In God's call to Elisha we see that God calls us to joyful and total commitment to him. His total ownership on our lives is reiterated in Jesus' words about the cost of discipleship.
Read 1 Kings 19:19-21
Prophetable Encounters 9: Covenant Persecution
Elijah prosecutes the people of God for their persistent disobedience and idolatry. God announces judgement against his people but that is not his final word or his preferred word. His final and preferred word is his Son Jesus Christ who is full of grace and truth.
Read: 1 Kings 19:9-18
We Believe 6: In Adam's Fall We Sinned All
In Adam's fall we sinned all. When Adam, humanity's representative, sinned, all humanity became sinners and death and condemnation for all resulted.
Read Romans 5:12-21
Prophetable Encounters 8: Down But Not Out
Elijah, broken by Jezebel's continued venom and the apparent hopelessness of spiritual reformation in Israel as long as she is calling the shots, is ministered to by his Lord and is being prepared for recommissioning as his servant.
Read 1 Kings 19:1-9
We Believe 5: God's Providence
Every event, from the most insignificant to the most course-of-history-changing, is planned and directed by God long before these events occurred, indeed, from all eternity. Christians are cautioned against misusing providence to determine God's will and encouraged to trust and submit to God's, often mysterious, plans for our lives as he pursues his glory and our good.
Read Genesis 45:1-11; 50:15-21
Prophetable Encounters 7: Requesting and Running
God shows his grace to his Church in answering the prayers of their mediator, Elijah, by sending rain, and shows his grace to the wicked king Ahab by sending Elijah to show him the way back through repentance. God reveals himself as the God of second-chances through his Son Jesus Christ.
Read 1 Kings 18:41-46
Prophetable Encounters 6: The Lord, He is God
The contest between the Lord and Baal shows the futility of all gods except the Lord who answers by fire. The Lord’s answer by fire points to his judgement on the wicked and his mercy on the repentant as seen in the death of Jesus Christ.
Read 1 Kings 18:22-37
We Believe 3: Of God’s Eternal Plan
Read John 6:35-71