Sermon Notes - October 20, 2024
God Is In Control: 1 Kings 17
God Has A Voice
Pastor Justin Carlton
God Is In Control: 1 Kings 17
God Has A Voice
Pastor Justin Carlton
1 Kings 16.29
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. 31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.β 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. 17.1: Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, βAs the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. 31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.β 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. 17.1: Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, βAs the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
God Has A Voice
- When He speaks, He keeps His word (16.33-34 / Josh 6.26)β
- He speaks to and through His servants (17.1-3)β
- He speaks through His creation (17.4-7)β
- He speaks to the needy (17.8-16)β
- He speaks through the crisis (17.17-24)β
When He speaks, He keeps His word (16.33-34 / Josh 6.26)β
Deuteronomy 11:16: Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; 17 then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the LORD is giving you.β
He speaks to and through His servants (17.1-3)β
James 5.17: Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.β
1 Kings 18.26: And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, βO Baal, answer us!β But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had madeβ¦ 29 And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.β
Psalm 135.16: They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; 17 they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.β
Psalm 135.16: They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; 17 they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.β