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Study 5B...It is only when our motive is that God should be glorified and His Name honoured and exalted that the fire of the Lord will fall.

@Livingwater Study5B..Fire on the Altar. 1king 18:17-40 We stopped at number one prerequisite of fire on the Altar,you can't afford to go on like this in this present world without His fire on your altar,so Arise...,here we are Study it diligently... God bless you 2 . IT WAS WHEN THE SACRIFICE WAS OFFERED Verse 33. The sacrifice was a bullock, which Elijah cut up and placed, piece by piece, on the altar. Compare Romans 12:1 and 6:13, and ask yourself: How many of the pieces of my life have I really offered to the Lord upon the altar, and how many of my members are yielded fully to Him ““as instruments of righteousness””? What about my hands, feet, eyes, ears, lips, my home, job, pleasures and friendships? Have I yielded all the ““pieces”” or “”members”” to Him? 3 . IT WAS WHEN THE WATER WAS POURED Verses 33-35. The pagan priests were notorious for their trickery in deceiving the people with false signs and lying wonders. Elijah was preparing to offset this, so after plac

Study 5A...The very first thing Elijah did in preparation for the coming of the fire was to repair the altar of the Lord.

@Livingwater Happy new month! Study 5 THE CHALLENGE ON MOUNT CARMEL (Scripture Portion: 1 Kings 18: 17-40) The Holy Spirit has certainly led the writer to give us a vivid and dramatic record of Elijah’’s great challenge on Mount Carmel. He is there in the presence of Ahab, the 450 prophets of Baal, 400 prophets of the groves and a company of people from all Israel. The question was: Is Baal the real God? or is Jehovah the true God, and is Elijah His servant? No one present that day was left in any doubt as to the answer to these questions when ““the fire of the Lord fell…”…” (verse 38). These biblical records are actual history, and in 1 Kings 18:17-40 we read of fact, not fiction. The whole story is intensely dramatic. What a great God we have! Perhaps the most important value of the incident, however, is that it is permanently challenging. The lessons of the incident abide. What are they? Let us answer this question by asking: What is the greatest need in the Church today? Is i