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“The God who answers by fire”
I want to preach to you tonight on the subject;
“The God who answers by fire”
Nearly 3 years earlier; Elijah prophesied and He said to the people that “nether dew nor rain would come, but only by his word”.
Then the word of the Lord came to him; that he was to leave Gilead and head east of the Jordan to Cherith.
He said nether dew nor rain would come, but only by his word.
Then the word of the Lord came to him; that he was to leave Gilead and head east of the Jordan to Cherith.
and while he was there: the Lord would provide food for him by the raven.
The bible tells us that the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and the evening, and he drank from the brook
But eventually the brook dried up and God told him to leave again, and for him head to Zarephath and there he was to be taken care of by a widowed women.
the meal in the barrel and the oil in the cruise never ran dry.
and this is where the word of the Lord came to elijah again;
God told him to go and show himself to King Ahab.
Elijah had been hiding from the King; but God told him that it was time to come out of hiding and face the king.
The king wanted Elijah because the king thought that Elijah was a trouble maker.
so Elijah packed up and headed out to present himself to king Ahab.
At the same time; because the famine was so severe; King Ahab called a man by the name of Obadiah (the palace administrator) which was a devout believer in the Lord
Ahab said to Obadiah; go throughout the land and search for water and grass that we might be able to keep the animals alive.
So Obadiah goes one way and King Ahab goes the other.
and as Obadiah was walking along; he met up with Elijah the prophet
Quick backdrop on this story;
There meeting up with one another startled Obadiah; because he was a believer of the Lord and he knew that king Ahab wanted Elijah.
Elijah had been in hiding for three years from King Ahab.
Elijah recognized this within Obadiah so; Elijah said to Obadiah to go and tell King Ahab; Elijah is here.
Elijah said to Obadiah to go and tell King Ahab Elijah is here.
And Obadiah done as requested of Elijah.
And when Ahab saw Elijah he said to him;
Is that you, you troubler of Israel.
Elijah said; I have not troubled Israel , but you and your father’s house you all have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and ya’ll have followed baal.
ya’ll have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and ya’ll have followed baal.
Elijah told the King to gather all of Israel and all the prophets of baal and Asherah and all those that followed the baals and meet him on mount carmel.
Asherah and all those that followed the baals and meet on mount carmel.
and this where we are tonight.
on Mount carmel;
when they had all gathered; Elijah didn’t beat around the bush;
He didn’t try to sugar coat the message.
He began; by saying:
How long do Ye halt;
How long will you waver between two opinions?.................................
I ask you tonight
How long are you waver between two opinions?
Many people are claiming or giving themselves the title “christians”;
But the reality is many people are deceived.
Just like the the people of Israel;
They were deceived.
They were worshipping the idols of baal.
and this is the reason they were in a severe famine.
you can’t expect Gods blessings to be upon your life if you turn your back on His word.
They turned their back on the commandments of God.
and God spoke through His Prophet; Elijah,
That their would not be dew or rain until Elijah said so.
and because of this; Elijah had to flee for his life.
and the nation was in a severe drought.
If you and I are not careful;
we may see the blessing of God removed from our lives
You say not us;
God is being replaced on every corner with idols of every kind.
The bible tells us; we are to be sanctified; which means to come out and be separate from this world.
There is just as much sin going on within the realm the church as there is in the world.
Christians are becoming cold to the things of God.
There used to be a fire within the church,
People used to be passionate about the things of God.
But somewhere along the way;
the fire has dwindled down.
Now; I’m not looking to get on a bus and go back to what use to be,
I’m looking for a fire for today.
I want to see people on fire for the Lord.
I want to see people baptized in the Holy Ghost.
I want to see people called to preach and teach this Gospel.
I want to see these young people go to their campuses and take a stand for God; no matter the consequences.
but it will never happen as long as we halt between two opinions.
Elijah was standing before the people and he knew they were confused.
Baal was supposed to be the god of the rain;
but they were in a severe drought.
Didn’t make any since
Elijah told the people; get two bulls and let the prophets of Baal choose which one they want and he would take the other.
He said; have the prophets prepare the bull they choose and and I’ll prepare mine;
and will put it on two separate piles of wood but we want set it on fire.
He told them to call on there god and He would call on his God;
and the god that answers by fire-
He is God.
The people agreed.
so here they were on mount carmel.
the prophets of Baal prepared their bull,
they cut it into pieces and placed it on the pile of wood and they began to call of the name of baal.
they called and they called; but nothing happened
they called from morning until noon and baal didn’t show up.
Baal: answer us
But there was no response.
They danced around the altar they made; and they continued to shout:
Baal; Answer us,
and again nothing would happen
no doubt the people where confused and discouraged.
And Elijah the prophet began to taunt them’
He told them to shout Louder.
Maybe your god is in a deep thought.
maybe he is busy!
Maybe he is busy or traveling
or maybe he is sleeping;
and the people shouted louder and took their swords and began slashing themselves until the blood began to flow.
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