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The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath 1 Kings 17 06/22/2008 Dr. Dane Boyles

The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath 1 Kings 17 06/22/2008 Dr. Dane Boyles. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath. Introduction Because Elijah was a man like us, he undoubtedly wondered what God had in store for him when he saw the brook beginning to dry up.

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The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath 1 Kings 17 06/22/2008 Dr. Dane Boyles

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  1. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath1 Kings 1706/22/2008Dr. Dane Boyles

  2. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath Introduction • Because Elijah was a man like us, he undoubtedly wondered what God had in store for him when he saw the brook beginning to dry up. • 8Then the word of the LORD came to him: (1 Kings 17:8)

  3. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 9“Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” (1 Kings 17:9). • The word Zarephath means “refining” or “smelting place.”

  4. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • Elijah arose and went to Zarephath. • 10So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” (1 Kings 17:10)

  5. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • The Widow was Tested by Elijah.. • 12“As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” (1 Kings 17:12)

  6. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • He had also learned that God often used unconventional ways and circumstances to accomplish His will.

  7. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • Then he tested her faith. • 13Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. (1 Kings 17:13)

  8. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 14For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.’” (1 Kings 17:14)

  9. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • Would she believe the promise of v.14? • Faith acts and expects the results to follow. • Faith goes ahead and trusts God for the results. • Faith is not occupied with the difficulties but with the Lord with whom all things are possible.

  10. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • Faith is not caught up in the circumstances but is occupied with the God who controls the circumstances. • 9Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. (Psalms 34:9)

  11. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 9For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. (Psalms 84:11)

  12. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • Another test for the widow. • 17Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. (1 Kings 17:17)

  13. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 18She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?” (1 Kings 17:18)

  14. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 19“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. (1 Kings 17:19)

  15. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” (1 Kings 17:20)

  16. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 21Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!” (1 Kings 17:21)

  17. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • It is clear that Elijah fully believed that God would answer his prayer. • Some things are accomplished only as we wrestle privately in prayer.

  18. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath Conclusion • 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

  19. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:8-9)

  20. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (Eph 3:20)

  21. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath • 24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.” (1 Kings 17:24)

  22. The Life of Elijah: The Prophet at Zarephath1 Kings 1706/22/2008Dr. Dane Boyles

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