BURN THE PLOW AND ROAST THE COW (1 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-21
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Burn the Plow and Roast the Cow (1 of 5)
Series: These Are the Days of Elisha
Jeff Strite
1 Kings 19:11-21
The story is told of a University professor who told his class he was going to prove that there was not a God. Then he looked up at the ceiling and shouted, ''God if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!'' He kept taunting God... 5 minutes went by... and then 10 minutes, ''Here I am God, I'm still waiting.''
After 13 minutes of this, one of the football players at the college happened to walk by the door and heard what the professor was saying. The football player walked into the class room and then RAN at the professor and knocked him off the platform.
The professor got up, obviously shaken and said ''Why did you do that?''
The football player smiled, ''Well, God was busy; so He sent me!''
God sent him??? Hmmm.
In our story today, we read about another man that God sent - a man named Elisha.
Now, we hear a lot more about Eli -JAH than we do about Eli- SHA. In the book of Malachi it was prophesied that Eli -JAH would return to usher in the Messiah. To this day, there's a special place set at Passover tables in Jewish homes in anticipation that Elijah will come. And (in the day of Jesus) the Jews were so eager for the coming of the Messiah that they often asked if John the Baptist and Jesus were Elijah. Later, when Jesus went up on the Mt. of Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah were there standing next to Christ. And in the book of James we're told that should pray the way Elijah prayed.
But Eli -SHA doesn't get near as much press. He seems to dwell in the shadow of Elijah
One man noted that the 1st time he heard about Elisha, he wondered if Eli -SHA was just a different way to say ''Eli -JAH.'' Eli -SHA doesn't even have a song written about him. I mean, you never hear people singing: ''These are the days of ELISHA.''
But while Eli -SHA seems to have dwelt in the shadows, God was i ...
Series: These Are the Days of Elisha
Jeff Strite
1 Kings 19:11-21
The story is told of a University professor who told his class he was going to prove that there was not a God. Then he looked up at the ceiling and shouted, ''God if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!'' He kept taunting God... 5 minutes went by... and then 10 minutes, ''Here I am God, I'm still waiting.''
After 13 minutes of this, one of the football players at the college happened to walk by the door and heard what the professor was saying. The football player walked into the class room and then RAN at the professor and knocked him off the platform.
The professor got up, obviously shaken and said ''Why did you do that?''
The football player smiled, ''Well, God was busy; so He sent me!''
God sent him??? Hmmm.
In our story today, we read about another man that God sent - a man named Elisha.
Now, we hear a lot more about Eli -JAH than we do about Eli- SHA. In the book of Malachi it was prophesied that Eli -JAH would return to usher in the Messiah. To this day, there's a special place set at Passover tables in Jewish homes in anticipation that Elijah will come. And (in the day of Jesus) the Jews were so eager for the coming of the Messiah that they often asked if John the Baptist and Jesus were Elijah. Later, when Jesus went up on the Mt. of Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah were there standing next to Christ. And in the book of James we're told that should pray the way Elijah prayed.
But Eli -SHA doesn't get near as much press. He seems to dwell in the shadow of Elijah
One man noted that the 1st time he heard about Elisha, he wondered if Eli -SHA was just a different way to say ''Eli -JAH.'' Eli -SHA doesn't even have a song written about him. I mean, you never hear people singing: ''These are the days of ELISHA.''
But while Eli -SHA seems to have dwelt in the shadows, God was i ...
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