Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:
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… we can't relate to them Then he, God, said, Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke rocks in pieces before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake. But the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake, a fire. but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, a still small voice. So it was when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave because he was hiding from Jezebel, remember? The great man of God. He's terrified because a woman was going to kill him. He stood in the entrance of the cave and suddenly a voice came. well what do we know about the voice? It's still and it's small. Doesn't sound like fire, doesn't sound like the wind, the voice doesn't sound like an earthquake. …
… And the Lord says, I'm going to be passing by. A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains, crushing the rocks, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind and earthquake, the Lord was not in the earthquake. after the earthquake was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. Now, those are all classic kind of signs of rather bombastic signs of God's presence, right? But then listen. After the fire, there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in the cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave. Where did he sense the presence of God? in this tiny whispering voice. What is that? How do we recognize objective moral value? Just as our rational mind recognizes objective intelligibility, how do we recognize objective moral values? what John Henry Newman called the aboriginal vicar of Christ in the soul, the conscience, that we rightly call, mind you, the voice of our conscience. A voice that tells us, yes, that is right. …
… Then God said, Come out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. And look, the Lord was passing by a wind, a great and mighty wind tore through the mountains and broke the rocks to pieces before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake. but the Lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake a fire but the Lord was not in the fire and after the fire a voice a gentle whisper and it happened when Elijah heard it he covered his face in his cloak and he went out and he stood in the mouth of the cave and look a voice said to him What are you here for, Elijah? And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty because the children of Israel have rejected your covenant. Your altars, they have torn down. Your prophets, they have killed with the sword. And I am the only one left. and now they're trying to kill me too. …
… Now, watch what the Lord does. He is so kind. Elijah says, Now they are trying to kill me too. And the Lord said, Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by. Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord wasn't in the wind. and the wind came, and then after the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. The Lord came in all of those ways in Moses' time, but he's coming a different way to Elijah. Can you let God come to you a different way and not think that he left you? I feel this thing going deep. If y'all have a lunch appointment, please feel free to leave, but I'm going to finish this message for the hundred people who need to hear it today who have been on the loop. …