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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. It is the glory of Elijah that he does whatever God bids him, asking no questions. He simply, like a child, goes to the brook just as, like a hero, he had previously stood before the king.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. Brooks will dry up, even if godly men are being sustained by them. Is there anyone here whose brook is drying up? Has it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. It was a time of famine, yet God sent him to a widow woman! She is sure to need sustaining herself; yes, and she shall get it, too, through sustaining the prophet, he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So he arose and went to Zarephath. There is the same unreasoning faith: “So he arose;” just as, in the 5th verse, it is written: “So he went;” that is, with all alacrity, he did his Lord’s bidding without any question. 1Ki_17:10. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there- There she was, the woman who was to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as she was going to fetch it,- For she saw, by his garment, and by his majestic bearing, that he was a messenger of God: “As she was going to fetch it,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. It was such a little...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. What a trial for her faith! This stranger must have the first portion of her last meal; yet she had faith enough to obey his word.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the Saying of Elijah: Faith is blessedly contagious. God, by his Spirit can make the faith of one to beget faith in others. This woman learns,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son! The words of the woman had touched his heart, and perhaps he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again. This was splendid faith on the part of the prophet. Nobody had ever prayed before for the restoration of one who was dead; no one had ever attempted to work such a miracle as this; but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. Elijah was never a man of many words; he was a prophet mighty in deeds; he said little,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. Did she not know this before? Yes, or else she would not have given him the first portion of her meal. She must have known it, for she had been living for a long time upon the meal and the oil which he had multiplied....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel: but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and Thou hast followed Baalim. It is the way of men to cast the blame of their trouble not upon their sin and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. He knew how many there were of them. The man’s heart was so engaged in this battle for God against idols, that he had counted all his adversaries.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. So undecided were they — perhaps so cowed by the presence of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Elijah unto the people, I even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves. and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under. And I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon. Which was Baal’s own high time, for then...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, O Baal, hear us. Repeating their cry again and again. For this is the way of all false worship — to use vain repetitions, as the heathens do, which is forbidden to us. 1Ki_18:26. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. Which was their superstition. They were going through the whole...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; 1Ki_18:31. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And it...