1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Well the light came on. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Must mean something's working now, huh? 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The batteries weren't in there tight. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's twice. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: At least twice that we've had that problem with the batteries. 6 00:00:21,259 --> 00:00:23,259 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ah, so my question was, uh 7 00:00:23,419 --> 00:00:26,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: do you always have good judgment? 8 00:00:27,019 --> 00:00:28,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What? 9 00:00:30,980 --> 00:00:36,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This week I read about a man who was very successful in life, and they asked him, How did you get so successful? 10 00:00:36,980 --> 00:00:40,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he said, The secret of my success is 11 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I have good judgment. 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where did you get such good judgment? 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They asked. 14 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:45,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he said, from 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: experience. 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And where did you get your experience from? 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he says, from 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: poor judgment 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where did you get your wisdom from? 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh yeah, you said you don't always have good judgment. 21 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:10,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm gonna tell you, there's been a lot of times when I've had some very poor judgment. 22 00:01:10,540 --> 00:01:13,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You don't believe me, you can just ask my wife and children. 23 00:01:14,180 --> 00:01:16,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They probably have a long list 24 00:01:16,259 --> 00:01:20,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of things, but I will not share those things with you today. 25 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:24,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But Scripture tells us, the scripture that we've 26 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:25,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we started at 27 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:26,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: , 28 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:29,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's been a few weeks, hasn't it? 29 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:34,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The one we started at, though, was in James chapter 5. 30 00:01:34,820 --> 00:01:35,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: James 31 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:39,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter 5, it said, Elijah was a man with a nature 32 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:39,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: like 33 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ours. 34 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's a nature like like 35 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:45,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: mine. 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: A nature like yours. 37 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says 38 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah was a man with a nature like ours 39 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he prayed earnestly 40 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that it would not rain. 41 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you have a nature like that? 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Have you been praying that? 43 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:09,099 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You haven't been praying that prayer? 44 00:02:09,099 --> 00:02:12,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friends, we live in the days of Elijah, right? 45 00:02:12,540 --> 00:02:14,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Maybe we need to be praying that prayer 46 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Something to to wake up our our 47 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:20,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: our nation. 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:21,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Something to 49 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: wake up the world that we are living in. 50 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:27,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, Elijah 51 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:32,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: has a nature like ours, but he prayed earnestly that it would not rain 52 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:33,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and it 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I knew I should have put it on the screen. 54 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:39,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's right. 55 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And it did not 56 00:02:41,319 --> 00:02:41,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: rain 57 00:02:43,879 --> 00:02:45,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for three and a half years. 58 00:02:46,620 --> 00:02:47,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, that's the 59 00:02:48,299 --> 00:02:49,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Bible text that 60 00:02:50,459 --> 00:02:52,939 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we got started with a few weeks ago. 61 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:55,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because we're looking at the life of Elijah. 62 00:02:55,579 --> 00:02:58,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we normally start with Elijah. 63 00:02:58,260 --> 00:02:58,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or 64 00:02:58,820 --> 00:03:01,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we probably start with Elijah when we're reading through 65 00:03:01,780 --> 00:03:03,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Old Testament. 66 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:05,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1 Kings chapter 17, it just has 67 00:03:05,940 --> 00:03:07,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah shows up 68 00:03:07,940 --> 00:03:10,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in Ahab's palace. 69 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:17,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he tells Ahab, it's not going to rain for years until I say so. 70 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we're thinking, where did this man come from? 71 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,879 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How did he have the nerve, the audacity to go into Ahab's palace and say such a thing? 72 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:28,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What's going on? 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who is this guy? 74 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:36,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We've been talking about Ahab. 75 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:38,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he had a bold message. 76 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:41,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, talking about Elijah, that he had a bold message for Ahab. 77 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:44,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We talked about Elijah when he he spent his time there at the 78 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:46,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: brook cherith. 79 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:47,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We talked about him going from the brook cherith 80 00:03:48,020 --> 00:03:49,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to to Zarephath. 81 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:51,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Last week we were talking about him in 82 00:03:52,180 --> 00:03:53,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter 18. 83 00:03:54,220 --> 00:03:54,459 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 84 00:03:54,780 --> 00:03:56,379 Pastor Dale Tunnell: do you remember him in chapter 18? 85 00:03:56,379 --> 00:03:58,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Wasn't that a wonderful chapter 86 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Chapter eighteen, verse one, it said, And it came to pass after many days that the word 87 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go 88 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:16,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth. 89 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, we saw last week the the beautiful event that took place. 90 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:21,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How 91 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:21,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: how 92 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah met Ahab and 93 00:04:23,979 --> 00:04:24,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: an 94 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:25,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and challenged Ahab 95 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:29,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and told Ahab to bring the prophets of Baal to to Mount Carmel. 96 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:30,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We saw what 97 00:04:30,699 --> 00:04:36,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah did last week at Mount Carmel, how he he he offered the prophets of Baal a 98 00:04:36,780 --> 00:04:38,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: an altar there and told them to 99 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:44,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They could sacrifice there and told them they could pray and and and call down fire from heaven from 100 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from Baal. 101 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The God of 102 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:54,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: lightning, the God of rain, the God of 103 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: productivity and produce. 104 00:04:57,699 --> 00:05:00,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And they tried for hours. 105 00:05:00,340 --> 00:05:02,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They prayed and prayed and danced 106 00:05:02,580 --> 00:05:03,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and prayed. 107 00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:04,259 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then 108 00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:14,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In the afternoon, Elijah's turn came, and he he rebuilt the altar of God, and he took water and poured it on the on the altar, on the sacrifice, and he knelt 109 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:15,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: down and he prayed 110 00:05:16,060 --> 00:05:19,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a simple prayer. 111 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:23,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, do you remember what happened? 112 00:05:26,980 --> 00:05:29,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I love making that sound. 113 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:31,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 114 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:33,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: fire came down 115 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from heaven 116 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:40,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and consumed the sacrifice and consumed the the the wood and and consumed the the the stones 117 00:05:41,020 --> 00:05:44,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and consumed the the water surrounding the the altar. 118 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:47,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And the people's heart was 119 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: cut, and they said, Jehovah, he 120 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:54,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is God. 121 00:05:56,919 --> 00:05:59,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we shout, hallelujah! 122 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What a miracle has been wrought 123 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Revival has come. 124 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:05,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We 125 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:06,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: last week we we read it 126 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:07,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it didn't stop there 127 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:13,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because Elijah went and he he took the prophets of Baal and he took the prophets of Baal and he took them down 128 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and he 129 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: massacred all of them. 130 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:20,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It was as if God was 131 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: opening the body of Israel, and if 132 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:29,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God was going to get rid of the cancer that was there, and he was going to eradicate it, and it was going to be gone. 133 00:06:30,380 --> 00:06:31,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're still in 134 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:33,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter 18. 135 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:33,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Turn your Bibles 136 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:34,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this time. 137 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:38,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're going down to to verse 41 because I didn't get there last week. 138 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Chapter eighteen, let's see, verse forty-one 139 00:06:50,479 --> 00:06:53,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Forty, yeah, the prophets of Baal are executed. 140 00:06:53,120 --> 00:07:00,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 41 says, Then Elijah says to Ahab, Go and eat and drink, for there is the sound of abundance of rain. 141 00:07:02,620 --> 00:07:05,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now, some of you know the story quite well. 142 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:08,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you know the story quite well, you're you're you're okay to answer, okay? 143 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:09,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or try and answer 144 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: At this point in time, had 145 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah heard the thunder roll? 146 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had Elijah seen any 147 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: lightning? 148 00:07:21,220 --> 00:07:21,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Was 149 00:07:21,780 --> 00:07:22,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there even a a a 150 00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:27,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a hint of a cloud somewhere that rain was coming? 151 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:27,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But 152 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:30,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: but but yet Elijah says the words. 153 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:30,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He he 154 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:31,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he says the words 155 00:07:32,020 --> 00:07:32,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for 156 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:35,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there is the sound and above of an abundance of rain. 157 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:41,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where is Elijah hearing these things? 158 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In his head. 159 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is he hearing voices? 160 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is he hearing sounds? 161 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,199 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or is this the Elijah of faith? 162 00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:52,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's just a sound of faith that he hears. 163 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:53,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because 164 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:59,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in verse 1 there of that chapter, God had told him, I will send rain. 165 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:00,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And now 166 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:01,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God has acted and 167 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: has sent the fire. 168 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God has consumed the 169 00:08:04,919 --> 00:08:05,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sacrifice. 170 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The people's hearts have been converted. 171 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah knows what is going to happen next. 172 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he tells Ahab, there is an abundance of rain that is coming. 173 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So Ahab went up to eat and drink. 174 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah went to the top of Carmel. 175 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then he bowed down to the ground and put his face 176 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:22,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: toward 177 00:08:22,420 --> 00:08:24,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: between his knees, and said to the servant, Go 178 00:08:24,980 --> 00:08:25,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and now 179 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:27,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: look toward the sea. 180 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:28,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So he went and looked and said, 181 00:08:28,820 --> 00:08:30,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There is nothing. 182 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:33,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah takes this this 183 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this position of prayer. 184 00:08:35,940 --> 00:08:36,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He kneels 185 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:39,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: down, he he puts his face to the ground 186 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:41,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Begging, God. 187 00:08:41,959 --> 00:08:43,479 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God, you said it. 188 00:08:43,479 --> 00:08:44,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I heard you say it. 189 00:08:44,839 --> 00:08:46,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Be faithful to what your word 190 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:47,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: says. 191 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:52,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever pray like that? 192 00:08:52,420 --> 00:08:56,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever hold your Bible in your hand while you're praying? 193 00:08:56,180 --> 00:08:56,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Said 194 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:58,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God, you said it right here. 195 00:08:58,980 --> 00:09:01,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm expecting you to do something 196 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:03,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 197 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:04,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: expect 198 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: something to happen 199 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because your word 200 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:07,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: says 201 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: something is going to happen 202 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:14,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's what Elijah was doing. 203 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He sends his servant a second time. 204 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:18,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Go and see if you see anything. 205 00:09:18,139 --> 00:09:20,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Third time, go and see if you see anything. 206 00:09:20,139 --> 00:09:21,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Fourth time, he gives up. 207 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:25,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Not what your Bible says? 208 00:09:25,820 --> 00:09:28,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Seven times. 209 00:09:28,220 --> 00:09:30,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He is pleading with God. 210 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:31,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God, do something. 211 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:35,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And it came to pass that the seventh time he said, there's a cloud 212 00:09:35,740 --> 00:09:41,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the small as a man's hand, rising out of the sea, and he said, Go 213 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:47,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and say to Ahab, Prepare your chariots, and go before the rain stops you 214 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:51,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah 215 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,199 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had 216 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: faith. 217 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:57,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And it happened in the meantime 218 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The sky became black 219 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. 220 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So Ahab rode away 221 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and went to Jezreel. 222 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:06,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah, and he girded up his 223 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:07,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 224 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:08,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: loins 225 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:09,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and ran ahead of Ahab 226 00:10:09,980 --> 00:10:10,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to the 227 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:12,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: entrance of Jezreel. 228 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:13,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh I 229 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:15,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I wish 230 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:17,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we could see the movie 231 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, I 232 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:23,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I would love to see the look on Elijah's face as he is 233 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is is running in front of the chariot. 234 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now 235 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:28,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 236 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: picture it the way I 237 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: often picture it. 238 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They're on this smooth road 239 00:10:36,980 --> 00:10:39,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: With the chariot and the horse pulling the chariot 240 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:40,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and and he 241 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:42,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm just gonna tell you 242 00:10:42,340 --> 00:10:43,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it's not a smooth road. 243 00:10:47,279 --> 00:10:47,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It 244 00:10:47,759 --> 00:10:48,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it's 245 00:10:49,839 --> 00:10:54,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: well, to call it a road, you you would be using 246 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the word correctly 247 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:01,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But you and I may not call it a road today. 248 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It may have been a a a path. 249 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:07,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: A path that the chariot went on. 250 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You begin to wonder how fast 251 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:13,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Elijah 252 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had to run. 253 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Well, if he had run too fast, you know what would have happened in the chariot. 254 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:22,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Have you ever tried to stand up 255 00:11:23,459 --> 00:11:25,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on the smooth subway 256 00:11:25,540 --> 00:11:28,819 Pastor Dale Tunnell: or on the smooth trains that we have today? 257 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: On a bus that's riding on nice 258 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: roads with good shock absorbers. 259 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You ever tried to stand up on the bus? 260 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm gonna tell you, Ahab would have had a more difficult time. 261 00:11:42,860 --> 00:11:48,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: On the chariot, but I can see Elijah 262 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:50,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What 263 00:11:51,180 --> 00:11:52,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 's it say there? 264 00:11:52,060 --> 00:11:59,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The the the spirit came upon him, he girded up his loins, and he ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. 265 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:01,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I can see him with a smile 266 00:12:02,060 --> 00:12:02,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on his 267 00:12:03,019 --> 00:12:03,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: face. 268 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:04,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It has 269 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:05,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: been 270 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:07,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a day. 271 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:12,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, what a glorious day. 272 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:16,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, you talk about a mountaintop experience. 273 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:20,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah has had a mountaintop experience. 274 00:12:20,860 --> 00:12:24,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know, sometimes you you you go off to uh a retreat someplace. 275 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:25,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 276 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:29,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you go to a prayer retreat or you go to the uh a retreat up in in 277 00:12:30,259 --> 00:12:31,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What's the camp called? 278 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:31,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yap 279 00:12:31,699 --> 00:12:33,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yappupine? 280 00:12:33,060 --> 00:12:34,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You you go up there for a 281 00:12:34,819 --> 00:12:35,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: retreat, 282 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:37,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a conference is there for camp meeting. 283 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:38,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And and your 284 00:12:38,339 --> 00:12:40,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: drive back down the hill. 285 00:12:40,339 --> 00:12:41,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, that was good. 286 00:12:41,940 --> 00:12:42,819 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That was really 287 00:12:43,139 --> 00:12:43,459 Pastor Dale Tunnell: good 288 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:45,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, you 289 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you're smiling, you're talking about the speakers you heard, you're talking about how 290 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God has 291 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:55,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: touched you, you're talking about the wonderful music that you had. 292 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:56,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: M 293 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:57,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: my 294 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: guess is all of that's going through Elijah's mind. 295 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he gets back down to Jezreel. 296 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:06,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now 297 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:07,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that's fifteen 298 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to twenty miles, depending on where 299 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:10,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Carmel 300 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that he started the run. 301 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:13,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So it's it's 302 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:14,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it's a ways. 303 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:14,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's 304 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it's not a short distance. 305 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And my guess is 306 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: by the time he got down to 307 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jezreel, he was 308 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: exhausted. 309 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:26,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 310 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: probably just curled up just outside the door there. 311 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The guards may have let Ahab in because it was after dark 312 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:34,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 313 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:36,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But they recognized the king's chariot. 314 00:13:36,540 --> 00:13:37,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They heard his voice. 315 00:13:38,060 --> 00:13:39,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They led him in. 316 00:13:39,980 --> 00:13:40,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But 317 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:42,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah just said, I'm sleeping here. 318 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:43,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I am 319 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:45,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: tired. 320 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Put his coat up over his head and just 321 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:52,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ahab 322 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:53,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was 323 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:54,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was still 324 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He hadn't used up all his energy. 325 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Chapter 19, verse 1, it says, And Ahab told Jezebel 326 00:14:02,199 --> 00:14:04,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: all that Elijah had done, also 327 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. 328 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:07,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 329 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:08,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 330 00:14:08,220 --> 00:14:08,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I can 331 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:09,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I can picture that. 332 00:14:09,820 --> 00:14:12,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I've been with my father when when when Dad and I had uh 333 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:13,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: went to a retreat 334 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:16,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and and we come home and and we get into the house 335 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:19,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And my dad sits down and he begins to tell my mom 336 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: blow by blow by blow by blow 337 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:31,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: everything that we did, however long the conference was, three, four, five days, he has to tell her before he can sleep at night. 338 00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:33,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's almost like he needs to to 339 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to get this out. 340 00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:36,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He needs to make sure mom 341 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: has an understanding of what occurred. 342 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:42,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so I can picture Ahab doing this. 343 00:14:41,959 --> 00:14:42,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I can see 344 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: while Ahab is telling this to 345 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:45,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jezebel 346 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he is replaying everything, Jezebel 347 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is getting angrier and angrier and angrier. 348 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:59,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And when he gets to the place where Elijah has killed the prophets of Baal, he 349 00:14:59,640 --> 00:14:59,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: she 350 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sends word to Elijah 351 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and tells him, This is going to happen to you. 352 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:05,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jezebel 353 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:13,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So let the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow 354 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about this time. 355 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we read that text and we smile 356 00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:25,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because we know Elijah. 357 00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:28,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you know Elijah by now? 358 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you know about Elijah? 359 00:15:31,779 --> 00:15:34,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What's the number one thing he likes to do? 360 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:40,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I haven't been doing a very good job as a teacher, have I? 361 00:15:40,260 --> 00:15:42,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Come on, what's the number one thing he 362 00:15:42,740 --> 00:15:44,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: likes to do? 363 00:15:44,340 --> 00:15:45,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Pray. 364 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:47,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's what started all this thing at the beginning. 365 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:50,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's what he's been doing throughout everything. 366 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:57,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so the next verse says, and Elijah got down on his knees and he prayed, Lord, you have been with me while I was at the brook. 367 00:15:57,140 --> 00:16:00,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You were with me when the wanted posters were all over the place. 368 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You were with me during the three and a half years, and I know that you're going to be with me at this time. 369 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that what verse three says? 370 00:16:09,220 --> 00:16:11,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's not what your verse 3 says? 371 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:15,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Well, I'm just gonna tell you that's what your verse 3 should say 372 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:21,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But verse 3 373 00:16:21,339 --> 00:16:22,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: doesn't say that. 374 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:26,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, And when he saw that, he arose and ran 375 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:29,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for his life and went to Beersheba. 376 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:32,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Which belongs to Judah and left his 377 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:37,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: servant there. 378 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:39,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have bad judgment? 379 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:44,819 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You are not alone. 380 00:16:44,819 --> 00:16:46,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm just going to tell you, 381 00:16:46,259 --> 00:16:50,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this man of God, at this point in time, he had had a 382 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:53,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: mountaintop experience with the Lord. 383 00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:55,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But he had used up all his energy and 384 00:16:55,780 --> 00:16:57,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and something happened. 385 00:16:57,220 --> 00:16:58,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did not go to his his 386 00:16:59,140 --> 00:16:59,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 387 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:02,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: number one thing that he did really well. 388 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:03,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He didn't use it. 389 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:04,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He didn't stop and pray. 390 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:05,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He just took off 391 00:17:06,180 --> 00:17:07,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because he was scared. 392 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:11,459 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The wanted posters are still up. 393 00:17:11,459 --> 00:17:16,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he high-tailed it out of Israel and he went south to Judah. 394 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:19,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now that was about where Beersheba was. 395 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It was about a hundred miles away. 396 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:21,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So 397 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:22,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: they were trying to 398 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: put some distance between him and Jezebel. 399 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:26,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then it says 400 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he he left his servant there. 401 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:37,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree, and he prayed that he might die. 402 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:38,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He said, It 403 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is enough 404 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:40,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now 405 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:48,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God, take my life, for I am no better than my father's. 406 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He runs a distance. 407 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He is fleeing. 408 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He leaves his servant. 409 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He goes a further distance. 410 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:02,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friends, this is often what happens 411 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when 412 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we have mountaintop experiences. 413 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:08,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Satan 414 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: attacks. 415 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:20,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And people become discouraged, and they isolate themselves. 416 00:18:23,919 --> 00:18:24,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah 417 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is having about 418 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: discouragement, if you want to go so far, depression 419 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: at this point in time. 420 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:37,899 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He has 421 00:18:39,179 --> 00:18:39,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: lost 422 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:44,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that intimacy, that intimate connection that he had with God 423 00:18:44,519 --> 00:18:44,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This 424 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:45,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man of prayer 425 00:18:46,279 --> 00:18:46,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was 426 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:47,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: not now 427 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:51,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: processing things through prayer. 428 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Have you ever been there 429 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:54,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 430 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: get to the place where you're discouraged. 431 00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:58,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You get to the place where you're a little bit 432 00:18:59,039 --> 00:18:59,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: people 433 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:00,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: send you a note or 434 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:01,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: say something to you. 435 00:19:01,519 --> 00:19:02,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They give you a 436 00:19:02,399 --> 00:19:03,679 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Bible promise. 437 00:19:03,460 --> 00:19:03,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 438 00:19:03,860 --> 00:19:06,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you're thinking in your mind, yeah, that's not for me. 439 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:10,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That may work for somebody else, but that doesn't work for me. 440 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You think you're not worthy for that? 441 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm too small to be noticed by God. 442 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm just going to run. 443 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:28,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Want to share with you 444 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: prophets and kings, page 160. 445 00:19:32,799 --> 00:19:38,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, Elijah should not have fled from his post of duty. 446 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He should have met the threat of Jezebel 447 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with an appeal for protection 448 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to the one who had commissioned him 449 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to vindicate the honor of Jehovah. 450 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:56,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He should have told the messenger that the God in whom he trusted would protect him 451 00:19:56,780 --> 00:19:59,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: against the hatred of the queen. 452 00:19:59,140 --> 00:20:04,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Only a few hours had passed since he had witnessed of a wonderful manifestation of divine power 453 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:08,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that should have given him assurance that he was not to be forsaken. 454 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And that was pretty remarkable. 455 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had he remained where he was, had 456 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he made God his 457 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: refuge and strength, standing steadfast for the truth 458 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:22,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He 459 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:23,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: would have been 460 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: shielded from 461 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: harm. 462 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The Lord would have given him another 463 00:20:31,220 --> 00:20:31,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: signal 464 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:32,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: victory 465 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:39,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: by sending his judgments on Jezebel, and the impression made on the king and the people 466 00:20:39,540 --> 00:20:41,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: would have brought a great 467 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: reformation. 468 00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:48,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He thought he had seen the best of the best. 469 00:20:48,140 --> 00:20:49,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He thought that the the 470 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:50,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: signs were over. 471 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:51,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He thought that it was done. 472 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:53,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And God had yet another plan. 473 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He said, This is going to be another scene. 474 00:20:56,679 --> 00:21:00,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had he known what God's will was? 475 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had he stopped and prayed 476 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do we always make God our refuge? 477 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:15,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Charles Spurgeon says 478 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:17,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this about Elijah. 479 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:20,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Says, Elijah failed 480 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:21,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: at the very 481 00:21:21,820 --> 00:21:22,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: point in which 482 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:23,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he was 483 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:25,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the strongest. 484 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah failed at the very point in which he was the strongest. 485 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And that seems to be where 486 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:36,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: most 487 00:21:36,679 --> 00:21:37,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: people 488 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:39,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: fall. 489 00:21:44,340 --> 00:21:48,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The wisest man in the world was who? 490 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:49,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Solomon 491 00:21:51,159 --> 00:21:53,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He used his wisdom 492 00:21:55,159 --> 00:21:55,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: so much 493 00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:56,679 Pastor Dale Tunnell: so that 494 00:21:57,159 --> 00:21:59,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it got him in trouble. 495 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The meekest man, Moses, proves himself to be 496 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Angry, Job 497 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and his patience 498 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:16,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah. 499 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The man of prayer. 500 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:26,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: See, you've heard it said, or maybe you've heard it said, that oftentimes our strengths turn into weaknesses. 501 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How can that possibly be? 502 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have wisdom, and yet it becomes our source of pride. 503 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We are good with money 504 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and we get greedy. 505 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We are a spiritual person 506 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:52,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And suddenly we are not very careful with our judgment. 507 00:22:52,140 --> 00:22:55,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We become pious and self-righteous. 508 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:00,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sometimes the blessings God 509 00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:03,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: gives to us becomes 510 00:23:03,659 --> 00:23:04,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: an idol 511 00:23:04,860 --> 00:23:05,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for us. 512 00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:05,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Us. 513 00:23:05,919 --> 00:23:10,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we begin to worship the blessing that God has given to us 514 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: instead of worshiping the Creator 515 00:23:14,399 --> 00:23:14,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 516 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that gave us the blessing 517 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:28,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In our story, it looked like Elijah had done everything right. 518 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:31,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But in verse 4 it tells us 519 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:35,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he goes that day's journey into the wilderness 520 00:23:35,540 --> 00:23:39,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and comes down under the the broom tree and he prayed. 521 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It is enough 522 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:42,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: now, Lord. 523 00:23:42,559 --> 00:23:43,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Take 524 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:43,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: my 525 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: life, for I am no better than my father's 526 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:53,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I've had enough. 527 00:23:53,179 --> 00:23:55,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm done. 528 00:23:55,580 --> 00:23:57,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I've completed it. 529 00:23:57,900 --> 00:24:01,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I don't want to do this anymore. 530 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Please 531 00:24:04,539 --> 00:24:04,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: put 532 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:09,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: me out of my misery now. 533 00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:11,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Take my life. 534 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Continuing in Prophets and Kings, page one hundred and 535 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:18,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sixty-two. 536 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:22,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, Into the experience of all. 537 00:24:22,740 --> 00:24:25,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There comes times of keen disappointment 538 00:24:26,179 --> 00:24:28,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and utter discouragement. 539 00:24:28,660 --> 00:24:31,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm gonna read that sentence again. 540 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:32,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, into 541 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the experience of all 542 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:37,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm underlining that word. 543 00:24:37,419 --> 00:24:39,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Into the experience of all, there 544 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:40,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: come 545 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:43,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: times of keen disappointment. 546 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:45,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And discouragement. 547 00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:47,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Days when sorrow is the portion. 548 00:24:47,780 --> 00:24:53,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's hard to believe that God is still the kind benefactor of his earthborn children. 549 00:24:54,019 --> 00:24:55,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: days when troubles 550 00:24:55,299 --> 00:24:56,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: harass the soul 551 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:56,659 Pastor Dale Tunnell: till 552 00:24:56,820 --> 00:25:01,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: death seems preferable to life. 553 00:25:01,220 --> 00:25:02,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Have you ever been there? 554 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:04,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It 555 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: says that Elijah 556 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was a man like us. 557 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean sometimes we we we want to to 558 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we take people like Elijah and we put him up on a pedestal like this and we we hold him up 559 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:22,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But there are times that we think, why in the world does the Bible add that story? 560 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, there are lots of things. 561 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We've asked questions that the Bible doesn't tell us, give us answers to. 562 00:25:29,340 --> 00:25:31,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we say, why aren't those details written down? 563 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:33,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'd like to know. 564 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:36,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This is one of those details I wish they had. 565 00:25:36,299 --> 00:25:40,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, it taints our picture of Elijah. 566 00:25:40,860 --> 00:25:42,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a tainted picture of Abraham. 567 00:25:42,940 --> 00:25:44,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a tainted picture of Moses. 568 00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:46,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a tainted picture of 569 00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:47,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: King David. 570 00:25:47,180 --> 00:25:49,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a tainted picture of Solomon 571 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:51,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because it adds some of those less 572 00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:53,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: than lovely details. 573 00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:58,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have some of those character flaws that are displayed before the world 574 00:25:59,059 --> 00:26:00,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when we would like 575 00:26:00,580 --> 00:26:00,899 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for 576 00:26:02,179 --> 00:26:04,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the people we put on pedestals 577 00:26:04,340 --> 00:26:04,659 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 578 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:05,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To 579 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:11,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: show their holiness, their godliness, to portray it in all its beauty 580 00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:18,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sister White 581 00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:21,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: says that this is the experience 582 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:22,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of all. 583 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:23,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now some people say, oh 584 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:25,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Christians, that that they they don't get 585 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Discouraged. 586 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:27,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Christians, 587 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:30,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: they don't experience doubt. 588 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But Ellen White says 589 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this is the experience 590 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of all. 591 00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:39,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The days will come when 592 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:43,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: it's hard to believe. 593 00:26:43,980 --> 00:26:45,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We don't have to 594 00:26:45,420 --> 00:26:45,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: stop 595 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:47,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: believing. 596 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:49,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's hard to believe 597 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:57,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you 598 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:58,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: think Moses 599 00:26:58,960 --> 00:26:59,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: understood? 600 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:02,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Moses 601 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: wrote, he says, I am not able to bear all these people alone 602 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because the burden is too heavy for me. 603 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Please 604 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:17,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: kill me here and now. 605 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:18,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Hero 606 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:18,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of 607 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: faith, Moses, and he he seems to understand 608 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:22,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Job 609 00:27:22,780 --> 00:27:23,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter 610 00:27:23,260 --> 00:27:28,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter three, verse three, says, May the day perish on which I was born. 611 00:27:28,060 --> 00:27:36,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Chapter six he says, I might have my request that God would grant me the thing I longed for, that it would please God to 612 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To crush me. 613 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:39,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Chapter 7. 614 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,679 Pastor Dale Tunnell: My soul chooses 615 00:27:40,919 --> 00:27:42,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: strangling and death 616 00:27:42,679 --> 00:27:44,679 Pastor Dale Tunnell: rather than my body. 617 00:27:44,679 --> 00:27:46,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I loathe my life 618 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:48,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath 619 00:27:48,380 --> 00:27:49,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: school lesson. 620 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:51,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: About 621 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:53,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Paul. 622 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:54,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Well, Paul says in 2 Corinthians 623 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:59,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1, verse 8, he says, We were burdened beyond measure, above strength. 624 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So that we despise 625 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: despaired even of life. 626 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:08,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Prophets 627 00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:17,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in Kings continues, it says, It is then that many lose their hold on God and are brought into the slavery of doubt and the bondage of unbelief. 628 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:24,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If these things can come to our our heroes of faith, if they can come to 629 00:28:24,860 --> 00:28:25,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 630 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:25,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 631 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:27,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the people that we put on the best 632 00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:28,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pedestal. 633 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Could it come to us? 634 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And what are we going to do about it? 635 00:28:39,980 --> 00:28:41,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Prophets and Kings, page one 636 00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:42,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sixty-two, continues. 637 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:44,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, Could we at such time 638 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:45,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: discern 639 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:47,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with spiritual insight 640 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:50,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the meaning of God's providence? 641 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:51,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We should see 642 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: angels. 643 00:28:53,380 --> 00:28:55,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: seeking to save 644 00:28:55,540 --> 00:28:56,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: us. 645 00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:04,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, sometimes I pray, Lord, open my eyes that I might see the angels. 646 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who are they trying to save us from? 647 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, I know who they are in my case. 648 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They're trying to save us from ourselves. 649 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:21,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, 650 00:29:21,519 --> 00:29:23,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in Elijah's case, this 651 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:24,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: negative self-talk that had 652 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: gotten into his head, the woe is me 653 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: attitude, the 654 00:29:29,919 --> 00:29:31,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm worthless. 655 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: No one cares about me. 656 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm the only one. 657 00:29:37,919 --> 00:29:39,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When God talked to 658 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Moses, Numbers 659 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:41,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 11. 660 00:29:41,820 --> 00:29:46,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He told Moses, gather around you 70 men, the elders of Israel. 661 00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:49,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there 662 00:29:50,059 --> 00:29:50,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with you. 663 00:29:50,940 --> 00:29:53,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Moses, you're not alone. 664 00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:53,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Moses, 665 00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:55,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm going to bring you help. 666 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He says, God says, 667 00:29:57,340 --> 00:30:06,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I will take the spirit that is upon you, and I will pour the spirits upon them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not have to bear it alone. 668 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:09,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 669 00:30:09,179 --> 00:30:09,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was 670 00:30:09,580 --> 00:30:10,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: going to find him help. 671 00:30:10,780 --> 00:30:11,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God was going to find him 672 00:30:12,140 --> 00:30:14,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: support. 673 00:30:14,539 --> 00:30:20,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: With Job, Job wrote later: He said, Though he slay me, yet will I trust him. 674 00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:22,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Job 675 00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:23,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was 676 00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:23,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what 677 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:24,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was it was 678 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:25,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: processing thing. 679 00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:26,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The angels were were 680 00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:28,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: were helping Job 681 00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:30,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Paul was processing things. 682 00:30:30,940 --> 00:30:32,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Paul gets to the place and says 683 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:37,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: where God says to him, My grace is sufficient for you. 684 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:38,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: For 685 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: my strength, God says, is made perfect in 686 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: weakness. 687 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, friends, if you are discouraged 688 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:57,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you are are are are wrought with agony, if you think that you are alone, that's the time where God 689 00:30:57,639 --> 00:30:58,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: can really 690 00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:58,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: use 691 00:30:59,240 --> 00:30:59,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you. 692 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:03,639 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When we realize our 693 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: nothingless, when we realize 694 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:09,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we have nothing to offer God 695 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:13,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But we cry out to him, then 696 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:14,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God can 697 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:14,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: can 698 00:31:14,860 --> 00:31:15,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: can 699 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:15,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: use us 700 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Paul finally wrote, he says, 701 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Therefore, most gladly I would rather boast in my infirmity 702 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: infirmities. 703 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 704 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities and reproach 705 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and needs and persecutions and distress 706 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then 707 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:41,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 708 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:41,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: am 709 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:48,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Strong. 710 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ministering angels. 711 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Would you like a ministering angel to come to you 712 00:31:53,820 --> 00:31:56,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Verse 5 here says, Then 713 00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:57,659 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he lay 714 00:31:58,299 --> 00:31:59,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and slept 715 00:31:59,580 --> 00:32:01,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: under the broom tree 716 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:02,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Suddenly 717 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: an angel touched him and said to him, Arise 718 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:07,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 719 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: eat. 720 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:22,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. 721 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:24,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And God 722 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: said to him, Get up 723 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and get 724 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: back to business. 725 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What are you doing in this place? 726 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:34,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know 727 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this is not the plan. 728 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know this is not why I called you. 729 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're not through yet. 730 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a lot to do still. 731 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that what God did? 732 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:47,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: No, it says 733 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and he lay down again. 734 00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:56,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then it says, and the angel of the Lord came back the second time. 735 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:59,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and touched him and said, okay, you've slept twice now. 736 00:32:59,500 --> 00:32:59,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now 737 00:32:59,980 --> 00:33:02,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: get about your business. 738 00:33:02,140 --> 00:33:03,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that what happened? 739 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:06,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You've read the story. 740 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:08,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that what happened? 741 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:09,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What happens? 742 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:09,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says 743 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:12,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the angel of the Lord did what? 744 00:33:12,820 --> 00:33:13,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Woke him 745 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:14,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: up and 746 00:33:15,220 --> 00:33:17,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: fed him again. 747 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh. 748 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, you you look at this, the angel of the Lord there it says. 749 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know, that phrase is used in other parts of the Old Testament. 750 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:27,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: With 751 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Hagar, it says 752 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:38,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the angel of the Lord came to Hagar, and with the angel of the Lord came to to to Moses, and the angel of the Lord came to to to Joshua, and in those inst 753 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if 754 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the angel of the Lord 755 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is, dare we say it, Jesus? 756 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The pre-incarnate Christ. 757 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:53,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 758 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man, just just imagine that 759 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the pre-incarnate Christ 760 00:33:58,400 --> 00:33:59,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: coming down to 761 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah 762 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:01,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 763 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ordering room service for him. 764 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, my verse doesn't say that either. 765 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Preparing a meal for him 766 00:34:14,039 --> 00:34:20,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You wonder if if that was brought from the heavenly bakery, or if it was 767 00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:22,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: made there 768 00:34:22,839 --> 00:34:24,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: beside Elijah? 769 00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:29,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There's so many details I'd still like to know. 770 00:34:35,179 --> 00:34:35,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 771 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:37,099 Pastor Dale Tunnell: loved 772 00:34:38,059 --> 00:34:41,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah. 773 00:34:41,339 --> 00:34:44,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Whether that was Jesus Christ that came there 774 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:44,359 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 775 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:45,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to Elijah 776 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:49,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: or one of the angels that came and and and and and woke up Elijah. 777 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean it's just a beautiful picture 778 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:51,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: where 779 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: where God shows that he loves him, where God shows that he cares for for him 780 00:34:56,359 --> 00:34:57,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where God shows that He is 781 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:03,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He is taking care of Him. 782 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What a beautiful picture. 783 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ah, let's see. 784 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And it says that Elijah 785 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:19,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: arose, ate, and drank, and he went in the strength of that food 786 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:19,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: forty 787 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:20,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: days and forty 788 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. 789 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,119 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now oftentimes we read this 790 00:35:29,359 --> 00:35:29,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this 791 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pretty quickly 792 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:36,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I will confess I have read it pretty quickly. 793 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This week I was studying again 794 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:39,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 795 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:40,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 796 00:35:41,380 --> 00:35:43,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: reading some comments about it and I 797 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:45,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I read one that 798 00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:48,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that said, do you realize how far 799 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:51,619 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Beersheba 800 00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:53,859 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and Sinai is? 801 00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:58,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Roughly two 802 00:35:58,540 --> 00:36:01,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: hundred miles. 803 00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:03,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah gets up 804 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:04,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 805 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he travels 806 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:07,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 200 miles. 807 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:09,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now we say, wow, he travels 200 miles. 808 00:36:09,940 --> 00:36:11,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How long does it take him? 809 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You read the text. 810 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How long does it take him? 811 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Forty days. 812 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:19,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You do the math. 813 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 40 days. 814 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 200 miles. 815 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:23,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's 816 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's 817 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:26,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a Sabbath 818 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: afternoon's walk on each day. 819 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He's not in a hurry to get anywhere. 820 00:36:34,940 --> 00:36:35,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean if 821 00:36:35,740 --> 00:36:36,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: if you were were 822 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:37,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: going 823 00:36:37,740 --> 00:36:38,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: someplace, you you 824 00:36:39,180 --> 00:36:41,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you'd at least get in ten. 825 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:47,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you were motivated a little bit, you you'd get in somewhere between 15 and 20. 826 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You could cut those days down significantly. 827 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:56,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But it's almost as if God says to Elijah, let's take 828 00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:58,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 40 days here 829 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And let's go back 830 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to Sinai. 831 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I will walk with you, and I will talk with you 832 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:18,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 833 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:23,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man, can you imagine the communion that Elijah could have had with God 834 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on that 40-day walk? 835 00:37:27,260 --> 00:37:31,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friends, I'm going to tell you if you're in the valley of discouragement, if you have bouts 836 00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:32,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of depression, just 837 00:37:32,940 --> 00:37:33,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: just 838 00:37:33,980 --> 00:37:36,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I I don't want to oversimplify things. 839 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:37,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I understand how how 840 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Deep depression can get. 841 00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:43,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But I'm gonna tell you, God let Elijah eat 842 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: right, God let Elijah 843 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:46,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sleep. 844 00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:49,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God made sure he got some some good food, but God also 845 00:37:50,540 --> 00:37:54,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: said, take 40 days and spend it with me. 846 00:37:54,700 --> 00:38:01,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friends, there's a lot of books out there that talk about 40 days of spending time with God. 847 00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:12,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm gonna tell you, if you spend 40 days with God, getting the right exercise, resting. 848 00:38:15,020 --> 00:38:19,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, can you think about what life would be like? 849 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:20,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That journey 850 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:22,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he goes from from from Judah 851 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:22,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there 852 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he goes back to to Mount Horeb 853 00:38:26,060 --> 00:38:26,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: or 854 00:38:26,540 --> 00:38:28,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Mount Sinai. 855 00:38:28,579 --> 00:38:30,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: As he gets up to the cave there. 856 00:38:30,339 --> 00:38:33,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When he gets up there, he's in a very different place 857 00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:35,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: than he was there in Judah. 858 00:38:37,279 --> 00:38:39,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I'm not talking about just 859 00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:41,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a very different place 860 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:41,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from 861 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:42,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there to 862 00:38:43,039 --> 00:38:43,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: here. 863 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm talking about he was in a very different place 864 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:48,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean 865 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:53,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: surely the the the conversation that he had had with God, things had had changed. 866 00:38:53,480 --> 00:39:01,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean when I I picture this, I picture that that Elijah is there on the Mount Sinai and that he's there in the cave and he is 867 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Remembering that this 868 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: could have been the cave where God 869 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,119 Pastor Dale Tunnell: gave Moses 870 00:39:08,359 --> 00:39:08,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Ten 871 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Commandments. 872 00:39:10,839 --> 00:39:11,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This 873 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:12,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: could be the place 874 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:14,359 Pastor Dale Tunnell: where Moses 875 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:19,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: spent 40 days on the mountain. 876 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, I had some more comments I was gonna say there, but I'll just skip that. 877 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We'll go on to verse nine. 878 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:48,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And there 879 00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:50,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he went into the cave 880 00:39:50,780 --> 00:39:54,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and spent the night in that place. 881 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:57,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, 882 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,359 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah, what 883 00:40:02,599 --> 00:40:04,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: are you doing here? 884 00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:10,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, I wish I could hear God's voice say that. 885 00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:13,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I wonder what the tone would be like. 886 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:15,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah, what are you doing here? 887 00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:17,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know this wasn't part of the plan. 888 00:40:18,020 --> 00:40:18,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This 889 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: wasn't the way we had things mapped out. 890 00:40:21,460 --> 00:40:22,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What are you doing? 891 00:40:22,660 --> 00:40:26,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you hear God's voice like that? 892 00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:28,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah, what are you doing here? 893 00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:35,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah says, I have been very zealous for the Lord of hosts, for the children of Israel 894 00:40:35,980 --> 00:40:40,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: have forsaken your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets 895 00:40:40,820 --> 00:40:40,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with 896 00:40:41,060 --> 00:40:42,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the sword. 897 00:40:42,020 --> 00:40:43,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I alone am left 898 00:40:44,020 --> 00:40:47,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and they seek to take my life. 899 00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:54,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, I know what you're saying in your head. 900 00:40:54,420 --> 00:40:56,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Liar, liar. 901 00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:59,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah, come on. 902 00:40:59,940 --> 00:41:00,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 903 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:03,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: were told there were a hundred prophets of God that have 904 00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:05,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: been hidden. 905 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:08,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How can those words even come out of your mouth, Elijah? 906 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, the patience of God. 907 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Are you glad God is patient? 908 00:41:21,039 --> 00:41:23,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is he this patient with you? 909 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because I'm going to tell you, he's this patient with me. 910 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:28,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, I 911 00:41:28,799 --> 00:41:29,119 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I I 912 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: have experienced poor judgment. 913 00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:34,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Not just in 914 00:41:35,220 --> 00:41:36,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: personal life, not just in 915 00:41:37,140 --> 00:41:42,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: family experiences, but in my walk with the Lord, I've experienced poor judgment. 916 00:41:42,020 --> 00:41:43,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There's been times that I was 917 00:41:45,779 --> 00:41:46,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Angry 918 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:47,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: at 919 00:41:47,539 --> 00:41:48,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God. 920 00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:49,619 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean 921 00:41:49,779 --> 00:41:55,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: my devotional life for two years at one point, it was not a happy devotional life. 922 00:41:54,600 --> 00:42:01,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I went through the process, but every prayer was like, God, you don't know what you're doing right now. 923 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I don't know what you're doing right now. 924 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're not on the same page, God. 925 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:12,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, God is patient. 926 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:12,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 927 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is patient 928 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:20,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He loves us. 929 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He loves me. 930 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:24,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He loved Elijah 931 00:42:25,099 --> 00:42:27,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He said to Elijah, Go out and 932 00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:31,099 Pastor Dale Tunnell: verse eleven, go out and and and stand on the mountain before the Lord. 933 00:42:31,099 --> 00:42:32,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And behold the Lord 934 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:32,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pass 935 00:42:32,859 --> 00:42:34,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: by, and a great and 936 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Strong wind tore into the mountains 937 00:42:36,599 --> 00:42:39,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord. 938 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But the Lord was not in the wind. 939 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:43,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And after the wind 940 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:43,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 941 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: an earthquake. 942 00:42:45,420 --> 00:42:48,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake 943 00:42:48,780 --> 00:42:53,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire 944 00:42:53,420 --> 00:42:53,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a still 945 00:42:54,220 --> 00:42:56,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: small voice. 946 00:42:56,460 --> 00:42:57,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, can you imagine 947 00:42:58,460 --> 00:42:59,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elijah going out 948 00:42:59,900 --> 00:43:01,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to the edge of the cave there and 949 00:43:02,220 --> 00:43:04,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the wind begins to blow? 950 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: As the wind begins to blow and 951 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:15,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the limbs are flying around and things, Elijah kind of retreats into the cave a little bit, and suddenly the ground begins to shake. 952 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He's afraid for his life. 953 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He doesn't know what's going to happen. 954 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is it safer on the outside or is it safer inside the cave? 955 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He's hiding. 956 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then the fire starts. 957 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where do you go when there's a fire? 958 00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:37,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, a cave is not the best place, is it? 959 00:43:37,940 --> 00:43:40,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But that's the only thing he has right now that that 960 00:43:40,180 --> 00:43:41,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that place of safety 961 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then the voice starts, and Elijah heard it. 962 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:50,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And it says 963 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:55,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he wrapped his face in his mantle, and he goes out, and he stood at the entrance of the cave. 964 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:01,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And suddenly a voice came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah? 965 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, can you hear God saying that? 966 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What are you doing here, Elijah? 967 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:10,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, I 968 00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:13,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I can hear it almost as if God 969 00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:16,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is smiling. 970 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And Elijah says the same thing. 971 00:44:20,540 --> 00:44:28,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He says, I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your 972 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:29,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: your 973 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: prophets with the sword and I alone am left 974 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and they seek to take my life. 975 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:43,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The patience of God, he replies, Go, return 976 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to your way in the wilderness. 977 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:51,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Of Damascus, and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 978 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:51,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Anoint 979 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:55,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jehu, the son of Nimna, as king over Israel 980 00:44:55,620 --> 00:45:02,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And Elisha, the son of Joshpath, and Abel Mohelah, you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 981 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:05,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazel 982 00:45:06,340 --> 00:45:08,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jehu will kill, and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu 983 00:45:08,980 --> 00:45:10,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Elisha will kill. 984 00:45:10,420 --> 00:45:11,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yet I have received 985 00:45:12,020 --> 00:45:13,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: reserved, yet I have reserved 986 00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:16,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: seven thousand in Israel, all 987 00:45:17,060 --> 00:45:21,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: whose knees have not bowed to Baal. 988 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:21,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, Amen 989 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:22,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is right. 990 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:23,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And every 991 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: mouth that has not kissed him 992 00:45:27,940 --> 00:45:31,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God is trying to tell Elijah, you've still got work to do. 993 00:45:31,380 --> 00:45:32,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We we're still on a mission. 994 00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:33,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yes, the the plans 995 00:45:34,099 --> 00:45:34,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: d 996 00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:35,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: diverted. 997 00:45:35,220 --> 00:45:42,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yes, there there's not going to be as great a reformation as as could have been if you had stayed there, but there's still work to do. 998 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Return 999 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to Israel 1000 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:45,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and go about 1001 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: my business. 1002 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:49,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 1003 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:50,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you 1004 00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:51,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: are 1005 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:51,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: not 1006 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:52,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: alone 1007 00:45:58,099 --> 00:45:59,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What does Elijah 1008 00:45:59,619 --> 00:46:01,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: do? 1009 00:46:01,299 --> 00:46:03,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Verse 19. 1010 00:46:03,539 --> 00:46:05,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So he departed. 1011 00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:09,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What is our response 1012 00:46:09,779 --> 00:46:10,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when 1013 00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:10,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God says 1014 00:46:11,059 --> 00:46:13,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the mission is not finished? 1015 00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:14,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We 1016 00:46:15,020 --> 00:46:17,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: are not through yet. 1017 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:20,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There is still more to do. 1018 00:46:24,859 --> 00:46:26,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do we respond 1019 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:27,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: like Elijah? 1020 00:46:29,660 --> 00:46:33,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do we surrender ourselves completely to God? 1021 00:46:36,859 --> 00:46:37,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 1022 00:46:37,339 --> 00:46:40,859 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pray that we will learn these lessons from Elijah. 1023 00:46:46,940 --> 00:46:49,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Our closing hymn today. 1024 00:46:49,980 --> 00:46:51,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Hymn number three hundred and thirty-one. 1025 00:46:51,980 --> 00:46:52,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 1026 00:46:52,380 --> 00:46:53,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus, I have 1027 00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:54,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: promised. 1028 00:46:54,940 --> 00:46:56,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let's stand as we sing.