September 2024

READ: Hebr. 12:18-29 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. – 1 Kin. 18:30 Elijah now calls the people forward to restore the LORD’s altar, which they had used to serve

READ: 1 Kin. 18:22-29: …and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.” … The ten-tribe kingdom had become increasingly apostate.. First through the self-willed worship in Dan and Bethel, and later by accepting and worshiping the idols of heathen nations and allowing

READ: Josh. 24:14-28 … How long will you falter between two opinions? – 1 Kin. 18:19-21 Elijah demands from Ahab that he gather all the people on Mount Carmel. Elijah wants to address all the people because God made His covenant with each of them. At that time, the people themselves had said “yes” to

READ: Deut. 11:13-22, 26-28 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. – 1 Kin. 18:18 When Ahab does not attribute the blame for God’s punishment to himself but rather accuses Elijah, Elijah

READ: Matt. 10:22-33 … and Ahab went to meet Elijah.Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?                    – 1 Kin. 18:16b-17 This is Ahab’s response to God’s covenant judgment. He does not see that Yahweh’s

READ: 1 Kon. 18:7-16a: … Then Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today. It is a remarkable encounter between Elijah and Obadiah. Both are faithful members of God’s true church and hold official positions. Elijah is a prophet of the LORD, and

READ: 1 Kin. 18:1-6: … Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth … Elijah was called by the LORD to announce to King Ahab a great drought as a covenant curse over idolatry in Israel. God’s punishment involved a prolonged drought and famine. That was about three years ago.

READ: 1 Kin. 17:22-24: … Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth. A miracle happens in response to Elijah’s prayer. It is written in verse 22: “And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah.” At this

READ: Hebr. 11:8-19 … O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.                  – 1 Kin. 17:19-21 How different was Abraham’s reaction when the LORD tested his faith by asking him to sacrifice his own son Isaac. This woman lacks that faith,

READ: Job 1:6-22 … Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son? … 1 Kon. 17:17,18 In verse 17, a new episode follows. The woman’s son becomes ill, so seriously that he dies. The boy truly dies; it is not a false death. In verse 21, Elijah