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THE LORD GOD OR BAAL?
Fire Falls From Heaven
After three years of drought in Israel, God promised Elijah that He would again send rain. He sent Elijah to King Ahab. When Ahab saw Elijah, he asked, “Are you the one who troubles Israel?”
Elijah replied, “You are the one who is troubling Israel by your wickedness. Now gather together all Israel to Mount Carmel with the 450 prophets of Baal. There the people may decide whom they will serve, Baal or God.”
Ahab obeyed and called everyone together onto Mount Carmel. Then Elijah said, “You pray to Baal, and I will pray to God. The one who sends down fire on the altar will be the true God.” All the people agreed.
The prophets of Baal tried first. All forenoon they prayed to Baal. They leaped upon the altar, cried aloud, and cut themselves with knives until their blood flowed. At noon Elijah taunted them. “Shout louder to get your god’s attention! Perhaps he is talking to someone or is away on a trip or is sleeping.” All afternoon they raved, but there was no reply or answer whatsoever.
Then Elijah said to the people, “Come near to me.” He repaired the Lord’s broken altar and dug a ditch around it. He placed wood and a slaughtered bull on the altar. Then he asked that four large pitchers of water be poured on the meat and wood. This was done three times so that everything was soaked and the ditch was full of water.
Elijah prayed a short prayer. Then fire fell from heaven. It burned up the sacrifice and the wood, the stones and the dust, and even the water in the ditch. This was no ordinary fire.
When the people saw this great miracle, they fell on their faces upon the ground. They declared, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
1 Kings 18:1-39
Caption: God answers Elijah’s prayer by sending fire from heaven.
Parents: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Matthew 4:10b)
Children: 1. Did the prophets of Baal get an answer from their god?
2. Did God hear Elijah’s prayer?
3. What did the fire do that fell from heaven?
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(-Stories by Ura Millar)
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