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(1Ki 17:8-16) 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. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman

was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, 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. 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. 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: 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 spake by Elijah.

(Jas 5:17) Elias was a man subject to

like passions as we are, and he prayed

earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and

six months.

I. The Destination he was sent.

A.The Call of this town.

(1Ki 17:8) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

(1Ki 17:9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:

behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

(Pro 17:3) The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

(1Pe 1:7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious

than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and

honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

(Job 23:10) But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall

come forth as gold.

(Isa 48:10) Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in

the furnace of affliction.

A.The Call of this town.

B.The Characteristics of this town

(1Ki 17:8) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

(1Ki 17:9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:

behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

(Luk 4:24) And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

(Luk 4:25) But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when

the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all

the land;

(Luk 4:26) But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a

woman that was a widow.

A.The Call of this town.

B.The Characteristics of this town

C.The Character of this town

(1Ki 17:8) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

(1Ki 17:9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:

behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

(Luk 8:2) And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary

called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

(Luk 8:3) And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which

ministered unto him of their substance.

I. The Destination he was sent.II. The Discourse between them

A.The apparent Coincidence

(1Ki 17:10) So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of

the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little

water in a vessel, that I may drink.

(Jer 10:23) O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to

direct his steps.

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A.The apparent Coincidence

B.The outward Circumstances

(1Ki 17:12) 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.

(Rom 1:17) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed

from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by

faith.

(Heb 10:38) Now the just shall live by faith: but if any

man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

I. The Destination he was sent.II. The Discourse between themIII.The Demonstrated faith of this widow

A.Not fearing the Circumstances

(1Ki 17:13) 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.

(Lev 19:18) Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge

against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the

LORD.

A.Not fearing the Circumstances

B. The blessing was Conditional

(1Ki 17:13) 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.

(Mat 6:33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

(Psa 84:11) For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold

from them that walk uprightly.

(Psa 34:9) O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no

want to them that fear him.

A.Not fearing the Circumstances

B. The blessing was Conditional

C. The blessing

was Continued

(1Ki 17:14-16) 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: 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 spake by Elijah.