Elijah on Mount Carmel: Lesson Six

Repair the altar first.

Before Elijah called on God, he called the people near and repaired the altar that was broken down.

1 Kings 18:30 (KJV): And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

He built it with twelve stones, and he built it in the name of the LORD.

1 Kings 18:31-32 (KJV): And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

Whatever we do in word or deed, we do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Colossians 3:17 (KJV): And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.