June 22-28 Water Fire
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Transcript of June 22-28 Water Fire
God’s Power to SaveGod’s Power to Save
Take a journey with me back to times when God saved His
people. Then observe how He demonstrated later to people He is still in control. We are going to look at two polar opposites…Water & Fire
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Genesis 6:13 NET So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of
them.
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Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.
Genesis 8:13 NET In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had
dried up from the earth,
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and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the
earth was dry.
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15 Then God spoke to Noah and said, 16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your
sons' wives with you.
God’s Power to SaveGod’s Power to SaveExodus 14:21 NET Moses stretched out
his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a
strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and
the water was divided.
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22 So the Israelites went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters forming
a wall for them on their right and on their left.
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Now jump forward with me and read what The Apostle Paul wrote in his first letter to the
Christians in Corinth.
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1 Corinthians 10:1 NET For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed
through the sea,
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2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual
food,
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4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the
rock was Christ.
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Read with me from the letter to the
Hebrew Christians.
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Hebrews 11:29 NET By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but
when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed
up.
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So Christ was going with them. Parting the sea showed the people's
faith. They were in fact baptized when they
passed through the sea.
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That is, they were brought under obligation to Moses’ law and
covenant, as we are by baptism under the Christian law and covenant. It was to them a
typical baptism.
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We jump forward 40 years. Moses is dead and faithful Joshua is
now leading God’s people into the Promised
Land.
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Joshua 3:13 NET When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the
Lord, the Ruler of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up."
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14 So when the people left their tents to cross the
Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went
ahead of them.
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15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of
the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water —
(the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) —
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16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan);
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there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.
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17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of
the Jordan.
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All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the
entire nation was on the other side.
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He did this so that all the people of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so
that they might always fear the LORD their God."
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And the LORD did this to exalt Joshua in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that He was with
him as He was with Moses.
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God’s people have settled in the Promised Land. A kingdom has been established, and sadly, due to disobedience, God’s people had been split
into two nations. God’s Prophet Elijah is at work.
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2 Kings 2:7 NET The fifty members of the prophetic
guild went and stood opposite them at a distance,
while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.
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8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of
them crossed over on dry ground.
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It seems He parted the water of the Jordan River for the benefit of the 50
prophets and Elisha who were following Elijah.
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2 Kings 2:11 NET As they were walking along and
talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery
horses appeared.
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They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a
windstorm.
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2 Kings 2:14 NET He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water
with it, and said, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" When
he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.
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Then when God parted the water for Elisha this showed
Elisha that God was with him and also showed the 50 prophets that God was with
Elisha as He was Elijah.
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The parting of the waters are recorded for our
benefit. He wants people to see His power. We
can know He is in Control.
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We see His compassion for His children who were in need of
salvation. We see even in Old Testament times Christ was there. We see God reminds
His people that He is with them.
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Just as God used water as a means of salvation, punishment, and to
demonstrate His control, He also uses fire to remind people He is in control and as a means
of punishment & salvation.
God’s Power to PunishGod’s Power to Punish
Gen 19:24 KJV Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out
of heaven;
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Exodus 9:23 NET When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD
sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the
land of Egypt.
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24 Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was
so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had
become a nation.
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Exodus 13:21 NET Now the Lord was going before them by day in a
pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire
to give them light, so that they could go day or night.
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Leviticus 10:1 NET Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his
fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented
strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded
them to do.
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2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so
that they died before the LORD.
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Numbers 11:1 NET When the people complained, it displeased the Lord.
When the Lord heard it, his anger burned,
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and so the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the
outer parts of the camp.
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2 When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died
out.
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3 So he called the name of that place Taberah
because the fire of the Lord burned among
them.
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Num 16:35 NET Then a fire went out from the LORD and
devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
Deu 4:24 NET For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
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1 Chronicles 21:26 NET David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt
sacrifices and peace offerings.
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He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded
by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt
sacrifice on the altar.
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2 Chronicles 7:1 NET When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the
burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord's splendor filled the
temple.
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Who can forget the great time in history
when Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal &
Asherah?
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1 Kings 18:24 NET Then you will invoke the name of
your god, and I will invoke the name of the
LORD.
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The god who responds with fire will
demonstrate that he is the true God." All the
people responded, "This will be a fair test."
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1 Kings 18:38 NET Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky.
It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the
water in the trench.
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2 Kings 1:3 NET Now the Lord's angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise and go up to meet the messengers from the
king of Samaria.
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Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in
Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub
the god of Ekron.
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2 Kings 1:9 NET The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to
retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on
the top of a hill. He told him, "Prophet, the king says, 'Come
down!' "
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2 Kings 1:10 NET Elijah replied to the captain, “If
I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!"
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Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him
and his fifty soldiers.11 The king sent another
captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah.
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He went up and told him, “Prophet, this is what the king says, 'Come down at
once!' " 12 Elijah replied to them, “If
I am indeed a prophet,
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may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!" Fire
from God came down from the sky and consumed him
and his fifty soldiers.
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13 The king sent a third captain and his fifty
soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He
begged for mercy,
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"Prophet, please have respect for my life and
for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.
14 Indeed, fire came down from the sky and
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consumed the two captains who came before me, along
with their men. So now, please have respect for my
life."
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15 The LORD's angelic messenger said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't
be afraid of him." So he got up and went down with him
to the king.
Water & FireWater & Fire
We have seen how both Water & Fire were used to show God is in control, used to punish and save. Water first punished the wicked world in the flood and saved the 8 souls on the Ark.
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The pillar of fire from God was used in
saving the Israelites as it showed them where
to travel at night.
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Revelation 20:12 NET And I saw the dead, the great and the
small, standing before the throne. Then books were
opened, and another book was opened —
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the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was
written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and
Death and Hades
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gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was
judged according to his deeds. 14 Then Death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
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This is the second death — the lake of fire. 15 If
anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown
into the lake of fire.
God’s Power of SalvationGod’s Power of Salvation
1 Peter 3:20 CEV They had disobeyed God while
Noah was building the boat, but God had been
patient with them.
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Eight people went into that boat and were
brought safely through the flood. 21 Those flood waters were like baptism
that now saves you.
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But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience,
because Jesus Christ was raised from death.
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Which group are you going to be in? Those lost forever, thrown into the lake of fire or those who have passed
through the water unto salvation?