when god is silent | elijah on mt. horeb
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A Sermon on 1 Kings 19:1-18TRANSCRIPT
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Have you ever been disappointed with God?
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ARE WE IN STEP WITH HIM?
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ARE WE IN STEP WITH HIM?
When is ?
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slavery
Abraham
A Tale of Two Mountains
Mt. CarmelMt. Horeb(Mt. Sinai)
DavidSolomon
Civil War
Kingdom of IsraelKingdom of Judah
Ahab and Jezebelvs.
Elijah
Moses !?!
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Have you ever been disappointed with God?
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slavery
Abraham
A Tale of Two Mountains
Mt. CarmelMt. Horeb(Mt. Sinai)
DavidSolomon
Civil War
Kingdom of IsraelKingdom of Judah
Ahab and Jezebelvs.
Elijah
Moses !?!
“Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life…” (1 Kings 19:3, NRSV)
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“He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.”
(1 Kings 19:8, NRSV)
slavery
Abraham
A Tale of Two Mountains
Mt. CarmelMt. Horeb(Mt. Sinai)
DavidSolomon
Civil War
Kingdom of IsraelKingdom of Judah
Ahab and Jezebelvs.
Elijah
Moses !?!40 Days
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At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
“What are you doing here, Elijah?”
(1 Kings 19:9, NRSV)
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“He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain
before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Now there was a great wind, so strong that it
was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in
pieces before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind;
and after the wind an earthquake,
but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
and after the earthquake a fire,
but the Lord was not in the fire;
and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.”
(1 Kings 19:11–12, NRSV)
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said,
“What are you doing here, Elijah?”
(1 Kings 19:13, NRSV)
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Then the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus…
(1 Kings 19:15, NRSV)
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slavery
Abraham
A Tale of Two Mountains
Mt. CarmelMt. Horeb(Mt. Sinai)
DavidSolomon
Civil War
Kingdom of IsraelKingdom of Judah
Ahab and Jezebelvs.
Elijah
Moses !?!40 Days
PROMISE
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Two Lessons
• You Can’t Go Back• God Lives in the Promise of Future,
go there.
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
(Lamentations 3:22–23, NRSV)