OUR UNFAITHFULNESS TOWARD A FAITHFUL GOD

Ah, what has not the merciful God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel performed, to bring us to the knowledge of himself, and to faith in him! Has he not spoken to us without end, in nature and in the Scriptures; by creation, providence, and revelation; by arguments and figures; by prophets, apostles, and ministers; by signs and wonders of every kind, in the most intelligible manner, condescending to our weak capacities as a most merciful Father; and yet how few are there that really know him! How few give him the glory! 0 you untoward and perverse generation of this world, come near — come near! Behold not only the testimony by which the Lord answered Elijah upon Carmel, but likewise all the testimonies in which Jehovah has made himself known. We will place some of them before you, so that you may once more see and remember them. He has given living testimonies of himself, by thousands; and that which he gave in these last days, when he spoke unto us by his Son, was not the last. Look at the altar of his church built upon himself as its pillar and basis, and on the twelve living stones of the apostles. Look at the sanctuary of God, its stability, its age, its extent, where the life and light of the Holy Spirit, that fire of the Lord, never goes out day or night; is not this spiritual temple an abiding proof that Jehovah lives? Look at every stone of this building — every converted sinner. Here was a ruined altar, but see, it is restored: here was also a surrounding trench of thousandfold sins, ensnarements, connections, and obstacles, which closed the entrance against the Lord; but lo! his fire has penetrated. Here were also stones — a hard heart and an unteachable mind; here was also wood and earth — deadness, carnality, and darkness; but the flame of Jehovah has consumed the earth, the wood, and the stone, and dried up the floods of ungodliness; and the desolated ruin is become a memorial of the glory of God. Yet how few believe our report; and to how few is the arm of the Lord thus revealed in the present day! Nevertheless, whether men believe it or not, they shall be surrounded with the testimonies of Israel as with a wall, so that only two things will remain to them — either to cry, “The Lord he is the God!” or, as real children of Belial, to declare that they will have nothing to do with Jehovah. It will thus at least come to a decision. Whosoever this day returns home from Mount Carmel without caring to have it said in his heart, “The Lord, he is the God!” let him hesitate no longer to take his place in the ranks of those who are of their father the devil, the god of this world, who blinds the eyes of them that believe not.

Excerpt from Elijah the Tishbite

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