1. Elijah challenges the false prophets of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel to determine whether Baal or the Lord is the true God. The prophets of Baal call on their god all day but receive no response, while Elijah's simple prayer to God results in fire from heaven consuming his sacrifice. 2. All the people declare that the Lord is God. Elijah has the altar of the Lord repaired, which had fallen into disrepair after false worship. He prays again and fire from God consumes the offering. 3. The people acknowledge the Lord as the one true God. We should let God be God and trust in his power, not relying on human efforts or

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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
January 4, 2015

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Elijah challenges the false prophets
on Mount Carmel.

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1 Kings 18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks;
and let them choose one bullock for themselves,
and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and
lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye
on the name of your gods, and I will call on the
Name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by
fire, let him be God. And all the people answered
and said, It is well spoken.
A contest to try
Baal against GOD..

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Mark 12 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all
the Commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our
God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
Commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none
other Commandment greater than these.
Trial:
Let God be God with your whole heart.

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James 4 8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and
purify your hearts, ye double minded.
You cannot be of two minds and love the Lord.
Focus your mind upon God and His Way.
Quit sinning.
In so doing, you draw nigh to God.
There’s no other way.

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25 And Elijah said unto the
prophets of Baal, Choose
you one bullock for
yourselves, and dress it
first; for ye are many; and
call on the name of your
gods, but put no fire under. Baal first
You’ve tried it your own way first; you’ve set your
own standards; sought to be your own god;
How did it work out?
Are you filled with joy? Is there
peace in your soul?

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26 And they took the
bullock which was given
them, and they dressed it,
and called on the name of
Baal from morning even
until noon, saying, O
Baal, hear us. But there
was no voice, nor any
that answered. And they
leaped upon the altar
which was made.
They worked hard to
make it happen.
You can’t work it up.
Draw nigh to God and
pray it down.

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27 And it came to pass at
noon, that Elijah mocked
them, and said, Cry aloud:
for he is a god; either he is
talking, or he is pursuing, or
he is in a journey, or
peradventure he sleepeth,
and must be awaked.
28 And they cried aloud, and
cut themselves after their
manner with knives and
lancets, till the blood gushed
out upon them.
It’s not about how
hard you work or how
much you suffer.
You must be serving
the right God in
the right way.

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29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and
they prophesied until the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor
any to answer, nor any that regarded.
All of their efforts and sufferings were in vain.
False gods have no power to answer prayer.
They have no power to give abundant life.
False gods can’t give their worshippers
either joy or peace.

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John 15 11 These things have I spoken unto you,
that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy
might be full.
John 14 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.
Jesus
Joy and peace are the Gifts of God
when we love Him and serve Him.
Don’t try to figure it out.

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30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near
unto me. And all the people came near unto him.
And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was
broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones,
according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, unto whom the Word of the LORD came,
saying, Israel shall be thy name:
Worship of The Lord God had been so
neglected that the altar was falling down.
Elijah repaired it first of all.

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32 And with the stones he built
an altar in the Name of the
LORD: and he made a trench
about the altar, as great as
would contain two measures
of seed. 33 And he put the
wood in order, and cut the
bullock in pieces, and laid
him on the wood, and said,
Fill four barrels with water,
and pour it on the burnt
sacrifice, and on the wood.

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34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did
it the second time. And he said, Do it the third
time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the
water ran round about the altar; and he filled the
trench also with water.
They will certainly see the super-
natural Power of Almighty God.
God needs no advantage; He
only needs people to trust Him.

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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
of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God
in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have
done all these things at Thy Word.
Just a simple prayer
No sweat, blood, or tears.
No self-mutilation.
No drama.

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37 Hear me, O LORD, hear
me, that this people may
know that Thou art the
LORD God, and that Thou
hast turned their heart back
again.
Elijah was desiring God’s Glory,
Not his own.
Vital!

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38 Then the fire of the
LORD fell, and consumed
the burnt sacrifice, and the
wood, and the stones, and
the dust, and licked up the
water that was in the
trench. 39 And when all the
people saw it, they fell on
their faces: and they said,
The LORD, He is the
God; the LORD, He is the
God.
That’s what God
can do.
There is only one
True and Living
God.

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1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which
are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and
things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea,
and things which are not, to bring to nought things
that are:

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29 That no flesh should glory in His Presence.
30 But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according
as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.
We are nothing in and of ourselves.
But Jesus Christ is made unto us
Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification,
and Redemption.

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We are just an humble group of people in a
little church in a poor neighborhood.
But we serve a Mighty God.
Let God be God!