Elijah and Elisha Discipleship Relationships 1 Kings 19:12-21.
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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
December 28, 2014
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Elijah
Returns
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They have endured over
three years without rain.
God is ready to move.
God is going to reveal His Power to His people,
and let them choose whom they will serve.
He is giving them opportunity to repent.
God is longsuffering toward His people.
Elijah is talking to Ahab.
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1 Kings 18:19 Now therefore
send, and gather to me all
Israel unto mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal
four hundred and fifty, and
the prophets of the groves
four hundred, which eat at
Jezebel's table. 20 So Ahab
sent unto all the children of
Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto
mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel was
considered to be
the sacred dwelling
place of Baal.
Home court
advantage
Mount Carmel
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21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said,
How long halt ye between two opinions? if the
LORD be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then
follow him. And the people answered him not a
word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I
only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's
prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
Choosing time
Worship of Baal was popular, but he had no power.
Many Israelites wanted both Baal and Jehovah.
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Many people today want to have it both ways:
A mixture of Christianity with this world.
Each must choose for himself.
Will I live for the Lord Jesus Christ?
Or will I love the world and the things of the world.
It’s Choosing Time.
There are many false gods and idols.
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Still others worship self.
My own way.
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1 John 2 15 Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.
Love of God and love of the world will not mix.
James 4 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye
not that the friendship of the world is enmity with
God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.
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John 15 (Jesus) 18 If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the
world, the world would love his own: but because ye
are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you.
1 Peter 4 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run
not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil
of you:
Unbelievers will never
understand Christians.
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Romans 12 1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service. And be not conformed
to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is
that good, and acceptable, and perfect, Will of God.
Transform is metamorphosis.
A total transformation!
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That total change is what God wants
for His children.
We will be trans-
formed only by the
renewing of our
mind.
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We must submit our mind to
God’s Word and His Spirit.
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Obey Every Word of God.Don’t lie, cheat, steal, fornicate, or murder.
Do pray, rejoice, love, give thanks, be patient,
respect God, be filled with the Holy Spirit and
let Him produce the fruit of God in you.
These lists are not complete,
but a good place to start.
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Today is the first day of
the rest of your life.
Truth
It’s not too late to be transformed.
Renew
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Let’s worship only the True and Living God
through Jesus Christ.
He is the only hope of eternal salvation.
It’s Choosing Time.