Elijah #17 The Young Will Lead to Victory

Church history is like a long marathon relay race in which what we have graciously been given by way of the
gospel and truth of Jesus Christ must be passed along at some point to the next generation of growing
Christians. Will the covenanted truths for which we have contended in our families and church continue or will
they be dropped by way of neglect, apathy, compromise, or rejection?
My heart's earnest prayer is that you, dear covenanted children and young people and young adults, would
joyfully take the gospel and commandments of the Lord entrusted to you and run with patience your portion
of that great race, and likewise pass along to the next generation those same pure doctrines and practices in
worship that the Lord Jesus has revealed in His Word. It is through you, young people, that by God's grace and
power we who are older see God's victory carried forward in the work of reformation in the family, church,
and nation. We who are older will not be here forever. Prepare yourselves to run that race in faithfulness to
Jesus Christ.
From our text this Lord's Day, we will see how the Lord used young people to bring a mighty victory to Israel
against their enemies. The main points from our text are the following: (1) Ben-hadad's Pride Revealed (1Kings 20:1-12); (2) God's Unexpected Deliverance Revealed (1 Kings 20:13-21).