Elijah knows who the real God is so he starts a competition to prove it. The alter is ready--everyone is watching. Who will win the day?
To find out about the competition and who the winner is, color in this book and read the story. You can read about Elijah in the book of Kings. Recommended for ages 6 to 8.
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For more than 35 years, the best-selling Arch Book Bible story series has captivated children. Each book presents a complete Bible story in a fun-to-read way children can understand and remember. This book is about Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Softcover from Concordia.
Very affordable! Recommended for ages 5-9.
Elijah the Prophet Proves Baal is False
To Remember: You can only serve one Master.
Vocabulary:
prophet: someone who speaks for God (chosen by God)
Elijah challenges the priests of Baal to a contest
450 priests of Baal make sacrifices, even hurt
themselves, to get Baal's attention
nothing happens after several hours
Elijah prepares his sacrifice
He pours water on it three times, and prepares a moat to
keep the water in
This makes the offering difficult to set fire to
Elijah calls on God once
The Lord sent fire which not only consumed the wet
offering, but also all the wood, the stones, the very dirt under the
alter, and also took all the water!
The people recognize God and worship him
They destroy all the false prophets who had led them
into idol worship.
Discussion/Activity: Have the students stand up in a
line. Tell them they have to go in whatever direction you tell them. Call out
left, right, right, left, left right, etc going faster and faster until they
can't keep up. Have the sit and discuss: Can you walk in two directions at the
same time? No! When I said left, you went one way. When I said right you went
another. Elijah compared worshipping idols as trying to go two directions at the
same time. He told the people they would have to decide what direction (or path)
they would take. Going toward God meant going away from Baal. They couldn't have
it both ways. Jesus said something similar: "No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24. He
said that serving mammon (money, the world and its things) would lead you away
from God, even to the point of hating Him! We have to decide, like Joshua did
(Joshua 24:15) to serve the Lord.
Elijah: God' Powerful Prophet
