RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

THE OPENING VERSES OF 1 KINGS 17 INTRODUCE TO US ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE CHARACTERS IN ALL THE BIBLE, ELIJAH. A MAN OF GOD WHO APPEARS ON THE SCENE OF ACTION READY TO DO BATTLE WITH ANY WHO OPPOSE HIS GOD. I IMAGINE THAT IN TODAY'S RELIGIOUS WORLD ELIJAH WOULD BE LABELLED HATEFUL AND INTOLERANT, MAYBE EVEN A HERETIC! BUT WITH THESE OPENING VERSES WE HAVE THE GREATEST OF ALL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MAN ELIJAH; HE SAID TO AHAB " I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS"! YOU MEAN HE ACTUALLY CARES MORE ABOUT GOD THAN THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS!!! HOW AWFUL! HOW RUDE! HOW HATEFUL FOR HIM TO DEFY THE LAW AND SPEAK TO THE KING THAT WAY! WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS! AND WHY DOES HE THINK HE REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD, RINGS THE SO FAMILIAR CRIES OF THOSE WHO WOULD ADVOCATE DOING NOTHING WHILE ISRAEL CONTINUED TO RUSH HEADLONG INTO SIN! IN THIS MODERN DAY IT IS NO DIFFERENT, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED BY FRIENDS, FORSAKEN BY FAMILY AND CHURCHES FOR BEING JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS. I STAND ON THE STREETS OF THIS NATION TO WARN SINNERS TO FLEE THE WRATH TO COME AND TO BE A VOICE FOR GOD'S HOLINESS IN THIS EVIL NATION. SCORN ME IF YOU WILL, LET ANOTHER FRIEND WAVE GOODBYE AND MOCK ALL WHO WOULD. STILL CHRIST IS EXALTED AS LORD OF ALL AND I AM HUMBLY THANKFUL TO BE USED OF GOD. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH THIS WORLD IN THE BEST WAY YOU KNOW HOW, I COMMEND YOU HOWEVER IF YOU ARE TO ASHAMED OR LAZY TO EVEN PRAY, WITNESS OR BE FAITHFUL TO A BIBLE PREACHING CHURCH.......GET BUSY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE OTHERS.