Title Pass God's Interview (1 Kings 17:17-24)
Contents
“Pass the area test of God!”
God's Appraisal
Elijah
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Who do you think is the most important person in your life? Family and friends
-A person who acknowledges the value of my existence- A person who says, 'You are the most precious person to me!'
“Why do people hate the President?” - Not everyone hates me! I got so many tickets!
Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President of the United States, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize nine months after taking office. In the early morning of the 17th, Yuna Kim took first place in the 2009-2010 ISU (International Skating Union) figure skating 'Eric Bonpard' Senior Grand Prix 1st Series Women's Single Short Program lightly with '007 Medley' held in Paris, France. A Nobel Prize for politicians, Olympic gold medals for athletes, and Oscars for filmmakers will be important. For those whose only purpose in life is the world, a Nobel or an Oscar or a win may be the biggest prize.
But for Christians, there is a heavenly evaluation and a heavenly reward. Become the protagonist of the Heavenly Podium!
David meets Nabal and Abigail while being chased by Saul. When David asks for aid, she says that her husband Nabal is “a servant who escaped.” This was Saul's black front, demeaning David. However, Abigail evaluates it as ‘the man who will become king’. This is God's will, looking at the heart, and Samuel's evaluation. David also tried to kill Nabal because his heart was shaken by the world's evaluation for a while, but David listens to God's evaluation and takes the center of his life. In this way, David was a man who listened to God's evaluation and lived.
The Apostle Paul said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith, and from now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness (2 Timothy 4:7-8). That is, the Apostle Paul was also a man who listened to God’s judgment and lived. .
How do you live your life?
In today's text 1 Kings 17:17-24, Elijah is recognized as a man of God in front of all people through the mouth of a woman. “Now you know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is true” (verse 24). How was Elijah really evaluated as a man of God?
How can we truly be evaluated as people of God?
First, you must pass God's training (verse 18).
“Man of God, what have you to do with me, that you came to me to remind me of my sins and to kill my son?”
1> This woman lost the grace she had already received through the suffering of her son, that is, the grace of God that did not dry up oil and flour
2> ‘Reminds me of my sins’ - I remember sins that have not yet been reconciled with the past,
3> The responsibility of suffering is passed on to Elijah.
(Matthew 5:11-12)
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.”
1> Rejoice - James 1:2 “Brothers, count it all joy when you meet various trials.”
1:4 “This is so that you may be complete and complete, lacking in anything.”
2> You must look to the reward
Second, we must fully trust in God to the end (verse 21).
“He stretched himself out on the child three times and fell on his face, and cried out to the LORD, saying,
1> This prayer of trusting only in God is the beginning of history that fires fire from the sky on Mount Carmel. It was the history of making it rain on Israel and saving Israel.
2> The difference between the widow and Elijah is that past training and experience did not help the widow,
Elijah learns to trust God. There is a beautiful evaluation when we trust only God.
Example>Daedong Wood-Samgwangsa-Establish Unbroken 'Korean Porcelain'
Korean Ceramics Elder Jong-ho Kim ‘Ah! God's Grace' - Philosophy "He who sows little will also reap little, and he who sows bountifully will also reap much"
Let's build the chapel first before we build the factory! Building a chapel with the money to build a factory - a person blessed by trusting God completely
3> Those who trust in God are the ones who move the throne of God.
4> Salvation is received through faith, but the reward is received through works!
Third, learn to cry together and laugh together! Elijah identifies the widow's pain as his own problem.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9).
Decision> 1. Audience's concerns and dedication
Aren't you struggling with people's evaluations?
-Test scores, self-evaluation, self-evaluation
- Cherish God's evaluation!
- hardship
God's training well pass the training
trust only God
Be a Peacemaker
2. God's method and power
3. Blessing