<“Elijah: Darkness of the Hour”
Click Above to Listen!
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. SPIRITUAL DARKNESS
A. HISTORY LESSON
1. OVERVIEW (Mt 17:1ff; Rom 11:2; Jas 5:17; Rev 11:6; I Cor 10:11; II Pet 1:16)
2. NATIONAL ACCOUNT
B. DOWNWARD SPIRAL
1. JEROBOAM (I Kg 12:28-29; 13:33-34; 14:20)
2. NADAB (I Kg 15:25-26; Num 26:61)
3. BAASHA (I Kg 15:27-34)
4. ELAH (I Kg 16:6-10)
5. ZIMRI (I Kg 16:11-19)
6. OMRI/TIMRI (I Kg 16:21-25)
II. SPIRITUAL DEFIANCE
A. AHAB AND JEZEBEL
1. AHAB (I Kg 16:28-30)
2. JEZEBEL (I Kg 16:31)
B. NEED FOR A PROPHET
1. DECADES OF DESPAIR (I Kg 16:32-33)
2. DEATH THROES
III. SPIRITUAL DETERMINATION
A. PROPHET OF GOD
1. NAME (I Kg 17:1a)
2. BACKGROUND (I Kg 17:1b)
B. PROCLAMATION FROM GOD
I Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
1. CONFRONTATION (I Kg 17:1c)
2. DENUNCIATION (I Kg 17:1d)