ARE YOU SELF POSSESSD OR GOD POSSESSED

ARE YOU SELF POSSESSD OR GOD POSSESSED

1SAMUEL 1:1

1 Samuel 1:1 (KJV) 1  Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

HUSBAND—(ANGLO SAXON WORD) – “HOUSE BAND”

A BAND AROUND THE HOUSE THAT HOLDS IT TOGETHER.

WHEN A MARRIAGE IS FALLING APART, THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK IS THE HOUSE BAND.

STORY: A MAN WAS WALKING ALONG THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND FOUND A BOTTLE, HE PICKED IT UP AND A GENIE POPPED OUT.

GENIE HAD BAGS UNDER HIS EYES, SAID “I’M SICK OF PEOPLE’S WISHES; YOU’D NEVER BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE ASK OF ME.”

GENE TOLD THE MAN “YOUR ONLY GETTING ONE WISH, MAKE IT GOOD”

MAN: “WELL, I BEEN LOOKING AT THE PACIFIC THINKING HOW MUCH I’D LOVE TO GO TO HAWAII, BUT I AM AFRAID TO FLY, BUILD ME A BRIDGE FROM HERE TO HAWAII SO I CAN DRIVE”

GENIE: “DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU’RE ASKING ME?”

DO YOU COMPHREHEND THE COST?

ACROSS THE PACIFIC! FROM AMERICA TO HAWAII

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CONCRETE?

DO YOU KNOW HOW DEEP THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS?

HOW IT WOULD MESS UP THE CURRENTS!

MAN: “I’M REALLY SORRY”

GENIE: “ASK ME ANOTHER WISH”

MAN: “WELL, I’D REALY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MY WIFE”

“SHE CRY’S WHEN SHE’S HAPPY”

SHE LAUGHS WHEN SHE’S MAD”

I’D LIKE TO UNDERTAND HER INNER MOST WORKINGS

I’D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW HER MIND WORKS.

GENIE: “ABOUT THAT BRIDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE IT A TWO LANE? OR FOUR LANE?”

THERE IS FOUR SORTS OF THINGS IN THIS WORLD

THINGS THAT NEVER NEED REPAIR

THE UNIVERSE

LAW OF GRAVITY

THE SUN, THE MOON

DON’T WORRY ABOUT PLUTO

DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE SUN SHINING

THINGS THAT CANNOT BE REPAIRED

WATER SPILLED ON THE GROUND THAT YOU CANT PICK UP

TIME YOU WASTED, YOU CANT FIX IT

YOUR MISTAKES

DON’T WORRY LIFE AWAY ON THINGS YOU CANT REPAIR

THINGS THAT WILL REPAIR THEMSELVES

BROKEN ARM, LEG…SET IT…REPAIR ITSELF

LITTLE BOYS SAY “I HATE GIRLS” (UNLESS 18-21)

IN TIME YOU WILL FIND THEM IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR LONGER THAN EVER

SPENDING HIS ALLOWENCE ON ACNE CREAM

IT FIXES ITSELF

THINGS THAT GO FROM BAD TO WORSE UNLESS GOD REPAIRS IT

TEXT: ELKANAH HAS NO NAME RECOGNITION

NOT AMONG YOR BIBLE HERO’S LIST

HIS ONLY CLAME TO FAME WAS THAT HE WAS HANNHA’S HUSBAND

NOT MUCH BOOST TO YOUR EGO TO BE KNOWN AS SOMEONES HUSBAND

ELKANAH HAS NO CELEBRITY STATUS LIKE MOSES, ABRAHAM ETC…

SOME PEOPLE JUST JUMP OUT OF THE BIBLE AT YOU, JUST CRACK IT AND THEY COME OUT!

RODS IN THEIR HAND

FIGHTING DEVILS

IN LIONS DENS

FIREY FURNACES

SAYING STUFF THAT WE WANT TO SAY:

“WERE NOT BOWING”

“O KING LIVE FOREVER”

THERE IS SO LITTLE SAID ABOUT ELKANAH, YOU CANT HARDLY GET HIM OUT.

ELKANAH IS AN ORDINARY GUY THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON

HE HAS A LOW PROFILE BUT HE’S A STEADY PLOTTER

CARING FOR THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF HIS FAMILY IS HIS TOP PRIORITY!

EVEN IF HISTORY PLACED HIM IN THE SHADOW OF HIS WIFE.

HUSBANDS, IT’S POSSIBLE THAT YOUR WIFE COULD BE SMARTER THAN YOU:

SHE MAY BE BETTER EDUCATED THAN YOU ARE.

SHE MAY BE MORE OUTGOING THAN YOU ARE

SHE MAY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN YOU.

SHE MAY BE MORE BOLD THAN YOU (YOU MAY BE SHY)

SHE MAY BE MORE TALENTED THAN YOU

I’M SURE ALL OF THESE DIDN’T FALL ON ONE WOMAN AND YOU’RE MARRIED TO HER.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THEM DO

WOMEN: IF THAT IS YOU THEN YOU SHOULD ALSO BE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW GOD’S ORDER, HE’S THE HEAD.

ELKANAH LIVED IN HANNAH’S SHADOW, EVERBODY KNOWS HANNAH.

IT’S CRITICAL IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE ELKANAH THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND:

THE GENERATION HE LIVED IN

THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE HE LIVED IN

THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS LIFE.

TO APPRECIATE THE WORD OF GOD YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT & CLIMATE

SUPPOSE I TOLD YOU THAT A MAN BUILT A SHIP IN A BOTTLE!

YOU SAY “WOW, THAT’S AMAZING”

BUT HE BUILT IT ON A ROLLY COASTER….REALLY NEAT

ALSO DID IT BLINDFOLDED

THE MORE I TELL YOU ABOUT THE CONTEXT THAT HE DID IT IN THE MORE AWSOME IT BECOMES.

THAT’S WHY WHEN STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE “CONTEXT”

LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF THE CLIMATE THAT ELKANAH LIVED IN.

IT’S DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES:

TIME OF CONFUSION

TIME OF CIVIL UNREST

TIME OF APOSTOSY AND SERVITUDE TO FOREGIN POWERS

TIME OF IDOLATRY, JEALOUSY, CONSPIRACY

TIME WHEN MEN LIVED CARELESSLY

NO KING, NO AUTHORITY FIGURE

EVER MAN DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES

EVER MAN WAS A LAW UNTO HIMSELF (DROVE HIS OWN SPEED LIMIT)

EVER MAN WORE HIS OWN CROWN

SET ON HIS OWN THRONE

RULED HIS OWN KINGDOM

POSSESSED HIS OWN SUBJECTS

RULED AND REIGNED IN HIS OWN HOUSE

NO RULE ….NO LAW

ELKANAH WAS A MAN BORN INTO THAT KIND OF A CLIMATE

EVER MAN DID HIS OWN THING.

ELKANAH—EL (MEANS GOD, STRENGTH

, MIGHT, POWER) (EL SHADDAI) (ELOHIM)

KANAH – GOD HAS PURCHASED, GOD HAS REDEEMED, GOD HAS RECOVERED, THEREFORE GOD POSSES.

IN THIS CLIMATE MUCH LIKE OURS TODAY WERE PEOPLE DO THERE OWN THING ELKANAH SHOWS UP.

ELKANAH—GOD POSSESSED, GOD PURCHASED ME, REDEEMED ME, RECOVERED ME, THEREFORE GOD OWNS ME.

EVERYBODY HE MEET HE SAID “MY NAME IS GOD POSSESSED, I’M GOD OWNED, GOD REDEEMED, GOD IS MY POSSESSOR”

HE WASN’T SELF POSSESSED, HE WAS GOD POSSESSED

WE NEED TO HAVE:

GOD POSSESSED FAMILES

GOD POSSESSED WOMEN

GOD POSSESSED YOUNG PEOPLE

I BELONG TO GOD! I AM HIS!

ELKANAH BELIEVED EVERYTHING THAT WAS HIS BELONGED TO GOD.

GOD’S HOUSE

GOD’S CHAIR’S

GOD’S CHICKENS, HORSE’S

BUT HE LIVED IN A DAY WHEN EVERY MAN WAS SELF POSSESSED

A TIME WHEN THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS CORRUPT

THE HOUSE OF GOD HAD A PRIEST NAMED ELI, TWO SONS HOPHNI & PHINIAS

1 Samuel 2:12 (KJV) 12  Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

THIS IS THE CHURCH!

THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE CHURCH DIDN’T KNOW THE LORD.

NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

HOPNI & PHINAIAS COMMITTED FORNICATION WITH WOMEN AT CHURCH!

1 Samuel 1:1 (KJV) 1  Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was (GOD POSSESED) Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

NOW—THINGS AS THEY ARE, AT THIS PRESENT TIME, UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, AT THIS POINT IN A SERIES OF EVENTS.

“THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN” THIS IS STORY ABOUT A MAN!

WEVE MADE IT A STORY ABOUT A WOMAN, REALLY ABOUT A MAN

1 Samuel 1:1-3 (KJV) 1  Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2  And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3  And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

THIS WAS A JOURNEY THAT HE MADE EVERY YEAR.

HE REJECTED THE IDEA THAT EVERY MAN COULD DO HIS OWN THING

EVERY MAN IS THE KING OF HIS HOUSE

HERE IS A MAN WITH NOTHING TO INSPIRE HIM

DOSNT HAVE THE HOLYGHOST

HE’S NEVER BEEN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL

NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

SOMETHING INSIDE OF HIM THAT KNEW HE BELONGED TO GOD AND YOU CANT LIVE ANYWAY YOU CHOSE.

WE KNOW THE STORY OF HANNAH, BECAUSE OF A GOD POSSESSED MAN, NAMED ELKANAH.

IF THERE IS NOT A MAN WHO IS “GOD POSSESSED” THE HOME IS IN TROUBLE!

ELKANAH LOVED THE HOUSE OF GOD.

WASN’T THERE JUST BECAUSE HE HAD A NEED.

HE HAD A HOLY HABIT..LOVED WORSHIP, SACRIFICE, GOD’S HOUSE.

REMEMBER, CHURCH WASN’T PERFECT AT THIS TIME, IT WAS A RISK

POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE ONE TRY TO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE BEFORE SHE GOT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.

WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR WIFE?

LEADERSHIP DIDN’T KNOW GOD!

HIGH PRIEST IS BLIND, DON’T KNOW WHATS GOING ON, AND DON’T HEAR FROM GOD.

HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD DRIVE TO CHURCH KNOWING THAT NOBODY THERE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT GOD?

RISK YOUR WIFE GETTING HIT ON?

ELKANAH IS A MAN THAT WOULD SAY “IM NOT GOING TO SHAKE HANDS WITH BELIAL, I’M GOING TO WORSHIP GOD”

NOT GOING FOR THE MUSIC

NOT GOING TO SEE WHOSE THERE

I’M GOING TO WORSHIP GOD, BECAUSE HE IS THE POSSESSOR OF MY LIFE

HIS HOME WAS A LITTLE MESSED UP; NOBODY WANTED TO GO TO CHURCH.

JEALOUSY WAS IN HIS HOME

ADVASARY WAS IN HIS HOME

HOUSE FULL OF DRAMA

ELKANAH SAID “WERE GOING TO CHURCH, WHEN I LOOK BEHIND ME, BOTH OF YALL BETTER BE THERE”

ELKANAH OFFERED A SACRIFICE UNTO GOD.

GOD GOT HIS PART (FAT)

PRIEST WITH FLESHHOOKS GOT THERES

REST HIM AND HIS FAMILY ATE

1 Samuel 1:4-5 (KJV) 4  And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

WORTHY—(STRONGS) NOSTRIL, OR PLACE OF BREATHE

HE GAVE HER EVERYTHING THAT WAS LEFT THAT WAS UNDER HIS NOSE

1 Samuel 1:7-8 (KJV) 7  And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8  Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

MEN REMEMBER:

SOMETHINGS NEVER NEED REPAIR

SOMETHINGS THAT YOU CANT REPAIR

SOMETHINGS WILL REPAIR THEMSELVES

SOMETHINGS ONLY GOD CAN FIX

AFTER YOU GIVE YOUR WIFE EVERYTHING YOU CAN UNDERSTAND YOU CANT FIX EVERYTHING.

SOMETHINGS ONLY GOD CAN REPAIR.

HANNAH HAD NEVER BECOME “GOD POSSESSED”

THANK GOD, SHE LEFT THE TABLE AND SAID “I NEED TO GO PRAY”

SHE BECAME GOD POSSESSED JUST LIKE HER HUSBAND!

“OH GOD IF YOU’LL GIVE ME A SON, I’LL GIVE HIM BACK TO YOU”

GOD DID, HE GAVE HER A BOY NAMED SAMUEL.

I CAN SEE HER AS SHE BRINGS SAMUEL BACK TO THE HOUSE OF GOD:

“SAMUEL, RIGHT THERE IS WERE I PRAYED FOR YOU”

“SEE THEM STAINS ON ALTAR? THAT’S WERE I BECAME GOD POSSESSED”

“THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HERE SAMUEL”

WE NEED GOD POSSESSED HUSBANDS

AND GOD POSSESSED WIVES

HANNAH HAD SAMUEL AND GOD CAME BACK TO SHILOAH

REVIVAL COMES THROUGH MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE “GOD POSSESSED”