Title: The inevitable challenge
Contents
1 Kings 18:41-46
humor
A missionary in Africa was being chased by a lion.
In the danger of absolute death, the missionary prayed
God forgive those who follow me
I prayed that everyone would change into people who believe in God.
The lion who was suddenly following me suddenly stood up.
I was surprised and stood there, but suddenly became meek and the missionary was moved.
As I got closer, I saw a lion praying.
Thank God for giving us our daily bread today.
Hold the Bible and proclaim the vision of Hansarang Church to yourself.
I believe in the Bible, live according to the Bible, and live a life that is enjoyed according to the Bible.
I confess in Jesus name. Amen
If you ask elementary school students about their dreams, they will give you the correct answer.
I will become a doctor and help sick people not to get sick.
I will become a cop and punish the bad
I will become a soldier and become a brave and cool soldier who protects the country.
When you become a middle school student, most of your dreams
I answer I don't know.
Just like no child has the pure thoughts they had in elementary school.
It is felt.
When they reach high school, half and half have dreams and half don't. Almost all of the children with dreams are linked to being able to make a lot of money. I've seen the reality of my parents' lives.
When you're a college student, a job that makes you money is your top priority.
It seems far from a healthy dream.
When you're in your first year of college, school doesn't matter.
Studying or trying to earn money only to get a job.
This is our reality that we cannot avoid.
Even in the Bible we read today, Elijah, the greatest prophet of the Old Testament,
You will face an unavoidable reality.
King Ahab of Israel welcomes Jezebel, who absolutely worships idols, as his queen. Jezebel kills all the priests leading the church in Israel and destroys the church.
It made them believe in Baal, the god who seeks material things and pleasures.
Repent of your sins and live a life of honesty and godliness.
They killed the church and all the prophets who preached the word.
The era has come when many members of the church either died or worshiped in hiding.
People in the world are already honest, truth, friendship, loyalty, rather than things like this, the goal is to be able to fill their own pleasure with material things.
We Christians, too, often try to live like Christians in the world, but material things often bother us. Because of the betrayal of so many people and Christians living in human greed that have left the faith, we have lost our faith and are hurt or exhausted. Sometimes I feel the loneliness of my religious life.
Just as there are 850 prophets of Baal and Asherah in the Bible today and only one prophet of Jehovah God is left.
Dear brothers and sisters, today, like the prophet Elijah
All 850 prophets who worship idols and prophets who worship idols
Like God's prophet Elijah, who has only one power in the middle of the helping nation, we cannot live apart from the world's material idol civilization and people.
You cannot live like the rest of the world.
We must challenge the world with our faith.
It seems that the material idols of the world are big.
But our faith wins.
Today, the prophet Elijah of the Bible is alone with the 850 prophets who serve Baal and Asherah idols against the backdrop of the enormous national power, but God's prophet Elijah confronts who the real prophet is.
No one can escape our countless fights.
At work, at home, in many relationships
There will be many battles of faith. In this fight until we go to heaven
No one will be freed.
Jesus, Paul, and David had a spiritual battle to the end.
No one can escape this battle of faith.
Please do not avoid this spiritual battle.
If you avoid it, you lose. Becoming a prisoner of material things, becoming a prisoner of the world
This is a fight we will definitely win.
Who wins? Of course, it is 850 to 1, but one prophet of God wins. Why? Because 1 is real, you win no matter how many.
Because the faith we believe in is real, no matter how big the world is, we are destined to win no matter how big and threatening the world is.
even if their power is great
Please remember Jesus' words in Mark 6:36, "Do not be afraid, just believe."
Knowing that our faith definitely triumphs, we live by faith
Please do not hesitate to work.
There is a scene in the Bible where Elijah prays today.
Elijah's prayer is shown kneeling on the ground at the top of Mount Carmel.
He said he was lying on his face to pray and put his face in his lap.
Usually, if you kneel in prayer, you will bend your back if you pray earnestly, but it is said that you bend your back enough to put your face on your knees.
Elijah's prayer was such an earnest prayer.
By serving idols, Elijah spoke so that it did not rain for three and a half years.
He killed all 850 prophets who worshiped idols.
Seeing Elijah praying again is very earnest.
You can learn why this great prophet is a great prophet through his prayers.
Saints, let's pray like Elijah
In fact, when I received this message and repented a lot, I reflected and made up my mind.
How lacking was the appearance of my prayer before the Lord.
Although no one can escape the spiritual warfare in our lives,
It is a fight that must be won. So, do not avoid spiritual warfare.
I hope you will overcome the challenge with faith.
Above all, it is a difficult time to pray, but
Prayer is God's work, so all of us who are used in the work of prayer
let's be