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Week 6: The Ministry of Elijah

The Ministry of Elijah: 1 Kings 18-19

Objective: 

  • God's second appearance to Solomon
  • Queen of Sheba's visit
  • Solomon's heart turns from the Lord

Resources:

Reading:

    • 1 Kings 12:1-15
    • 1 Kings 17:1-24

Key verse(s):

  • "But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him” 1 Kings 12:8

Comments:

  • The elders, who were David and Solomons's councils before, advised Rehoboam to listen to the people. If he had listened to the people and shown his love to them, they were going to follow him. Because he didn't follow their council, the kingdom was split in two.
  • It's always important for a leader to show love first before authority or leadership.
  • Chapter 17 mentions Elijah for the first time. Elijah is a great strong prophet in the OT.
  • Ahab was a very bad king. He drifted away from God's commandments and worshipped the idols.
  • Ahab and his wife Jezebel were very ungodly people.
  • As a punishment to Ahab, and as a way for him to repent, Elijah stopped the rain. When the rain stopped, a famine happened.
  • Some may ask, why does this have to happen to the people also?
    • The people knew that this was because of Ahab's actions. They will starve and stop working, so they will force Ahab to repent and ask Elijah to bring the rain back. 
  • Elijah went to stay with a widow. This widow was a gentile, but she showed great faith in Elijah.
  • Her faith in Elijah's God is the main reason she and her son did not suffer from hunger as everyone else.
  • Her faith again brought her son back from the dead. This was the first time that a dead person will come back.

Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

  1. Rehoboam listened to the advice of whom?
  2. Was that a good decision?
  3. How do you see the work of God in Elijah?
  4. Was the widow woman obedient to Elijah? What was the result?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

  1. Rehoboam listened to the advice of:
    a) the eldersb) the young men c) both of them d) neither
  2. Who delivered food to Elijah? a) a pigeon b) raven c)squirrels
  3. What did Elijah ask the widow to do for him? a) wash his cloth b) let him stay at her house c) bake bread for him
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