FAITH TO TRUST (5 OF 11)
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16
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Faith to Trust (5 of 11)
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 17:8-16
Hudson Taylor was a British missionary to China in the late 1800's and founder of the China Inland Mission which brought 800 missionaries to the country who began 125 schools which resulted in over 18,000 people coming to accept Christ as their Savior.
He said, ''Not a great faith we need, but faith in a great God.''
Someone has come up with an acrostic for the word faith:
Forsaking All I Trust Him. This certainly describes
Elijah as he confronts King Ahab about promotion of idolatry, pronounces a drought on the land and then lives in the desert
being fed by ravens for about six months.
The first lesson which God wanted Elijah to learn was to trust
Him day by day. The second lesson God wants him to learn is
that he would also provide for others who would trust him.
DIVINE COMMAND :8-9
God had directed Elijah to go to the brook Cherith (:3) and now that there is no water to drink he directs him where to go next.
Place
Zarephath - was 90 miles northwest of Cherith about a mile from the Mediterranean Sea in the homeland of Jezebel (16:31) which was dominated by worship of Baal.
It is ironic that God told him to go to Zarepthath because:
1. He was a Jew going to live with Gentiles.
2. He was a worshiper of the true God, while they worshiped Baal.
3. He was going to live in the land of Jezebel who had brought Baal worship into Israel and that is why they were being punished.
Paul House wrote, ''Zarephath is located in Phoenicia, the very heart of Baalism. Here Yahweh will defeat Baal in his own territory. Here God's people will fare better than Baal's.''
Zarephath - Heb. smelting pot. The root word means to refine
or test. It is also the root word for goldsmith or silversmith.
Elijah's faith would be refined by his experiences at Zarephath.
I Peter 1:6-7 For a little while you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested ...
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 17:8-16
Hudson Taylor was a British missionary to China in the late 1800's and founder of the China Inland Mission which brought 800 missionaries to the country who began 125 schools which resulted in over 18,000 people coming to accept Christ as their Savior.
He said, ''Not a great faith we need, but faith in a great God.''
Someone has come up with an acrostic for the word faith:
Forsaking All I Trust Him. This certainly describes
Elijah as he confronts King Ahab about promotion of idolatry, pronounces a drought on the land and then lives in the desert
being fed by ravens for about six months.
The first lesson which God wanted Elijah to learn was to trust
Him day by day. The second lesson God wants him to learn is
that he would also provide for others who would trust him.
DIVINE COMMAND :8-9
God had directed Elijah to go to the brook Cherith (:3) and now that there is no water to drink he directs him where to go next.
Place
Zarephath - was 90 miles northwest of Cherith about a mile from the Mediterranean Sea in the homeland of Jezebel (16:31) which was dominated by worship of Baal.
It is ironic that God told him to go to Zarepthath because:
1. He was a Jew going to live with Gentiles.
2. He was a worshiper of the true God, while they worshiped Baal.
3. He was going to live in the land of Jezebel who had brought Baal worship into Israel and that is why they were being punished.
Paul House wrote, ''Zarephath is located in Phoenicia, the very heart of Baalism. Here Yahweh will defeat Baal in his own territory. Here God's people will fare better than Baal's.''
Zarephath - Heb. smelting pot. The root word means to refine
or test. It is also the root word for goldsmith or silversmith.
Elijah's faith would be refined by his experiences at Zarephath.
I Peter 1:6-7 For a little while you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested ...
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