02/11/2014 AM: The Lord Who Answers With Fire
1 Kings 18:19-39
                    New King James Version (NKJV)
                    19 Now therefore, send and gather
                        all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four
                        hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
                    Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory
                    20 So
                        Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount
                        Carmel. 21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How
                        long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow
                        him.” But the people answered him not a word. 22 Then
                        Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and
                        fifty men. 23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them
                        choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but
                        put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and
                        lay iton the wood, but put no fire under it. 24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will
                        call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by
                        fire, He is God.”
So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
                    25 Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose
                        one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for
                        you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under
                            it.”
                    26 So they took the bull which was given them, and
                        they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon,
                        saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they
                        leaped about the altar which they had made.
                    27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them
                        and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy,
                        or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be
                        awakened.” 28 So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was
                        their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until
                        the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice.
                        But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
                    30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to
                        me.” So all the people came near to 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, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel shall be your
                        name.” 32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name
                        of the Lord; and he made a trench around the altar large
                        enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he
                        put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and
                        said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour iton the burnt sacrifice and on the
                        wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second
                        time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a
                        third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the
                        water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
                    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
                        Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and
                        I am Your servant, andthat I have done all these things at Your
                        word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that
                        You are theLord God,
                        and that You have turned their hearts back to
                            You again.”
                    38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and
                        the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the
                        trench. 39 Now when all the people
                        saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
