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Following Jesus in a Post-Christian World

Explore the challenges and rewards of following Jesus in a society that has turned away from Christian values. Discover the inspiring stories of Elijah, an ordinary person chosen by God to be His servant and prophet.

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Following Jesus in a Post-Christian World

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  1. Following Jesus in a post-Christian world …

  2. In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel for twenty-two years. Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him. He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

  3. In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun. 1 Samuel 16:29-34

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  5. Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.’ 1 Samuel 17:1

  6. Following Jesus in a post-Christian world … Elijah: an ordinary person

  7. Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

  8. Following Jesus in a post-Christian world … Elijah: God’s servant

  9. Following Jesus in a post-Christian world … Elijah: prophet of God

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