* Elijah stood boldly against 450 men who came in the spirit of Baal.

* But he ran from one woman who came in the spirit of Jezebel.

* What’s the difference?

* The prophets of Baal were the idolatrous leaders who sought to lure people away from God.

* The Jezebel spirit was a sensual spirit based in sexual anarchy that sought to kill anyone who would dare stand in its way.

* The Jezebel spirit is a domineering “You will agree with me or you will die” spirit.

* This freaked Elijah out.

* Today it’s the same.

* It’s far easier to stand for Jesus against an atheist who says that Jesus is a fake or a false prophet seeking to lure people away from Jesus.

* But it’s another matter altogether to stand for God’s definition of marriage in a culture hell-bent on sexual perversion.

* The atheists may hate you but they don’t want to kill you.

* The sexual revolution seeks to annihilate anyone who disagrees (right now it’s social annihilation).

* Our leaders don’t need to run like Elijah.

* He ultimately asked to be done and God granted his request (vs 16).