Now,<00:20:09.220><c> nothing</c><00:20:09.220><c> that</c><00:20:09.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:10.200><c> does,</c><00:20:11.200><c> sorry,</c><00:20:11.779><c> nothing</c><00:20:12.000><c> that</c><00:20:12.259><c> Elijah</c><00:20:12.599><c> does</c><00:20:13.119><c> is</c>

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outside<00:20:14.839><c> of</c><00:20:15.059><c> the</c><00:20:15.240><c> scope</c><00:20:15.740><c> of</c><00:20:16.960><c> God's</c><00:20:17.359><c> commands.</c>

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And<00:20:18.039><c> the</c><00:20:18.180><c> proof</c><00:20:18.319><c> of</c><00:20:18.420><c> that</c><00:20:18.559><c> is</c><00:20:18.700><c> in</c><00:20:18.779><c> verse</c><00:20:19.000><c> 36</c><00:20:20.039><c> when</c><00:20:20.980><c> Elijah</c><00:20:21.920><c> points</c><00:20:22.240><c> out</c>

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in<00:20:22.680><c> his</c><00:20:22.960><c> prayer</c>

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And<00:20:24.940><c> that</c><00:20:25.140><c> I</c><00:20:25.319><c> have</c><00:20:25.559><c> done</c><00:20:25.819><c> all</c><00:20:26.299><c> these</c><00:20:26.700><c> things</c><00:20:27.240><c> at</c><00:20:27.599><c> thy</c><00:20:27.839><c> word.</c>

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Elijah<00:20:29.119><c> didn't</c><00:20:29.539><c> invent</c><00:20:29.880><c> anything</c><00:20:30.400><c> that</c><00:20:30.680><c> day.</c><00:20:30.880><c> None</c><00:20:31.019><c> of</c><00:20:31.119><c> it</c><00:20:31.240><c> was</c><00:20:31.400><c> of</c>

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his<00:20:31.759><c> own.</c>

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God<00:20:32.420><c> was</c><00:20:32.640><c> working</c><00:20:32.940><c> with</c><00:20:33.200><c> him.</c><00:20:33.660><c> How</c><00:20:33.859><c> he</c><00:20:34.059><c> communicated</c><00:20:34.539><c> it</c><00:20:34.799><c> to</c>

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him,<00:20:35.099><c> we're</c><00:20:35.180><c> not</c><00:20:35.460><c> sure.</c>

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So<00:20:36.740><c> that</c><00:20:36.960><c> Carmel</c><00:20:37.200><c> wasn't</c><00:20:37.819><c> Elijah's</c><00:20:38.559><c> idea,</c><00:20:38.859><c> it</c><00:20:39.039><c> is</c><00:20:39.259><c> God's</c><00:20:39.859><c> idea.</c>

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And<00:20:41.059><c> God</c><00:20:41.279><c> will</c><00:20:41.579><c> provide</c><00:20:42.039><c> Elijah</c><00:20:42.559><c> with</c><00:20:42.799><c> the</c><00:20:43.059><c> necessary</c><00:20:43.500><c> details.</c>

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And<00:20:44.339><c> God</c><00:20:44.539><c> has</c><00:20:44.839><c> determined</c><00:20:45.420><c> after</c><00:20:46.039><c> three</c><00:20:46.319><c> and</c><00:20:46.480><c> a</c><00:20:46.500><c> half</c><00:20:46.700><c> years</c>

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that<00:20:47.240><c> the</c><00:20:47.460><c> time</c><00:20:47.640><c> is</c><00:20:47.980><c> right</c><00:20:48.440><c> for</c><00:20:49.119><c> the</c><00:20:49.319><c> famine</c><00:20:49.519><c> to</c><00:20:49.799><c> end.</c>

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Which<00:20:50.160><c> is</c><00:20:50.299><c> why</c><00:20:50.460><c> he</c><00:20:50.599><c> told</c><00:20:50.920><c> Elijah</c><00:20:51.279><c> that</c><00:20:51.500><c> in</c><00:20:51.640><c> verse</c><00:20:51.859><c> one</c><00:20:52.099><c> of</c><00:20:52.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:52.539><c> 18.</c>

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Carmel<00:20:54.539><c> is</c><00:20:55.200><c> likely</c><00:20:55.680><c> the</c><00:20:56.180><c> perfect</c><00:20:56.599><c> spot</c><00:20:57.140><c> for</c><00:20:57.960><c> this</c><00:20:58.160><c> event.</c>

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We<00:20:58.640><c> don't</c><00:20:58.920><c> know</c><00:20:59.119><c> for</c><00:20:59.480><c> certain</c><00:20:59.759><c> where</c><00:21:00.140><c> it</c><00:21:00.339><c> took</c><00:21:00.500><c> place.</c>

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Here's<00:21:03.059><c> a</c><00:21:03.240><c> map</c><00:21:03.680><c> of</c><00:21:04.980><c> the</c><00:21:05.279><c> area.</c><00:21:05.960><c> We're</c><00:21:06.099><c> probably</c><00:21:06.440><c> all</c><00:21:06.740><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:21:07.200><c> it.</c>

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Carmel,<00:21:13.900><c> looks</c><00:21:14.460><c> like</c><00:21:14.660><c> we</c><00:21:14.779><c> need</c><00:21:14.880><c> to</c><00:21:15.099><c> change</c><00:21:15.279><c> our</c><00:21:15.480><c> battery.</c>

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But<00:21:16.539><c> Carmel,</c><00:21:16.779><c> as</c><00:21:17.000><c> you</c><00:21:17.059><c> can</c><00:21:17.380><c> see,</c><00:21:18.579><c> is</c><00:21:18.720><c> actually</c><00:21:19.160><c> a</c><00:21:19.380><c> mountain</c><00:21:19.640><c> range.</c>

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It<00:21:21.420><c> runs</c><00:21:21.720><c> for</c><00:21:21.980><c> about</c><00:21:22.279><c> 12</c><00:21:22.720><c> to</c><00:21:22.859><c> 15</c><00:21:23.259><c> miles.</c>

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Where<00:21:26.000><c> Mount</c><00:21:26.579><c> Carmel</c><00:21:26.900><c> is</c><00:21:27.119><c> specifically,</c><00:21:27.880><c> we're</c><00:21:27.940><c> not</c><00:21:28.240><c> sure.</c>

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But<00:21:30.059><c> here's</c><00:21:30.339><c> some</c><00:21:30.599><c> of</c><00:21:30.740><c> the</c><00:21:31.000><c> topography</c><00:21:31.740><c> connected</c><00:21:32.259><c> with</c><00:21:32.460><c> it.</c>

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If<00:21:33.640><c> you're</c><00:21:34.039><c> on</c><00:21:35.220><c> the</c><00:21:36.259><c> southwestern</c><00:21:37.579><c> coast</c><00:21:38.180><c> looking</c><00:21:38.779><c> up</c><00:21:39.059><c> to</c><00:21:39.259><c> Carmel,</c><00:21:40.240><c> you</c>

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see<00:21:40.680><c> these</c><00:21:40.980><c> cliffs.</c>

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Another<00:21:44.240><c> picture</c><00:21:44.559><c> of</c><00:21:44.660><c> them</c><00:21:44.759><c> there.</c>

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If<00:21:46.720><c> you</c><00:21:46.880><c> come</c><00:21:47.099><c> at</c><00:21:47.220><c> it</c><00:21:47.339><c> from</c><00:21:47.539><c> the</c><00:21:47.740><c> other</c><00:21:48.039><c> side,</c><00:21:49.839><c> there's</c><00:21:50.019><c> more</c><00:21:50.240><c> of</c><00:21:50.440><c> a</c>

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long,<00:21:50.980><c> sloping,</c><00:21:51.380><c> gradual</c><00:21:52.000><c> incline</c><00:21:52.839><c> up</c><00:21:53.279><c> to</c><00:21:53.440><c> the</c><00:21:53.619><c> drop</c><00:21:53.859><c>-off.</c>

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Again,<00:21:55.220><c> we</c><00:21:55.359><c> can't</c><00:21:55.640><c> be</c><00:21:55.920><c> certain,</c><00:21:56.220><c> but</c><00:21:56.359><c> here</c><00:21:56.559><c> is</c><00:21:56.759><c> one</c><00:21:57.039><c> suggestion</c><00:21:57.740><c> of</c><00:21:58.140><c> where</c>

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Carmel<00:21:58.680><c> may</c><00:21:58.880><c> have</c><00:21:59.059><c> happened.</c>

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The<00:22:00.019><c> reason</c><00:22:00.240><c> we</c><00:22:00.440><c> show</c><00:22:00.700><c> this</c><00:22:01.000><c> is</c><00:22:01.160><c> it</c><00:22:01.319><c> points</c><00:22:01.599><c> out</c><00:22:02.660><c> that</c><00:22:03.019><c> by</c><00:22:03.339><c> bringing</c><00:22:03.640><c> the</c><00:22:04.200><c> thousands,</c>

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and<00:22:05.220><c> remember</c><00:22:05.480><c> it's</c><00:22:05.920><c> all</c><00:22:06.559><c> Israel</c><00:22:07.140><c> that</c><00:22:07.460><c> is</c><00:22:07.660><c> gathered</c><00:22:08.019><c> to</c><00:22:08.319><c> this.</c>

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By<00:22:08.839><c> bringing</c><00:22:09.200><c> the</c><00:22:09.579><c> thousands</c><00:22:10.420><c> to</c><00:22:11.740><c> the</c><00:22:11.880><c> mountainside,</c>

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they<00:22:12.839><c> are</c><00:22:13.180><c> all</c><00:22:13.599><c> going</c><00:22:13.859><c> to</c><00:22:14.000><c> be</c><00:22:14.119><c> able</c><00:22:14.279><c> to</c><00:22:14.440><c> witness</c><00:22:14.920><c> firsthand</c><00:22:15.759><c> the</c><00:22:16.759><c> power</c><00:22:17.079><c> of</c><00:22:17.279><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:19.799><c> it</c><00:22:19.880><c> would</c><00:22:20.019><c> have</c><00:22:20.119><c> been</c><00:22:20.380><c> far</c><00:22:20.640><c> more</c><00:22:20.980><c> effective</c><00:22:21.319><c> for</c><00:22:21.579><c> everyone</c><00:22:21.880><c> to</c><00:22:22.319><c> see</c>

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the<00:22:22.819><c> events</c><00:22:23.059><c> of</c><00:22:23.279><c> Carmel</c><00:22:23.579><c> than</c><00:22:23.740><c> to</c><00:22:23.920><c> hear</c><00:22:24.160><c> of</c><00:22:24.279><c> them.</c>

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So<00:22:25.799><c> if</c><00:22:26.000><c> some</c><00:22:26.220><c> of</c><00:22:26.359><c> us</c><00:22:26.519><c> yesterday</c><00:22:27.019><c> had</c><00:22:27.319><c> seen</c><00:22:27.660><c> some</c><00:22:28.099><c> spectacular</c>

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display<00:22:29.799><c> in</c><00:22:30.140><c> the</c><00:22:30.400><c> sky</c><00:22:31.039><c> while</c><00:22:31.519><c> we</c><00:22:31.660><c> were</c><00:22:31.839><c> down</c><00:22:32.119><c> playing</c><00:22:32.440><c> soccer,</c>

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and<00:22:33.519><c> the</c><00:22:33.619><c> rest</c><00:22:33.880><c> of</c><00:22:33.960><c> us</c><00:22:34.160><c> up</c><00:22:34.359><c> here</c><00:22:34.619><c> who</c><00:22:34.779><c> were</c><00:22:35.039><c> playing</c><00:22:35.240><c> volleyball</c><00:22:35.779><c> or</c><00:22:35.960><c> whatever</c><00:22:36.380><c> inside</c>

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didn't<00:22:37.259><c> see</c><00:22:37.519><c> it,</c>

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then<00:22:38.859><c> the</c><00:22:38.980><c> ones</c><00:22:39.140><c> who</c><00:22:39.400><c> saw</c><00:22:39.599><c> the</c><00:22:39.819><c> event</c><00:22:39.980><c> would</c><00:22:40.160><c> come</c><00:22:40.380><c> in</c><00:22:40.579><c> and</c><00:22:40.720><c> say,</c><00:22:41.039><c> wow,</c><00:22:41.279><c> it</c>

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was<00:22:41.559><c> incredible.</c>

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And<00:22:42.920><c> the</c><00:22:43.000><c> ones</c><00:22:43.160><c> who</c><00:22:43.380><c> saw</c><00:22:43.500><c> it</c><00:22:43.619><c> would</c><00:22:43.799><c> find</c><00:22:43.940><c> it</c><00:22:44.200><c> breathtaking,</c>

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and<00:22:44.779><c> the</c><00:22:44.859><c> ones</c><00:22:45.000><c> who</c><00:22:45.180><c> heard</c><00:22:45.299><c> about</c><00:22:45.559><c> it</c><00:22:46.140><c> would</c><00:22:46.359><c> probably</c><00:22:46.680><c> think</c>

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they<00:22:47.019><c> were</c><00:22:47.200><c> embellishing</c><00:22:47.619><c> the</c><00:22:47.880><c> story.</c>

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Elijah<00:22:49.200><c> doesn't</c><00:22:49.420><c> want</c><00:22:49.619><c> any</c><00:22:49.880><c> embellishment,</c><00:22:50.339><c> he</c><00:22:50.480><c> wants</c>

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everyone<00:22:51.440><c> there.</c>

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Because<00:22:53.619><c> he</c><00:22:53.779><c> wants</c><00:22:54.099><c> everyone</c><00:22:54.579><c> there</c><00:22:55.059><c> as</c><00:22:55.380><c> participants.</c>

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And<00:22:57.220><c> you'll</c><00:22:57.579><c> see</c><00:22:57.779><c> that</c><00:22:58.200><c> in</c><00:22:58.380><c> how</c><00:22:58.579><c> he</c><00:22:58.920><c> approaches</c><00:22:59.400><c> and</c><00:22:59.759><c> appeals</c>

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to<00:23:00.220><c> the</c><00:23:00.380><c> people.</c>

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The<00:23:02.400><c> pressing</c><00:23:02.740><c> issue</c><00:23:03.039><c> we</c><00:23:03.240><c> know</c><00:23:03.539><c> was</c><00:23:03.880><c> who</c><00:23:04.220><c> is</c><00:23:04.539><c> God?</c>

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Is<00:23:05.640><c> it</c><00:23:05.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:06.359><c> or</c><00:23:06.700><c> Baal?</c>

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That<00:23:07.180><c> is</c><00:23:07.500><c> the</c><00:23:07.920><c> issue</c><00:23:08.440><c> of</c><00:23:08.720><c> the</c><00:23:08.839><c> day.</c>

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They're<00:23:09.259><c> halting</c><00:23:09.619><c> between</c><00:23:10.339><c> two</c><00:23:10.900><c> opinions.</c>

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The<00:23:12.500><c> people</c><00:23:12.680><c> couldn't</c><00:23:12.980><c> make</c><00:23:13.259><c> up</c><00:23:13.420><c> their</c><00:23:13.619><c> minds.</c>

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So<00:23:14.259><c> Elijah</c><00:23:14.539><c> will</c><00:23:14.900><c> challenge</c><00:23:15.400><c> each</c><00:23:16.000><c> and</c><00:23:16.299><c> every</c><00:23:16.759><c> Israelite</c><00:23:17.339><c> who</c>

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was<00:23:17.720><c> there</c><00:23:17.880><c> that</c><00:23:18.140><c> day.</c>

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Whom<00:23:20.079><c> are</c><00:23:20.359><c> you</c><00:23:20.599><c> going</c><00:23:20.940><c> to</c><00:23:21.200><c> worship?</c>

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The<00:23:23.019><c> actual</c><00:23:23.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:23.559><c> word</c><00:23:23.920><c> as</c><00:23:24.079><c> most</c><00:23:24.339><c> of</c><00:23:24.460><c> us</c><00:23:24.619><c> probably</c><00:23:25.059><c> know</c><00:23:25.339><c> for</c><00:23:25.640><c> opinions</c><00:23:26.119><c> is</c>

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to<00:23:26.640><c> have</c><00:23:26.819><c> a</c><00:23:27.200><c> divided</c><00:23:27.599><c> mind.</c>

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That's<00:23:28.420><c> what</c><00:23:28.519><c> it</c><00:23:28.779><c> literally</c><00:23:29.039><c> means.</c>

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Do<00:23:30.279><c> we</c><00:23:30.500><c> follow</c><00:23:30.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:31.339><c> or</c><00:23:31.559><c> do</c><00:23:31.660><c> we</c><00:23:31.859><c> follow</c><00:23:32.240><c> Baal?</c>

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If<00:23:33.759><c> you</c><00:23:33.900><c> listen</c><00:23:34.200><c> to</c><00:23:34.500><c> Brother</c><00:23:34.779><c> John</c><00:23:35.059><c> Martin's</c><00:23:35.539><c> talks</c><00:23:35.720><c> ever,</c><00:23:36.200><c> or</c>

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you've<00:23:36.680><c> read</c><00:23:36.779><c> his</c><00:23:36.960><c> books,</c>

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you'll<00:23:37.500><c> also</c><00:23:37.700><c> know</c><00:23:37.880><c> that</c><00:23:38.079><c> the</c><00:23:38.160><c> word</c><00:23:38.400><c> halt,</c><00:23:39.319><c> he</c><00:23:39.640><c> likens</c><00:23:39.960><c> to</c><00:23:40.140><c> the</c>

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bird,<00:23:40.599><c> and</c><00:23:40.700><c> rightfully</c><00:23:41.140><c> so.</c>

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It<00:23:41.960><c> hops</c><00:23:42.200><c> from</c><00:23:42.500><c> position</c><00:23:42.839><c> to</c><00:23:43.039><c> position</c><00:23:43.359><c> to</c><00:23:43.519><c> position</c><00:23:43.859><c> to</c><00:23:44.039><c> position.</c>

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And<00:23:45.359><c> that's</c><00:23:45.480><c> what</c><00:23:45.579><c> they</c><00:23:45.740><c> were</c><00:23:45.859><c> doing.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:47.240><c> they</c><00:23:47.380><c> were</c><00:23:47.539><c> worshiping</c><00:23:47.980><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:48.319><c> sometimes</c><00:23:48.720><c> they</c>

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were<00:23:49.079><c> worshiping</c><00:23:49.960><c> Baal.</c>

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In<00:23:51.640><c> the</c><00:23:51.859><c> end,</c><00:23:52.180><c> they</c><00:23:52.319><c> were</c><00:23:52.619><c> sitting</c><00:23:52.920><c> on</c><00:23:53.240><c> the</c><00:23:53.420><c> fence,</c><00:23:54.140><c> as</c><00:23:54.299><c> it</c><00:23:54.420><c> is</c>

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so<00:23:55.099><c> easy</c><00:23:55.400><c> to</c><00:23:55.660><c> do.</c>

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Sitting<00:23:57.099><c> on</c><00:23:57.359><c> the</c><00:23:57.619><c> fence</c><00:23:57.960><c> because</c><00:23:58.400><c> they</c><00:23:58.680><c> enjoyed</c><00:23:59.500><c> the</c><00:23:59.880><c> pleasures</c><00:24:00.200><c> of</c><00:24:00.559><c> sin,</c>

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but<00:24:01.460><c> at</c><00:24:01.539><c> the</c><00:24:01.819><c> same</c><00:24:02.180><c> time</c><00:24:02.579><c> didn't</c><00:24:02.839><c> want</c><00:24:03.099><c> to</c><00:24:03.240><c> give</c><00:24:03.400><c> up</c><00:24:03.660><c> on</c><00:24:03.819><c> the</c>

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opportunity<00:24:04.460><c> for</c><00:24:04.740><c> eternal</c><00:24:05.000><c> life.</c>

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Generally,<00:24:08.160><c> the</c><00:24:08.319><c> only</c><00:24:08.539><c> people</c><00:24:08.980><c> in</c><00:24:09.160><c> the</c><00:24:09.359><c> world</c><00:24:09.579><c> that</c><00:24:09.759><c> can</c><00:24:10.000><c> sit</c>

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on<00:24:10.299><c> the</c><00:24:10.460><c> fence</c><00:24:11.079><c> are</c><00:24:13.900><c> believers.</c>

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Because<00:24:18.299><c> everyone</c><00:24:18.599><c> else</c><00:24:19.059><c> is</c><00:24:19.420><c> outside</c><00:24:20.019><c> the</c><00:24:20.279><c> scope</c><00:24:20.559><c> of</c><00:24:20.839><c> salvation.</c>

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Only<00:24:24.440><c> believers</c><00:24:24.859><c> can</c><00:24:25.119><c> sit</c><00:24:25.220><c> on</c><00:24:25.380><c> the</c><00:24:25.519><c> fence</c><00:24:25.759><c> because</c><00:24:26.039><c> only</c><00:24:26.299><c> believers</c><00:24:26.660><c> have</c>

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the<00:24:27.000><c> opportunity</c><00:24:27.519><c> for</c><00:24:27.799><c> eternal</c><00:24:28.059><c> life</c><00:24:28.279><c> on</c><00:24:28.500><c> one</c><00:24:28.720><c> hand,</c>

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but<00:24:29.279><c> also</c><00:24:29.900><c> the</c><00:24:30.240><c> enticements</c><00:24:30.859><c> and</c><00:24:31.420><c> the</c><00:24:31.660><c> attractions</c><00:24:32.140><c> of</c><00:24:32.539><c> the</c>

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pleasures<00:24:33.079><c> of</c><00:24:33.380><c> sin.</c>

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Having<00:24:37.579><c> a</c><00:24:37.859><c> divided</c><00:24:38.140><c> mind</c><00:24:38.759><c> doesn't</c><00:24:39.119><c> mean</c><00:24:39.400><c> we</c><00:24:39.640><c> remove</c><00:24:40.319><c> God</c><00:24:40.660><c> from</c>

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our<00:24:41.160><c> life.</c>

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It<00:24:42.539><c> means</c><00:24:42.779><c> we</c><00:24:43.019><c> read</c><00:24:43.259><c> Romans</c><00:24:43.660><c> 8.</c>

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It<00:24:45.519><c> talks</c><00:24:45.799><c> about</c><00:24:46.299><c> walking</c><00:24:46.819><c> after</c><00:24:47.140><c> the</c><00:24:47.460><c> spirit</c><00:24:48.000><c> and</c><00:24:48.839><c> walking</c>

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after<00:24:49.420><c> the</c><00:24:49.700><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:24:50.759><c> saying,</c><00:24:51.859><c> I</c><00:24:51.859><c> can</c><00:24:52.039><c> do</c><00:24:52.200><c> both.</c>

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We<00:24:54.160><c> read</c><00:24:54.359><c> Romans</c><00:24:54.720><c> 6.</c>

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It<00:24:55.420><c> says</c><00:24:55.559><c> we</c><00:24:55.680><c> need</c><00:24:55.880><c> to</c><00:24:55.980><c> be</c><00:24:56.220><c> servants</c><00:24:56.500><c> of</c><00:24:56.799><c> righteousness</c><00:24:57.240><c> or</c><00:24:57.680><c> we</c>

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need<00:24:57.940><c> to</c><00:24:58.079><c> be</c><00:24:58.240><c> servants</c><00:24:58.519><c> of</c><00:24:58.819><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:01.180><c> we</c><00:25:01.400><c> say,</c><00:25:01.619><c> I</c><00:25:01.740><c> can</c><00:25:01.920><c> do</c><00:25:02.079><c> both.</c>

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That's<00:25:04.559><c> what</c><00:25:04.740><c> happens</c><00:25:05.059><c> when</c><00:25:05.200><c> we</c><00:25:05.380><c> sit</c><00:25:05.460><c> on</c><00:25:05.619><c> the</c><00:25:05.779><c> fence.</c>

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God<00:25:07.039><c> can't</c><00:25:07.539><c> save</c><00:25:07.759><c> us</c><00:25:08.420><c> when</c><00:25:08.660><c> we</c><00:25:08.859><c> sit</c><00:25:08.940><c> on</c><00:25:09.119><c> the</c><00:25:09.299><c> fence.</c>

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He<00:25:11.519><c> can't</c><00:25:12.079><c> righteously</c><00:25:12.640><c> forgive</c><00:25:13.099><c> and</c><00:25:13.420><c> save</c><00:25:13.700><c> a</c><00:25:13.940><c> person</c><00:25:14.259><c> who</c><00:25:14.500><c> is</c>

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not<00:25:15.339><c> given</c><00:25:15.660><c> their</c><00:25:15.960><c> whole</c><00:25:16.279><c> heart</c><00:25:16.680><c> and</c><00:25:17.000><c> mind</c><00:25:17.400><c> and</c><00:25:17.799><c> soul</c><00:25:18.059><c> and</c><00:25:18.480><c> strength</c><00:25:18.720><c> to</c><00:25:19.039><c> him.</c>

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Not<00:25:21.119><c> because</c><00:25:21.460><c> he</c><00:25:21.640><c> is</c><00:25:22.019><c> unfair,</c><00:25:22.680><c> not</c><00:25:22.819><c> because</c><00:25:23.099><c> he</c><00:25:23.240><c> is</c><00:25:23.420><c> unjust,</c>

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not<00:25:24.440><c> because</c><00:25:24.680><c> he's</c><00:25:25.279><c> not</c><00:25:25.579><c> merciful.</c>

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But<00:25:28.400><c> if</c><00:25:28.539><c> we</c><00:25:28.859><c> ask</c><00:25:29.079><c> him</c><00:25:29.279><c> to</c><00:25:29.660><c> save</c><00:25:29.859><c> us</c><00:25:30.299><c> when</c><00:25:30.519><c> half</c><00:25:30.759><c> the</c><00:25:30.980><c> time</c><00:25:31.119><c> we're</c>

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pursuing<00:25:31.740><c> sin</c><00:25:32.220><c> and</c><00:25:32.400><c> the</c><00:25:32.519><c> other</c><00:25:32.720><c> half</c><00:25:32.900><c> we're</c><00:25:33.059><c> being</c><00:25:33.279><c> obedient</c>

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to<00:25:33.819><c> him,</c>

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he<00:25:36.839><c> ought</c><00:25:36.980><c> to</c><00:25:37.180><c> save</c><00:25:37.359><c> the</c><00:25:37.480><c> whole</c><00:25:37.700><c> world.</c>

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That's<00:25:40.559><c> where</c><00:25:40.660><c> we</c><00:25:40.819><c> ask</c><00:25:40.960><c> him</c><00:25:41.079><c> to</c><00:25:41.259><c> go.</c>

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If<00:25:43.299><c> I</c><00:25:43.500><c> come</c><00:25:43.619><c> to</c><00:25:43.720><c> him</c><00:25:43.920><c> and</c><00:25:44.079><c> say,</c><00:25:44.400><c> I</c><00:25:44.400><c> want</c><00:25:44.539><c> to</c><00:25:44.619><c> be</c><00:25:45.180><c> able</c><00:25:45.400><c> to</c><00:25:45.440><c> sit</c><00:25:45.579><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:45.900><c> fence</c><00:25:46.059><c> and</c><00:25:46.359><c> still</c><00:25:46.519><c> expect</c><00:25:46.839><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:25:49.240><c> we</c><00:25:49.420><c> know</c><00:25:49.839><c> he</c><00:25:50.079><c> won't</c><00:25:50.279><c> do</c><00:25:50.519><c> that</c><00:25:50.740><c> because</c><00:25:50.960><c> that's</c><00:25:51.240><c> not</c><00:25:51.359><c> his</c><00:25:51.640><c> character.</c>

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That<00:25:54.299><c> is</c><00:25:54.519><c> not</c><00:25:54.720><c> righteousness.</c>

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There's<00:25:57.400><c> ample</c><00:25:57.660><c> warnings</c><00:25:58.160><c> in</c><00:25:58.400><c> Scripture</c><00:25:58.740><c> about</c><00:25:59.059><c> sitting</c><00:25:59.299><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:59.599><c> fence.</c>

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We<00:26:00.420><c> won't</c><00:26:00.559><c> go</c><00:26:00.779><c> through</c><00:26:00.960><c> them.</c>

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I<00:26:01.559><c> think</c><00:26:01.880><c> some</c><00:26:02.240><c> of</c><00:26:02.319><c> them</c><00:26:02.420><c> were</c><00:26:02.619><c> in</c><00:26:02.720><c> the</c><00:26:03.000><c> workbook</c><00:26:03.299><c> for</c><00:26:03.500><c> the</c><00:26:03.660><c> teens.</c>

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James<00:26:04.900><c> 1</c><00:26:05.119><c> verse</c><00:26:05.359><c> 8,</c><00:26:06.099><c> James</c><00:26:06.339><c> 4</c><00:26:06.619><c> verse</c><00:26:06.859><c> 8,</c><00:26:07.940><c> Matthew</c><00:26:08.200><c> 6,</c><00:26:08.539><c> 24,</c><00:26:09.920><c> and</c>

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Romans<00:26:10.319><c> 3,</c><00:26:10.799><c> 15</c><00:26:11.279><c> to</c><00:26:11.400><c> 16.</c>

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I<00:26:15.059><c> think</c><00:26:15.220><c> when</c><00:26:15.440><c> Elijah</c><00:26:15.839><c> says,</c><00:26:17.539><c> if</c><00:26:17.539><c> Baal</c><00:26:17.980><c> is</c><00:26:18.339><c> God,</c><00:26:18.680><c> then</c><00:26:18.839><c> follow</c><00:26:19.160><c> him.</c>

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I<00:26:19.779><c> don't</c><00:26:19.980><c> think</c><00:26:20.119><c> for</c><00:26:20.380><c> a</c><00:26:20.539><c> moment</c><00:26:21.079><c> he</c><00:26:22.220><c> thought</c><00:26:22.579><c> Baal</c><00:26:24.140><c> was</c><00:26:24.779><c> a</c><00:26:24.980><c> God</c>

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or<00:26:26.279><c> he</c><00:26:26.500><c> thought</c><00:26:26.779><c> the</c><00:26:29.660><c> Israelites</c><00:26:30.000><c> should</c><00:26:30.279><c> actually</c>

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pursue<00:26:34.039><c> their</c><00:26:34.480><c> worship</c><00:26:34.960><c> of</c><00:26:35.319><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:26:36.200><c> I</c><00:26:36.319><c> liken</c><00:26:36.480><c> it</c><00:26:36.660><c> to</c><00:26:36.819><c> a</c><00:26:36.920><c> situation</c><00:26:37.519><c> of</c><00:26:38.420><c> parents</c><00:26:38.759><c> who</c><00:26:38.980><c> have</c><00:26:39.140><c> a</c><00:26:39.319><c> teenager.</c>

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And<00:26:40.980><c> the</c><00:26:41.160><c> teenager</c><00:26:41.599><c> is</c><00:26:41.900><c> sitting</c><00:26:42.099><c> on</c><00:26:42.279><c> the</c><00:26:42.460><c> fence</c><00:26:42.920><c> and</c><00:26:44.259><c> they</c><00:26:44.420><c> can't</c><00:26:44.640><c> really</c><00:26:44.900><c> make</c><00:26:45.059><c> a</c>

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decision<00:26:45.660><c> to</c><00:26:45.920><c> follow</c><00:26:46.140><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:46.640><c> they</c><00:26:46.759><c> can't</c><00:26:46.940><c> really</c><00:26:47.160><c> make</c><00:26:47.299><c> a</c><00:26:47.480><c> decision</c><00:26:47.799><c> to</c><00:26:48.000><c> give</c><00:26:48.099><c> up</c><00:26:48.259><c> the</c><00:26:48.440><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:49.900><c> what</c><00:26:50.079><c> counsel</c><00:26:50.460><c> would</c><00:26:50.640><c> you</c><00:26:50.799><c> give</c><00:26:50.900><c> to</c><00:26:51.079><c> that</c><00:26:51.220><c> young</c><00:26:51.380><c> person?</c>

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And<00:26:52.940><c> I</c><00:26:53.099><c> can</c><00:26:53.339><c> see</c><00:26:53.460><c> in</c><00:26:53.619><c> the</c><00:26:53.779><c> end</c><00:26:53.940><c> where</c><00:26:54.200><c> it</c><00:26:54.420><c> might</c><00:26:54.660><c> be</c><00:26:55.279><c> spiritual</c>

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to<00:26:56.140><c> counsel</c><00:26:56.400><c> that</c><00:26:56.720><c> person,</c><00:26:57.359><c> go</c><00:26:57.480><c> one</c><00:26:57.779><c> way</c><00:26:58.039><c> or</c><00:26:58.240><c> the</c><00:26:58.400><c> other.</c>

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Because<00:26:59.839><c> if</c><00:27:00.119><c> you</c><00:27:00.400><c> stay</c><00:27:00.619><c> on</c><00:27:00.900><c> the</c><00:27:01.140><c> fence</c><00:27:01.420><c> the</c><00:27:01.619><c> rest</c><00:27:01.880><c> of</c><00:27:02.079><c> your</c>

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life,<00:27:03.819><c> you're</c><00:27:04.180><c> doomed.</c>

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I<00:27:05.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:05.339><c> use</c><00:27:05.519><c> those</c><00:27:05.779><c> words,</c><00:27:06.220><c> but</c><00:27:06.359><c> that's</c><00:27:06.940><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> case.</c>

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And<00:27:09.059><c> you</c><00:27:09.140><c> may</c><00:27:09.339><c> say,</c><00:27:09.559><c> well,</c><00:27:09.740><c> if</c><00:27:10.019><c> you</c><00:27:10.220><c> think</c><00:27:10.380><c> the</c><00:27:10.579><c> world</c><00:27:10.839><c> is</c><00:27:11.039><c> where</c><00:27:11.119><c> it's</c>

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at,<00:27:11.640><c> then</c><00:27:11.700><c> go</c><00:27:11.960><c> try</c><00:27:12.140><c> out</c><00:27:12.299><c> the</c><00:27:12.480><c> world.</c>

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You<00:27:13.000><c> don't</c><00:27:13.240><c> mean</c><00:27:13.579><c> that's</c><00:27:13.799><c> what</c><00:27:13.900><c> they</c><00:27:14.119><c> should</c><00:27:14.259><c> do.</c>

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But<00:27:16.460><c> to</c><00:27:16.740><c> stay</c><00:27:16.920><c> on</c><00:27:17.200><c> the</c><00:27:17.460><c> fence</c><00:27:17.759><c> is</c><00:27:18.279><c> death.</c>

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And<00:27:21.220><c> that's</c><00:27:21.440><c> why</c><00:27:21.740><c> Elijah</c><00:27:22.180><c> is</c><00:27:22.480><c> challenging</c><00:27:22.980><c> the</c><00:27:23.599><c> nation</c><00:27:24.059><c> to</c>

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get<00:27:24.859><c> off</c><00:27:25.099><c> the</c><00:27:25.319><c> fence.</c>

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Sorry.

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This<00:27:28.440><c> is</c><00:27:28.660><c> a</c><00:27:28.799><c> slide</c><00:27:29.000><c> we</c><00:27:29.220><c> covered</c><00:27:29.440><c> with</c><00:27:29.640><c> the</c><00:27:29.759><c> young</c><00:27:29.940><c> people.</c>

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If<00:27:31.299><c> you</c><00:27:31.519><c> find</c><00:27:31.779><c> that</c><00:27:31.940><c> you're</c><00:27:32.099><c> on</c><00:27:32.440><c> the</c><00:27:32.640><c> fence,</c><00:27:32.980><c> how</c><00:27:33.119><c> do</c><00:27:33.259><c> you</c><00:27:33.299><c> get</c>

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off<00:27:33.680><c> the</c><00:27:33.859><c> fence?</c>

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Number<00:27:35.400><c> one,</c><00:27:35.640><c> make</c><00:27:36.000><c> a</c><00:27:36.339><c> public</c><00:27:36.640><c> commitment</c><00:27:37.119><c> to</c><00:27:37.420><c> serve</c><00:27:37.660><c> God</c><00:27:37.940><c> alone.</c>

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You're<00:27:39.859><c> still</c><00:27:40.059><c> on</c><00:27:40.259><c> the</c><00:27:40.420><c> fence</c><00:27:40.559><c> at</c><00:27:40.759><c> that</c><00:27:40.980><c> point,</c><00:27:41.200><c> but</c><00:27:41.299><c> it</c><00:27:41.519><c> begins</c><00:27:41.740><c> with</c>

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making<00:27:42.559><c> a</c><00:27:42.980><c> commitment.</c>

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Secondly,<00:27:45.460><c> get</c><00:27:45.640><c> rid</c><00:27:45.819><c> of</c><00:27:45.980><c> the</c><00:27:46.180><c> idols.</c>

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Take<00:27:47.680><c> those</c><00:27:48.099><c> influences.</c>

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:50.599
And<00:27:49.000><c> remember,</c><00:27:49.180><c> we</c><00:27:49.299><c> looked</c><00:27:49.460><c> at</c><00:27:49.579><c> the</c><00:27:49.799><c> class</c><00:27:50.000><c> on</c><00:27:50.240><c> Monday.</c>

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:54.420
We<00:27:51.200><c> don't</c><00:27:51.660><c> have</c><00:27:51.900><c> Baal</c><00:27:52.279><c> and</c><00:27:52.420><c> Asherah</c><00:27:52.779><c> today,</c><00:27:53.160><c> but</c><00:27:53.259><c> we</c><00:27:53.400><c> do</c><00:27:53.839><c> have</c>

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:57.299
influences<00:27:55.119><c> in</c><00:27:56.099><c> the</c><00:27:56.319><c> world</c><00:27:56.599><c> today</c>

00:27:57.299 --> 00:28:04.099
that<00:27:57.700><c> if</c><00:27:57.880><c> I</c><00:27:58.099><c> allow</c><00:27:58.420><c> them</c><00:27:58.640><c> into</c><00:27:58.900><c> my</c><00:27:59.220><c> life,</c><00:27:59.700><c> I</c><00:27:59.759><c> can</c><00:28:00.119><c> guarantee</c><00:28:00.640><c> they</c><00:28:00.880><c> will</c><00:28:01.339><c> incite</c><00:28:01.819><c> my</c><00:28:02.160><c> lusts.</c>

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.500
And<00:28:04.460><c> they</c><00:28:04.559><c> will</c><00:28:04.920><c> cause</c><00:28:05.220><c> me</c><00:28:05.500><c> to</c><00:28:05.680><c> act</c><00:28:05.900><c> in</c><00:28:06.079><c> a</c><00:28:06.160><c> way</c><00:28:06.299><c> that</c><00:28:06.480><c> is</c><00:28:06.960><c> wholly</c><00:28:07.259><c> ungodly.</c>

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:12.539
And<00:28:09.480><c> the</c><00:28:09.660><c> idols</c><00:28:09.819><c> for</c><00:28:10.019><c> myself</c><00:28:10.619><c> may</c><00:28:11.099><c> be</c><00:28:11.319><c> different</c><00:28:11.539><c> from</c><00:28:11.779><c> the</c><00:28:12.039><c> idols</c><00:28:12.319><c> in</c>

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.700
your<00:28:12.799><c> life.</c>

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:17.799
But<00:28:14.359><c> we</c><00:28:14.519><c> have</c><00:28:14.720><c> got</c><00:28:14.859><c> to</c><00:28:15.079><c> get</c><00:28:15.319><c> rid</c><00:28:15.680><c> of</c><00:28:16.019><c> those</c><00:28:16.500><c> influences</c><00:28:17.119><c> if</c><00:28:17.400><c> we're</c><00:28:17.559><c> going</c><00:28:17.720><c> to</c>

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.660
get<00:28:17.900><c> off</c><00:28:18.119><c> the</c><00:28:18.299><c> fence.</c>

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:23.220
We<00:28:19.359><c> need</c><00:28:19.819><c> to</c><00:28:19.880><c> make</c><00:28:20.200><c> holiness</c><00:28:20.759><c> our</c><00:28:21.200><c> standard</c><00:28:21.720><c> of</c><00:28:22.059><c> conduct.</c>

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:28.019
Not<00:28:23.740><c> that</c><00:28:23.900><c> we</c><00:28:24.059><c> will</c><00:28:24.279><c> be</c><00:28:24.559><c> sinless,</c><00:28:25.019><c> but</c><00:28:25.180><c> that</c><00:28:25.400><c> each</c><00:28:25.680><c> time</c><00:28:25.980><c> we</c><00:28:26.140><c> let</c><00:28:26.380><c> God</c><00:28:26.680><c> down,</c><00:28:27.039><c> each</c><00:28:27.279><c> time</c><00:28:27.539><c> we</c><00:28:27.819><c> fail,</c>

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:30.299
we<00:28:28.279><c> realize,</c><00:28:29.039><c> I've</c><00:28:29.200><c> sinned.</c>

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.440
I'm<00:28:31.019><c> not</c><00:28:31.200><c> going</c><00:28:31.319><c> to</c><00:28:31.440><c> make</c><00:28:31.680><c> provision</c><00:28:32.059><c> for</c><00:28:32.299><c> that.</c>

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.279
I'm<00:28:32.599><c> not</c><00:28:32.799><c> just</c><00:28:32.960><c> going</c><00:28:33.099><c> to</c><00:28:33.180><c> tell</c><00:28:33.339><c> God,</c><00:28:33.599><c> well,</c><00:28:33.740><c> that's</c><00:28:33.900><c> who</c><00:28:34.119><c> I</c><00:28:34.359><c> am.</c>

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:39.440
With<00:28:35.940><c> holiness</c><00:28:36.380><c> as</c><00:28:36.720><c> my</c><00:28:36.960><c> standard</c><00:28:37.299><c> of</c><00:28:37.599><c> conduct,</c><00:28:38.240><c> every</c><00:28:38.500><c> time</c><00:28:38.740><c> I</c><00:28:39.160><c> fail,</c>

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:42.960
I'm<00:28:39.880><c> taking</c><00:28:40.240><c> responsibility</c><00:28:41.279><c> and</c><00:28:41.880><c> accountability</c><00:28:42.420><c> for</c><00:28:42.720><c> that</c>

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:46.380
failure<00:28:43.420><c> and</c><00:28:44.319><c> asking</c><00:28:44.619><c> God</c><00:28:44.900><c> for</c><00:28:45.160><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Fourthly,<00:28:48.380><c> to</c><00:28:48.440><c> find</c><00:28:48.640><c> friends</c><00:28:49.000><c> who</c><00:28:49.160><c> don't</c><00:28:49.359><c> sit</c><00:28:49.539><c> on</c><00:28:49.720><c> the</c><00:28:49.880><c> fence,</c>

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.559
who<00:28:50.200><c> have</c><00:28:50.400><c> put</c><00:28:50.539><c> God</c><00:28:50.759><c> first</c><00:28:51.099><c> in</c><00:28:51.220><c> their</c><00:28:51.380><c> life.</c>

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:54.119
Fence<00:28:52.119><c> sitters</c><00:28:52.559><c> love</c><00:28:53.160><c> fence</c><00:28:53.559><c> sitters.</c>

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It's<00:28:54.539><c> great</c><00:28:54.720><c> company.</c>

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Because<00:28:56.339><c> this</c><00:28:56.539><c> week</c><00:28:56.660><c> we're</c><00:28:56.839><c> going</c><00:28:56.900><c> to</c><00:28:56.940><c> go</c><00:28:57.059><c> to</c><00:28:57.119><c> a</c><00:28:57.119><c> Bible</c><00:28:57.460><c> study,</c>

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:01.339
and<00:28:58.900><c> next</c><00:28:59.119><c> week</c><00:28:59.299><c> we're</c><00:28:59.420><c> going</c><00:28:59.559><c> to</c><00:28:59.579><c> go</c><00:28:59.740><c> to</c><00:28:59.839><c> a</c><00:28:59.980><c> concert,</c><00:29:00.480><c> or</c><00:29:00.559><c> we're</c><00:29:00.700><c> going</c><00:29:00.720><c> to</c><00:29:00.720><c> go</c><00:29:00.859><c> to</c><00:29:00.940><c> a</c><00:29:01.039><c> movie,</c>

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.680
or<00:29:01.519><c> whatever</c><00:29:01.680><c> it</c><00:29:01.920><c> is</c><00:29:02.059><c> we're</c><00:29:02.220><c> going</c><00:29:02.299><c> to</c><00:29:02.420><c> do.</c>

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:06.259
And<00:29:03.259><c> we</c><00:29:03.299><c> can</c><00:29:03.460><c> all</c><00:29:03.599><c> do</c><00:29:03.720><c> it</c><00:29:03.900><c> together.</c><00:29:04.500><c> We</c><00:29:04.619><c> can</c><00:29:04.759><c> hop</c><00:29:05.059><c> together.</c>

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:12.059
Find<00:29:10.140><c> friends,</c><00:29:10.519><c> we</c><00:29:10.720><c> encourage</c><00:29:11.039><c> them,</c><00:29:11.299><c> that</c><00:29:11.440><c> have</c><00:29:11.579><c> gotten</c><00:29:11.779><c> off</c>

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.200
the<00:29:12.259><c> fence.</c>

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:17.240
And<00:29:15.039><c> fifthly,</c><00:29:15.559><c> to</c><00:29:15.599><c> pray</c><00:29:15.799><c> daily</c><00:29:16.059><c> for</c><00:29:16.220><c> God's</c><00:29:16.519><c> help</c><00:29:16.720><c> to</c><00:29:16.920><c> sustain</c>

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.420
our<00:29:17.460><c> commitment.</c>

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:25.099
The<00:29:21.059><c> contest</c><00:29:21.660><c> between</c><00:29:22.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:22.480><c> and</c><00:29:22.680><c> Baal,</c><00:29:24.200><c> as</c><00:29:24.400><c> we</c><00:29:24.619><c> say,</c><00:29:24.960><c> will</c>

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purposely<00:29:26.000><c> pit</c><00:29:26.880><c> God</c><00:29:27.839><c> against</c><00:29:28.339><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:29:29.099><c> they</c><00:29:29.380><c> are</c><00:29:29.660><c> purposely</c><00:29:30.059><c> juxtaposed,</c><00:29:30.960><c> one</c><00:29:31.140><c> against</c><00:29:31.440><c> the</c><00:29:31.660><c> other.</c>

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:35.000
It's<00:29:32.380><c> like</c><00:29:32.539><c> a</c><00:29:32.700><c> symbolic</c><00:29:33.319><c> tug</c><00:29:33.680><c> of</c><00:29:34.119><c> war.</c>

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Elijah<00:29:35.299><c> says</c><00:29:35.519><c> we're</c><00:29:35.660><c> going</c><00:29:35.740><c> to</c><00:29:35.799><c> have</c><00:29:36.039><c> Baal</c><00:29:36.440><c> over</c><00:29:36.720><c> here,</c><00:29:37.039><c> and</c>

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.500
we're<00:29:37.200><c> going</c><00:29:37.319><c> to</c><00:29:37.359><c> have</c><00:29:37.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:37.920><c> over</c><00:29:38.220><c> here,</c>

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:40.900
and<00:29:38.599><c> we're</c><00:29:38.759><c> going</c><00:29:38.859><c> to</c><00:29:39.039><c> see</c><00:29:39.220><c> who</c><00:29:39.480><c> the</c><00:29:39.660><c> winner</c><00:29:39.839><c> is.</c>

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Remember,<00:29:41.519><c> it</c><00:29:41.539><c> isn't</c><00:29:41.839><c> just</c><00:29:42.240><c> about</c><00:29:42.440><c> a</c><00:29:42.599><c> miracle.</c>

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:45.920
It<00:29:43.240><c> isn't</c><00:29:43.420><c> just</c><00:29:43.680><c> about</c><00:29:43.880><c> bringing</c><00:29:44.220><c> fire</c><00:29:44.500><c> out</c><00:29:44.700><c> of</c><00:29:44.799><c> the</c><00:29:44.980><c> sky.</c>

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:49.279
The<00:29:46.799><c> question</c><00:29:47.099><c> to</c><00:29:47.279><c> be</c><00:29:47.460><c> answered</c><00:29:47.680><c> that</c><00:29:47.940><c> day</c><00:29:48.220><c> is,</c><00:29:48.539><c> whom</c><00:29:48.940><c> will</c>

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you<00:29:49.599><c> serve?</c>

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And<00:29:52.220><c> recognize</c><00:29:52.720><c> that</c><00:29:53.940><c> Elijah,</c><00:29:54.640><c> before</c><00:29:55.039><c> the</c><00:29:55.319><c> contest</c><00:29:55.779><c> starts,</c>

00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:00.140
lays<00:29:56.880><c> out</c><00:29:57.599><c> the</c><00:29:58.079><c> conditions</c><00:29:58.579><c> of</c><00:29:58.880><c> the</c><00:29:59.059><c> contest.</c>

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Did<00:30:00.319><c> you</c><00:30:00.460><c> notice</c><00:30:00.700><c> that</c><00:30:00.940><c> in</c><00:30:01.259><c> the</c><00:30:01.440><c> readings</c><00:30:01.680><c> with</c><00:30:01.859><c> the</c><00:30:01.980><c> young</c><00:30:02.140><c> people?</c>

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:06.759
The<00:30:03.200><c> terms</c><00:30:03.559><c> of</c><00:30:03.799><c> the</c><00:30:03.980><c> contest,</c><00:30:04.720><c> he</c><00:30:04.900><c> lays</c><00:30:05.079><c> it</c><00:30:05.279><c> out</c><00:30:05.539><c> beforehand.</c>

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And<00:30:07.200><c> he</c><00:30:07.299><c> says</c><00:30:07.460><c> now,</c><00:30:07.759><c> is</c><00:30:07.940><c> this</c><00:30:08.180><c> okay?</c><00:30:08.619><c> This</c><00:30:08.779><c> is</c><00:30:08.900><c> what</c><00:30:08.960><c> we're</c><00:30:09.079><c> going</c><00:30:09.160><c> to</c><00:30:09.279><c> do?</c>

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:12.480
We're<00:30:09.500><c> going</c><00:30:09.640><c> to</c><00:30:09.700><c> have</c><00:30:10.000><c> two</c><00:30:10.299><c> bullocks,</c><00:30:11.759><c> and</c><00:30:11.859><c> the</c><00:30:12.019><c> prophets</c><00:30:12.240><c> of</c>

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Baal<00:30:12.539><c> will</c><00:30:12.720><c> do</c><00:30:12.819><c> their</c><00:30:13.140><c> thing,</c>

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and<00:30:13.500><c> then</c><00:30:13.619><c> I'll</c><00:30:13.759><c> do</c><00:30:13.920><c> my</c><00:30:14.299><c> thing,</c><00:30:14.880><c> and</c><00:30:15.099><c> then</c><00:30:15.240><c> the</c><00:30:15.359><c> God</c><00:30:15.500><c> who</c><00:30:15.640><c> answers</c><00:30:15.900><c> by</c><00:30:16.220><c> fire,</c><00:30:16.819><c> he</c>

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will<00:30:17.240><c> be</c><00:30:17.440><c> God.</c>

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Is<00:30:17.980><c> everybody</c><00:30:18.279><c> okay</c><00:30:18.579><c> with</c><00:30:18.759><c> that?</c><00:30:18.960><c> And</c><00:30:19.099><c> all</c><00:30:19.200><c> the</c><00:30:19.299><c> people</c><00:30:19.440><c> said,</c>

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yep,<00:30:20.579><c> that's</c><00:30:20.859><c> fine.</c>

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They<00:30:22.640><c> didn't</c><00:30:22.960><c> answer</c><00:30:23.200><c> him</c><00:30:23.380><c> a</c><00:30:23.500><c> word</c><00:30:24.119><c> when</c><00:30:24.960><c> he</c><00:30:25.259><c> said,</c><00:30:26.140><c> stop</c><00:30:26.819><c> halting</c><00:30:27.599><c> between</c><00:30:28.019><c> two</c><00:30:28.299><c> opinions.</c>

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.539
But<00:30:29.400><c> when</c><00:30:29.559><c> he</c><00:30:29.759><c> laid</c><00:30:29.839><c> out</c><00:30:30.059><c> the</c><00:30:30.259><c> terms</c><00:30:30.400><c> of</c><00:30:30.579><c> the</c><00:30:30.700><c> contest,</c><00:30:31.319><c> they</c>

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were<00:30:31.960><c> in</c><00:30:32.559><c> full</c><00:30:32.720><c> agreement.</c>

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Notice,<00:30:34.920><c> and</c><00:30:35.059><c> it's</c><00:30:35.220><c> worth</c><00:30:35.440><c> marking</c><00:30:35.799><c> in</c><00:30:36.240><c> your</c><00:30:36.400><c> margin,</c><00:30:36.900><c> notice</c>

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who<00:30:37.359><c> he</c><00:30:37.579><c> talks</c><00:30:38.059><c> to</c><00:30:38.559><c> in</c><00:30:38.940><c> verse</c><00:30:39.220><c> 22.</c>

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Tens<00:30:43.740><c> of</c><00:30:44.220><c> thousands</c><00:30:44.819><c> of</c><00:30:45.299><c> Israelites</c><00:30:45.640><c> are</c><00:30:45.980><c> gathered</c><00:30:46.259><c> to</c><00:30:46.519><c> Kerma.</c>

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The<00:30:47.619><c> invitation</c><00:30:48.099><c> was</c><00:30:48.339><c> sent</c><00:30:48.519><c> out</c><00:30:48.700><c> to</c><00:30:49.019><c> everyone.</c>

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:54.339
He's<00:30:50.880><c> talking</c><00:30:51.380><c> to</c><00:30:51.720><c> the</c><00:30:51.940><c> masses</c><00:30:52.480><c> in</c><00:30:52.900><c> verse</c><00:30:53.180><c> 22.</c>

00:30:56.940 --> 00:31:01.839
Then<00:30:57.680><c> said</c><00:30:57.980><c> Elijah</c><00:30:58.339><c> unto</c><00:30:58.599><c> the</c><00:30:58.740><c> people,</c><00:30:59.579><c> I,</c><00:30:59.799><c> even</c><00:31:00.220><c> I</c><00:31:00.740><c> only,</c><00:31:01.259><c> remain</c><00:31:01.559><c> a</c>

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.960
prophet<00:31:02.160><c> of</c><00:31:02.500><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:06.559
but<00:31:03.299><c> Baal's</c><00:31:03.859><c> prophets</c><00:31:04.079><c> are</c><00:31:04.539><c> 450</c><00:31:05.480><c> men.</c>

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.650
Who<00:31:07.240><c> is</c><00:31:07.480><c> he</c><00:31:07.660><c> talking</c><00:31:08.019><c> to</c><00:31:08.319><c> in</c><00:31:08.519><c> verse</c><00:31:08.779><c> 23?</c>

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:16.039
He's<00:31:12.279><c> still</c><00:31:12.599><c> talking</c><00:31:13.019><c> to</c><00:31:13.220><c> the</c><00:31:13.400><c> people,</c><00:31:14.759><c> because</c><00:31:15.140><c> the</c><00:31:15.619><c> them</c>

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:19.039
are<00:31:17.059><c> the</c><00:31:17.299><c> 450</c><00:31:17.980><c> prophets.</c>

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:23.640
Let<00:31:20.220><c> them</c><00:31:20.660><c> give</c><00:31:20.940><c> us</c><00:31:21.180><c> two</c><00:31:21.440><c> bullocks</c><00:31:21.779><c> and</c><00:31:22.160><c> let</c><00:31:22.460><c> them</c><00:31:23.119><c> choose</c><00:31:23.380><c> one</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.380
bullock<00:31:23.799><c> for</c><00:31:23.940><c> themselves</c>

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.640
and<00:31:24.599><c> cut</c><00:31:24.700><c> it</c><00:31:24.839><c> in</c><00:31:25.019><c> pieces</c><00:31:25.299><c> and</c><00:31:25.480><c> lay</c><00:31:25.599><c> it</c><00:31:25.720><c> on</c><00:31:25.900><c> wood</c><00:31:26.059><c> and</c><00:31:26.319><c> put</c><00:31:26.420><c> no</c>

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.500
fire<00:31:26.859><c> under</c><00:31:27.079><c> it,</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.460
and<00:31:27.799><c> I</c><00:31:27.960><c> will</c><00:31:28.039><c> dress</c><00:31:28.200><c> the</c><00:31:28.400><c> other</c><00:31:28.599><c> bullock</c><00:31:28.819><c> and</c><00:31:28.940><c> lay</c><00:31:29.039><c> it</c><00:31:29.160><c> on</c><00:31:29.319><c> wood</c>

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.759
and<00:31:29.599><c> put</c><00:31:29.740><c> no</c><00:31:29.920><c> fire</c><00:31:30.140><c> under</c><00:31:30.319><c> it.</c>

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:33.960
Who<00:31:31.619><c> is</c><00:31:31.799><c> he</c><00:31:31.940><c> talking</c><00:31:32.240><c> to</c><00:31:32.480><c> in</c><00:31:32.640><c> verse</c><00:31:32.859><c> 24?</c>

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:38.359
He's<00:31:35.559><c> still</c><00:31:36.000><c> talking</c><00:31:36.680><c> to</c><00:31:37.039><c> the</c><00:31:37.220><c> people.</c>

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:42.980
And<00:31:39.019><c> when</c><00:31:39.119><c> we</c><00:31:39.279><c> get</c><00:31:39.359><c> to</c><00:31:39.519><c> that</c><00:31:39.740><c> point,</c><00:31:40.420><c> you</c><00:31:40.759><c> thousands</c><00:31:41.700><c> call</c><00:31:42.680><c> on</c>

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.299
your<00:31:43.220><c> gods.</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:50.440
You<00:31:46.799><c> see,</c><00:31:47.640><c> he</c><00:31:47.640><c> wants</c><00:31:48.059><c> the</c><00:31:48.339><c> people</c><00:31:48.619><c> there</c><00:31:48.980><c> not</c><00:31:49.220><c> just</c><00:31:49.519><c> to</c><00:31:49.640><c> be</c><00:31:49.819><c> spectators,</c>

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:52.410
he<00:31:50.660><c> wants</c><00:31:50.940><c> them</c><00:31:51.140><c> to</c><00:31:51.259><c> be</c><00:31:51.579><c> participants,</c>

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:57.579
because<00:31:54.019><c> he</c><00:31:54.259><c> wants</c><00:31:54.519><c> them</c><00:31:54.839><c> involved</c><00:31:55.519><c> in</c><00:31:55.960><c> crying</c><00:31:56.400><c> to</c><00:31:56.759><c> Baal.</c>

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.160
Take<00:31:58.859><c> your</c><00:31:59.099><c> religion.</c>

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:02.039
Call<00:32:00.720><c> your</c><00:32:00.940><c> gods.</c>

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:07.599
Because<00:32:03.480><c> he</c><00:32:03.680><c> wants</c><00:32:04.019><c> the</c><00:32:04.279><c> people</c><00:32:04.759><c> to</c><00:32:05.059><c> be</c><00:32:05.539><c> participating</c><00:32:06.200><c> when</c>

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:09.619
Baal<00:32:08.420><c> fails,</c>

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:14.180
so<00:32:10.480><c> that</c><00:32:10.680><c> they</c><00:32:10.980><c> will</c><00:32:11.319><c> see</c><00:32:11.599><c> by</c><00:32:12.019><c> firsthand</c><00:32:12.500><c> experience</c><00:32:13.680><c> Baal</c>

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:16.119
has<00:32:14.579><c> let</c><00:32:14.799><c> them</c><00:32:15.059><c> down.</c>

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.119
So<00:32:16.779><c> this</c><00:32:16.940><c> isn't</c><00:32:17.200><c> just</c><00:32:17.460><c> some</c><00:32:17.819><c> contest</c><00:32:18.180><c> they're</c><00:32:18.480><c> watching</c><00:32:18.839><c> from</c>

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.680
a<00:32:19.240><c> distance.</c>

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:21.319
Who's<00:32:20.119><c> going</c><00:32:20.319><c> to</c><00:32:20.539><c> win?</c>

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:26.180
He<00:32:21.640><c> wants</c><00:32:21.960><c> them</c><00:32:22.359><c> personally</c><00:32:23.039><c> involved</c><00:32:23.900><c> in</c><00:32:24.940><c> these</c><00:32:25.160><c> events.</c>

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:31.940
The<00:32:28.779><c> prophets</c><00:32:29.039><c> of</c><00:32:29.279><c> Baal</c><00:32:29.460><c> are</c><00:32:29.700><c> given</c><00:32:30.059><c> every</c><00:32:30.720><c> advantage.</c>

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.980
They<00:32:32.279><c> get</c><00:32:32.460><c> to</c><00:32:32.640><c> go</c><00:32:32.859><c> first.</c>

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:36.299
They're<00:32:34.740><c> going</c><00:32:34.839><c> to</c><00:32:35.079><c> call</c><00:32:35.220><c> on</c><00:32:35.500><c> all</c><00:32:35.740><c> their</c><00:32:35.920><c> gods.</c>

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.599
See,<00:32:36.519><c> it</c><00:32:36.599><c> isn't</c><00:32:36.700><c> just</c><00:32:37.099><c> Baal.</c>

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:40.900
There's<00:32:38.000><c> going</c><00:32:38.160><c> to</c><00:32:38.240><c> be</c><00:32:38.420><c> Baal</c><00:32:38.740><c> and</c><00:32:38.920><c> Asherah</c><00:32:39.319><c> and</c><00:32:39.559><c> all</c><00:32:39.859><c> the</c><00:32:40.079><c> other</c><00:32:40.299><c> myriad</c><00:32:40.619><c> of</c>

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.400
false<00:32:41.099><c> gods</c>

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.740
that<00:32:41.539><c> were</c><00:32:41.740><c> involved</c><00:32:42.059><c> in</c><00:32:42.180><c> this</c><00:32:42.420><c> religion.</c>

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:44.819
Bring<00:32:43.019><c> them</c><00:32:43.259><c> all.</c><00:32:43.880><c> Call</c><00:32:44.099><c> them</c><00:32:44.319><c> all</c><00:32:44.660><c> on.</c>

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:47.059
It's<00:32:45.180><c> focused</c><00:32:45.680><c> in</c><00:32:46.000><c> Baal.</c>

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:51.440
But<00:32:47.799><c> Elijah</c><00:32:48.140><c> wants</c><00:32:48.420><c> to</c><00:32:48.680><c> take</c><00:32:48.859><c> this</c><00:32:49.160><c> entire</c><00:32:50.059><c> religious</c><00:32:50.799><c> system</c>

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.440
and<00:32:52.720><c> put</c><00:32:52.980><c> it</c><00:32:53.160><c> on</c><00:32:53.480><c> trial.</c>

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.259
And<00:32:56.019><c> when</c><00:32:56.140><c> it</c><00:32:56.400><c> fails</c><00:32:56.660><c> in</c><00:32:56.839><c> the</c><00:32:57.019><c> morning,</c>

00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:02.900
he<00:32:57.480><c> wants</c><00:32:57.799><c> to</c><00:32:58.259><c> accentuate</c><00:32:59.519><c> this</c><00:33:00.079><c> religious</c><00:33:00.599><c> system</c><00:33:01.220><c> in</c><00:33:01.759><c> the</c><00:33:01.980><c> afternoon.</c>

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:10.039
As<00:33:06.880><c> we</c><00:33:07.119><c> mentioned</c><00:33:07.359><c> before,</c><00:33:08.140><c> Baal</c><00:33:08.299><c> was</c><00:33:08.660><c> viewed</c><00:33:08.960><c> as</c><00:33:09.299><c> the</c><00:33:09.539><c> sun</c><00:33:09.799><c> god.</c>

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:14.359
He's<00:33:10.339><c> given</c><00:33:10.599><c> all</c><00:33:11.000><c> day,</c><00:33:11.220><c> as</c><00:33:11.420><c> we</c><00:33:11.599><c> know,</c><00:33:12.859><c> all</c><00:33:13.220><c> day</c><00:33:13.559><c> for</c><00:33:13.759><c> that</c><00:33:14.079><c> sun</c>

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.559
to<00:33:14.599><c> pass</c><00:33:14.839><c> through</c><00:33:15.039><c> the</c><00:33:15.259><c> sky.</c>

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:17.220
Not<00:33:15.940><c> a</c><00:33:16.240><c> cloud</c><00:33:16.519><c> in</c><00:33:16.740><c> the</c><00:33:16.980><c> sky.</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.720
We<00:33:17.660><c> know</c><00:33:17.960><c> that</c><00:33:18.480><c> because</c><00:33:18.900><c> there's</c><00:33:19.180><c> been</c><00:33:19.440><c> no</c><00:33:19.720><c> rain.</c>

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.400
And<00:33:21.059><c> the</c><00:33:21.299><c> first</c><00:33:21.559><c> cloud</c><00:33:21.799><c> to</c><00:33:22.019><c> appear</c><00:33:22.240><c> that</c><00:33:22.559><c> day</c><00:33:22.779><c> won't</c><00:33:23.039><c> happen</c>

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.599
until<00:33:23.980><c> Elijah</c><00:33:24.500><c> prays</c><00:33:25.940><c> to</c><00:33:26.240><c> Yahweh</c>

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.839
on<00:33:26.839><c> behalf</c><00:33:27.180><c> of</c><00:33:27.359><c> the</c><00:33:27.500><c> nation.</c>

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:32.339
It<00:33:28.799><c> hasn't</c><00:33:29.200><c> rained</c><00:33:29.559><c> for</c><00:33:29.819><c> three</c><00:33:30.140><c> and</c><00:33:30.359><c> a</c><00:33:30.400><c> half</c><00:33:30.680><c> years.</c>

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:36.220
Everything<00:33:34.220><c> is</c><00:33:34.740><c> tinder</c><00:33:35.220><c> dry.</c>

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:43.200
All<00:33:37.420><c> Baal</c><00:33:37.940><c> needs</c><00:33:38.380><c> to</c><00:33:38.700><c> produce</c><00:33:39.299><c> is</c><00:33:40.539><c> the</c><00:33:41.019><c> tiniest</c><00:33:41.759><c> of</c><00:33:42.140><c> sparks.</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:46.539
And<00:33:43.799><c> he's</c><00:33:44.059><c> got</c><00:33:44.339><c> all</c><00:33:44.680><c> day</c><00:33:44.900><c> to</c><00:33:45.079><c> do</c><00:33:45.220><c> it.</c>

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.299
Verse<00:33:47.039><c> 26.</c>

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.319
And<00:33:48.839><c> they</c><00:33:48.960><c> took</c><00:33:49.119><c> the</c><00:33:49.359><c> bullock</c><00:33:49.539><c> which</c><00:33:49.700><c> was</c><00:33:49.900><c> given</c><00:33:50.079><c> them,</c>

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:52.200
and<00:33:50.460><c> they</c><00:33:50.660><c> dressed</c><00:33:50.880><c> in</c><00:33:51.039><c> and</c><00:33:51.220><c> called</c><00:33:51.400><c> on</c><00:33:51.559><c> the</c><00:33:51.660><c> name</c><00:33:51.779><c> of</c><00:33:51.980><c> Baal</c>

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.299
from<00:33:52.460><c> morning</c><00:33:52.720><c> until</c><00:33:53.000><c> noon,</c>

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.000
saying,<00:33:53.839><c> O</c><00:33:53.880><c> Baal,</c><00:33:54.140><c> hear</c><00:33:54.319><c> us.</c>

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:57.779
But<00:33:55.640><c> there</c><00:33:55.799><c> was</c><00:33:56.000><c> no</c><00:33:56.220><c> voice,</c><00:33:56.839><c> nor</c><00:33:56.980><c> any</c><00:33:57.160><c> that</c><00:33:57.359><c> answered,</c>

00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:00.500
and<00:33:58.019><c> they</c><00:33:58.240><c> leaped</c><00:33:58.440><c> upon</c><00:33:58.700><c> the</c><00:33:58.920><c> altar</c><00:33:59.119><c> which</c><00:33:59.319><c> was</c><00:33:59.599><c> made.</c>

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:04.400
Again,<00:34:01.599><c> brothers</c><00:34:01.720><c> and</c><00:34:02.000><c> sisters,</c><00:34:02.400><c> picture</c><00:34:02.819><c> the</c><00:34:03.180><c> scene.</c>

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:09.679
Baal,<00:34:07.839><c> hear</c><00:34:08.079><c> us!</c>

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.760
Times<00:34:11.260><c> 450.</c>

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:17.179
Times<00:34:14.280><c> the</c><00:34:14.860><c> thousands</c><00:34:15.360><c> that</c><00:34:15.619><c> are</c><00:34:15.820><c> there.</c>

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.360
Calling<00:34:18.039><c> on</c><00:34:18.420><c> the</c><00:34:18.599><c> name</c><00:34:18.960><c> of</c><00:34:19.420><c> Baal.</c>

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:25.079
The<00:34:21.739><c> crescendo</c><00:34:22.340><c> would</c><00:34:22.900><c> have</c><00:34:23.099><c> been</c><00:34:23.400><c> astounding.</c>

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:27.039
It's<00:34:26.079><c> happening</c><00:34:26.360><c> on</c><00:34:26.739><c> Carmel.</c>

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:32.340
And<00:34:27.300><c> at</c><00:34:27.539><c> some</c><00:34:27.900><c> point</c><00:34:28.619><c> that</c><00:34:29.840><c> morning</c><00:34:30.320><c> they</c><00:34:30.900><c> all</c><00:34:31.300><c> stopped.</c>

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.940
And<00:34:33.659><c> they</c><00:34:33.800><c> all</c><00:34:33.980><c> listened.</c>

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.360
And<00:34:35.980><c> what</c><00:34:36.179><c> did</c><00:34:36.280><c> they</c><00:34:36.480><c> hear?</c>

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.079
Nothing.

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:44.480
You<00:34:41.280><c> see,</c><00:34:41.420><c> you</c><00:34:41.579><c> can't</c><00:34:42.000><c> record</c><00:34:42.519><c> that</c><00:34:42.719><c> there</c><00:34:42.900><c> was</c><00:34:43.059><c> no</c><00:34:43.300><c> voice.</c>

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:47.099
If<00:34:45.019><c> everybody's</c><00:34:45.639><c> shouting,</c><00:34:46.019><c> at</c><00:34:46.219><c> some</c><00:34:46.460><c> point</c><00:34:46.559><c> you</c><00:34:46.719><c> have</c><00:34:46.940><c> to</c>

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.900
stop<00:34:47.280><c> and</c><00:34:47.539><c> listen.</c>

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:50.639
Is<00:34:48.579><c> there</c><00:34:48.760><c> going</c><00:34:48.980><c> to</c><00:34:49.099><c> be</c><00:34:49.199><c> a</c><00:34:49.380><c> response?</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:53.340
Marvelous<00:34:52.460><c> time.</c>

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:55.280
Marvelous<00:34:53.860><c> point</c><00:34:54.039><c> that</c><00:34:54.179><c> was</c><00:34:54.320><c> reached.</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:35:01.800
So<00:34:55.840><c> Elijah</c><00:34:56.159><c> then</c><00:34:56.679><c> interjects</c><00:34:59.559><c> at</c><00:35:00.260><c> noontime.</c>

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:06.000
The<00:35:03.300><c> frenzy</c><00:35:03.860><c> is</c><00:35:04.199><c> now</c><00:35:04.679><c> escalating.</c>

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.880
And<00:35:07.320><c> he</c><00:35:07.480><c> mocks</c><00:35:07.699><c> them.</c>

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.719
In<00:35:09.039><c> verse</c><00:35:09.260><c> 27.</c>

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:12.500
It<00:35:09.820><c> came</c><00:35:10.079><c> to</c><00:35:10.260><c> pass</c><00:35:10.440><c> at</c><00:35:10.639><c> noon</c><00:35:10.800><c> that</c><00:35:10.980><c> Elijah</c><00:35:11.360><c> mocked</c><00:35:11.780><c> them</c><00:35:12.019><c> and</c><00:35:12.199><c> said,</c>

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:16.079
Cry<00:35:12.940><c> aloud,</c><00:35:14.000><c> for</c><00:35:14.119><c> he</c><00:35:14.340><c> is</c><00:35:14.460><c> a</c><00:35:14.500><c> god</c><00:35:14.780><c> either</c><00:35:15.019><c> he</c><00:35:15.159><c> is</c><00:35:15.380><c> talking</c><00:35:15.739><c> or</c><00:35:15.940><c> he</c>

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.820
is<00:35:16.260><c> pursuing</c>

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:19.039
or<00:35:17.460><c> he</c><00:35:17.639><c> is</c><00:35:17.719><c> in</c><00:35:17.880><c> a</c><00:35:18.099><c> journey</c><00:35:18.360><c> or</c><00:35:18.599><c> for</c><00:35:18.820><c> adventure.</c>

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:21.139
He<00:35:19.440><c> sleepeth</c><00:35:19.739><c> and</c><00:35:19.860><c> must</c><00:35:20.079><c> be</c><00:35:20.280><c> awake.</c>

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:23.659
And<00:35:21.420><c> they</c><00:35:21.780><c> cried</c><00:35:21.960><c> aloud</c><00:35:22.219><c> and</c><00:35:22.539><c> cut</c><00:35:22.679><c> themselves</c><00:35:23.099><c> after</c><00:35:23.420><c> their</c>

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.340
manner<00:35:23.800><c> with</c><00:35:24.039><c> knives</c>

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:26.619
and<00:35:24.579><c> lancets</c><00:35:24.880><c> till</c><00:35:25.079><c> the</c><00:35:25.280><c> blood</c><00:35:25.460><c> gushed</c><00:35:25.780><c> out</c><00:35:26.039><c> upon</c><00:35:26.320><c> them.</c>

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:29.059
See<00:35:27.239><c> Elijah</c><00:35:27.559><c> is</c><00:35:28.099><c> goading</c><00:35:28.539><c> them.</c>

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:31.420
Purposely<00:35:29.820><c> goading</c><00:35:30.400><c> them.</c>

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:33.179
Turn<00:35:31.820><c> it</c><00:35:32.039><c> up!</c>

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.840
What's<00:35:35.960><c> he</c><00:35:36.099><c> doing?</c>

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:44.159
He<00:35:38.119><c> wants</c><00:35:38.800><c> the</c><00:35:39.679><c> full</c><00:35:40.599><c> thrust</c><00:35:41.440><c> of</c><00:35:42.179><c> this</c><00:35:42.619><c> religious</c><00:35:43.420><c> system</c>

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.739
to<00:35:44.900><c> be</c><00:35:45.019><c> brought</c><00:35:45.460><c> to</c><00:35:45.780><c> bear</c><00:35:46.059><c> that</c><00:35:46.599><c> day.</c>

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:53.420
This<00:35:48.239><c> is</c><00:35:48.679><c> going</c><00:35:48.940><c> to</c><00:35:49.260><c> be</c><00:35:50.000><c> Baal</c><00:35:51.039><c> worship</c><00:35:51.739><c> to</c><00:35:52.219><c> the</c><00:35:52.380><c> max.</c>

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:59.019
And<00:35:54.519><c> when</c><00:35:54.639><c> it</c><00:35:54.880><c> didn't</c><00:35:55.139><c> work</c><00:35:55.900><c> to</c><00:35:56.460><c> holler</c><00:35:56.800><c> for</c><00:35:57.119><c> Baal</c><00:35:57.519><c> and</c><00:35:57.739><c> to</c><00:35:57.940><c> leap</c><00:35:58.099><c> upon</c><00:35:58.400><c> the</c><00:35:58.639><c> altar,</c>

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.239
we<00:35:59.679><c> turn</c><00:35:59.920><c> it</c><00:36:00.079><c> up</c><00:36:00.260><c> a</c><00:36:00.420><c> level.</c>

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:04.239
And<00:36:01.440><c> we</c><00:36:01.539><c> will</c><00:36:01.739><c> now</c><00:36:02.019><c> bring</c><00:36:02.199><c> to</c><00:36:02.519><c> bear</c><00:36:02.820><c> as</c><00:36:03.039><c> the</c><00:36:03.340><c> prophets</c><00:36:03.559><c> of</c><00:36:03.800><c> Baal</c>

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:07.059
everything<00:36:04.780><c> we</c><00:36:05.199><c> know</c><00:36:05.480><c> about</c><00:36:05.780><c> this</c><00:36:06.079><c> religion.</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.519
And<00:36:07.739><c> we</c><00:36:07.880><c> will</c><00:36:08.159><c> take</c><00:36:08.440><c> out</c><00:36:08.760><c> the</c><00:36:09.000><c> knives.</c>

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.519
And<00:36:09.739><c> we</c><00:36:09.840><c> will</c><00:36:10.019><c> take</c><00:36:10.280><c> out</c><00:36:10.519><c> what</c><00:36:10.659><c> was</c><00:36:11.119><c> probably</c><00:36:11.679><c> whips</c>

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:16.619
that<00:36:12.980><c> had</c><00:36:13.199><c> pieces</c><00:36:13.559><c> of</c><00:36:13.880><c> metal</c><00:36:14.059><c> and</c><00:36:14.260><c> we</c><00:36:14.440><c> will</c><00:36:14.659><c> begin</c><00:36:14.920><c> to</c><00:36:15.219><c> beat</c><00:36:15.360><c> ourselves.</c>

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.320
Not<00:36:17.239><c> until</c><00:36:17.639><c> blood</c><00:36:17.920><c> appears.</c>

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:25.860
But<00:36:21.300><c> until</c><00:36:21.619><c> the</c><00:36:21.920><c> blood</c><00:36:22.500><c> gushes</c><00:36:23.360><c> out</c><00:36:24.239><c> upon</c><00:36:25.440><c> our</c><00:36:25.699><c> body.</c>

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.619
I<00:36:26.079><c> know</c><00:36:26.260><c> it's</c><00:36:26.619><c> graphic.</c>

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:30.460
But<00:36:27.840><c> it's</c><00:36:28.219><c> written</c><00:36:28.639><c> to</c><00:36:29.059><c> be</c><00:36:29.300><c> graphic.</c>

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:34.599
God<00:36:31.139><c> wants</c><00:36:31.500><c> us</c><00:36:31.760><c> to</c><00:36:31.960><c> have</c><00:36:32.119><c> that</c><00:36:32.539><c> picture</c><00:36:32.920><c> in</c><00:36:33.260><c> our</c><00:36:33.519><c> mind.</c>

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:38.800
Because<00:36:35.519><c> while</c><00:36:35.900><c> this</c><00:36:36.260><c> religious</c><00:36:36.659><c> system</c><00:36:37.159><c> is</c><00:36:37.760><c> failing,</c>

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:45.139
it's<00:36:40.559><c> going</c><00:36:40.820><c> to</c><00:36:41.139><c> leave</c><00:36:41.360><c> us</c><00:36:41.780><c> with</c><00:36:41.980><c> a</c><00:36:42.260><c> picture</c><00:36:42.659><c> of</c><00:36:43.380><c> failed</c><00:36:43.980><c> prophets.</c>

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:49.420
But<00:36:45.380><c> during</c><00:36:45.699><c> that</c><00:36:46.079><c> time,</c><00:36:46.500><c> from</c><00:36:46.840><c> noon</c><00:36:47.300><c> until</c><00:36:48.159><c> 6</c><00:36:48.699><c> o</c><00:36:48.980><c>'clock</c><00:36:49.079><c> that</c>

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.000
night<00:36:49.599><c> likely,</c>

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:53.239
it<00:36:50.300><c> was</c><00:36:50.780><c> raw</c><00:36:51.559><c> Baal</c><00:36:52.320><c> worship.</c>

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:59.460
In<00:36:53.800><c> all</c><00:36:54.320><c> its</c><00:36:54.780><c> gory</c><00:36:55.179><c> details</c><00:36:55.780><c> and</c><00:36:56.260><c> in</c><00:36:56.380><c> all</c><00:36:57.219><c> its</c><00:36:57.460><c> futility.</c>

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:05.139
Physical<00:37:00.820><c> frenzy</c><00:37:01.519><c> was</c><00:37:01.800><c> the</c><00:37:02.019><c> foundation</c><00:37:02.840><c> of</c><00:37:03.400><c> paganism</c><00:37:04.179><c> and</c><00:37:04.400><c> idolatry.</c>

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:09.880
So<00:37:06.099><c> Elijah</c><00:37:06.539><c> that</c><00:37:06.739><c> day</c><00:37:07.059><c> is</c><00:37:07.400><c> exposing</c><00:37:08.119><c> what</c><00:37:08.719><c> Baal</c><00:37:09.039><c> worship</c><00:37:09.400><c> was</c>

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:14.360
with<00:37:10.780><c> the</c><00:37:11.619><c> cutting</c><00:37:11.880><c> of</c><00:37:12.119><c> themselves</c><00:37:12.719><c> and</c><00:37:13.179><c> the</c><00:37:13.440><c> blood</c><00:37:13.619><c> gushing</c><00:37:13.960><c> out</c>

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.039
and<00:37:14.719><c> wailing</c><00:37:15.079><c> for</c><00:37:15.400><c> Baal.</c>

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:18.480
After<00:37:16.500><c> their</c><00:37:16.800><c> manner</c><00:37:16.960><c> it</c><00:37:17.159><c> says,</c><00:37:17.440><c> this</c><00:37:17.599><c> is</c><00:37:17.800><c> what</c><00:37:18.000><c> they</c><00:37:18.300><c> did.</c>

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.280
This<00:37:18.679><c> is</c><00:37:18.840><c> what</c><00:37:19.019><c> their</c><00:37:19.300><c> religion</c><00:37:19.599><c> was</c><00:37:19.880><c> about.</c>

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:23.159
Self<00:37:21.079><c>-mutilation</c><00:37:21.860><c> was</c><00:37:22.239><c> part</c><00:37:22.480><c> of</c><00:37:22.659><c> their</c><00:37:22.820><c> religion.</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.619
It<00:37:23.340><c> was</c><00:37:23.679><c> all</c><00:37:24.079><c> physical.</c>

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:30.940
It<00:37:25.280><c> had</c><00:37:25.679><c> nothing</c><00:37:26.159><c> to</c><00:37:26.639><c> do</c><00:37:27.679><c> with</c><00:37:29.219><c> transforming</c><00:37:29.900><c> the</c><00:37:30.219><c> hearts</c><00:37:30.599><c> and</c>

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.679
minds<00:37:31.539><c> of</c><00:37:31.880><c> men</c><00:37:32.039><c> and</c><00:37:32.199><c> women.</c>

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:39.340
But<00:37:34.159><c> it</c><00:37:34.679><c> sure</c><00:37:35.159><c> involved</c><00:37:35.880><c> people</c><00:37:36.480><c> and</c><00:37:38.099><c> it</c><00:37:38.380><c> sure</c><00:37:38.820><c> involved</c>

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.139
their<00:37:39.659><c> voices</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:43.820
and<00:37:40.760><c> it</c><00:37:40.940><c> sure</c><00:37:41.380><c> involved</c><00:37:41.940><c> frenzied</c><00:37:42.519><c> activities.</c>

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:49.760
But<00:37:44.679><c> it</c><00:37:44.860><c> did</c><00:37:45.260><c> nothing</c><00:37:45.760><c> to</c><00:37:48.360><c> reach</c><00:37:48.579><c> their</c><00:37:48.840><c> hearts.</c>

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:54.780
It<00:37:50.400><c> did</c><00:37:50.800><c> nothing</c><00:37:51.420><c> to</c><00:37:51.840><c> devote</c><00:37:52.099><c> people</c><00:37:52.619><c> to</c><00:37:52.920><c> God's</c><00:37:53.300><c> righteous</c><00:37:53.599><c> ways.</c>

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:59.860
Nothing<00:37:56.340><c> about</c><00:37:56.860><c> humility,</c><00:37:58.519><c> about</c><00:37:58.739><c> approaching</c><00:37:59.340><c> Baal</c><00:37:59.659><c> on</c>

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.619
their<00:38:00.019><c> knees.</c>

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:05.780
It<00:38:01.800><c> was</c><00:38:02.599><c> all</c><00:38:02.900><c> about</c><00:38:03.300><c> gushing</c><00:38:03.659><c> blood,</c><00:38:04.900><c> frenzied</c><00:38:05.300><c> chants,</c>

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:10.119
frantic<00:38:06.400><c> displays</c><00:38:06.900><c> of</c><00:38:07.260><c> meaningless</c><00:38:07.800><c> self</c><00:38:08.340><c>-mutilating</c><00:38:08.980><c> rituals.</c>

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:15.119
It<00:38:10.460><c> did</c><00:38:10.820><c> nothing</c><00:38:11.199><c> to</c><00:38:11.599><c> crucify</c><00:38:12.139><c> the</c><00:38:12.380><c> flesh</c><00:38:12.579><c> but</c><00:38:12.840><c> it</c><00:38:13.000><c> did</c><00:38:13.199><c> everything</c><00:38:13.639><c> to</c><00:38:13.920><c> mortify</c>

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:17.619
in<00:38:16.139><c> a</c><00:38:16.320><c> physical</c><00:38:16.719><c> manner.</c>

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:21.440
Some<00:38:18.940><c> have</c><00:38:19.119><c> questioned</c><00:38:19.579><c> the</c><00:38:20.019><c> appropriateness</c><00:38:20.860><c> of</c><00:38:21.199><c> Elijah</c>

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:23.920
mocking<00:38:22.340><c> the</c><00:38:23.480><c> prophets.</c>

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:26.340
I<00:38:24.420><c> think</c><00:38:24.559><c> he</c><00:38:24.699><c> was</c><00:38:25.039><c> absolutely</c><00:38:25.559><c> right</c><00:38:25.800><c> for</c><00:38:25.980><c> what</c><00:38:26.079><c> he</c><00:38:26.239><c> did.</c>

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.219
We<00:38:26.519><c> don't</c><00:38:26.840><c> mock</c><00:38:27.119><c> our</c><00:38:27.380><c> neighbor.</c>

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.980
We<00:38:28.739><c> don't</c><00:38:29.039><c> mock</c><00:38:29.320><c> our</c><00:38:29.639><c> enemy.</c>

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.840
If<00:38:30.340><c> we're</c><00:38:30.519><c> trying</c><00:38:30.739><c> to</c><00:38:30.840><c> win</c><00:38:30.980><c> them</c><00:38:31.159><c> over</c><00:38:31.320><c> to</c><00:38:31.480><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:37.420
But<00:38:32.179><c> these</c><00:38:32.500><c> prophets</c><00:38:32.940><c> were</c><00:38:33.219><c> responsible</c><00:38:34.199><c> for</c><00:38:36.500><c> this</c><00:38:36.940><c> false</c>

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:39.079
religious<00:38:37.980><c> system.</c>

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:43.400
And<00:38:40.360><c> so</c><00:38:40.480><c> when</c><00:38:40.659><c> he</c><00:38:40.940><c> mocks</c><00:38:41.219><c> them</c><00:38:41.500><c> and</c><00:38:41.679><c> they</c><00:38:41.960><c> become</c><00:38:42.219><c> even</c><00:38:42.579><c> more</c><00:38:42.920><c> frenzied</c>

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:46.539
and<00:38:43.579><c> they</c><00:38:43.820><c> display</c><00:38:44.219><c> everything</c><00:38:44.780><c> there</c><00:38:44.980><c> is</c><00:38:45.159><c> about</c><00:38:45.420><c> Baal</c><00:38:45.659><c> worship,</c>

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.579
Elijah<00:38:46.739><c> is</c><00:38:47.019><c> showing</c><00:38:47.260><c> the</c><00:38:47.480><c> people,</c><00:38:47.780><c> this</c><00:38:47.940><c> is</c><00:38:48.159><c> it.</c>

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:51.440
This<00:38:49.139><c> is</c><00:38:49.400><c> the</c><00:38:49.539><c> religion</c><00:38:49.960><c> that</c><00:38:50.159><c> you</c><00:38:50.300><c> have</c><00:38:50.480><c> chosen.</c>

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.500
And<00:38:52.159><c> watch</c><00:38:52.380><c> it</c><00:38:52.679><c> fail.</c>

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.320
See,<00:38:54.619><c> he</c><00:38:54.840><c> begins</c><00:38:55.139><c> with</c><00:38:55.579><c> mocking</c><00:38:55.880><c> the</c><00:38:56.239><c> prophets</c><00:38:56.559><c> that</c><00:38:56.880><c> day</c><00:38:57.179><c> and</c>

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:58.780
where<00:38:57.519><c> does</c><00:38:57.659><c> it</c><00:38:57.800><c> end?</c>

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:02.440
With<00:39:00.800><c> killing</c><00:39:01.139><c> the</c><00:39:01.400><c> prophets</c><00:39:01.639><c> that</c><00:39:01.940><c> day.</c>

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:04.659
And<00:39:02.860><c> rightfully</c><00:39:03.239><c> so.</c>

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:09.699
Because<00:39:05.639><c> he</c><00:39:05.760><c> wants</c><00:39:06.000><c> on</c><00:39:06.340><c> full</c><00:39:06.559><c> display</c><00:39:07.340><c> for</c><00:39:07.860><c> all</c><00:39:08.199><c> Israel</c><00:39:08.559><c> to</c><00:39:08.900><c> see.</c>

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:14.420
And<00:39:10.840><c> it</c><00:39:10.900><c> was</c><00:39:11.199><c> right</c><00:39:11.599><c> and</c><00:39:12.059><c> proper</c><00:39:12.360><c> that</c><00:39:12.579><c> they</c><00:39:12.800><c> be</c><00:39:13.179><c> humiliated.</c>

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:19.460
You<00:39:15.179><c> think</c><00:39:15.380><c> of</c><00:39:15.539><c> the</c><00:39:15.659><c> other</c><00:39:15.900><c> stories</c><00:39:16.260><c> where</c><00:39:16.659><c> sin</c><00:39:17.039><c> is</c><00:39:17.460><c> symbolized</c><00:39:18.099><c> in</c><00:39:18.280><c> an</c><00:39:18.460><c> individual.</c>

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:23.500
Whether<00:39:20.079><c> it's</c><00:39:20.460><c> Goliath</c><00:39:21.280><c> or</c><00:39:21.739><c> Haman</c><00:39:22.260><c> or</c><00:39:22.900><c> Cicero.</c>

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:28.800
They<00:39:24.179><c> are</c><00:39:24.519><c> humiliated</c><00:39:26.739><c> before</c><00:39:27.340><c> they</c><00:39:27.480><c> are</c><00:39:27.659><c> killed.</c>

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:31.440
Because<00:39:29.380><c> God</c><00:39:29.579><c> is</c><00:39:29.780><c> teaching</c><00:39:30.079><c> us</c><00:39:30.340><c> that</c><00:39:30.500><c> the</c><00:39:30.760><c> flesh</c><00:39:30.960><c> will</c><00:39:31.219><c> be</c>

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.159
brought<00:39:31.679><c> down.</c>

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:35.659
The<00:39:32.420><c> flesh</c><00:39:32.619><c> will</c><00:39:32.860><c> be</c><00:39:33.059><c> humiliated</c><00:39:34.199><c> before</c><00:39:34.840><c> it</c><00:39:34.980><c> is</c><00:39:35.179><c> destroyed.</c>

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:39.219
To<00:39:35.980><c> teach</c><00:39:36.199><c> us</c><00:39:36.539><c> that</c><00:39:36.679><c> that's</c><00:39:36.900><c> what</c><00:39:37.039><c> we</c><00:39:37.219><c> need</c><00:39:37.440><c> to</c><00:39:37.639><c> do</c><00:39:37.920><c> to</c><00:39:38.099><c> the</c><00:39:38.260><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.980
To<00:39:40.199><c> overcome</c><00:39:40.539><c> it.</c>

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:43.420
If<00:39:41.219><c> we're</c><00:39:41.380><c> going</c><00:39:41.519><c> to</c><00:39:41.639><c> live</c><00:39:41.760><c> our</c><00:39:41.960><c> lives</c><00:39:42.179><c> consistent</c><00:39:42.860><c> with</c>

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.019
God's<00:39:43.840><c> words.</c>

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:48.219
That<00:39:44.260><c> after</c><00:39:44.639><c> six</c><00:39:44.940><c> hours</c><00:39:46.019><c> the</c><00:39:46.880><c> prophets</c><00:39:47.159><c> were</c><00:39:47.420><c> left</c><00:39:47.639><c> exhausted</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:49.139
and<00:39:48.639><c> bloodied</c>

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:51.500
and<00:39:49.380><c> defeated</c><00:39:49.780><c> and</c><00:39:50.099><c> in</c><00:39:50.260><c> absolute</c><00:39:50.780><c> humiliation.</c>

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:55.300
Verse<00:39:52.679><c> 29</c><00:39:53.139><c> says</c><00:39:53.380><c> that</c><00:39:53.539><c> they</c><00:39:53.719><c> prophesied</c><00:39:54.300><c> all</c><00:39:54.659><c> afternoon.</c>

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:58.400
The<00:39:55.579><c> RSV</c><00:39:56.159><c> and</c><00:39:56.300><c> the</c><00:39:56.420><c> NASV</c><00:39:56.960><c> have</c><00:39:57.099><c> they</c><00:39:57.480><c> raved</c><00:39:57.800><c> in</c><00:39:57.960><c> their</c><00:39:58.139><c> appeals</c>

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.360
to<00:39:58.679><c> Baal.</c>

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:03.880
The<00:40:00.940><c> paraphrase</c><00:40:01.260><c> of</c><00:40:01.420><c> the</c><00:40:01.559><c> outcome</c><00:40:01.900><c> is</c><00:40:02.079><c> that</c><00:40:02.179><c> there</c><00:40:02.340><c> was</c><00:40:02.500><c> no</c><00:40:02.739><c> voice.</c>

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:08.059
There<00:40:04.219><c> was</c><00:40:04.500><c> no</c><00:40:04.880><c> answer</c><00:40:05.300><c> by</c><00:40:05.679><c> fire</c><00:40:05.940><c> because</c><00:40:06.360><c> no</c><00:40:06.679><c> one</c><00:40:06.880><c> was</c><00:40:07.139><c> listening.</c>

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:11.119
And<00:40:08.739><c> unbeknownst</c><00:40:09.239><c> to</c><00:40:09.380><c> those</c><00:40:09.699><c> prophets</c><00:40:10.199><c> is</c><00:40:10.519><c> what</c><00:40:10.699><c> they</c><00:40:10.920><c> were</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.900
demonstrating<00:40:11.679><c> to</c><00:40:12.079><c> all</c><00:40:12.340><c> of</c><00:40:12.619><c> Israel</c>

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:18.980
was<00:40:13.239><c> the</c><00:40:13.659><c> utter</c><00:40:14.480><c> foolishness</c><00:40:15.860><c> and</c><00:40:17.280><c> worthlessness</c><00:40:17.900><c> of</c><00:40:18.320><c> Baal</c><00:40:18.559><c> worship.</c>

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:23.559
All<00:40:19.880><c> the</c><00:40:20.219><c> rituals,</c><00:40:21.000><c> all</c><00:40:21.099><c> the</c><00:40:21.300><c> mumbo</c><00:40:21.699><c> jumbo,</c><00:40:22.300><c> all</c><00:40:22.480><c> the</c><00:40:22.659><c> hocus</c><00:40:22.980><c> pocus,</c>

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:27.199
all<00:40:24.179><c> the</c><00:40:24.380><c> emotional</c><00:40:24.860><c> outbursts,</c><00:40:25.699><c> all</c><00:40:25.900><c> the</c><00:40:26.079><c> mutilations,</c>

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:30.159
all<00:40:27.820><c> the</c><00:40:28.119><c> savage</c><00:40:28.440><c>-like</c><00:40:29.659><c> behavior.</c>

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:33.579
It<00:40:30.820><c> was</c><00:40:31.099><c> all</c><00:40:31.400><c> pointless,</c><00:40:32.099><c> it</c><00:40:32.099><c> was</c><00:40:32.360><c> all</c><00:40:32.719><c> meaningless,</c><00:40:33.260><c> it</c><00:40:33.340><c> was</c>

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.860
all<00:40:33.860><c> powerless.</c>

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.460
And<00:40:35.800><c> that</c><00:40:35.920><c> was</c><00:40:36.219><c> all</c><00:40:36.599><c> displayed</c><00:40:37.079><c> before</c><00:40:37.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:42.880
Remember<00:40:40.360><c> that</c><00:40:40.900><c> scene,</c><00:40:41.380><c> brethren</c><00:40:41.599><c> and</c><00:40:41.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:47.480
Because<00:40:43.980><c> that</c><00:40:44.460><c> scene</c><00:40:44.820><c> is</c><00:40:45.219><c> recorded</c><00:40:45.679><c> in</c><00:40:46.059><c> graphic</c><00:40:46.519><c> detail</c><00:40:47.159><c> to</c>

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:49.780
remind<00:40:48.219><c> me</c>

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:57.059
that<00:40:52.219><c> if</c><00:40:52.460><c> I</c><00:40:52.760><c> choose</c><00:40:53.280><c> the</c><00:40:53.500><c> way</c><00:40:53.860><c> of</c><00:40:54.239><c> Baal,</c><00:40:55.659><c> the</c><00:40:55.780><c> way</c><00:40:56.099><c> of</c><00:40:56.380><c> idolatry</c>

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:58.619
that<00:40:57.300><c> leads</c><00:40:57.559><c> to</c><00:40:57.820><c> immorality,</c>

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:04.619
if<00:40:59.239><c> I</c><00:40:59.500><c> choose</c><00:40:59.760><c> that</c><00:41:00.059><c> way,</c><00:41:02.039><c> it's</c><00:41:02.380><c> going</c><00:41:02.539><c> to</c><00:41:02.860><c> leave</c><00:41:03.039><c> me</c><00:41:03.440><c> exhausted.</c>

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:10.019
It's<00:41:06.579><c> going</c><00:41:06.699><c> to</c><00:41:06.940><c> be</c><00:41:07.159><c> worthless</c><00:41:07.679><c> and</c><00:41:08.119><c> futile</c><00:41:08.880><c> and</c><00:41:09.239><c> senseless.</c>

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:12.639
It's<00:41:11.019><c> going</c><00:41:11.179><c> to</c><00:41:11.340><c> leave</c><00:41:11.519><c> me</c><00:41:11.920><c> hopeless.</c>

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:15.119
My<00:41:13.219><c> lifeblood</c><00:41:13.639><c> will</c><00:41:13.920><c> be</c><00:41:14.179><c> poured</c><00:41:14.300><c> out.</c>

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.860
And<00:41:15.760><c> for</c><00:41:15.940><c> what?</c>

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:19.460
For<00:41:18.659><c> nothing.</c>

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:24.420
That's<00:41:21.519><c> the</c><00:41:21.639><c> lesson</c><00:41:21.940><c> we're</c><00:41:22.139><c> being</c><00:41:22.380><c> taught</c><00:41:22.679><c> in</c><00:41:22.900><c> that</c><00:41:23.139><c> graphic</c><00:41:23.480><c> scene.</c>

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:28.260
That's<00:41:25.539><c> what</c><00:41:25.719><c> a</c><00:41:25.920><c> life</c><00:41:26.199><c> given</c><00:41:26.460><c> over</c><00:41:26.760><c> to</c><00:41:27.019><c> Baal</c><00:41:27.360><c> will</c><00:41:27.699><c> bring</c><00:41:28.019><c> in</c>

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:29.739
the<00:41:28.380><c> end.</c>

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:39.139
And<00:41:31.619><c> recognize</c><00:41:32.420><c> we</c><00:41:35.239><c> are</c><00:41:35.460><c> left</c><00:41:35.820><c> humiliated</c><00:41:37.039><c> by</c><00:41:37.719><c> our</c><00:41:37.920><c> own</c><00:41:38.119><c> foolishness</c>

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:44.639
and<00:41:39.840><c> without</c><00:41:40.059><c> a</c><00:41:40.280><c> hope</c><00:41:40.400><c> in</c><00:41:40.539><c> the</c><00:41:40.679><c> world,</c><00:41:42.440><c> fit</c><00:41:42.659><c> only</c><00:41:43.400><c> for</c><00:41:43.719><c> death.</c>

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:49.260
And<00:41:45.900><c> the</c><00:41:46.039><c> beauty</c><00:41:46.260><c> of</c><00:41:46.440><c> this,</c><00:41:46.880><c> brethren</c><00:41:46.880><c> and</c><00:41:47.119><c> sisters,</c><00:41:47.360><c> at</c><00:41:47.579><c> that</c><00:41:47.880><c> point,</c>

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:54.699
Baal<00:41:50.059><c> is</c><00:41:50.920><c> totally</c><00:41:51.460><c> defeated,</c><00:41:53.300><c> totally</c><00:41:53.699><c> defeated.</c>

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:59.239
And<00:41:56.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:56.920><c> hasn't</c><00:41:57.239><c> even</c><00:41:57.559><c> lifted</c><00:41:57.820><c> his</c><00:41:58.139><c> finger.</c>

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:06.139
So<00:42:01.059><c> the</c><00:42:01.260><c> people</c><00:42:01.579><c> then</c><00:42:01.900><c> gather</c><00:42:02.260><c> to</c><00:42:02.539><c> Elijah,</c><00:42:04.119><c> and</c><00:42:04.400><c> he</c><00:42:04.579><c> steps</c><00:42:04.880><c> forward.</c>

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:11.460
And<00:42:06.920><c> while</c><00:42:07.360><c> in</c><00:42:07.619><c> verse</c><00:42:07.860><c> 21</c><00:42:08.800><c> the</c><00:42:09.639><c> people</c><00:42:09.960><c> didn't</c><00:42:10.340><c> gather</c><00:42:10.699><c> to</c><00:42:10.880><c> him,</c><00:42:11.219><c> now</c>

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:13.539
in<00:42:11.599><c> verse</c><00:42:11.860><c> 30</c><00:42:12.139><c> they</c><00:42:12.400><c> do.</c>

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:16.260
Likely<00:42:14.000><c> that</c><00:42:14.159><c> day</c><00:42:14.380><c> when</c><00:42:14.480><c> they</c><00:42:14.599><c> went</c><00:42:14.739><c> up</c><00:42:14.920><c> on</c><00:42:15.039><c> the</c><00:42:15.199><c> mountain,</c>

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:19.380
Elijah<00:42:16.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:16.599><c> have</c><00:42:16.760><c> been</c><00:42:16.860><c> a</c><00:42:17.079><c> real</c><00:42:17.619><c> popular</c><00:42:18.260><c> individual.</c>

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:23.079
He<00:42:20.059><c> would</c><00:42:20.179><c> have</c><00:42:20.300><c> been</c><00:42:20.500><c> seen</c><00:42:20.639><c> as</c><00:42:20.800><c> being</c><00:42:21.000><c> responsible</c><00:42:21.820><c> for</c><00:42:22.079><c> the</c><00:42:22.260><c> family.</c>

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:28.960
But<00:42:24.099><c> at</c><00:42:24.320><c> that</c><00:42:24.639><c> point</c><00:42:24.960><c> on</c><00:42:25.420><c> that</c><00:42:25.780><c> evening,</c><00:42:27.780><c> the</c><00:42:27.940><c> people</c><00:42:28.239><c> now</c>

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.500
gravitate<00:42:29.639><c> over</c><00:42:30.039><c> towards</c><00:42:30.380><c> Elijah.</c>

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:36.599
His<00:42:33.159><c> desire</c><00:42:33.659><c> is</c><00:42:34.039><c> to</c><00:42:34.260><c> spiritually</c><00:42:34.860><c> heal</c><00:42:35.420><c> the</c><00:42:35.639><c> nation.</c>

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:40.059
We<00:42:36.880><c> know</c><00:42:37.139><c> that</c><00:42:37.480><c> because</c><00:42:37.820><c> in</c><00:42:37.980><c> verse</c><00:42:38.239><c> 30</c><00:42:38.579><c> he</c><00:42:38.860><c> repairs</c><00:42:39.400><c> the</c><00:42:39.739><c> altar</c>

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.699
of<00:42:40.340><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:44.300
And<00:42:40.900><c> it's</c><00:42:41.079><c> worth</c><00:42:41.539><c> noting,</c><00:42:42.940><c> put</c><00:42:43.199><c> it</c><00:42:43.360><c> in</c><00:42:43.519><c> pencil</c><00:42:43.800><c> now,</c><00:42:44.099><c> you</c><00:42:44.179><c> can</c>

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:45.320
go<00:42:44.420><c> back</c><00:42:44.599><c> and</c><00:42:44.780><c> check</c><00:42:44.900><c> yourself,</c>

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:49.400
that<00:42:45.760><c> same</c><00:42:46.119><c> word</c><00:42:46.380><c> for</c><00:42:46.619><c> repair</c><00:42:47.059><c> is</c><00:42:47.360><c> used</c><00:42:47.679><c> 70</c><00:42:48.219><c> other</c><00:42:48.699><c> times</c><00:42:49.179><c> in</c>

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.559
the<00:42:49.500><c> Old</c><00:42:49.659><c> Testament.</c>

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:56.840
And<00:42:51.900><c> every</c><00:42:52.539><c> single</c><00:42:53.099><c> other</c><00:42:53.739><c> time</c><00:42:54.119><c> it's</c><00:42:54.460><c> used,</c><00:42:55.340><c> it's</c><00:42:55.659><c> about</c><00:42:55.960><c> healing</c><00:42:56.420><c> or</c>

00:42:56.840 --> 00:42:58.420
curing<00:42:57.420><c> the</c><00:42:57.619><c> sick.</c>

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:03.840
His<00:42:59.320><c> prayer</c><00:42:59.860><c> in</c><00:43:00.019><c> verse</c><00:43:00.320><c> 37</c><00:43:00.880><c> that</c><00:43:01.000><c> we</c><00:43:01.199><c> saw</c><00:43:01.500><c> on</c><00:43:02.219><c> the</c><00:43:02.440><c> quiz</c><00:43:02.659><c> today</c>

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:07.039
reflected<00:43:04.619><c> his</c><00:43:05.039><c> desire</c><00:43:05.500><c> that</c><00:43:05.760><c> their</c><00:43:05.940><c> hearts</c><00:43:06.239><c> be</c><00:43:06.460><c> turned</c><00:43:06.699><c> back</c>

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.260
to<00:43:07.199><c> God.</c>

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:12.360
And<00:43:08.920><c> recall</c><00:43:09.079><c> when</c><00:43:09.340><c> James</c><00:43:09.760><c> is</c><00:43:10.000><c> talking</c><00:43:10.280><c> about</c><00:43:10.719><c> faithful</c><00:43:11.280><c> Elijah</c><00:43:11.800><c> who</c><00:43:11.980><c> was</c><00:43:12.219><c> a</c>

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:12.980
righteous<00:43:12.679><c> man,</c>

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.579
it's<00:43:13.320><c> all</c><00:43:13.639><c> within</c><00:43:13.860><c> the</c><00:43:14.139><c> context</c><00:43:14.820><c> of</c><00:43:15.599><c> healing</c><00:43:15.880><c> those</c><00:43:16.280><c> who</c><00:43:16.440><c> have</c>

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:18.440
been<00:43:16.840><c> overcome</c><00:43:17.219><c> by</c><00:43:17.619><c> sin.</c>

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:21.699
So<00:43:18.920><c> Elijah's</c><00:43:19.380><c> desire</c><00:43:19.659><c> is</c><00:43:20.000><c> very</c><00:43:20.360><c> much</c><00:43:20.599><c> that</c><00:43:20.739><c> the</c><00:43:20.920><c> nation</c><00:43:21.139><c> be</c><00:43:21.420><c> healed.</c>

00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:25.099
So<00:43:21.940><c> he</c><00:43:22.099><c> calls</c><00:43:22.500><c> for</c><00:43:22.699><c> the</c><00:43:22.880><c> twelve</c><00:43:23.139><c> stones</c><00:43:23.800><c> to</c><00:43:24.579><c> be</c><00:43:24.860><c> used,</c>

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:31.320
and<00:43:25.260><c> he</c><00:43:25.280><c> builds</c><00:43:25.599><c> the</c><00:43:25.860><c> altar</c><00:43:26.079><c> from</c><00:43:26.280><c> the</c><00:43:26.460><c> twelve</c><00:43:26.679><c> stones</c><00:43:27.139><c> and</c><00:43:27.380><c> the</c><00:43:27.559><c> twelve</c><00:43:27.760><c> barrels</c><00:43:28.099><c> of</c><00:43:30.480><c> water.</c>

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:34.579
And<00:43:32.340><c> he</c><00:43:32.480><c> recounts</c><00:43:33.059><c> the</c><00:43:33.139><c> event</c><00:43:33.500><c> of</c><00:43:33.679><c> Genesis</c><00:43:34.019><c> 32,</c>

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:37.360
and<00:43:34.760><c> he</c><00:43:34.820><c> takes</c><00:43:35.039><c> the</c><00:43:35.199><c> people's</c><00:43:35.539><c> mind</c><00:43:35.699><c> back</c><00:43:36.460><c> to</c><00:43:36.800><c> when</c><00:43:36.960><c> Jacob's</c>

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:39.440
name<00:43:37.619><c> was</c><00:43:37.920><c> changed</c><00:43:38.199><c> to</c><00:43:38.460><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:42.760
And<00:43:39.719><c> in</c><00:43:40.039><c> his</c><00:43:40.360><c> prayer</c><00:43:40.539><c> he</c><00:43:40.780><c> recounts</c><00:43:41.400><c> Abraham,</c><00:43:41.920><c> Isaac,</c><00:43:42.320><c> and</c><00:43:42.559><c> Jacob.</c>

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:47.480
And<00:43:42.940><c> it's</c><00:43:43.119><c> all</c><00:43:43.420><c> done</c><00:43:43.880><c> to</c><00:43:45.139><c> remind</c><00:43:45.559><c> the</c><00:43:45.820><c> people</c><00:43:46.139><c> of</c><00:43:46.380><c> their</c><00:43:46.659><c> spiritual</c><00:43:47.239><c> and</c>

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.440
their<00:43:47.760><c> divine</c><00:43:48.139><c> heritage.</c>

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:53.940
And<00:43:49.960><c> he's</c><00:43:50.199><c> encouraging</c><00:43:50.679><c> them</c><00:43:50.880><c> to</c><00:43:51.039><c> get</c><00:43:51.300><c> back</c><00:43:52.159><c> to</c><00:43:52.760><c> that</c><00:43:52.960><c> divine</c><00:43:53.300><c> heritage,</c>

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:56.199
to<00:43:54.179><c> their</c><00:43:54.480><c> calling</c><00:43:54.820><c> and</c><00:43:55.179><c> promise.</c>

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:59.920
And<00:43:56.639><c> again,</c><00:43:57.159><c> picture</c><00:43:57.460><c> the</c><00:43:57.820><c> scene</c><00:43:58.079><c> in</c><00:43:58.320><c> verse</c><00:43:58.619><c> 38</c>

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:03.320
as<00:44:00.579><c> Elijah</c><00:44:00.960><c> is</c><00:44:01.360><c> standing</c><00:44:01.659><c> before</c><00:44:02.079><c> all</c><00:44:02.500><c> the</c><00:44:02.739><c> people</c><00:44:02.960><c> who</c><00:44:03.119><c> are</c>

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:04.639
gathered<00:44:03.539><c> on</c><00:44:03.760><c> the</c><00:44:04.000><c> sloping</c><00:44:04.360><c> mountain,</c>

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:10.219
and<00:44:04.900><c> he</c><00:44:05.239><c> prays</c><00:44:05.800><c> out</c><00:44:06.139><c> loud</c><00:44:06.739><c> a</c><00:44:07.679><c> prayer</c><00:44:07.940><c> that</c><00:44:08.260><c> no</c><00:44:08.619><c> doubt</c><00:44:09.239><c> he</c><00:44:10.059><c> has</c>

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:11.480
been<00:44:10.440><c> praying</c><00:44:10.719><c> in</c><00:44:10.880><c> his</c><00:44:11.199><c> mind</c>

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:13.139
and<00:44:11.639><c> in</c><00:44:11.800><c> his</c><00:44:11.980><c> heart</c><00:44:12.179><c> many</c><00:44:12.500><c> times.</c>

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.500
He's<00:44:14.000><c> praying</c><00:44:14.219><c> for</c><00:44:14.480><c> the</c><00:44:14.760><c> people</c><00:44:15.340><c> that</c><00:44:15.639><c> they</c><00:44:15.820><c> might</c><00:44:16.039><c> come</c><00:44:16.340><c> to</c>

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.199
know<00:44:16.679><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:20.860
that<00:44:17.380><c> he</c><00:44:17.579><c> is</c><00:44:17.820><c> God,</c><00:44:18.739><c> and</c><00:44:18.960><c> in</c><00:44:19.119><c> so</c><00:44:19.280><c> doing</c><00:44:19.619><c> turn</c><00:44:20.079><c> back</c><00:44:20.360><c> to</c><00:44:20.559><c> him.</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:23.760
It's<00:44:21.619><c> a</c><00:44:21.739><c> great</c><00:44:22.059><c> moment</c><00:44:22.559><c> on</c><00:44:22.940><c> Carmel,</c>

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:29.079
because<00:44:24.599><c> Elijah</c><00:44:25.420><c> stands</c><00:44:25.940><c> there</c><00:44:26.420><c> and</c><00:44:26.579><c> he's</c><00:44:27.079><c> praying</c><00:44:27.440><c> for</c><00:44:27.760><c> the</c><00:44:27.960><c> people,</c>

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:30.659
and<00:44:29.320><c> he's</c><00:44:29.679><c> praying</c><00:44:29.840><c> out</c><00:44:30.179><c> loud,</c>

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:37.079
and<00:44:31.320><c> the</c><00:44:31.699><c> people</c><00:44:32.119><c> are</c><00:44:32.599><c> all</c><00:44:32.980><c> listening</c><00:44:33.599><c> to</c><00:44:33.980><c> this</c><00:44:34.340><c> man</c><00:44:34.880><c> pray</c><00:44:35.599><c> to</c><00:44:35.840><c> God</c>

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:41.119
that<00:44:38.500><c> they</c><00:44:39.340><c> might</c><00:44:39.860><c> be</c><00:44:40.159><c> healed.</c>

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:44.960
He's<00:44:42.619><c> praying</c><00:44:42.880><c> on</c><00:44:43.199><c> their</c><00:44:43.539><c> behalf</c><00:44:44.059><c> and</c><00:44:44.239><c> they're</c><00:44:44.460><c> listening.</c>

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:49.320
It's<00:44:46.199><c> an</c><00:44:46.480><c> exhortation</c><00:44:47.219><c> to</c><00:44:47.380><c> them</c><00:44:47.840><c> wrapped</c><00:44:48.280><c> up</c><00:44:48.519><c> in</c><00:44:48.659><c> a</c><00:44:48.900><c> personal</c>

00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:51.820
plea<00:44:49.619><c> to</c><00:44:49.820><c> God</c><00:44:50.099><c> that</c><00:44:50.219><c> they</c><00:44:50.400><c> might</c><00:44:50.599><c> be</c><00:44:50.900><c> healed.</c>

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:54.619
He's<00:44:52.159><c> not</c><00:44:52.340><c> looking</c><00:44:52.699><c> for</c><00:44:53.059><c> fire</c><00:44:53.340><c> to</c><00:44:53.539><c> vindicate</c><00:44:53.980><c> himself.</c>

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:58.519
He's<00:44:55.039><c> looking</c><00:44:55.360><c> for</c><00:44:55.699><c> fire</c><00:44:55.980><c> to</c><00:44:56.320><c> turn</c><00:44:56.579><c> the</c><00:44:56.820><c> hearts</c><00:44:57.019><c> of</c><00:44:57.219><c> the</c><00:44:57.400><c> people</c><00:44:57.940><c> back</c>

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.639
to<00:44:58.760><c> God.</c>

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:06.119
And<00:45:00.179><c> out</c><00:45:00.320><c> of</c><00:45:00.500><c> the</c><00:45:00.739><c> twilight</c><00:45:01.199><c> sky</c><00:45:02.260><c> comes</c><00:45:03.739><c> a</c><00:45:04.079><c> fireball</c><00:45:04.719><c> in</c><00:45:05.059><c> God's</c>

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.440
blazing<00:45:06.880><c> glory</c>

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:11.380
that<00:45:09.739><c> answers</c><00:45:10.300><c> Elijah's</c><00:45:11.199><c> prayer,</c>

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:15.639
and<00:45:11.559><c> it</c><00:45:11.579><c> consumes</c><00:45:12.380><c> the</c><00:45:12.780><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:13.500><c> and</c><00:45:13.760><c> the</c><00:45:14.000><c> wood</c><00:45:14.380><c> and</c><00:45:15.320><c> the</c>

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:17.760
stones<00:45:16.420><c> and</c><00:45:17.159><c> the</c><00:45:17.400><c> dust,</c>

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.940
and<00:45:17.960><c> it</c><00:45:18.039><c> licks</c><00:45:18.159><c> up</c><00:45:18.440><c> the</c><00:45:18.619><c> water.</c>

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.980
And<00:45:19.119><c> what's</c><00:45:19.380><c> happening</c><00:45:19.679><c> here?</c>

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:22.360
God<00:45:20.239><c> is</c><00:45:20.599><c> answering</c><00:45:21.179><c> Elijah's</c><00:45:22.079><c> prayer.</c>

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:27.239
He's<00:45:23.219><c> saying</c><00:45:23.440><c> yes</c><00:45:24.440><c> to</c><00:45:24.960><c> everything</c><00:45:25.420><c> Elijah</c><00:45:25.820><c> had</c><00:45:26.059><c> prayed</c><00:45:26.280><c> for.</c>

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:29.699
Yes,<00:45:27.860><c> I</c><00:45:28.199><c> am</c><00:45:28.500><c> the</c><00:45:28.719><c> God</c><00:45:29.039><c> of</c><00:45:29.260><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:32.760
and<00:45:30.219><c> yes,</c><00:45:30.599><c> I</c><00:45:30.760><c> want</c><00:45:30.980><c> the</c><00:45:31.239><c> people's</c><00:45:31.699><c> hearts</c><00:45:31.920><c> to</c><00:45:32.119><c> be</c><00:45:32.300><c> turned</c><00:45:32.519><c> back</c>

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:34.360
to<00:45:32.940><c> me.</c>

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:38.420
And<00:45:36.099><c> the</c><00:45:36.280><c> impact</c><00:45:36.579><c> on</c><00:45:36.739><c> the</c><00:45:36.960><c> people</c><00:45:37.139><c> is</c><00:45:37.400><c> immediate.</c>

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:40.579
Thousands<00:45:39.000><c> and</c><00:45:39.380><c> thousands</c><00:45:39.980><c> and</c><00:45:40.199><c> thousands.</c>

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:41.940
We<00:45:40.760><c> don't</c><00:45:40.960><c> know</c><00:45:41.179><c> how</c><00:45:41.440><c> many,</c>

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:45.059
but<00:45:42.519><c> certainly</c><00:45:42.900><c> if</c><00:45:43.059><c> there's</c><00:45:43.460><c> 7</c><00:45:43.719><c>,000</c><00:45:44.019><c> who</c><00:45:44.239><c> haven't</c><00:45:44.639><c> bowed</c><00:45:44.940><c> the</c>

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:46.760
knee<00:45:45.239><c> to</c><00:45:45.460><c> Baal</c><00:45:45.739><c> and</c><00:45:45.940><c> kissed</c><00:45:46.239><c> him,</c>

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:50.420
there<00:45:47.139><c> must</c><00:45:47.460><c> surely</c><00:45:47.860><c> have</c><00:45:48.099><c> been</c><00:45:48.320><c> 70</c><00:45:48.719><c>,000</c><00:45:49.179><c> at</c><00:45:49.340><c> least</c><00:45:49.619><c> that</c><00:45:49.780><c> were</c><00:45:49.960><c> there.</c>

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:55.239
And<00:45:51.059><c> they</c><00:45:51.380><c> all</c><00:45:51.699><c> go</c><00:45:51.920><c> down</c><00:45:52.199><c> on</c><00:45:52.360><c> their</c><00:45:52.599><c> faces</c><00:45:52.980><c> prostrate</c><00:45:53.699><c> before</c><00:45:54.079><c> God.</c>

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:58.840
Yahweh,<00:45:57.280><c> he</c><00:45:57.480><c> is</c><00:45:57.780><c> the</c><00:45:57.980><c> God.</c>

00:45:59.019 --> 00:46:01.239
Yahweh,<00:45:59.719><c> he</c><00:45:59.940><c> is</c><00:46:00.179><c> the</c><00:46:00.360><c> God.</c>

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:02.880
Elijah's<00:46:02.179><c> very</c><00:46:02.420><c> name,</c>

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:07.480
the<00:46:03.539><c> very</c><00:46:03.900><c> outcome</c><00:46:04.500><c> that</c><00:46:04.760><c> Elijah</c><00:46:05.079><c> had</c><00:46:05.480><c> prayed</c><00:46:05.739><c> for</c><00:46:06.579><c> now</c><00:46:07.219><c> comes</c>

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:09.159
to<00:46:07.739><c> pass.</c>

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:12.659
Elijah<00:46:10.860><c> then</c><00:46:11.019><c> goes</c><00:46:11.179><c> up</c><00:46:11.360><c> to</c><00:46:11.539><c> the</c><00:46:11.559><c> top</c><00:46:11.800><c> of</c><00:46:11.960><c> Mount</c><00:46:12.179><c> Carmel</c><00:46:12.500><c> to</c>

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:13.659
pray<00:46:12.880><c> once</c><00:46:13.320><c> more.</c>

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:18.599
This<00:46:14.199><c> man</c><00:46:15.039><c> who</c><00:46:15.599><c> has</c><00:46:16.119><c> just</c><00:46:16.619><c> orchestrated</c><00:46:17.480><c> one</c><00:46:18.079><c> of</c><00:46:18.159><c> the</c><00:46:18.219><c> most</c>

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:21.239
outstanding<00:46:19.860><c> miracles</c>

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:23.579
in<00:46:22.059><c> the</c><00:46:22.139><c> Old</c><00:46:22.340><c> Testament</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:28.940
goes<00:46:24.940><c> back</c><00:46:25.420><c> to</c><00:46:25.559><c> God</c><00:46:25.840><c> in</c><00:46:26.239><c> prayer</c><00:46:26.539><c> in</c><00:46:27.119><c> all</c><00:46:27.719><c> humility.</c>

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:32.820
There's<00:46:30.280><c> no</c><00:46:30.539><c> pride,</c><00:46:31.199><c> there's</c><00:46:31.320><c> no</c><00:46:31.500><c> boasting.</c>

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:34.619
In<00:46:33.179><c> all</c><00:46:33.539><c> humility.</c>

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:38.320
And<00:46:35.219><c> his</c><00:46:35.840><c> approach</c><00:46:36.239><c> to</c><00:46:36.420><c> God</c><00:46:36.639><c> is</c><00:46:36.920><c> in</c><00:46:37.199><c> sharp</c><00:46:37.559><c> contrast</c>

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.300
to<00:46:38.420><c> what</c><00:46:38.619><c> the</c><00:46:38.780><c> people</c><00:46:38.980><c> saw</c><00:46:39.239><c> earlier</c><00:46:39.679><c> that</c><00:46:39.960><c> day</c>

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:45.719
in<00:46:41.119><c> their</c><00:46:41.840><c> yelling</c><00:46:42.239><c> and</c><00:46:42.619><c> cutting</c><00:46:42.880><c> and</c><00:46:43.179><c> frenzied</c><00:46:43.579><c> appeals</c><00:46:44.199><c> to</c><00:46:44.599><c> Baal.</c>

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:49.460
And<00:46:47.860><c> he</c><00:46:48.039><c> pleads</c><00:46:48.320><c> that</c><00:46:48.480><c> God</c><00:46:48.639><c> will</c><00:46:48.880><c> send</c><00:46:49.099><c> rain.</c>

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:54.199
And<00:46:49.960><c> once</c><00:46:50.340><c> more,</c><00:46:51.239><c> God</c><00:46:51.800><c> hears</c><00:46:52.440><c> the</c><00:46:52.780><c> prayer</c><00:46:53.039><c> of</c><00:46:53.340><c> Elijah,</c>

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:57.780
the<00:46:54.860><c> effectual,</c><00:46:55.760><c> fervent</c><00:46:56.039><c> prayer</c><00:46:56.440><c> of</c><00:46:56.760><c> this</c><00:46:56.940><c> righteous</c><00:46:57.300><c> man.</c>

00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:01.840
And<00:46:58.400><c> the</c><00:46:58.639><c> storm</c><00:46:58.980><c> cloud</c><00:46:59.340><c> forms,</c><00:47:00.179><c> and</c><00:47:00.360><c> the</c><00:47:00.519><c> torrential</c><00:47:00.980><c> rains</c><00:47:01.239><c> come,</c>

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:05.039
and<00:47:02.519><c> Yahweh's</c><00:47:03.059><c> prophet</c><00:47:03.380><c> races</c><00:47:03.820><c> down</c><00:47:04.400><c> the</c><00:47:04.559><c> mountain,</c>

00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:07.619
no<00:47:05.480><c> doubt</c><00:47:05.719><c> with</c><00:47:06.000><c> joy</c><00:47:06.300><c> in</c><00:47:06.460><c> his</c><00:47:06.639><c> heart.</c>

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:09.860
And<00:47:08.019><c> the</c><00:47:08.219><c> marvel</c><00:47:08.400><c> of</c><00:47:08.599><c> our</c><00:47:08.780><c> God,</c><00:47:09.139><c> brothers</c><00:47:09.239><c> and</c><00:47:09.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:12.019
lest<00:47:10.280><c> we</c><00:47:10.559><c> ever</c><00:47:10.800><c> get</c><00:47:11.019><c> to</c><00:47:11.179><c> the</c><00:47:11.280><c> point</c><00:47:11.480><c> where</c><00:47:11.719><c> we</c><00:47:11.820><c> think</c>

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:14.820
God<00:47:12.420><c> will</c><00:47:12.719><c> no</c><00:47:12.960><c> longer</c><00:47:13.219><c> work</c><00:47:13.480><c> in</c><00:47:13.639><c> our</c><00:47:13.820><c> life.</c>

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:17.679
Or<00:47:15.659><c> if</c><00:47:15.840><c> we're</c><00:47:16.039><c> ever</c><00:47:16.300><c> dealing</c><00:47:16.519><c> with</c><00:47:16.739><c> a</c><00:47:16.920><c> young</c><00:47:17.119><c> person</c>

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:19.360
or<00:47:17.940><c> brother</c><00:47:18.239><c> and</c><00:47:18.480><c> sister</c><00:47:18.719><c> in</c><00:47:18.860><c> the</c><00:47:19.019><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:21.139
who<00:47:19.579><c> becomes</c><00:47:19.940><c> despondent,</c><00:47:20.760><c> thinking,</c>

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:25.500
I<00:47:21.639><c> am</c><00:47:22.000><c> so</c><00:47:22.460><c> bad,</c><00:47:22.940><c> God</c><00:47:23.199><c> will</c><00:47:23.579><c> never</c><00:47:23.880><c> accept</c><00:47:24.320><c> me</c><00:47:24.599><c> again.</c>

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:29.820
God<00:47:25.900><c> is</c><00:47:26.360><c> ready</c><00:47:26.679><c> to</c><00:47:27.099><c> accept</c><00:47:27.440><c> Ahab</c><00:47:28.099><c> that</c><00:47:28.760><c> day.</c>

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:32.820
And<00:47:30.659><c> look</c><00:47:30.900><c> what</c><00:47:31.199><c> Ahab</c><00:47:31.480><c> has</c><00:47:31.719><c> done.</c>

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:36.579
God<00:47:34.559><c> didn't</c><00:47:34.820><c> want</c><00:47:35.039><c> Ahab</c><00:47:35.519><c> dead</c><00:47:36.039><c> that</c><00:47:36.360><c> day.</c>

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:40.179
He<00:47:36.719><c> could</c><00:47:36.920><c> have</c><00:47:37.039><c> killed</c><00:47:37.300><c> him</c><00:47:37.679><c> and</c><00:47:37.860><c> been</c><00:47:38.139><c> justified</c><00:47:38.739><c> in</c><00:47:38.960><c> doing</c><00:47:39.219><c> so.</c>

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:42.980
But<00:47:40.420><c> God</c><00:47:40.679><c> is</c><00:47:41.119><c> still</c><00:47:41.480><c> appealing</c><00:47:42.139><c> to</c><00:47:42.579><c> Ahab</c>

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:45.840
because<00:47:43.340><c> our</c><00:47:43.559><c> God</c><00:47:43.719><c> is</c><00:47:44.019><c> merciful</c><00:47:44.539><c> and</c><00:47:45.360><c> gracious</c>

00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:51.039
and<00:47:46.119><c> long</c><00:47:46.420><c>-suffering</c><00:47:47.159><c> and</c><00:47:48.300><c> loving</c><00:47:48.659><c> kindness</c><00:47:49.519><c> and</c><00:47:50.679><c> truth.</c>

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:52.659
That's<00:47:51.420><c> who</c><00:47:51.579><c> we</c><00:47:51.800><c> worship.</c>

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:55.940
Those<00:47:53.019><c> are</c><00:47:53.179><c> the</c><00:47:53.380><c> characteristics</c><00:47:53.860><c> he</c><00:47:54.159><c> asks</c><00:47:54.360><c> us</c><00:47:54.639><c> to</c><00:47:54.860><c> reflect.</c>

00:47:58.900 --> 00:48:01.320
Ample<00:47:59.460><c> opportunity</c><00:48:00.019><c> for</c><00:48:00.320><c> Ahab</c><00:48:00.619><c> to</c><00:48:00.840><c> repent.</c>

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:04.539
We<00:48:01.619><c> know</c><00:48:01.860><c> that</c><00:48:02.059><c> because</c><00:48:02.440><c> Elijah</c><00:48:02.840><c> tells</c><00:48:03.119><c> him</c><00:48:03.300><c> to</c><00:48:03.480><c> go</c><00:48:03.699><c> eat</c><00:48:04.039><c> and</c><00:48:04.280><c> drink,</c>

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.639
likely<00:48:04.900><c> a</c><00:48:05.179><c> sacrificial</c><00:48:05.699><c> meal.</c>

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:09.159
And<00:48:07.039><c> it</c><00:48:07.079><c> was</c><00:48:07.260><c> evident</c><00:48:07.460><c> by</c><00:48:07.699><c> the</c><00:48:07.840><c> fact</c><00:48:08.000><c> that</c><00:48:08.159><c> as</c><00:48:08.280><c> he's</c>

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:11.579
barreling<00:48:09.539><c> down</c><00:48:09.960><c> the</c><00:48:10.239><c> mountain</c><00:48:10.679><c> in</c><00:48:10.880><c> his</c><00:48:11.159><c> chariot,</c>

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:15.320
15<00:48:12.300><c> miles</c><00:48:12.820><c> likely</c><00:48:13.179><c> from</c><00:48:13.380><c> Mount</c><00:48:13.659><c> Carmel</c><00:48:13.980><c> to</c><00:48:14.179><c> Jezreel,</c>

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.320
and<00:48:15.920><c> out</c><00:48:16.039><c> in</c><00:48:16.239><c> front</c><00:48:16.360><c> of</c><00:48:16.460><c> him</c><00:48:16.599><c> comes</c><00:48:16.860><c> Elijah.</c>

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:22.260
So<00:48:17.739><c> three</c><00:48:18.000><c> times</c><00:48:18.440><c> now</c><00:48:19.699><c> Ahab</c><00:48:20.340><c> has</c><00:48:20.659><c> seen</c><00:48:20.900><c> the</c><00:48:21.199><c> power</c><00:48:21.619><c> of</c><00:48:21.940><c> Yahweh</c>

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:24.840
manifested<00:48:22.840><c> on</c><00:48:23.079><c> that</c><00:48:23.260><c> mountain,</c><00:48:23.880><c> in</c><00:48:24.000><c> the</c><00:48:24.199><c> fireball,</c>

00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:28.400
in<00:48:25.320><c> the</c><00:48:25.559><c> rain,</c><00:48:26.340><c> and</c><00:48:26.380><c> now</c><00:48:26.619><c> in</c><00:48:26.760><c> this</c><00:48:27.079><c> man</c><00:48:27.300><c> that</c><00:48:27.440><c> will</c><00:48:27.760><c> outrun</c><00:48:28.119><c> him</c>

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:32.639
on<00:48:28.659><c> a</c><00:48:28.900><c> 15</c><00:48:29.800><c>-mile</c><00:48:30.619><c> journey</c><00:48:31.219><c> back</c><00:48:31.619><c> to</c><00:48:31.820><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:37.679
The<00:48:34.599><c> troubler</c><00:48:35.000><c> of</c><00:48:35.260><c> Israel</c><00:48:35.619><c> was</c><00:48:35.940><c> clearly</c><00:48:36.380><c> Yahweh's</c><00:48:36.820><c> prophet.</c>

00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:42.420
At<00:48:38.440><c> the</c><00:48:38.619><c> end</c><00:48:38.860><c> of</c><00:48:39.059><c> chapter</c><00:48:39.360><c> 17,</c><00:48:40.679><c> the</c><00:48:40.739><c> woman</c><00:48:41.280><c> now</c><00:48:41.699><c> knew,</c>

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:47.119
confirmed<00:48:43.539><c> in</c><00:48:43.719><c> her</c><00:48:43.900><c> heart</c><00:48:44.260><c> that</c><00:48:45.659><c> Elijah</c><00:48:46.099><c> was</c><00:48:46.360><c> Yahweh's</c><00:48:46.820><c> prophet.</c>

00:48:47.500 --> 00:48:50.139
At<00:48:47.679><c> the</c><00:48:47.739><c> end</c><00:48:47.920><c> of</c><00:48:48.119><c> chapter</c><00:48:48.440><c> 18,</c><00:48:49.280><c> Ahab</c><00:48:49.539><c> now</c><00:48:49.900><c> knows</c>

00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:52.119
he<00:48:50.260><c> is</c><00:48:50.440><c> not</c><00:48:50.599><c> a</c><00:48:50.780><c> troubler</c><00:48:51.039><c> of</c><00:48:51.179><c> Israel.</c>

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:54.219
He<00:48:52.579><c> is</c><00:48:52.780><c> Yahweh's</c><00:48:53.380><c> prophet.</c>

00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:58.500
The<00:48:55.099><c> great</c><00:48:55.320><c> tragedy</c><00:48:55.820><c> for</c><00:48:56.219><c> Ahab</c><00:48:56.719><c> is</c><00:48:57.760><c> when</c><00:48:57.880><c> he</c><00:48:57.960><c> gets</c><00:48:58.179><c> down</c>

00:48:58.500 --> 00:49:02.480
off<00:48:58.780><c> the</c><00:48:58.920><c> mountain,</c><00:49:00.679><c> he</c><00:49:00.920><c> goes</c><00:49:01.119><c> home</c><00:49:01.300><c> to</c><00:49:01.500><c> Jezebel.</c>