Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-01-12
1. elijah Mests Ahas wv. 17-19).

!. Elijah Mests AhaS wv. 17-19).
At the Lords command, Elijah
shows himself to Ahab. When Elijah
was last e by Ahab, he announced
that rain would only be given by his
word (17:1 J. In connection with the
Prophets appearing before the king,
rain was promised.
/. Ahab's ,Question-"Art thou he
that troubleth Israeli" ". ~. Ahab's
aim was to intimidate Eiijah--to' awe
him into submission. |fvs'hl' -
2, EiiJah's' answer ". 49,. ne de-
MED the charge and boldly declared
that h e~ecaiamtfy which had tbefallen
the nation was caused by the tldoIatry,
Of Ahab and his family. : -.
u. EilIah's Challenge (vv. 1924.
I. The people assembled wv. 10,
20). The king convened the people at
the urgent request Of Elijah.
2. Elijah's ringing call to decision
wv. 21-24). ~ The question asked
Who Is your God. Baal or the Lordf
". Ply. Many Of the people had not
wholly forsaken God. They attempted
to worship both GOD and Baal. Many
today are. hating between two opin-
ions: they r hating between self
and God-sin and holiness--mammon
and God. But the question must be
settled sooner or later. In fact, the
decision Is being made every day. (2)
The silence Of the people ". 21).
This may have been because Of fear
Of the king or ignorance, for many
e Of the opinion that to be re-
ligtous was the only thing necessary.
irrespective of the being worshiped.
go The method of decision wv. 22-24).
Two sacrifices were to be provided,
One to be offered to BaaL, the other to
God. The god who answered by fire
was to be the Ged. The people con-
scented that this was a fair test.
, 10. The Test; Applisd (yv. 2S39).
1. The offering by the prophets Of
Baal wv. 25-29). ,Eiijah gave q fair
test, even placed the advantage on
the other side. He gave the prophets
Of Baal the first opportunity to prove
to the people as to whether Baal was
y real god. Elijah tainted them, and
they more earnestly cried to Baai.
but no answer came.
2. The Offering by Elijah Wv. 30-Sgl.
ID The people Invited near ". 800.
Els object was for them to see the
entire proceedings in order to fully
grasp the genuineness Of the test. (2)
The altar repaired wv. 30-32). Be
fore there can be the power Of God
manifested, the altar must be repaired.
Elijah took twelve stones, represent
ing the united nation. God Is one,
and His people Is one. (3) The offer
ing on the altar wv. 1885,. After the
bullock was In place, he had four bar
rels Of water three times emptied
upon the sacrifices and the wood 30 an
to all the trench about the altar. So
sure was Elijah that Gods power was
sufficient. that he heaped di6iculty
upon dlficulty. (zl Elijah's prayer
wv. $3.50. (a) It was based upoa
covenants ". 361. Tns foundation upon
which all real prayer rests 70 covenant
relationship. ~ Its object was
Gods exaitatiOn ". S6). Elijah was
Jealous for Gods glory--hls supreme
desire was to homer and magnify the
Lord. The only thing that he asked
fer himself was t. be known 40 Gods
servant. (cl It was far tho salvatien
Of the people ". SD. Els hssst
yearned after Israel. he was most
DESTROYS that they should come to
know God. (5) The result wv. SO.
S9). (a) The fire Of the Lord fell ana
consumed not only the sacrifice, but
the wood, stones and dust, even lick
ing up the water in the trench. (b)
The people fell on their faces and con-
fessed that the Lord was the God.
Nv. Tho Execution OF Raaps
Prophets ". 40).
The reason Tor this drastic action