Time to kill the Oxen and
burn the ploughs.
I Kings 19:19.
19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of
Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before
him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle
upon him. 20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said,
Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to
thee? 21And he returned back
from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with
the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then
he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. [1]
Intro: My mother breaking Clement’s baby bottle when
he would not give it
up.
I.
The call.
Who
called.
The
importance of the call.
What
was waiting ahead for Eleisha.
II.
Kill the oxen.
Who
and what are the oxen in our lives.
As
strong as an ox. What are the strong
hold of our lives.
Anger, Unforgiveness,
lust,
flesh, Rom. 6:6.
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin. 7For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with him: 9Knowing that Christ being
raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10For
in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto
God. 11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gal
2:
19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might
live unto God. 20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Gal
5:
24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts. 25If
we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not
be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Gal
6 :14.
14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto
the world. 15For in Christ
Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creature.
BURN
THOSE INSTRUMENTS.
What
are the instruments.
Acts
19:
13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took
upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14And there were
seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which
did so. 15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and
Paul I know; but who are ye? 16And the man in whom the evil spirit
was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17And this was known to
all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at
Contacts,
people, places,
The
power of fire
Isa.6.
5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone;
because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people
of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 6Then flew one of the seraphims
unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the
tongs from off the altar: 7And
he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and
thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.