The Church at Corinth, among many other things, was going through a very testing, trying time. Paul gives a hint of it in writing to his son in the faith, Timothy. There was a man called Hymenaeus, who caused great damage among the Church and the Churches, by suggesting that the resurrection was over and past already, and that there was no such thing as the resurrection of the Lord’s people to be made like unto their Lord and Saviour in that great Day of His return. We read that Hymenaeus overthrew the faith of some. And the overthrowing of the faith of some must have greatly shaken those who were left and must have made them wonder where the scene would end. We read…

What a remarkable man, by grace and grace alone, was Elijah the Tishbite! This man had the immediate ear of almighty God in two ways. First, he had His ear as a hearer. Often the Word of the Lord came to Elijah and immediately the dear man obeyed. Friends, where does that leave you and me? The Word of the Lord came to Elijah, and he goes to Cherith. The Word of the Lord comes again to him, and he goes to Zarephath. Again, and again we find that expression: “the Word of the Lord came to Elijah,” and the dear man of God obeys. Now, if you have the same grace that Elijah had, there will be that in you that will also seek…

With the Lord’s help this evening I want to speak to you about this very prominent man in Scripture, Elijah. A man spoken of in the epistle of James, towards the end of God’s holy word, which is the last mention of him, he said, ‘Elijah was a man of like passions as we are’. That might be perhaps the title: ‘Elijah, the man of like passions as we are’. But James goes on to tell us, that though he was a man of like passions as we are, he had a wonderful gift, a gift that is given to all of God’s people in measure, but to him in great measure, the gift of prayer. If ever a man knew what wrestling prayer was,…