The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-02-10
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THE PRAYER ANSWERING GOD

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THE PRAYER. ANSWERING GOD
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The word Of the Lord came 20 Elijah
in the third wear lnstrucJing him
90 manifest himself 10 kiny Ahah
with view 20 the termination u the
drouth, This may have been the third
year OF the Prophets soioura az Fare
phsth. or Il may have been the third year
after Eliiah's announcement 90 Ahah
The land 81 Israel may already have been
experiencing sA.munlhs drouul when
Elijah announced 20 the king that no mn
was 70 be expected until he. as Gods Serv.
ant. would announce IL OF bring e. 10
any event We have the assurance that the
entire period Of druuth was three and a
half years Luke ass James b1l
When the time was fulfilled Cod directed
Elijah to present himself 20 King Ahab,
because the time had come when God was
willing to relieve tho r-.~,a
drouth-when a sut- i,s;t II IL
lcichcy Of punish- bFF]f
mont had come upOn i4Sk,I
the lsruelites Tor their lfNNNai III
iuiquities-when az WLlbI Il Az
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least some of them keslAS3ASMN
had been called 10 Il lGl( NAN
their senses. rcmlnd- NAV ~
cd of their Covenant -.rC NIX I
with the Lord and svAl,a W9N II
his engagement TO o-Sy%9 VI
give them blessings -, ~ III III
or Universities, accord- tAtelsaAH
ing TO their obedi- VII
cuce On arriving at
the palace Elijah cg2z AFi laos ~ hai
"a for the Royal s1. tUabisA iHdeir.
pcrintenient. " Prime Minister Obadiah.
lie was a cody man aud. % course dis
trcssed by the idulatrpus course OF tho
King and the Queen. II he was not suf-
aciently courageous 70 protest openly. he
was, nevertheless. courageous for Ia
time when tie servants o. jehovah were
being prosecuted 10 death by Queen lofe-
bet obadiah hid one hundred OF them and
supplied them With the necessities % NE
evidently at the risk Of his all When
obadiah met Eiiiah and was told 10 tell
tho King that Elijah was there TO sec
him Obadiah feared TO do 50 lie de-
elarcd that himself and others had
searched tho entire country over most
carefully TO md Elijah and found him
not lie realized that tho lord had hid.
den him iio protested that II now hd
would declare that Elijah was ready 70
see tho King. tho probabilities we're that.
/ by the time the King would Rrt there,
the spirit or power Of the Lord would
somehow carry Eliiah away. Then The
1 King. Infatuated. would cause Obadlah's
death; but Elijah Treasured him.
When the Klng met Elijah his FIRST word
| was, Art thou he that tToubleth Israeli.
| This Il the worldly custom The fearless
minister who tells the Truth and relates
tho Divine prophecy respecting the re-
wards Of ovf-doinE IL held accountable.
as though no had caused tho trouble. But
Elijah was not intimidatcd. He promptly
/ answered. I have not troubled Israel, but
thou and thy parents house. In that ye
! have foTsaknn tho commandments Of the
| Lord and followed Banl Three years be.
= fore the King would have probably OF.
iercd the execution OF Elijah: but the ful.
I hllmsnt Of his word and the pauEu Of
hunger had humhled him He was RnT.
ious that the blight should 10 removed
and responded to the demands Of Elijah
that the eight hundred and nifty prophets
| Of idOlatrous Baalism should meet al Mt
| Carmel and that thlthor all the people
OF Israel. represented BY their chief men
| should also assemble The design eyi.
IDENTIFY. was contest between Elijah, the
representative Of God, and these murder
Gus priests OF Baal. protegcs OF Jersbcl
Choose Ys This Day" ..
This gathering Of the priests and OF the
prophets required time but was finally
accomplished When tho meeting con.
Vencd Elijah declared that Il was time 20
have testing and showing as TO who
really was God. Jehovah or BaaL The
test was to be thar two affairs were TO b.
built and two hullockH were 60 be sacri-
feed. The Baalites were 20 provide the
bullocks themselves and 10 make choice
OF the one for their own altar. Whichever
God would answer BY hro aud accept the
Offering. would DO Acknowledged as the
only true God.
To them came tho FIRST opportunity
They had the noOnttme opportunity whom
the fierce heat Of the sun seemed almost
warm enough to set firc TO the fat Of the
bullock, They prayed they shrieked. they
cut themselves with knives. cntrcatinE
that Baal would answer by nre and prove
himself the mighty sod, Hour after hour
this proceeded until evening when they
were forced TO give over and admit their
inability
Then came Eiijah's turn, He command.
ed that water be brought and that the
altar which he was 90 use should b thor
oughly Hooded with water No ono mist
have room TO shy that there WIS a secret
shoulder Of IRE beneath. And since the
sun had gone down. no one could claim
spontaneous combustion. Then Elijah
prayed calmly. earnestly. rcvcrently and
the Divine answer camc-a IRE from hoav-
en- consuming the sacrifice and licking IN
the water In the trough Of tho altar
Then the people recognized the differ
ence They fell on their faces and said.
Jehovah Is The God A great lesson had
been learned
A lesson for US Is that the masses OF
Christendom are deceived today. as we're
the masses Of Israel then And when by
and by. God shall open their eyes Of IN
derstanding through the agency Of Mes,
slabs Kingdom every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess The knnwi.
edge OF the Lord win hll the whole earth
} Complying with the Lords direction
through Elijah, the Israelites slew an the
; prophets Of Baal We are not TO under.
stand this 10 represent the Divine com.
mand 10 US today "a
\SSS& y nut false teacher