Sermon Outline from January 30, 2005

Separating the god from the God
from the series "Elijah: Every Man's Prophet"
Text: 1 Kings 18:16-46

4 key truths that are fundamental to the Christian life. It is essential that we know and understand these 4 truths if we are going to engage our world and change hearts and minds.

1. With the Truth Should Come Boldness. (vs. 17-19)

2. With God It's All or Nothing. (vs. 21)

3. Wrong but Sincere, Is Still Wrong. (vs. 26-28)

4. God Honors Genuine Repentance and Obedience. (vs. 41-46)

Closing points:

a. Unless we are willing to go through disciplines such as the dry brook, the empty barrel, and the dead boy, we will never have the victories of Mt. Carmel.

b. Unless we feed on the word of God we will never know the truth we are to so boldly proclaim.

c. Unless we allow God to refine us daily and remove that sin and those idols which keep us from a total devotion to Him we will live in a state of constant spiritual defeat never experiencing the blessings that come with pursuing and knowing God.

Sources referred to:
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
National Geographic Magazine; November 2004 "Was Darwin Wrong?"