week of 9/21

Unit 13  Session 3

A DIVIDED PEOPLE

1 KINGS 18:20-2630-39

 

Key Concept:

The Lord alone is the true God and worthy of worship.

Following the pattern of Jeroboam, every king in the Northern Kingdom of Israel did what was evil in the Lord's eyes. The worst was Ahab, who set up a temple for the false god Baal in the capital city of Samaria and made an Asherah pole, leading Israel further into idolatry. The Lord sent Elijah to Ahab to prophesy about a three-year drought throughout Israel as a punishment against the wicked rule of Ahab and his father, Omri (1 Kings 17:1; 18:18). With no rain in the land and the famine affecting their food, the time had come for Elijah to present the question to the people of Israel: Who is the true God, Baal or the Lord?

As you read 1 Kings 18:20-26, 30-39:

✞   Recognize that Elijah demanded that the people stop trying to worship 

    both God and Baal.

     

✞   Dwell on the fact that a true, living God will act and respond to His people.