RECAP
Jeroboam Makes Two Golden Calves - 1 Kings 12:25-13:6
The Ravens Bring Food To Elijah - 1 Kings 17:1-7
Elijah Helps a Poor Widow - 1 Kings 17:8-24
TODAY
Elijah Defeats the Prophets of Baal 1 Kings 18:17-40
Baal (/ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl/),or Baʽal (Hebrew: בַּעַל baʿal), was a title and honorific 'lord'. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods.
BAAL IS KNOWN BEST FOR HIS DESIRE FOR DESTRUCTION.
LORDING OVER PEOPLE.
HISTORY SAYS HE LOVED CAOS.
IT IS SAID, HE WAS THE ENEMY OF ALL CREATION JEWS AND GENITAL.
BAAL WAS THE GOD OF PREGNANCY SO THE FIRSTBORN WAS SACRIFICED ON HIM.
HE WAS HEATED UP THEN THEY WOULD PUT BABIES IN HIS ARMS.
BAAL HAD THESE 450 PROPHETS WHO WERE HIS SPOKESMEN.
17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
TRUTH OF GOD!
18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
BOLDNESS!
19 Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
CALLS THEM
HE WAS SPECIFIC. – JEZEBEL’S TABLE
NOT THE ONES FROM ISRAEL – ELIJAH THE ONLY ONE!
Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory
21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
RELIGION ICE CREAM FLAVORS-
4,000 religions IN THE WORLD
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
IF FOR BAAL FOLLOW HIM IF FOR THE LORD FOLLOW HIM
Matthew 6:24 SAYS YOU CAN’T SERVE TWO MASTERS YOU WILL LOVE ONE AND HATE THE OTHER.
JOSHUAH 24:15 SAYS “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
CHAIR DEMO: PUT 5 CHAIRS IN A ROW AND LET A CHILD STAND AT THE END, LET THEM PICK A SIDE.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
ELIJAH THE ONLY ONE
COMPARISON 1 TO 450
23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.
SO, ELIJAH GIVES INSTRUCTION
TWO BULLS 1 FOR EACH
CUT IT INTO PIECES
LAY IT ON WOOD
NO FIRE
24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.”
CALL
ANSWER BY FIRE
JER.33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
So, all the people answered and said, “It is well-spoken.”
THE PEOPLE AGREED
25 Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.
PREPARED THE BULL
CALL OUT TO BAAL
EARLY MORNING TO LATE NONE.
BAAL NO ANSWER
SO BAD - DANCING
27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
MOCKING IS NOT GOOD
THEY MOCKED JESUS
JESUS SAID FORGIVE THEM
ISA.53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
28 So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
CRIED LOUD
CUT THEMSELVES- masochist
CUTTING OR SCRATCHING
HIGH SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL
ALL DAY
BAAL DID NOT ANSWER
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So, all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
CALLED THE PEOPLE
FIXED THE ALTER
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
12 STONES 12 TRIBES
ISRAEL WILL BE YOUR NAME
Genesis 32:28 And THE ANGEL SAID, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Genesis 35:9-11 9 Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So, He called his name Israel.
32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the water ran all around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
TRENCH TO HOLD about 9 US quarts (8.5 liters).
CUT UP THE BULL UP
POURED 12 WATER POTS OF WATER ON IT
3 TIMES 4
36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that these people may know that You are the LORD God and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
ELIJAH PRAYED
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
FIRE CAME OUT OF HEAVEN AND BURNED IT ALL UP
39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
FELL ON THEIR FACE
THE LORD HE IS GOD
40 And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So, they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.
ELIJAH KILLED THE PROPHETS OF BAAL
The Drought Ends
PRAY IT OUT
NEXT WEEK- TEACHER CHERYL WILL TEACH HOW ELIJAH GETS FEARFUL AND HIDES OUT IN A CAVE…
MEMORY VERSE
1KINGS 18:39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
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