1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:03,140 The man who lived directly across the street 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,740 had just done the unimaginable. 3 00:00:07,180 --> 00:00:10,860 He had taken his newborn baby girl, held 4 00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:14,000 her in one hand, went downtown, and when 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,060 he got downtown with his free hand, he 6 00:00:16,060 --> 00:00:18,200 reached down and he took a little pile 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:19,920 of sticks and made them into a pile, 8 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:22,800 and then he took his little baby girl, 9 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,440 and before anybody knew what he was about 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,720 to do, he set her on top of 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,720 the little pile of sticks, reached inside of 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,980 his coat, pulled out a knife, thrust it 13 00:00:32,980 --> 00:00:35,220 into the heart of that little girl, and 14 00:00:35,220 --> 00:00:35,800 killed her. 15 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:39,640 And that was the man that lived directly 16 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:40,500 across the street. 17 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,120 The family that lived up the street, well, 18 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,880 nobody liked to go near their house. 19 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,040 As a matter of fact, when the kids 20 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,640 would be out playing, the kids would often 21 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,800 cross to the other side of the street 22 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,020 because they said there was just something eerie 23 00:00:56,020 --> 00:00:58,840 and kind of spooky about that house, but 24 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,580 the adults that lived in the street, they 25 00:01:00,580 --> 00:01:01,920 knew what was really going on. 26 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,099 They knew that the people that lived in 27 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:06,560 that house were involved in sorcery and divination 28 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,540 and witchcraft, and so it was no surprise 29 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:11,260 that the people that lived in that area 30 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:13,180 felt there was something that was just odd 31 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:14,640 about that particular house. 32 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,700 And all the good and godly people that 33 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,480 lived in the community, over the last little 34 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,820 while, they had just kind of suddenly disappeared. 35 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:28,120 But if you happened to go by the 36 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,320 police station late at night, you would hear 37 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:34,220 the screams of their torture coming up from 38 00:01:34,220 --> 00:01:37,420 the basement of that police station, and so 39 00:01:37,420 --> 00:01:39,480 all the good and godly people had just 40 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,740 kind of disappeared. 41 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:45,140 And there was no trouble getting the men 42 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:47,700 to go to the place of worship, because 43 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:49,960 everybody knew that the most sensuous and beautiful 44 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,360 women served at the place of worship as 45 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:55,600 the temple prostitutes. 46 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,380 So getting them to go to a place 47 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:00,500 of worship, that was no problem, getting the 48 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:01,340 guys to go there. 49 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:05,660 And as you walked around town, on almost 50 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:08,560 every street corner, you would see a little 51 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,760 statuette about this size by about this size 52 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,720 to Baal or Chemosh or Asheroth, and it 53 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,260 would be considered completely bad taste for you 54 00:02:20,260 --> 00:02:22,440 not to have one of those little statuettes 55 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,500 in your house. 56 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:28,060 And so were the days of Elijah 3 57 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:29,000 ,000 years ago. 58 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,900 The reigning monarch at this time is a 59 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:33,960 man named King Ahab. 60 00:02:34,860 --> 00:02:36,880 The Bible describes King Ahab as a man 61 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,720 who did more evil than any king before 62 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,900 him, and he's married to a real winner. 63 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:44,260 He's married to a woman whose name, even 64 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:46,020 to this day, is synonymous with evil. 65 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,620 He's married to Jezebel. 66 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:51,260 Jezebel had been the daughter of the king 67 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:53,200 of Phoenicia, one of the Canadian countries. 68 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:55,920 Nobody knows for sure how it was that 69 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:57,680 she came from Phoenicia over to Israel. 70 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,240 Probably some type of a trade agreement or 71 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,220 something of that nature. 72 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,480 But why in the world would she wanna 73 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,400 leave the beautiful green harvest of Phoenicia and 74 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,860 come to this desert country called Israel? 75 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,420 Why would she want to do that? 76 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:13,660 And by gum, if she's gonna leave Phoenicia, 77 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:16,300 at least she's gonna bring with her the 78 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,240 God, quote, quote, that is responsible for the 79 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,420 harvest and the fertility and the abundance of 80 00:03:21,420 --> 00:03:21,780 Phoenicia. 81 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:24,820 So when she comes from Phoenicia, she brings 82 00:03:24,820 --> 00:03:27,140 with her this little statue about this size, 83 00:03:27,220 --> 00:03:28,960 this size, and if you saw it, it's 84 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,320 in the shape of a bull, cow bull, 85 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,960 and standing on the back of the bull 86 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,040 is a figure that represents Baal. 87 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:40,460 But everybody knows this little statue, this is 88 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:42,060 not the real God Baal. 89 00:03:42,540 --> 00:03:44,560 The real God Baal, by this point, everybody 90 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,240 knows, quote, quote, that the real God Baal 91 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,880 resides on Mount Carmel. 92 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,480 That's where Baal actually resides. 93 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:58,480 Well, by this point, Elijah's tremendously distressed because 94 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,620 fully, 93% of the population of Israel 95 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:04,100 at this point has long since abandoned the 96 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:06,480 worship of Jehovah God and are now fully 97 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,060 committed to Baal worship. 98 00:04:09,340 --> 00:04:12,340 But Elijah's trying to live a God-pleasing 99 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:12,820 life. 100 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,959 And one day, he's surprised to discover that 101 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:18,940 God is actually speaking to him. 102 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:22,040 And he has this ability to hear the 103 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,520 voice of God and to hear it completely 104 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:25,180 accurate. 105 00:04:26,020 --> 00:04:28,380 And he begins by hearing, God begins telling 106 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:29,840 him things about the future. 107 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,700 And I'm sure the first few times that 108 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:36,860 Baal, excuse me, that Elijah would speak, he 109 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:39,140 would say, well, I think God told me 110 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:41,380 that such and such is gonna happen next 111 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:43,880 week, and then it would happen exactly that 112 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:44,160 way. 113 00:04:44,940 --> 00:04:46,520 And then he would hear the voice of 114 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,960 God again, and God would tell him something 115 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,120 else about the future, and it would come 116 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,220 to pass, and he would hear something else 117 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:54,640 about the future, and again, it would come 118 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,080 to pass. 119 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,600 And not only was he hearing things prophetically 120 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,600 that God was giving him, but God is 121 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,560 also working miraculously through him with healings and 122 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,840 signs and wonders going on in and through 123 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:05,680 this man's life. 124 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,680 Well, one day, God speaks to Elijah, and 125 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,040 he says, I want you to go and 126 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,720 I want you to confront King Ahab, and 127 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,760 I want you to tell him that Jehovah 128 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,860 God is not happy with the direction of 129 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:19,340 the nation. 130 00:05:20,140 --> 00:05:21,220 Go and confront him. 131 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,080 If you've got your Bibles, this is 1 132 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:24,760 Kings chapter 18 is where we are. 133 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,860 And so I'm sure, again, Elijah is tremendously 134 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:30,500 distressed. 135 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:34,140 He's got this like 100 kilometer trip, it's 136 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:36,000 about a 50 mile trip from the little 137 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,680 town of Tishbe where he lives, this little 138 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,800 pipsqueak out of the backwoods area to go 139 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,720 to the capital city of Samaria to confront 140 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:45,320 King Ahab. 141 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,720 How's he ever gonna get an audience with 142 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:48,160 the king? 143 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:51,720 But in obedience to what he feels that 144 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,460 God has told him to do, he goes 145 00:05:53,460 --> 00:05:56,700 to Samaria, and somehow he makes this appointment 146 00:05:56,700 --> 00:05:58,220 to be able to see the king. 147 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,840 And so there's the king, and there's the 148 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:03,200 queen, and there's the royal household, and there's 149 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,360 all the prophets of Asherah, and there's all 150 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,300 the prophets of Baal. 151 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:10,360 And into this palace room strides Elijah. 152 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,200 King Ahab, God is not happy with the 153 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,000 nation of Israel. 154 00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:18,540 And to show that he is not happy 155 00:06:18,540 --> 00:06:20,360 with the nation of Israel, for the next 156 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,100 three years, there'll be no rain anyplace in 157 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:24,500 Israel. 158 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,440 With that, then he boogies out of there 159 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:28,320 as fast as he can. 160 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,120 I suspect King Ahab goes, who is this 161 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:33,740 nutcase? 162 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,600 Who allowed this guy to even get into 163 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,380 my presence telling me that God is not 164 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:39,160 happy with the nation of Israel, saying it's 165 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,660 not gonna rain or something like that? 166 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:44,000 This is just craziness, forget him. 167 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,980 But an interesting thing happens. 168 00:06:47,860 --> 00:06:50,520 For the rest of the week, there's no 169 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,640 rain anyplace in Israel. 170 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,200 It's not uncommon, it's a desert country. 171 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,200 Second week goes by, no rain anyplace in 172 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:00,520 Israel. 173 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:02,500 Not unusual. 174 00:07:03,140 --> 00:07:05,140 Three weeks go by, four weeks go by, 175 00:07:05,340 --> 00:07:08,060 not a drop of rain anyplace in the 176 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:09,080 nation of Israel. 177 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,540 Five, six weeks go by with no rain. 178 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:16,740 And suddenly people are beginning just to talk 179 00:07:16,740 --> 00:07:17,140 a little bit. 180 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,460 When was the last time we had some 181 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:19,200 rain around here? 182 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:20,600 I don't know, it's been a while. 183 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:22,560 You know, things are looking a little dusty. 184 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:23,540 Yeah, a little dusty. 185 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,200 Seven, eight weeks go by as they're walking 186 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,440 through the neighborhood, as they cross the grass, 187 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,740 instead of the grass going whoosh, whoosh, whoosh 188 00:07:33,740 --> 00:07:36,600 underneath their feet, they're saying crunch, crunch, crunch. 189 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,580 And the dust is coming up. 190 00:07:39,150 --> 00:07:40,560 When was the last time it rained around 191 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:40,760 here? 192 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,340 Oh boy, it's gotta be like a couple 193 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:44,120 months or so. 194 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:47,260 Well, I remember back in 73, we had 195 00:07:47,260 --> 00:07:48,720 a dry spell back then as well. 196 00:07:49,540 --> 00:07:51,700 I'm sure it'll start to rain sometime. 197 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,080 Have you noticed the well? 198 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:54,980 Yeah, I noticed the well. 199 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,100 Boy, the water level's kinda getting down there 200 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:57,680 a little bit. 201 00:07:58,500 --> 00:07:59,600 Yeah, it's starting to get down there. 202 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:04,920 Nine, 10 weeks, 13 weeks go by, not 203 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,240 a drop of rain any place in Israel. 204 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,640 They go and look in the well. 205 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:13,320 The water levels are getting dangerously, when was 206 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,640 the last time you saw the water that 207 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:14,820 low? 208 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:15,180 I don't know. 209 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:17,520 And the little streams are beginning to dry 210 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:17,860 up. 211 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,400 And after three months of no rain, the 212 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,720 harvest that should be, the corn that should 213 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,440 be up here someplace is way down here 214 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,820 and it's looking pretty bad. 215 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:31,679 Four months go by. 216 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,860 They go to do the harvest and instead 217 00:08:34,860 --> 00:08:36,900 of getting something decent by way of all 218 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:38,559 their work in the fields, they get this 219 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,740 scrawny, scrawny little harvest. 220 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:43,880 And the little streams now are really drying 221 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,080 up and even the major rivers are beginning 222 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,120 to look pretty bad. 223 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:50,820 And so now with no harvest or very 224 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:52,800 little harvest, all of a sudden, how are 225 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,000 you gonna feed the population? 226 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,080 So the king opens up the storehouses and 227 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,360 says, well, we'll feed the population for a 228 00:08:59,360 --> 00:08:59,720 while here. 229 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,040 And so they begin feeding the population using 230 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,580 the storehouses that they've got, but that doesn't 231 00:09:05,580 --> 00:09:06,580 last for very long. 232 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,260 And now five months go by and you 233 00:09:10,260 --> 00:09:11,980 look out in the fields and there's not 234 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:14,480 a blade of grass to be seen any 235 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:15,560 place out there. 236 00:09:16,020 --> 00:09:18,080 And the goats and the lambs and the 237 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,600 cows are looking pretty sickly out there and 238 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,780 they're having to start bringing water to them 239 00:09:22,780 --> 00:09:24,760 because the little streams are all drying up. 240 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:28,060 And the elderly people are getting sicker and 241 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:30,140 sicker and the little kids because there's not 242 00:09:30,140 --> 00:09:32,020 enough water to kind of dampen their forehead 243 00:09:32,020 --> 00:09:33,500 when they've got a fever going. 244 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:36,900 And this drought thing is getting very serious. 245 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,980 Six, seven, eight months go by, no rain 246 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:43,780 any place in Israel. 247 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,160 Those of you that are farmed, I come 248 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,000 from a bit of a farming background, you 249 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,720 look at the ground, I mean, it is 250 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,160 hard as iron. 251 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,440 And the farmer says, there's no sense even 252 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,300 trying to plant anything in this, it's not 253 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:56,580 gonna do anything. 254 00:09:56,820 --> 00:09:58,820 And so they don't even bother planting that 255 00:09:58,820 --> 00:10:01,020 next year because there's no sense. 256 00:10:02,940 --> 00:10:06,060 10, 11, a whole year goes by, not 257 00:10:06,060 --> 00:10:07,060 a drop of rain. 258 00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:09,520 Now, not only the little streams have dried 259 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,840 up, now the major streams have begun to 260 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:12,380 dry up. 261 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,800 And now they're starting to import water and 262 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,060 food from neighboring countries to try and feed 263 00:10:17,060 --> 00:10:19,420 the population and people are getting sick and 264 00:10:19,420 --> 00:10:20,600 all of a sudden the price is going 265 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:21,140 way up. 266 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,980 And these elderly people that used to be 267 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:24,360 able to just go down to the local 268 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,160 well and get their water from there, they 269 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,780 can't get the water anymore from there. 270 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:29,660 So they have to go further and further 271 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:31,840 afield and people are sick and the cattle 272 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,520 and sheep and goats are dying in the 273 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,820 fields and things are getting serious around here. 274 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,220 It's been a year with no rain in 275 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:38,660 Israel. 276 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,820 A year and a half goes by. 277 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,000 By this point, massive death all over the 278 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:47,340 place. 279 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:49,860 The cattle in the field have long since 280 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:52,840 been dying, there's just no water, there's nothing 281 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,940 green to feed them, there's nothing that they 282 00:10:55,940 --> 00:10:58,480 can appeal to from the barns, they've brought 283 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,140 in all the barrels of water that they 284 00:11:00,140 --> 00:11:02,180 could from further and further afield and now 285 00:11:02,180 --> 00:11:04,320 the neighboring countries are saying, we can't send 286 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,840 you any more food, we can't send you 287 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:06,600 any more water. 288 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:08,800 This is serious. 289 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:12,400 A national catastrophe at this point. 290 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,180 And King Ahab says, wasn't there some guy 291 00:11:16,180 --> 00:11:17,900 here like a year ago that said something 292 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:18,420 about a drug? 293 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,680 Who was that guy? 294 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:21,000 Oh yeah, his name was Elijah. 295 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:24,100 Secret police, you go find this guy, you 296 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:24,860 hunt all over the place. 297 00:11:24,860 --> 00:11:27,500 He's the troubler of Israel, he's the one 298 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:29,300 that's causing all the problems around here. 299 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,480 And so the police go, looking for this 300 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:32,800 guy. 301 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:34,360 Can't find him. 302 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,160 Two years go by. 303 00:11:36,460 --> 00:11:39,260 Now we've got death at an unbelievable scale. 304 00:11:39,620 --> 00:11:41,720 I mean, children are dying, elderly are dying, 305 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,640 the cattle have long since died, even the 306 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,580 young healthy people. 307 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:47,560 You talk about two years with no rain 308 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:50,320 in the land, every well is now dried 309 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:50,540 up. 310 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,640 There's hardly any water, any place to be 311 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:54,400 found in Israel. 312 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,100 Three years go by, not a drop of 313 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:01,620 rain any place. 314 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:05,820 And God speaks to Elijah. 315 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,480 Go back and confront King Ahab. 316 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:12,840 Are you kidding me, God? 317 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,960 Everybody's looking for me. 318 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,280 If they find me, they're supposed to take 319 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:18,880 me to the king or put me to 320 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:19,180 death. 321 00:12:19,180 --> 00:12:21,540 God says, go, tell him I'm about to 322 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:22,640 bring an end to the drought. 323 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:26,140 But before I do, he's to go to 324 00:12:26,140 --> 00:12:29,040 Mount Carmel and assemble all the prophets of 325 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,300 Baal and Asheroth there. 326 00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:32,380 And if he would do that, I will 327 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:33,640 bring an end to the drought. 328 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:36,820 So Elijah goes, stands on the side of 329 00:12:36,820 --> 00:12:38,100 a hill, there's King Ahab. 330 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:41,140 King Ahab, is that you, you troubler of 331 00:12:41,140 --> 00:12:41,420 Israel? 332 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,640 I'm not the troubler of Israel, you're the 333 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:44,360 troubler of Israel. 334 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,940 The Lord Jehovah says, he's gonna bring an 335 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:47,620 end to the drought. 336 00:12:47,780 --> 00:12:49,960 But you're to assemble on Mount Carmel, the 337 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,160 epicenter of where Baal worship takes place. 338 00:12:52,420 --> 00:12:54,400 You gather the prophets of Baal, you gather 339 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,780 the prophets of Asheroth there. 340 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,120 And if you will do that, God Jehovah 341 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,360 will bring an end to the drought. 342 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:02,100 And then Elijah booties off. 343 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,340 And on the appointed day, word goes out 344 00:13:07,340 --> 00:13:08,420 like wildfire. 345 00:13:09,540 --> 00:13:10,580 Did you hear, did you hear, did you 346 00:13:10,580 --> 00:13:10,700 hear? 347 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:12,960 The drought is supposed to end, but there's 348 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,000 gonna be some big confrontation on Mount Carmel. 349 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,700 We better go see. 350 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,420 And so on the appointed day, there's hundreds, 351 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:22,240 thousands of people that gather on Mount Carmel. 352 00:13:22,380 --> 00:13:23,540 I've been to this spot. 353 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:27,680 There's 450 prophets of Baal. 354 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,620 There's the royal household. 355 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,640 There's thousands of Jews that have gathered there. 356 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:35,240 Onto the scene strolls Elijah. 357 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,460 He looks first at King Ahab and the 358 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:40,460 royal household and all the prophets of Baal, 359 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,120 but instead he turns and he looks at 360 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,340 the people and he says, how long will 361 00:13:45,340 --> 00:13:46,900 you halter between two opinions? 362 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:49,640 If Jehovah God is God, then worship him. 363 00:13:49,820 --> 00:13:51,780 But if Baal is Baal, if it's God, 364 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:52,520 then worship him. 365 00:13:52,740 --> 00:13:53,860 And do you know what the scripture says 366 00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:54,520 the people did? 367 00:13:56,580 --> 00:14:00,940 Scripture says the people were silent. 368 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:07,700 Elijah looks down in disgust. 369 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,520 There's the man that had taken his little 370 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,300 newborn baby girl and had offered her as 371 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,180 a human sacrifice trying to get it to 372 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:18,420 rain. 373 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:20,520 He looks over there. 374 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,220 There's a group of people that had just 375 00:14:22,220 --> 00:14:25,140 come from the temple prostitutes trying to invoke 376 00:14:25,140 --> 00:14:26,520 the gods to bring rain. 377 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,300 He looks over there. 378 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,460 There's the family that are involved in witchcraft 379 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:33,980 and sorcery trying to invoke somehow it to 380 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:34,320 rain. 381 00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:39,880 He looks at disgust and the people are 382 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,340 standing in silence, the scripture says. 383 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:45,940 So Elijah ups the ante. 384 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,200 He says, how about this? 385 00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:51,940 Would you serve the God that would answer 386 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:52,720 with fire? 387 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:56,560 And this time the people said, what you 388 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,120 said is good. 389 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,220 So now for the first time he turns 390 00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:03,280 away from the Jewish people and he turns 391 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,360 back to the royal household and the 450 392 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,120 prophets of Baal. 393 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:08,700 He says, you guys, you go first. 394 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:12,620 Now scripture doesn't tell us how big of 395 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:13,640 an altar they built. 396 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,160 But stop and think, this is 450 prophets 397 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,980 of Baal building a place of a sacrifice, 398 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,920 an altar, in front of the royal household, 399 00:15:26,220 --> 00:15:28,180 in front of thousands of the Jewish people. 400 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,540 I'm thinking they built something like Tim the 401 00:15:30,540 --> 00:15:31,000 Toolman. 402 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:32,540 I don't know, that's what comes to my 403 00:15:32,540 --> 00:15:32,720 mind. 404 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,100 I'm thinking this great big monstrosity of this 405 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:36,520 altar. 406 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,060 And they take the wood and they find 407 00:15:40,060 --> 00:15:42,660 some scrawny cow and they kill it and 408 00:15:42,660 --> 00:15:43,780 they put it on top. 409 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,680 And now here in the epicenter of where 410 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,280 Baal is supposed to reside, they start pleading 411 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:51,940 with Baal. 412 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:54,700 Oh, Baal, Baal, Baal, we worship you, Baal. 413 00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:55,780 Answer with fire, Baal. 414 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:57,600 Baal, come on, Baal, we believe in you. 415 00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:58,160 Come on, Baal. 416 00:15:58,940 --> 00:15:59,520 Come on, Baal. 417 00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:00,560 Please, answer with fire. 418 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:01,580 Come on, Baal. 419 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:02,700 Answer, please, right now. 420 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:04,160 Oh, Baal, Baal, Baal. 421 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,040 And do you know what happens? 422 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:09,280 Nothing happens. 423 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,980 And so now these guys start really ramping 424 00:16:12,980 --> 00:16:13,200 it up. 425 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,960 I mean, these guys are now engaged. 426 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,060 And the Bible says they take out swords 427 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,220 and spears and they begin cutting themselves and 428 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:21,360 blood is flowing. 429 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,600 And they bring out whoever the Billy Graham 430 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,340 of Baal worship is and they bring out 431 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:27,400 the oldest scrolls and they begin, come on, 432 00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:29,500 Baal, come on, Baal, Baal, Baal. 433 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:30,660 We believe, come on, Baal. 434 00:16:30,820 --> 00:16:31,920 Answer, answer with fire. 435 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:34,440 Do you know what happens? 436 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:37,120 Nothing happens. 437 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,200 Do you know why nothing happens? 438 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,100 Because there is no God, Baal. 439 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,940 And this goes on for hours and hours. 440 00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:51,540 And finally, Elijah goes, guys, give it a 441 00:16:51,540 --> 00:16:51,980 rest. 442 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,980 We didn't say that, but it's something like 443 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:54,240 that. 444 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:59,880 Guys, okay, it's now my turn. 445 00:17:01,140 --> 00:17:03,980 And this time the scripture does tell us 446 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:04,980 what Elijah did. 447 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,839 The Bible says he took 12 stones. 448 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,560 Now, I figure Elijah's a guy about my 449 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,060 size. 450 00:17:14,339 --> 00:17:15,319 I don't know how big he is. 451 00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:16,440 I figure he's about my size. 452 00:17:16,859 --> 00:17:18,720 How big of a stone can I lift? 453 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:21,280 I figure I can lift a stone about 454 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:21,780 that big. 455 00:17:21,819 --> 00:17:22,579 Would you give me that? 456 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,300 I can lift a stone about that big? 457 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,340 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 458 00:17:28,460 --> 00:17:30,100 nine, 10, 11, 12, 12 stones. 459 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,120 The altar can't be any higher than that. 460 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,120 That's gotta be the max, how high? 461 00:17:35,260 --> 00:17:37,040 It's only 12 stones. 462 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,760 He takes a group of sticks. 463 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:42,320 He puts it on top. 464 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:48,200 He finds some scrawny cow, kills it, lays 465 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:48,900 it on top. 466 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,740 Scripture says he digs a trench around the 467 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:54,400 perimeter of this altar. 468 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:55,860 Maybe with his heel. 469 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:56,660 I don't know what he dug. 470 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:57,880 What he dug is some type of a 471 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,120 trench. 472 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:04,060 Then he says to some guys, guys, there's 473 00:18:04,060 --> 00:18:06,880 hardly any water in Israel, but there is 474 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,940 a stream there, and here's four pails, four 475 00:18:09,940 --> 00:18:10,300 buckets. 476 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,440 Go get four pails of water and dump 477 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,680 it on top of this sacrifice. 478 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:16,980 So the four guys go and dutifully put 479 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,380 four pails of water on it. 480 00:18:18,540 --> 00:18:20,040 He says, do it again. 481 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:22,040 Poosh, poosh, poosh, poosh. 482 00:18:22,420 --> 00:18:23,620 He says, do it again. 483 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,360 12 buckets of water on top of this 484 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:27,960 sacrifice. 485 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,540 And then he steps back and he prays 486 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:39,320 this itty bitty tiny prayer. 487 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,980 And as he prays in front of the 488 00:18:44,980 --> 00:18:49,640 thousands of people that are there, fire falls 489 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,220 from heaven. 490 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,420 Poosh, burns up the cow, burns up the 491 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:59,320 wood, melts the rock, evaporates the water. 492 00:18:59,780 --> 00:19:02,180 And the people go, did you just see 493 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:02,560 what happened? 494 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:04,040 Did you just see what happened? 495 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,760 And Scripture says they fell on their face. 496 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,440 These thousands of people that are there fall 497 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,180 on their face and simultaneously say, the Lord, 498 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:14,820 he is God. 499 00:19:14,980 --> 00:19:16,200 The Lord, he is God. 500 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:17,540 The Lord, he is God. 501 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:21,400 And revival comes to the nation just like 502 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:21,740 that. 503 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:27,040 And I go, wow, that is so amazing. 504 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:32,780 What a great idea Elijah had to have 505 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:34,480 a drought for three years and have this 506 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,160 big confrontation on Mount Carmel. 507 00:19:36,380 --> 00:19:38,080 What a great idea that was. 508 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,520 No, it had nothing to do with Elijah. 509 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,240 As a matter of fact, all that was 510 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,600 happening in that moment is Elijah was doing 511 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,600 exactly what God had told him to do. 512 00:19:51,780 --> 00:19:53,360 If you have your Bibles, notice what it 513 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,080 says, chapter 18, verse 34, 36. 514 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,960 At the time of the sacrifice, the prophet 515 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:03,240 Elijah stepped forward and prayed, oh Lord, God 516 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,260 of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be 517 00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:06,840 known today that you are God in Israel 518 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,920 and I am your servant and have done 519 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,860 all of these things at your command. 520 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,860 Revival came to the nation of Israel as 521 00:20:18,860 --> 00:20:22,820 Elijah heard the voice of God and did 522 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:23,920 what God said. 523 00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:26,380 That's what brought revival. 524 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:29,820 The presence and power of God showed up 525 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,160 and that's what convinced people. 526 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:33,880 That's what broke the apathy. 527 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,280 That's what convinced people to say the Lord, 528 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,340 he is God and the rejection of Baal. 529 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:41,000 What a great idea that God had. 530 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,880 And all Elijah had to do was do 531 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:43,860 what God told him to do. 532 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,760 By the way, do you know why this 533 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,600 whole thing happened? 534 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,900 Like why the building of this altar on 535 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:51,440 Mount Carmel? 536 00:20:52,980 --> 00:20:56,200 Because historians tell us this is how Baal 537 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,480 worship was introduced into Israel. 538 00:20:59,740 --> 00:21:02,900 That when Jezebel brought this little statuette of 539 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:05,920 Baal and she brought her prophets of Baal, 540 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:10,420 they had built an altar, hidden some people 541 00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:13,680 inside of the altar and when they called 542 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,600 for fire, somebody inside the altar had set 543 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,060 it on fire and they thought, that's amazing, 544 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,280 Baal must be true. 545 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:25,360 But when you build the altar in front 546 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,400 of the people and they can see what 547 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,580 it is that you're doing, all of a 548 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,760 sudden the fraud is showing for what it 549 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:32,400 really is. 550 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:37,040 And with Elijah's little 12 stone altar, there's 551 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,160 no way you can hide somebody inside that. 552 00:21:43,890 --> 00:21:47,090 Revival came because the presence and the power 553 00:21:47,090 --> 00:21:48,350 of God showed up. 554 00:21:49,570 --> 00:21:52,250 Revival came because there was a man who 555 00:21:52,250 --> 00:21:55,050 heard the voice of God, did what God 556 00:21:55,050 --> 00:21:57,690 told him to do and God responded mercifully 557 00:21:57,690 --> 00:21:59,390 by showing up with power and presence. 558 00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:00,670 And I went, wait a second. 559 00:22:02,390 --> 00:22:04,590 I've seen this elsewhere in scripture. 560 00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:10,330 In what other context have we seen people 561 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:11,690 come to faith in God? 562 00:22:13,250 --> 00:22:16,070 People that, somebody heard the voice of God 563 00:22:16,070 --> 00:22:17,190 and did what God said. 564 00:22:18,490 --> 00:22:19,730 How about Jesus himself? 565 00:22:20,770 --> 00:22:23,190 Does the scripture say about Jesus, he said, 566 00:22:23,330 --> 00:22:24,950 I only say what the Father gives me 567 00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:26,270 to say and I only do what the 568 00:22:26,270 --> 00:22:27,230 Father tells me to do. 569 00:22:28,830 --> 00:22:31,250 How about we look at something like Philip? 570 00:22:32,770 --> 00:22:34,470 Philip heard the word of God. 571 00:22:35,210 --> 00:22:38,010 God said to Philip, go south to the 572 00:22:38,010 --> 00:22:39,170 road that leads to Gaza. 573 00:22:40,050 --> 00:22:41,810 He heard what God said to do. 574 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:44,210 He did what God told him to do 575 00:22:44,210 --> 00:22:47,010 and as a result the Ethiopian eunuch and 576 00:22:47,010 --> 00:22:49,750 by extension the nation of Ethiopia came to 577 00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:50,750 hear the gospel message. 578 00:22:51,630 --> 00:22:52,710 How about Ananias? 579 00:22:53,310 --> 00:22:55,110 Ananias heard the voice of God. 580 00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:57,170 God said, go to the house of Judas 581 00:22:57,170 --> 00:22:58,850 on Straight Street in Damascus. 582 00:22:59,370 --> 00:23:00,950 He heard what God said to do. 583 00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:02,810 He did what God said to do. 584 00:23:02,930 --> 00:23:05,030 As a result, Saul is converted. 585 00:23:06,990 --> 00:23:08,630 Peter heard the voice of God. 586 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:10,490 Go to Cornelius' house. 587 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:12,270 He did what God told him to do. 588 00:23:12,350 --> 00:23:14,390 As a result, the entire family and community 589 00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:14,870 is saved. 590 00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:16,850 The apostles heard the voice of God. 591 00:23:17,150 --> 00:23:19,350 Set apart for me Paul and Barnabas for 592 00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:20,070 the work that I've called them. 593 00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:21,630 They heard what God said to do. 594 00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:23,390 They did what God told them to do. 595 00:23:23,390 --> 00:23:26,010 As a result, the entire Mediterranean seacoast is 596 00:23:26,010 --> 00:23:26,830 evangelized. 597 00:23:27,550 --> 00:23:28,370 How about Paul? 598 00:23:28,730 --> 00:23:29,710 Heard the voice of God. 599 00:23:30,010 --> 00:23:31,050 Go to Macedonia. 600 00:23:31,450 --> 00:23:32,810 Did what God told him to do. 601 00:23:32,990 --> 00:23:34,990 As a result, Lydia and her family are 602 00:23:34,990 --> 00:23:35,210 saved. 603 00:23:35,630 --> 00:23:36,910 Paul heard the voice of God. 604 00:23:37,230 --> 00:23:37,950 Go to Jerusalem. 605 00:23:38,170 --> 00:23:40,070 As a result, kings and princes and Caesars 606 00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:41,610 all hear the gospel message. 607 00:23:41,950 --> 00:23:44,390 So I ask us this afternoon, who amongst 608 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:45,630 us doesn't want to see revival? 609 00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:49,810 And under what circumstances does revival come? 610 00:23:51,250 --> 00:23:54,470 Do we really think in the evangelical church 611 00:23:54,470 --> 00:23:56,490 world that if we just have a better 612 00:23:56,490 --> 00:23:59,310 PowerPoint presentation that somehow that's gonna result in 613 00:23:59,310 --> 00:23:59,670 revival? 614 00:23:59,930 --> 00:24:01,750 If we just build a nicer building, if 615 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:03,670 we do a better job at advertising, if 616 00:24:03,670 --> 00:24:05,550 we have something done with excellence, do we 617 00:24:05,550 --> 00:24:07,930 really think that this type of stuff is 618 00:24:07,930 --> 00:24:08,830 gonna bring revival? 619 00:24:10,890 --> 00:24:14,630 There are times where it takes the normal 620 00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:17,370 expression of God's love and mercy is not 621 00:24:17,370 --> 00:24:17,850 enough. 622 00:24:17,850 --> 00:24:22,070 There are times it takes an extraordinary expression 623 00:24:22,570 --> 00:24:24,710 of the love and mercy to break through 624 00:24:24,710 --> 00:24:26,970 the apathy and indifference in a society. 625 00:24:27,730 --> 00:24:30,550 It takes God showing up in power to 626 00:24:30,550 --> 00:24:31,930 break through the apathy and indifference. 627 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:36,530 I'm not against nice slides and nice PowerPoints. 628 00:24:36,730 --> 00:24:39,070 I teach evangelism, church growth and health, and 629 00:24:39,070 --> 00:24:40,510 I teach all that kind of stuff at 630 00:24:40,510 --> 00:24:43,050 the Bible College in Sussex. 631 00:24:43,410 --> 00:24:44,590 I'm not against it. 632 00:24:45,090 --> 00:24:46,330 It's just not enough. 633 00:24:48,790 --> 00:24:52,110 In an age where we're living something similar 634 00:24:52,590 --> 00:24:54,290 to what was going on in the days 635 00:24:54,290 --> 00:24:57,230 of Elijah, at this point, 93% of 636 00:24:57,230 --> 00:24:58,990 the population has turned its back on Jehovah 637 00:24:58,990 --> 00:24:59,410 God. 638 00:25:00,350 --> 00:25:04,630 In Canada, on any given Sunday, 88% 639 00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:07,030 of the population is not in any type 640 00:25:07,030 --> 00:25:08,430 of a place of worship, and I mean 641 00:25:08,430 --> 00:25:11,010 the broadest definitions of places of worship that 642 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:11,670 you can think of. 643 00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:16,570 What is really gonna turn our nation around? 644 00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:18,950 You say, Steve, you seem like you're a 645 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:19,910 little worked up about this. 646 00:25:19,970 --> 00:25:20,670 Take a chill pill. 647 00:25:23,210 --> 00:25:28,450 I am worked up about this because I 648 00:25:28,450 --> 00:25:30,230 wanna see Canada saved. 649 00:25:32,010 --> 00:25:34,130 I'm really concerned about the province of New 650 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:35,530 Brunswick and the maritime provinces. 651 00:25:36,430 --> 00:25:38,230 I'm really concerned of what's going on in 652 00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:39,950 the general atmosphere of North America. 653 00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:43,230 I've got unsaved family members. 654 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,150 What would bring people from a place of 655 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:49,650 indifference, or they're so bought into secularism and 656 00:25:49,650 --> 00:25:51,730 materialism, what would cause them to turn their 657 00:25:51,730 --> 00:25:54,250 back on that and say, the Lord, he 658 00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:55,850 is God, the Lord, he is God, the 659 00:25:55,850 --> 00:25:56,630 Lord, he is God? 660 00:25:57,870 --> 00:25:59,530 And I'm at the point now where I'm 661 00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:01,290 absolutely convinced if God does not show up 662 00:26:01,290 --> 00:26:03,170 in power, we are not gonna see revival 663 00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:03,610 in Canada. 664 00:26:06,050 --> 00:26:07,510 When does God show up? 665 00:26:08,970 --> 00:26:13,890 When his people hear his voice and do 666 00:26:13,890 --> 00:26:15,050 what he tells them to do. 667 00:26:15,910 --> 00:26:17,550 That's when God shows up in power. 668 00:26:23,470 --> 00:26:25,330 I would love to stand in front of 669 00:26:25,330 --> 00:26:26,510 you and tell you I hear the voice 670 00:26:26,510 --> 00:26:27,430 of God all the time. 671 00:26:27,710 --> 00:26:29,650 That would just be a patent lie. 672 00:26:30,710 --> 00:26:33,870 But there is something within me that longs 673 00:26:33,870 --> 00:26:36,170 to hear the voice of God more and 674 00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:36,410 more. 675 00:26:37,890 --> 00:26:40,290 I pastored in Ottawa for 22 years. 676 00:26:41,670 --> 00:26:43,230 The Lord was very gracious to us. 677 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:44,330 We started with two people. 678 00:26:44,330 --> 00:26:46,050 We ended up with about 1,400 people 679 00:26:46,050 --> 00:26:46,850 at the church. 680 00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:48,450 God was very gracious to us. 681 00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:51,930 One day I'm sitting in my pastor's office 682 00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:54,470 and I'm having my morning devotions just like 683 00:26:54,470 --> 00:26:56,030 I had every morning when I came into 684 00:26:56,030 --> 00:26:56,710 the church office. 685 00:26:56,890 --> 00:26:58,890 Came in, first thing I do, don't turn 686 00:26:58,890 --> 00:27:00,430 on the computer, don't do anything, open up 687 00:27:00,430 --> 00:27:02,030 my Bible, have my morning devotions. 688 00:27:02,410 --> 00:27:04,330 I'm sitting there having my morning devotions just 689 00:27:04,330 --> 00:27:06,690 like every other day, and just like that, 690 00:27:06,830 --> 00:27:08,150 bang, God speaks to me. 691 00:27:10,230 --> 00:27:13,850 Thursday, one o'clock, go to this location, 692 00:27:13,850 --> 00:27:16,350 this person will be there, and give them 693 00:27:16,350 --> 00:27:17,010 this message. 694 00:27:17,410 --> 00:27:19,930 It was so clear, I wrote it down. 695 00:27:20,410 --> 00:27:22,730 Thursday, one o'clock, this person, this location, 696 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:23,730 give them this message. 697 00:27:26,090 --> 00:27:27,410 That was Tuesday morning. 698 00:27:30,370 --> 00:27:33,270 Thursday at 12.30, I got in my 699 00:27:33,270 --> 00:27:34,430 car and started to drive. 700 00:27:35,930 --> 00:27:37,770 And I went to the place where God 701 00:27:37,770 --> 00:27:40,430 told me to go, and when I got 702 00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:43,510 there, I saw the person's car there. 703 00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:46,010 Now I'm really nervous. 704 00:27:47,650 --> 00:27:49,750 I walk into where God had told me 705 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:53,170 to go, the person saw me and said, 706 00:27:53,950 --> 00:27:54,950 Steve, what are you doing here? 707 00:27:55,790 --> 00:27:58,050 And I said, God sent me with a 708 00:27:58,050 --> 00:27:58,670 message for you. 709 00:27:59,510 --> 00:28:01,810 And his exact response back to me was, 710 00:28:02,310 --> 00:28:02,910 yeah, right. 711 00:28:04,570 --> 00:28:06,510 And I pulled up my day timer and 712 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:07,430 I turned it towards him. 713 00:28:07,430 --> 00:28:09,890 Thursday, one o'clock, this location, you would 714 00:28:09,890 --> 00:28:11,590 be here, here's what God wants me to 715 00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:12,010 tell you. 716 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,360 Here's what you would not know if I 717 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:21,040 didn't tell you. 718 00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:24,540 That guy should not have been at that 719 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:26,360 location Thursday at one o'clock. 720 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,440 He actually worked on the far side of 721 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,280 Ottawa, a regular nine to five job. 722 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,000 He should have been at work Thursday at 723 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:35,520 one o'clock. 724 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,280 But he wasn't. 725 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,840 He was exactly where I went to at 726 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:40,780 one o'clock on Thursday. 727 00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:43,260 How could I possibly have known that? 728 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:44,340 Quinky dink? 729 00:28:47,140 --> 00:28:49,860 No, God still speaks today. 730 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,060 I'm not gonna tell you where this happened 731 00:28:58,060 --> 00:29:00,520 because of the nature of the story, but 732 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,140 you'll understand as I tell you this story 733 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:03,420 why I'm not telling you where it happened. 734 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,520 But it happened here in the Maritimes, actually 735 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,380 not too long ago. 736 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:08,780 I was at a church. 737 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,160 I was sitting right down over here in 738 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:12,620 the church. 739 00:29:13,140 --> 00:29:15,300 I was there at invitation from the church. 740 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,980 And during the worship time, God spoke to 741 00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:21,580 me and said, I've got a message for 742 00:29:21,580 --> 00:29:22,000 the people. 743 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,720 I leaned over to the pastor. 744 00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:28,240 I'd never been in this community, never been 745 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,560 there ever in my life. 746 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,280 I knew the pastor a little bit and 747 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,100 I knew one other person a little bit. 748 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,940 I had no clue of this congregation whatsoever. 749 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:39,360 I leaned over to the pastor and I 750 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,980 said, I think God just gave me a 751 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:42,860 word for your congregation. 752 00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:45,020 I said, is it okay if I share 753 00:29:45,020 --> 00:29:45,200 it? 754 00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:48,380 He said, I guess so. 755 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,720 So they finished the worship time. 756 00:29:52,060 --> 00:29:53,160 The pastor came up front. 757 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,480 He says, Dr. Elliott's here. 758 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,840 He believes God just told him something to 759 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:57,800 share with our congregation. 760 00:29:57,980 --> 00:29:59,600 So Dr. Elliott, come up and share what 761 00:29:59,600 --> 00:29:59,860 you said. 762 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,880 I went and stood before this congregation. 763 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,960 And I said, God just told me there's 764 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:09,700 somebody here. 765 00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:12,060 You're either here or you know somebody that 766 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:12,720 this is true of. 767 00:30:13,020 --> 00:30:15,220 And you're thinking of taking the life of 768 00:30:15,220 --> 00:30:15,760 a baby. 769 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,740 And God wants you to know he wants 770 00:30:20,740 --> 00:30:21,840 that baby to live. 771 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:25,380 And there was a little bit more to 772 00:30:25,380 --> 00:30:25,580 it. 773 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,100 And then I went and sat down. 774 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,020 And my bum no sooner touched the edge 775 00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:34,300 of that seat than on the opposite side 776 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,020 of the auditorium, a lady that I have 777 00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:37,700 no knowledge of who this lady is. 778 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,680 I don't even know who she is to 779 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,120 this day. 780 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:41,460 The moment I sat down, she stood up. 781 00:30:43,020 --> 00:30:48,700 And she said, nobody knows this. 782 00:30:51,260 --> 00:30:53,320 But we found out that our teenage daughter, 783 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,380 who's not married, is pregnant. 784 00:30:55,380 --> 00:31:01,100 And we've been wondering what our options are 785 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,300 about this pregnancy. 786 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:08,080 She said, I think this message is for 787 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:08,780 me and my family. 788 00:31:12,490 --> 00:31:14,450 How could I possibly know that? 789 00:31:15,170 --> 00:31:16,670 I have no way of knowing that. 790 00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:18,710 I've never even been to this community before, 791 00:31:19,130 --> 00:31:20,650 let alone know that family or what's going 792 00:31:20,650 --> 00:31:21,430 on in their lives. 793 00:31:23,530 --> 00:31:25,530 God still speaks today. 794 00:31:28,710 --> 00:31:29,950 I don't think there's anybody in this room 795 00:31:29,950 --> 00:31:32,350 that even knows Helen and I, my wife 796 00:31:32,350 --> 00:31:32,650 and I. 797 00:31:32,810 --> 00:31:34,950 We've been married for almost 40 some odd 798 00:31:34,950 --> 00:31:35,490 years now. 799 00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:41,230 We were almost 15 years not being able 800 00:31:41,230 --> 00:31:41,850 to have kids. 801 00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:45,710 And so we went the adoption route. 802 00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:47,890 And we adopted our first child. 803 00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:49,890 We'd gone through the infertility clinics. 804 00:31:50,010 --> 00:31:50,710 We'd taken medicine. 805 00:31:50,890 --> 00:31:51,850 We'd had exploratory surgery. 806 00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:53,070 We tried everything. 807 00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:53,970 We'd been prayed over. 808 00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:54,950 We'd been anointed with oil. 809 00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:57,390 We did everything we possibly could do to 810 00:31:57,390 --> 00:31:57,850 get pregnant. 811 00:31:58,050 --> 00:31:59,730 We couldn't get pregnant, so we adopted our 812 00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:00,170 first child. 813 00:32:00,170 --> 00:32:01,770 That was such a positive experience. 814 00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:03,550 We put our name right back in with 815 00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:05,810 the adoption agency and said, we want to 816 00:32:05,810 --> 00:32:06,610 adopt another child. 817 00:32:09,050 --> 00:32:10,830 Shortly after we put our name in with 818 00:32:10,830 --> 00:32:12,970 the adoption agency up in Toronto, the phone 819 00:32:12,970 --> 00:32:13,270 rang. 820 00:32:14,010 --> 00:32:16,710 The adoption agency lady says, we've got another 821 00:32:16,710 --> 00:32:20,290 child and the biological mom wants you to 822 00:32:20,290 --> 00:32:21,490 be the parents for this child. 823 00:32:22,610 --> 00:32:23,690 So we left Ottawa. 824 00:32:23,870 --> 00:32:24,710 We drove to Toronto. 825 00:32:24,850 --> 00:32:25,630 We got the child. 826 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:26,370 We came back. 827 00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:27,950 I mean, we're just, we're happy as a 828 00:32:27,950 --> 00:32:28,150 clam. 829 00:32:28,150 --> 00:32:29,350 I mean, at this point, we've been married 830 00:32:29,350 --> 00:32:31,790 for like 15 years, maybe 18 years, and 831 00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:32,850 we'll be able to have children. 832 00:32:33,510 --> 00:32:34,290 So we're thrilled. 833 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:39,390 We had little Kristen. 834 00:32:39,550 --> 00:32:40,790 That was the name that we gave to 835 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:40,910 her. 836 00:32:41,650 --> 00:32:43,710 We had Kristen for about 14 or 15 837 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:46,550 days, and the phone rang. 838 00:32:48,390 --> 00:32:51,210 It was the adoption agency in Toronto telling 839 00:32:51,210 --> 00:32:52,890 us that the 16-year-old girl had 840 00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:54,430 changed her mind and wanted the baby back. 841 00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:59,650 The adoption laws in Ontario are that if 842 00:32:59,650 --> 00:33:01,830 the biological mom changes her mind in the 843 00:33:01,830 --> 00:33:04,050 first 21 days, you cannot contest it. 844 00:33:04,270 --> 00:33:05,450 You must give the baby back. 845 00:33:07,290 --> 00:33:10,150 So we sobbed all the way from Ottawa 846 00:33:10,150 --> 00:33:12,190 to Toronto to take little Kristen back to 847 00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:13,870 the adoption agency to go back to her 848 00:33:13,870 --> 00:33:14,770 16-year-old mom. 849 00:33:15,650 --> 00:33:17,590 And we sobbed all the way back to 850 00:33:17,590 --> 00:33:17,870 Ottawa. 851 00:33:19,390 --> 00:33:21,950 And as we were driving back to Ottawa, 852 00:33:22,370 --> 00:33:24,410 I said to Helen, I said, honey, please 853 00:33:24,410 --> 00:33:24,510 don't go. 854 00:33:24,510 --> 00:33:25,110 We've done everything. 855 00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:27,730 I mean, the infertility clinics, we've taken medications, 856 00:33:27,950 --> 00:33:29,550 we've had surgeries, we've done everything. 857 00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:32,530 I said, the only thing we've never done 858 00:33:32,530 --> 00:33:36,450 about our infertility is we've never fasted about 859 00:33:36,450 --> 00:33:36,670 it. 860 00:33:39,230 --> 00:33:40,850 Why don't we go on a nine-month 861 00:33:40,850 --> 00:33:44,690 fast from television and ask God if he'd 862 00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,050 be gracious and allow us to have a 863 00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:46,310 child? 864 00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:51,490 So Helen and I decided that's what we 865 00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:51,910 would do. 866 00:33:53,230 --> 00:33:55,070 And just so you know that it's a 867 00:33:55,070 --> 00:33:56,970 real fast, it was during hockey season. 868 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:00,030 And we had a number of the Ottawa 869 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:01,390 Senators that came to our church. 870 00:34:01,490 --> 00:34:02,570 I mean, this was a real fast. 871 00:34:02,690 --> 00:34:03,930 When I got married, I was playing six 872 00:34:03,930 --> 00:34:04,770 games of hockey a week. 873 00:34:05,010 --> 00:34:07,010 So when I'm saying a fast from television, 874 00:34:07,130 --> 00:34:08,350 I mean, this was a real fast. 875 00:34:10,070 --> 00:34:12,330 For nine months, we didn't watch any television. 876 00:34:13,850 --> 00:34:15,110 That ended in June. 877 00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:21,530 In July, the first week of July, I'm 878 00:34:21,530 --> 00:34:22,790 in my pastor's office. 879 00:34:24,190 --> 00:34:25,710 Again, just having my devotions. 880 00:34:26,050 --> 00:34:28,290 Nothing unusual, just sitting there, reading my Bible, 881 00:34:28,429 --> 00:34:29,750 praying, doing my morning devotions. 882 00:34:30,010 --> 00:34:31,770 And just like that, God spoke to me. 883 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:35,190 And he said, expect a child. 884 00:34:35,830 --> 00:34:36,590 It's a boy. 885 00:34:37,389 --> 00:34:38,810 His name's gonna be Jedediah. 886 00:34:39,690 --> 00:34:42,170 Bible verse for his life and an insight 887 00:34:42,170 --> 00:34:43,170 into what he's gonna be like. 888 00:34:44,210 --> 00:34:45,469 It was so clear. 889 00:34:45,610 --> 00:34:46,630 Again, I wrote it down. 890 00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:48,949 Expect a child, it's a boy, Jedediah, Bible 891 00:34:48,949 --> 00:34:50,190 verse, insight into his life. 892 00:34:50,510 --> 00:34:51,610 That was Tuesday morning. 893 00:34:51,810 --> 00:34:53,650 I went home at lunchtime and I said 894 00:34:53,650 --> 00:34:55,330 to Helen, I said, guess what? 895 00:34:55,449 --> 00:34:55,949 She said, what? 896 00:34:56,070 --> 00:34:57,130 I said, God spoke to me today. 897 00:34:57,210 --> 00:34:57,370 What? 898 00:34:57,490 --> 00:34:57,850 What'd he say? 899 00:34:58,210 --> 00:34:59,810 Expect a child, it's a boy, Jedediah, Bible 900 00:34:59,810 --> 00:35:00,950 verse, insight into his life. 901 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:02,850 And Helen said back to me, she said, 902 00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:05,370 is it gonna be by adoption or is 903 00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:06,210 it gonna be biologically? 904 00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:09,690 And I went, I don't know. 905 00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:10,450 God didn't say. 906 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:12,150 He said, expect a child. 907 00:35:12,870 --> 00:35:14,090 That was Tuesday. 908 00:35:14,690 --> 00:35:15,910 I'm looking real fast here. 909 00:35:15,910 --> 00:35:17,610 Okay, we got some children, so work with 910 00:35:17,610 --> 00:35:18,250 me here, adults. 911 00:35:18,730 --> 00:35:21,410 That was Tuesday at lunchtime. 912 00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:24,910 Friday, what happens with a lady on a 913 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:27,450 monthly basis did not happen. 914 00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:32,330 Immediately, we said, she's pregnant, it's a boy, 915 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:33,490 we're gonna call him Jedediah. 916 00:35:33,650 --> 00:35:34,530 People said, Jed what? 917 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:36,390 Jedediah, where'd you get a name like that? 918 00:35:36,410 --> 00:35:37,770 Doesn't matter, that's what we're gonna call him. 919 00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:39,450 That was in July. 920 00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:41,230 Right off the bat, we said she was 921 00:35:41,230 --> 00:35:42,710 pregnant, we're gonna call him Jedediah. 922 00:35:42,710 --> 00:35:45,570 In December, the ultrasound showed that it's a 923 00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:45,810 boy. 924 00:35:46,930 --> 00:35:49,990 He was born in April, and he's now 925 00:35:49,990 --> 00:35:51,250 a pastor in Nova Scotia. 926 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:55,880 Quinky dink? 927 00:35:57,740 --> 00:35:58,780 I don't think so. 928 00:36:00,420 --> 00:36:02,820 God still speaks today. 929 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,400 I don't hear from God. 930 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,520 I'm not trying to come across super spiritual. 931 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,120 I don't hear nearly as much from God 932 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:10,960 as I want to. 933 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:16,440 But that's the context in which God receives 934 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,680 glory and honor. 935 00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:20,720 That's the context in which God loves to 936 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:21,080 work. 937 00:36:21,540 --> 00:36:23,440 That's when God shows up with power. 938 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:26,280 When people hear his voice. 939 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:30,220 We don't need more praying, hang on. 940 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,980 We don't need more praying. 941 00:36:32,340 --> 00:36:34,480 We need more hearing from God. 942 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,380 And aligning our lives with what he says. 943 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:45,540 The person that I respect the most about 944 00:36:45,540 --> 00:36:47,320 hearing from God is a pastor friend of 945 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,320 mine in Arnprior, Ontario, his name's Ian. 946 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,660 I've never met somebody that hears from God 947 00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:55,500 more accurately than he does. 948 00:36:56,740 --> 00:36:58,280 He and I were speaking at a family 949 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,180 camp in Michigan last year. 950 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,080 We're walking towards the tabernacle, and he says 951 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,640 to me as we're walking towards the tabernacle, 952 00:37:05,740 --> 00:37:06,880 he says, God just told me something. 953 00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:07,620 I said, what did he tell you? 954 00:37:07,950 --> 00:37:10,020 He said, there's gonna be a lady in 955 00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:15,600 the service, her name is Sue, she knows 956 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,380 somebody named Joe, and God's called her to 957 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:20,260 be a world changer. 958 00:37:24,060 --> 00:37:27,780 That evening after I finished preaching, Ian came 959 00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:30,000 up to the front, and he says, I 960 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,340 think God gave me a word of knowledge. 961 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,100 I believe God said, there's somebody here, your 962 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,220 name is Sue, you know somebody named Joe, 963 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,520 and God's called you to be a world 964 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:40,640 changer, who are you? 965 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:43,320 And it was crickets. 966 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,540 I mean, nobody moved. 967 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,180 And Ian said, well, sometimes I miss hear 968 00:37:52,180 --> 00:37:53,720 from God, but I'm pretty sure God said 969 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:54,020 that. 970 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:55,220 Nothing. 971 00:37:56,740 --> 00:37:57,840 The service ended. 972 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,360 He and I are standing down front right 973 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,140 up about here at the end of the 974 00:38:03,140 --> 00:38:03,540 service. 975 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,660 And people are going out at this particular 976 00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:10,320 point, and this lady comes up, and I'm 977 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:10,920 standing right there. 978 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,440 So this is not secondhand, I'm there. 979 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:13,820 I mean, I hear what happens. 980 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:16,940 She said to Ian, she says, you know 981 00:38:16,940 --> 00:38:17,760 what you said tonight? 982 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:19,200 Ian says, yeah. 983 00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:21,360 She says, I need to tell you something. 984 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,920 My name is Sue, my grandfather's name is 985 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:32,800 Joe, and yesterday my grandfather told me God 986 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,340 has called me to be a world changer. 987 00:38:43,830 --> 00:38:45,370 God still speaks today. 988 00:38:47,810 --> 00:38:50,570 If there's gonna be revival in Canada, it's 989 00:38:50,570 --> 00:38:51,910 gonna be because God shows up. 990 00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:58,090 And God shows up when his people hear 991 00:38:58,090 --> 00:39:00,970 from him and do what he has to 992 00:39:00,970 --> 00:39:01,270 say. 993 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,940 I'm gonna come down to the keyboard here. 994 00:39:07,460 --> 00:39:09,300 There was a song that I heard a 995 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:13,320 while ago, quite a while ago now, and 996 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,820 this song just so gripped me. 997 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,860 It just encapsulates what I've been sensing God 998 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:22,640 is wanting to do these days. 999 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:24,360 And so if you would allow me, I'm 1000 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:25,080 gonna go to the keyboard. 1001 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:26,660 I'm just gonna play and sing this song. 1002 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,880 And if you want to, you can close 1003 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:29,280 your eyes. 1004 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,180 If you sense something within you that says, 1005 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,140 yes, God, what Steve is saying in that 1006 00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:36,700 song or what that song is saying, that 1007 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,040 resonates with my heart. 1008 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,680 I'd better take my glasses so I can 1009 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:41,860 actually see what I'm looking at. 1010 00:40:00,970 --> 00:40:02,210 We need wisdom. 1011 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:05,550 We need power and truth. 1012 00:40:17,870 --> 00:40:19,030 We need love and grace. 1013 00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:22,730 Bring your people to a state of kingdom 1014 00:40:22,730 --> 00:40:23,670 life. 1015 00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:27,650 Restore your church again. 1016 00:40:30,390 --> 00:40:34,230 Touch your people once again. 1017 00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:44,380 With your precious holy hand, let your kingdom 1018 00:40:44,380 --> 00:40:47,700 shine upon this earth. 1019 00:41:01,130 --> 00:41:03,290 Restore authority. 1020 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:17,280 Rushing wind, touch your people once 1021 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:18,360 again. 1022 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,100 Lord, you see your tired servants and the 1023 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:28,000 broken wounded soldiers. 1024 00:41:28,540 --> 00:41:29,840 Oh, how much we need you. 1025 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,540 We need your precious healing hand. 1026 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:37,380 We need the power of the cross as 1027 00:41:37,380 --> 00:41:39,340 the only source for us. 1028 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,900 As we stand up facing final battle cry, 1029 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,300 restore your church again. 1030 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,460 Touch your people once again. 1031 00:41:57,180 --> 00:42:03,180 With your precious holy hand, let your kingdom 1032 00:42:03,180 --> 00:42:10,750 shine upon this earth. 1033 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,720 Restore authority. 1034 00:42:25,730 --> 00:42:35,010 Rushing wind, touch your people once 1035 00:42:35,010 --> 00:42:36,070 again. 1036 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,600 We know that we live in a day 1037 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,420 and age that really resembles a lot of 1038 00:43:47,420 --> 00:43:51,360 what Elijah was experiencing when so many people 1039 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,780 had turned their backs on you. 1040 00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,740 Somehow he knew it wouldn't just be by 1041 00:44:00,740 --> 00:44:04,860 fancier programs or better advertising or not even 1042 00:44:04,860 --> 00:44:05,760 better preaching. 1043 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:10,080 The only thing that would bring revival is 1044 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,660 if you showed up and he heard your 1045 00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:16,620 voice and it was scary, but he did 1046 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:20,380 what you asked him to do and then 1047 00:44:20,380 --> 00:44:21,360 you showed up. 1048 00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:26,780 And when the people saw the evidence of 1049 00:44:26,780 --> 00:44:31,480 your presence and your power, in mass they 1050 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:35,020 fell down and said, the Lord, he is 1051 00:44:35,020 --> 00:44:35,360 God. 1052 00:44:35,540 --> 00:44:37,080 The Lord, he is God. 1053 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:38,840 The Lord, he is God. 1054 00:44:42,340 --> 00:44:45,820 What would it take for the people of 1055 00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:49,120 Fredericton to fall on their face and say 1056 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:50,140 the Lord, he is God? 1057 00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:56,260 Nothing short of you showing up in power 1058 00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:56,960 and presence. 1059 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,320 And so, Father, forgive us for the many 1060 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:06,620 times that we've tried to manufacture revival, those 1061 00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:10,160 times that we think that something in our 1062 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,860 arrogance that we can do it. 1063 00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:15,240 We humbly confess to you, Lord, we cannot. 1064 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,120 We need you. 1065 00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:23,160 Whatever stops us from hearing you, we pray, 1066 00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:24,540 Father, would you get that out of the 1067 00:45:24,540 --> 00:45:24,780 way. 1068 00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:28,360 We humble ourselves before you. 1069 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:31,460 We confess our sin. 1070 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:33,840 We ask for mercy. 1071 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,740 We ask God that you would touch our 1072 00:45:37,740 --> 00:45:41,820 land and do something amazing, that you would 1073 00:45:41,820 --> 00:45:43,240 draw people to yourself. 1074 00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:46,440 We think of the great revivals that have 1075 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,360 taken place that came up the east coast 1076 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,100 of the states. 1077 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,460 We think of the revivals that took place 1078 00:45:52,460 --> 00:45:55,060 out west in Canada, the revivals that took 1079 00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:56,940 place in the 1800s in Ontario. 1080 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,720 We see, Father, what took place in the 1081 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:01,620 Welsh revivals. 1082 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,800 We know, Father, that hundreds of thousands of 1083 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:11,020 people came to faith in Christ, and we 1084 00:46:11,020 --> 00:46:12,740 long to see that happen again in our 1085 00:46:12,740 --> 00:46:12,980 day. 1086 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,540 So we're asking, Father, give us ears to 1087 00:46:17,540 --> 00:46:17,800 hear. 1088 00:46:18,940 --> 00:46:21,460 Give us faith to obey what you tell 1089 00:46:21,460 --> 00:46:22,040 us to do. 1090 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,940 And we ask, Father, that you would move 1091 00:46:24,940 --> 00:46:28,280 in our midst again, and we'll be grateful 1092 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,080 for all that you do. 1093 00:46:31,340 --> 00:46:32,660 In Jesus' precious name.