Elijah -- Israel’s Prophet on Foreign Soil

INTRODUCTION 1. Elijah’s brook dried up! Now, how is God going to take care of him? 2. If brooks and birds seem a strange source of sustenance -- wait until you see what God has lined up next! 3. 1 Kings 17:8-16

DISCUSSION

I. God Surely Does Move in Mysterious Ways! A. What an unlikely _________________________________________________ 1. Outside ________________________________ borders 2. In some ways, Israel had become ________________________________ 3. 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 ____________________________________________________________________ B. Guess who come from Sidon to Israel: _________________________________________________ C. Matthew 15:21 (The only recorded time Jesus entered ______________________________ territory) D. Jesus referred to this incident (Luke 4:24-26) __________________________________________________ E. If Zarephath was an unlikely place, consider ________________________________________________ 1. God’s choice was a _______________________________________________________ 2. God’s choice was a _______________________________________________________ 2. God’s choice was a _______________________________________________________ 4. God’s choice was a _______________________________________________________ (Her _______________________________ was God’s ___________________________________) F. Here we see the prophet’s great ________________________________________________! 1. He “____________________________________________________________________” 2. Romans 4:20-21 ______________________________________________________________________ G. Even more outstanding was the faith of _______________________ 1. Her assets _____________________________________________________________________ 2. His request ____________________________________________________________________ 3. His promise ____________________________________________________________________ 4. God’s _________________________________________________________________________

II. Her Faith Will Face an Even Greater Test (1 Kings 17:17-24) A. Her precious son _____________________________________________________________ 1. Her anguished question (verse 18) ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does ____________________________ so often accompany _____________________________? 3. Elijah offered no explanations, he just got to work (verse 19) B. Here is our first glimpse of Elijah as ______________________________________________ C. An interesting fact about ____________________________________________________________ 1. “Let this child’s _______________________________________________________” 2. Ecclesiastes 12:7 and Genesis 35:18 D. Twice this boy was snatched from _______________________________ (We wonder _______________ ________________________________________________________________________________

CONCLUSION 1. As Christians, we have been “born again”. Have we ___________________________________________?

This evening’s Scripture Reading:

Luke 18:35-43