Title: God's Guidance / 1 Kings 19:9-14
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1. Outline of the text
Elijah is very faithful to his mission as a prophet. 1 Kings 18
His most outstanding work is presented. However, in Chapter 19, a completely different picture is presented.
The situation is reversed. Therefore, in order to understand the text immediately, deep meditation and interpretation are required.
This is necessary. Obviously, if we only look at chapter 19, we can say that it is definitely Elijah's failure.
However, when looking at the context before and after, it was a guidance predicated on God's clear intention.
In the Revised Bible, verses 9-14 were presented as a single context, but the unit of thought was focused on the content.
It is much easier to interpret and grasp the meaning of verses 8-18 when determining .
2.Topic
Human limitations and God's guidance
3. Sermon Outline
Verses 9 to 14 were the prerequisites for verses 15-18.
Elijah against Jezebel's religious oppression rides the greatest rising mood since the victory of Mount Carmel.
And he fell into narcissism. This is demonstrated in verses 10 and 14. “Why?
Are you ready?" Elijah replied, "I have worked hard for the Lord."
Depending on what kind of priest the preacher has, opinions about Elijah are different.
Can you lose? Will you see Elijah as a human being who was momentarily arrogant? Or
Will he be seen as a zealous servant of God as his pride and confession are?
Elijah's attitude in chapter 19 in light of Elijah's imposing appearance in chapter 18
is very different. Elijah said in verse 4, "Take my life away."
But God said through an angel, “Get up, eat and drink.
There is a long way.” He reminded him that his mission is not yet finished.
Then Elijah was strengthened, and in verse 8 “get up, eat and drink, and continue” and walk south
We arrived at Horeb, the mountain of God.
God asked a very deliberate question to give Elijah a new mission.
C. “What are you here for?” God asks the same question over and over again.
But Elijah did not know the exact intentions of God. "Why would you ask such a question?"
?" rather than thinking about it, he appealed for his bitterness. Of course, God took Elijah's circumstances.
Therefore, in verse 18, God said, "If you did not kneel or bow down to Baal,
Now, we have left seven thousand people.” is a very shocking fact.
It was Elijah who testified of the glory of God against 850 idolatrous prophets on Mount Carmel.
Even so, his mind and body were so hurt and desperately destroyed.
I couldn't afford to know what the given environment was.
It is accompanied by suffering. And all human beings are weak. Elijah defeated the prophet Baal.
It wasn't because he was great, but because God supported him and used him as a tool.
Because Elijah's God did not want Elijah to know this.
He gave him a promise and introduced him to new facts.
Elijah hears the same voice from God over and over again." Yes.
What are you here for?" "Why are you here?"
After answering the previous question, Elijah said in verse 11 that the mountain was divided and the rock was broken in pieces.
will experience miracles. Then an earthquake occurred. Then the fire went out.
So the author writes in verse 12 that these methods were used by God at the time of the Exodus.
method was introduced.
God's intention is, "Elijah, who do you believe in? What kind of God do you believe in?
Is it?”. No matter how strong a person is, when he is tired, he becomes weak.
It's just a liver. Man can never become God. So Paul doesn't understand this fact too much.
I knew it well. Paul said that it is only in Christ that he can be strong.
It is only when the saints are in Christ that they become strong. So God
He sent Jesus to us. He tells us the secret of victory over our weaknesses.
But even now, most people use this because they do not believe it.
can't hit
Let us meditate deeply on why God repeated the same question.
Realize God's intention. Elijah whispered quietly after God's power had passed.
"heard a voice. So, in verse 13, he realized that the Lord had come," and he froze with his cloak.
He covered the cave and came out. After God asked Elijah one more time, he
He gave me a new mission. It was "Go back".
I had to go back to where I came from. I cannot become a man of God by feeling. Only
You can become a man of God only through the truth. Human methods do not change history.
When you become a man of God and possess God's methods, the saints change history.
Key can be the protagonist.
Elijah Misunderstood God. Who Said He Had Lived "For God"
He had wealth. In fact, Elijah's deeds was a life lived for the glory of God.
Sure, but he did not realize "God's sovereignty" in everything.
W There was clearly a desire to work hard. But what God really wants
He did not know exactly what it was. He lived only with passion for God.
If he had focused more on the sovereignty of God, he would never have
Of course, God gave Elijah a break and a new
He was going to give him a mission. And through Elijah's circumstances, God's perfect sovereignty was revealed.
wanted to let you know.
I can stand for God in my own strength. But like Elijah, there are limits.
C. But Stephen, the man of God, had a radiant face in the face of opposers' persecution.
and say to God for those who stoned him, Lord, forgive their sins
They do not know. They prayed, forgive their sins.
Possessed by the Holy Spirit, Stephen entrusted everything to God's sovereignty to the end.
By his own will, Elijah for God was not able to endure the continuous refinement.
He needed the Holy Spirit of God. No matter how hard we worked of our own will,
Even if you work, you cannot do anything except through the Spirit of God.
You need to know that it is only an imitation.
I am not for God, but God must work for me.
I don't want me to work for God, God wants me to
God wants Moses to do nothing "for yourselves"
He told them not to make them. And the reason was explained through Paul, “God is for you.
And who will harm you?” (Romans 8:31). Ask God to work for me.
In order to do this, we must first know the circumstances of God.
To know exactly what things are is to understand God's circumstances.
Just as we do not know anything except the spirit of man, the circumstances of God are only the
We can only know through it. Therefore, we must become people of the Holy Spirit.
He is said to be able to master even the deep things of God that cannot be understood by reason.
What God wants is for the saints to fulfill the original purpose that God created on this earth.
It is to enjoy a worthy life. Freedom from the law of sin and death and obedience to the law of life.
God’s will for each person is different.
It is not something of the nature to express in my formula. The clear fact is that we fight and overcome the power of sin.
Satan's power weakens us, makes us sick, and kills us.
Elijah weakened in front of Jezebel's threat. And he fled in despair.
But God led Elijah to a quiet place, where he could hear the voice of the Lord.
to be.
God spoke to Elijah in silence. The voice of the Lord made us quiet.
We can hear when we listen, but because we can't listen quietly
We are not hearing the voice of the Lord that we should hear. God's intention and Elijah's thoughts are not
It was different. Elijah ran away, but God wanted to hear a quiet voice.
I have been working for God, but I did not understand the circumstances of God. Ha
I didn't know what God meant.
How have we lived to this day? Like Elijah, zeal for God is exceptional.
Wasn't he born? Because of the volunteer work, he couldn't hear the voice of the Lord as he should have been.
If you do not understand the will of God that you should know, you do not understand the circumstances of God.
Let's quietly check whether we have lost. What God wants is "I am for the Lord."
"I am for you," not "I am for the Lord."
Life is a tiring life, a road full of burdens. There is no joy on that road.
There is only shouting and a sense of duty. So the Lord is the burden of the world and the duty of the law.
He called us to a life that is heavy and burdened with a sense of duty. Our heavy burden is the burden of life.
It becomes a yoke and suffocates our necks.
Elijah ate the bread and water that God himself had baked, and was led by the Holy Spirit.
He found my mountain, Horeb, and there he met God.
He used to work for him, but now it has changed to the history of God using him.
In other words, it has been transformed into a life used by God. Now, knowing the will of God,
He has become a person who understands God's circumstances. Now he has become a man of the Holy Spirit. "I am one
The direction of life has changed from "For you" to "God for me".
* Expository sermons must be presented with an application that induces the audience's decision.
A sermon that is not presented remains simply an expository sermon. However, the problem is that the application is not presented.
The point is how to do it. Application is the purpose of making decisions in life.
This is because there is a risk that the village may be reduced to “legalism” if the villagers make a mistake.
When this happens, the audience will feel burdened with the sermon, and no matter how great the preacher is,
It is easy to fall into a sermon that you can listen to and enjoy. The solution to this is the preacher himself.
By discovering the spiritual principle of this Bible and delivering "the true freedom that the truth gives" to the audience,
It is possible. In order to do that, one must constantly meditate on the Word and learn the truth before oneself.
Through those who have realized, you must learn the facts that you have not yet realized.
There are preachers who teach that we must be saved through
However, if you emphasize only ethics, morals, and doctrine to the audience, this is undoubtedly a sermon of the law.
Preaching is completely lifeless and does not save souls.
First, the reform of consciousness must come first. A believer's consciousness reform is the only realization of the truth.
It is possible only with me. Do not try to work for God, but say, “God uses me.
Real freedom comes when you realize the principle of "Let's do it".