Elijah and Elisha
Freedom from Slavery (1 Kings 20:1-21)
In this story from 1 Kings, we see how God’s preposterous grace set the wicked King Ahab free from his far superior enemy, Ben-hadad. In this war, when King Ahab faces the utter and complete desolation at the hand of over 100,000 Syrian warriors, God comes near to Ahab and delivers him with the most unlikely people, 232 youth-in-training. We see a similar victory…
Elijah’s Truth Wager (1 Kings 18:19-24)
The Sovereignty of the (real) King (1 Kings 18:1-2, 17-19)
In this passage, we see that Yahweh is the God of life, not the false idols we create in our own lives. Baal (the rain god of life) had no power to actually make it rain and sustain people. Yahweh, on the other had, is fully capable of bringing and sustaining life, physical and spiritual, and does…
The Mark of a Righteous and Faithful Servant (1 Kings 18:2-16)
In this message, we see Obadiah, a faithful and righteous servant of God, who also happened to be the head of Ahab’s household, the most wicked king Israel had seen. Rather than resign his position, Obadiah shows us what faithful and righteous service to God looks like. In the midst of a…
Salvation through Affliction (1 Kings 17:17-24)
In this passage we see the young son of the Sidonian widow die. Doubting God, she cries out in her anguish. But Elijah stands firm and points her to a sovereign God. Through the experience of losing her son, the widow finds that Yahweh is the God of life and He works salvation through our…
The Sufficiency of Obedience (1 Kings 17:1-16)
The second sermon from the series “The Kingdom of the Otherwise,” based on the life of Elijah and Elisha from 1 and 2 Kings. In this series we look at what it means to live in full obedience to God. We see the repercussions of disobedience as well as the hope of obedience. We always…
The Kingdom of the Otherwise (1 Kings 16:28-17:1)
The first sermon from the series “The Kingdom of the Otherwise,” based on the life of Elijah and Elisha from 1 and 2 Kings. In this series we look at what it means to live in full obedience to God. We see the repercussions of disobedience as well as the hope of obedience. We always have…
