Elijah on Mount Carmel: Lesson Eight

The God that answers by fire, let Him be God.

Elijah set the test, and the people agreed to it.

1 Kings 18:24 (KJV): And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

Elijah prayed that the people would know the LORD is God and that he did all of this at His word.

1 Kings 18:36 (KJV): 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 of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed it all, even the water in the trench.

1 Kings 18:38 (KJV): Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

God still sends fire. On the day of Pentecost it came as cloven tongues like as of fire, and they spoke in tongues.

Acts 2:3-4 (KJV): And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.