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every<00:12:09.559><c> day,</c><00:12:09.919><c> don't</c><00:12:10.059><c> we,</c><00:12:10.379><c> brothers</c><00:12:10.539><c> and</c><00:12:10.820><c> sisters?</c><00:12:12.179><c> We</c><00:12:12.740><c> wrestle</c> 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:14.759 x every<00:12:13.539><c> day</c><00:12:13.779><c> with</c><00:12:13.960><c> the</c><00:12:14.279><c> flesh</c><00:12:14.519><c> that</c> 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:23.740 x we<00:12:15.000><c> have,</c><00:12:16.580><c> the</c><00:12:16.960><c> nature</c><00:12:17.440><c> that</c><00:12:17.720><c> we</c><00:12:17.980><c> have.</c><00:12:22.299><c> And</c><00:12:22.879><c> so</c><00:12:23.000><c> we</c><00:12:23.200><c> have</c><00:12:23.360><c> this</c> 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:25.759 x great<00:12:24.679><c> interaction</c><00:12:25.379><c> with</c> 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.360 x Elijah<00:12:26.240><c> and</c><00:12:26.539><c> God.</c><00:12:27.879><c> We</c><00:12:28.159><c> find</c><00:12:28.519><c> in</c><00:12:28.700><c> verse</c><00:12:28.960><c> 9</c><00:12:29.139><c> that</c><00:12:29.360><c> Elijah</c><00:12:29.879><c> is</c><00:12:30.100><c> in</c> 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.399 x a<00:12:30.559><c> cave.</c><00:12:32.899><c> And</c><00:12:33.159><c> God</c><00:12:33.460><c> asks</c><00:12:34.000><c> him</c><00:12:34.200><c> the</c> 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:40.779 x simple<00:12:34.600><c> question,</c><00:12:35.320><c> Elijah,</c><00:12:35.799><c> what</c><00:12:36.120><c> are</c><00:12:36.259><c> you</c><00:12:36.480><c> doing</c><00:12:36.799><c> here?</c><00:12:40.480><c> I</c> 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.340 x have<00:12:41.000><c> been</c><00:12:41.139><c> very</c><00:12:41.639><c> jealous</c><00:12:42.059><c> for</c> 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:46.659 x the<00:12:42.559><c> Lord</c><00:12:42.799><c> God,</c><00:12:43.100><c> Elijah</c><00:12:43.600><c> says,</c><00:12:45.440><c> for</c><00:12:45.620><c> the</c><00:12:45.899><c> children</c><00:12:46.179><c> of</c><00:12:46.320><c> Israel</c> 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:47.899 x have<00:12:46.940><c> forsaken</c><00:12:47.559><c> thy</c> 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:51.799 x covenant,<00:12:48.720><c> thrown</c><00:12:48.899><c> down</c><00:12:49.279><c> thine</c><00:12:49.559><c> altars,</c><00:12:50.139><c> and</c><00:12:50.379><c> slain</c><00:12:50.600><c> thy</c><00:12:50.899><c> prophets</c><00:12:51.320><c> with</c><00:12:51.539><c> the</c> 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.039 x sword.<00:12:52.759><c> And</c><00:12:53.120><c> I,</c> 00:12:54.059 --> 00:13:00.639 x even<00:12:54.419><c> I</c><00:12:55.159><c> only,</c><00:12:56.600><c> am</c><00:12:56.860><c> left.</c><00:12:58.460><c> And</c><00:12:58.840><c> they</c><00:12:59.200><c> seek</c><00:12:59.419><c> my</c><00:12:59.779><c> life</c><00:13:00.179><c> to</c><00:13:00.460><c> take</c> 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.220 x it<00:13:00.860><c> away.</c><00:13:02.299><c> It</c><00:13:02.419><c> was</c><00:13:02.580><c> Elijah's</c> 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:06.519 x state<00:13:03.360><c> of</c><00:13:03.559><c> mind.</c><00:13:03.799><c> We</c><00:13:03.879><c> get</c><00:13:04.059><c> a</c><00:13:04.279><c> glimpse,</c><00:13:04.639><c> a</c><00:13:04.779><c> window</c><00:13:05.360><c> into</c><00:13:05.700><c> his</c><00:13:06.000><c> mind</c><00:13:06.259><c> by</c> 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:09.600 x this<00:13:06.759><c> statement.</c><00:13:08.960><c> He</c><00:13:09.299><c> felt</c> 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:16.440 x alone.<00:13:12.919><c> No</c><00:13:13.159><c> one</c><00:13:13.419><c> else</c><00:13:13.879><c> was</c><00:13:14.539><c> cared</c><00:13:14.759><c> about</c><00:13:15.139><c> God,</c><00:13:15.539><c> or</c><00:13:15.700><c> loved</c><00:13:15.980><c> God,</c> 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.879 x or<00:13:16.659><c> was</c><00:13:16.940><c> living</c><00:13:17.200><c> the</c><00:13:17.519><c> truth.</c><00:13:18.679><c> He</c> 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:26.080 x was<00:13:19.100><c> the</c><00:13:19.340><c> only</c><00:13:19.759><c> one.</c><00:13:22.519><c> And</c><00:13:22.759><c> God</c><00:13:23.039><c> answers</c><00:13:23.519><c> him</c><00:13:23.759><c> in</c><00:13:23.919><c> a</c><00:13:24.039><c> very</c><00:13:24.480><c> brilliant</c><00:13:24.940><c> way.</c> 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.700 x The<00:13:29.000><c> first</c><00:13:29.220><c> is</c><00:13:29.460><c> a</c> 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:40.919 x hurricane,<00:13:30.379><c> a</c><00:13:30.580><c> great</c><00:13:30.779><c> wind.</c><00:13:33.340><c> And</c><00:13:33.600><c> God</c><00:13:33.759><c> wasn't</c><00:13:34.120><c> in</c><00:13:34.360><c> the</c><00:13:34.600><c> hurricane.</c><00:13:38.779><c> God</c><00:13:39.019><c> sends</c><00:13:39.320><c> an</c><00:13:39.659><c> earthquake,</c> 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:46.059 x shakes<00:13:42.320><c> the</c><00:13:42.799><c> ground</c><00:13:43.179><c> in</c><00:13:43.399><c> the</c><00:13:43.580><c> mountains</c><00:13:44.059><c> where</c><00:13:44.360><c> Elijah</c><00:13:44.840><c> was.</c> 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.700 x God<00:13:47.580><c> wasn't</c><00:13:47.980><c> in</c><00:13:48.440><c> the</c><00:13:48.720><c> earthquake.</c> 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:56.100 x He<00:13:50.639><c> sends</c><00:13:50.940><c> a</c><00:13:51.279><c> fire.</c><00:13:53.139><c> God</c><00:13:53.480><c> was</c><00:13:53.759><c> not</c><00:13:53.940><c> in</c><00:13:54.120><c> the</c><00:13:54.340><c> fire.</c><00:13:55.580><c> Now</c><00:13:55.879><c> think,</c> 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:57.360 x brothers<00:13:56.480><c> and</c><00:13:56.759><c> sisters,</c><00:13:57.039><c> about</c> 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:03.620 x the<00:13:57.679><c> power</c><00:13:58.139><c> of</c><00:13:58.419><c> those</c><00:13:58.700><c> three</c><00:13:59.100><c> things.</c><00:14:00.740><c> The</c><00:14:01.080><c> power</c><00:14:01.559><c> of</c><00:14:01.820><c> a</c><00:14:02.000><c> hurricane,</c><00:14:03.379><c> the</c> 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.659 x power<00:14:04.259><c> of</c><00:14:04.500><c> an</c> 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:14.360 x earthquake,<00:14:05.860><c> the</c><00:14:06.039><c> power</c><00:14:06.460><c> of</c><00:14:06.820><c> a</c><00:14:07.000><c> wildfire.</c><00:14:10.480><c> God</c><00:14:10.899><c> wasn't</c><00:14:11.200><c> in</c><00:14:11.440><c> those</c><00:14:11.779><c> things.</c><00:14:14.039><c> He</c> 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:15.519 x was<00:14:14.720><c> in</c><00:14:15.139><c> the</c> 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:22.620 x still<00:14:16.259><c> small</c><00:14:17.080><c> voice.</c><00:14:20.480><c> And</c><00:14:20.700><c> it</c><00:14:20.860><c> is</c><00:14:21.019><c> that</c><00:14:21.419><c> still</c><00:14:21.779><c> small</c><00:14:22.240><c> voice,</c> 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.860 x brothers<00:14:22.960><c> and</c><00:14:23.279><c> sisters,</c><00:14:23.639><c> that</c> 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:28.639 x we<00:14:24.139><c> should</c><00:14:24.360><c> get</c><00:14:24.820><c> our</c><00:14:25.100><c> strength</c><00:14:25.519><c> from.</c><00:14:27.259><c> The</c><00:14:27.539><c> still</c><00:14:27.840><c> small</c><00:14:28.179><c> voice</c><00:14:28.419><c> that</c> 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.899 x should<00:14:28.799><c> be</c><00:14:29.000><c> in</c><00:14:29.259><c> everybody</c> 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:35.519 x here.<00:14:31.220><c> That</c><00:14:31.379><c> we</c><00:14:31.620><c> should</c><00:14:31.960><c> share</c><00:14:32.419><c> with</c><00:14:32.679><c> each</c><00:14:32.940><c> other.</c><00:14:34.679><c> The</c><00:14:35.100><c> still</c> 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.559 x small<00:14:35.980><c> voice</c><00:14:36.460><c> of</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.120><c> hope</c><00:14:37.320><c> of</c> 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:50.779 x Israel.<00:14:39.000><c> The</c><00:14:39.279><c> gospel</c><00:14:39.799><c> of</c><00:14:40.120><c> salvation.</c><00:14:49.639><c> God</c><00:14:49.919><c> says,</c><00:14:50.580><c> we</c><00:14:50.639><c> just</c> 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:52.440 x one<00:14:50.940><c> last</c><00:14:51.200><c> thought</c><00:14:51.419><c> here.</c><00:14:51.960><c> God</c><00:14:52.200><c> says</c> 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:58.519 x in<00:14:52.500><c> verse</c><00:14:52.820><c> 18,</c><00:14:55.220><c> I</c><00:14:55.639><c> have</c><00:14:56.000><c> left</c><00:14:56.279><c> me</c><00:14:56.639><c> seven</c><00:14:57.000><c> thousand</c><00:14:57.679><c> in</c><00:14:57.940><c> Israel,</c> 00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.720 x all<00:14:58.960><c> the</c><00:14:59.139><c> knees</c><00:14:59.460><c> which</c> 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:04.720 x have<00:14:59.919><c> not</c><00:15:00.320><c> bowed</c><00:15:00.559><c> unto</c><00:15:00.860><c> Baal,</c><00:15:02.220><c> and</c><00:15:02.500><c> every</c><00:15:02.899><c> mouth</c><00:15:03.440><c> which</c><00:15:04.419><c> hath</c> 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.279 x not<00:15:05.299><c> kissed</c><00:15:05.620><c> him.</c><00:15:06.460><c> See</c><00:15:06.759><c> Elijah</c> 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.639 x mistakenly<00:15:08.179><c> thought</c><00:15:08.360><c> he</c><00:15:08.539><c> was</c><00:15:08.820><c> alone</c><00:15:09.200><c> and</c><00:15:09.360><c> he</c><00:15:09.539><c> wasn't</c><00:15:09.840><c> alone.</c> 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:12.639 x We<00:15:11.320><c> know</c><00:15:11.559><c> from</c><00:15:11.820><c> the</c><00:15:12.120><c> previous</c> 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.139 x chapter,<00:15:13.100><c> in</c><00:15:13.220><c> the</c><00:15:13.279><c> 18th</c><00:15:13.679><c> chapter</c><00:15:13.919><c> of</c><00:15:14.080><c> 1</c><00:15:14.279><c> Kings,</c><00:15:14.899><c> that</c><00:15:15.039><c> there</c> 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.799 x was<00:15:15.440><c> Obadiah.</c><00:15:16.120><c> He</c><00:15:16.220><c> was</c><00:15:16.500><c> the</c><00:15:16.659><c> head</c> 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.860 x of<00:15:17.320><c> Ahab's</c><00:15:17.759><c> house</c><00:15:18.039><c> and</c><00:15:18.179><c> he</c><00:15:18.299><c> was</c><00:15:18.519><c> a</c><00:15:18.860><c> faithful</c><00:15:19.320><c> righteous</c><00:15:19.879><c> man.</c> 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.580 x Elijah<00:15:21.320><c> had</c><00:15:21.899><c> forgotten</c><00:15:22.259><c> about</c> 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:26.059 x him<00:15:22.799><c> apparently.</c><00:15:24.039><c> There</c><00:15:24.179><c> was</c><00:15:24.440><c> Elisha</c><00:15:25.059><c> that</c><00:15:25.259><c> is</c><00:15:25.519><c> mentioned</c><00:15:25.879><c> in</c> 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:28.080 x this<00:15:26.340><c> chapter</c><00:15:26.759><c> as</c><00:15:27.120><c> well.</c><00:15:27.879><c> And</c> 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.000 x God<00:15:28.320><c> says,</c><00:15:28.580><c> whether</c><00:15:28.840><c> it's</c><00:15:29.159><c> a</c><00:15:29.419><c> symbolic</c><00:15:29.919><c> number</c><00:15:30.340><c> or</c><00:15:30.500><c> an</c><00:15:30.779><c> actual</c> 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.840 x number,<00:15:31.720><c> I</c><00:15:32.340><c> probably</c><00:15:32.639><c> think</c> 00:15:32.840 --> 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we</c><00:15:53.220><c> think</c><00:15:53.399><c> brothers</c><00:15:53.759><c> and</c> 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.659 x sisters<00:15:54.399><c> of</c> 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:57.740 x the<00:15:54.840><c> 11th</c><00:15:55.399><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.679><c> of</c><00:15:55.899><c> Hebrews,</c><00:15:56.259><c> let's</c><00:15:56.500><c> think</c><00:15:56.759><c> about</c><00:15:56.960><c> the</c><00:15:57.259><c> faith</c><00:15:57.519><c> of</c> 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:59.200 x these<00:15:58.019><c> individuals.</c> 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:04.519 x But<00:16:01.340><c> let's</c><00:16:01.600><c> think</c><00:16:01.860><c> about</c><00:16:02.100><c> the</c><00:16:02.460><c> action,</c><00:16:02.980><c> the</c><00:16:03.279><c> works</c><00:16:03.639><c> of</c><00:16:03.919><c> these</c> 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:06.220 x righteous<00:16:05.100><c> individuals</c><00:16:05.840><c> as</c> 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:09.600 x well.<00:16:06.740><c> And</c><00:16:06.919><c> remember</c><00:16:07.360><c> that</c><00:16:07.779><c> it</c><00:16:08.059><c> didn't</c><00:16:08.340><c> always</c><00:16:08.779><c> go</c><00:16:09.100><c> well</c><00:16:09.379><c> for</c> 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.460 x these<00:16:09.860><c> people,</c><00:16:10.980><c> that</c><00:16:11.139><c> they</c> 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:17.779 x struggled,<00:16:12.000><c> they</c><00:16:12.159><c> were</c><00:16:12.399><c> depressed,</c><00:16:12.980><c> they</c><00:16:13.159><c> went</c><00:16:13.340><c> through</c><00:16:13.559><c> very</c><00:16:13.899><c> difficult</c><00:16:14.460><c> times.</c><00:16:17.039><c> But</c><00:16:17.559><c> they</c> 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:21.960 x did<00:16:17.980><c> it</c><00:16:18.200><c> because</c><00:16:18.519><c> they</c><00:16:18.919><c> believed</c><00:16:19.279><c> in</c><00:16:19.500><c> a</c><00:16:19.720><c> hope</c><00:16:20.080><c> of</c><00:16:20.840><c> better</c><00:16:21.220><c> things</c><00:16:21.639><c> to</c> 00:16:21.960 --> 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