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Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":

Some sincere subscribers of Dial Daily Bread are asking, “Is there
Biblical evidence that Elijah understood and preached the grace of God,
that is, righteousness by faith? Was he stern, hard, lacking
compassion?” We know:

1. God sent him (1 Kings 17; 18), and “God is love” (1 John 4:8).

2. His message was preeminently reconciliation of alienated hearts in
home and national life (Mal. 4:5, 6). That took “grace unlimited.”

3. His prayer on Mt. Carmel was calm, simple, heart-felt, gracious.

4. The people’s “heart” was “turned . . . back again” (1 Kings 18:37).

5. What did it was God’s acceptance of the blood sacrifice that clearly
prefigured Christ’s sacrifice on His cross (vs. 33). It’s not too much
to say: Elijah preached to the nation a great sermon on the cross that
day.

6. The people responded, believed, humbled their hearts before this
divine revelation of the abounding grace and forgiveness of God. But
the priests of Baal hardened their hearts against it; in hopeless
rejection, they would crucify Christ a thousand times over. This
demonstration was in miniature the judgment at the end of the
millennium (Rev. 20:11-15). To execute the priests of Baal was the
people’s choice, their unanimous will. It was clear: their sin was the
unpardonable one.

7. The fruit of Elijah’s ministry? Genuine reformation and revival. And
God translated him! (2 Kings 2:11). Pretty good evidence of grace.

If at the tsunami someone knowledgeable had yelled and screamed at you,
“Run for higher ground!” would you have said, “Stay put. He doesn’t
sound sweet and mild!”? There are times when love (agape) must scream
at you.

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