The Israelites had quit worshipping God. Instead they worshipped wicked idols. This made Elijah feel very bad. One day he called the people together along with the prophets who worshipped these wicked idols to meet him on Mount Carmel.
There Elijah told them he was going to show them who the true God really was. He told the wicked prophets to build an altar to their gods. He would build one to Jehovah the true God. Then they were to offer a sacrifice upon each of their altars. If fire fell from out of heaven and burned up their idolatrous sacrifice, then the people would know that they were worshipping the true God. But if it burned up the sacrifice of Elijah, then it was to be a sign that they should turn back to Jehovah, the true God of Israel, whom they had given up.
The fire did indeed fall on Elijah’s altar and sacrifice rather than the idolatrous prophets’ altar. It even burned up the stones and the water around the altar. The wicked prophets were put to death and the people turned back to Jehovah, the true God of Israel.
We will continue our journey through the Bible after you find the following verses:
1. The Christians in the city of Thessalonica turned away from believing in their ____________ and began to believe in the true God. 1 Thess. 1:___
For
2. The Lord Jesus said that eternal life was to know the ____________ and Jesus Christ, sent by God. John 17:___
And
3. The heathens (idol worshippers who did not know about the true God) had an ____________ which was for worship of the “unknown God.” Acts 17:___
For
4. The wicked men who had taken the Lord Jesus to crucify Him made a ____________ to warm themselves, and Peter tried to stand with them and also get warm. John 18:___
And
5. The Lord is pleased when believers do good. These are like pleasing ____________ to Him. Heb. 13:___
But