What If He Is Right

Luke 9:10-17

What If He Is Right

• Ceremonial Conditions– Traditional Lifestyle– Conditional Lifestyle– Ritual Lifestyle

• Cultivating Conditions– Desperation– Direction– Devotion

What If He Is Right

• Challenging Conditions– Familiar Places– Fortunate Place – Bethsaida– Formation of Faith

• Conventional Conditions– Conscious awareness of needs– Considerate and Courtesy– Comfortable at a certain level of faith

What If He Is Right

• Crisis Conditions– More hurt than I can heal– More hope than I can realize– More hunger than I can satisfy

• Constricting Conditions– Hopeless in their ministry– Helpless in their mission– Hindered by their minds

What If He Is Right

• Creative Conditions– Be honest– Be hopeful– Be humble– Be helped

• Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

What If He Is Right

Psalm 78:12-16 (NKJV) 12Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. 14In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. 15He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths. 16He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

What If He Is Right

Psalm 78:19-20 (NKJV) 19Yes, they spoke against God: They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 20Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?”

What If He Is Right

2 Kings 3:16-18 (NKJV) 16And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’ 17For thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’ 18And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

What If He Is Right

2 Kings 4:3-4, 6 (NKJV) 3Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few. 4And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.”…6Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased.

What If He Is Right

2 Kings 5:9-10, 14 (NKJV) 9Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house. 10And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.”…14So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.