1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal… I. GIVES A STATEMENT OF OPPOSITE CLAIMS. There are many Baals in our land. What are they? Examine them. Hear their claims. We shall mention four: 1. Worldly gain. 2. Sensual pleasures. Nothing is more deceptive than the pleasures of the world; and the young have the greatest need to guard against indulging in them. 3. Vain speculation. In every age there have beer, those who have set up their own feeble reason in opposition to the word of God. We live in a day when knowledge is more extensively diffused, and there is in many, who once lived in ignorance, a thirst for information; and this tends to prepare the way for the increased progress and success of the Gospel. 4. Pharisaic pride. II. REQUIRES A SPIRIT OF FIXED DECISION. 1. It is important in its nature. 2. It is uncompromising in its demands. 3. It is satisfactory in its evidence. 4. It is beneficial in its results. 5. It is urgent in its claims. It is to be done without delay. (Ebenezer Temple.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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