Week 6: The Ministry of Elijah

The Ministry of Elijah: 1 Kings 18-19

Objective: 

• God'Elijah’s second appearanceMessage to SolomonAhab
• Queen of Sheba'Elijah’s visitMount Carmel Victory
• Solomon'sElijah heart turnsEscapes from theJezebel
Lord
• Elisha Follows Elijah

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
• Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)

Reading:

• • 1 Kings 12:1-1518:19-46
  • 1 Kings 17:1-24
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  ALL

Key verse(s):

• "ButHow helong rejectedwill you falter between two opinions? If the adviceLord whichis theGod, eldersfollow hadHim; givenbut him,if andBaal, consultedfollow the young men who had grown up with him”him.” 1 Kings 12:818:21

Comments:

• TheElijah elders,faced whothe were Davidpriests and Solomons'sdefeated councilsthem before,in advisedfront Rehoboam to listen toof the people.
If
• This hewas hadnot listeneda personal matter, but Elijah wanted to prove that the peopleLord God is the true God (18:37)
• He asked them to keep adding water so that they can't deny the strength of the miracle.
• Elijah prayed seven times for the rain. He never lost hope or faith in God. This teaches us to never stop praying until we hear/see God's response.
• After this glorious day, Elijah lost hope and shown his love to them, they were going to follow him. Because he didn't follow their council, the kingdom was splitscared inof two.
Jezebel.
• It'sHe alwaysis importanta human and felt weak for a leader to show love first before authority or leadership.moment.
• Chapter 17 mentions Elijah forand theMoses first time. Elijah is a great strong prophetonly in the OT.OT fasted for forty days and forty nights.
• AhabGod wasnever aleft veryhim badalone king.to his thoughts, He drifted away from God's commandmentscame and worshippedsupported him.
• He told God he is the idols.only prophet who believes in Him, but God told him that reserved seven thousand in Israel.
• AhabWe andsee hisGod 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 asktelling Elijah to bring the rain back. 
• Elijah wentElisha to staybe withhis adisciple widow.so Thishe widowcan was a gentile, but she showed great faith in Elijah.
• Her faith in Elijah's God iscarry the mainservice reasonafter 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.Elijah.

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

1. RehoboamHow listeneddid toElijah challenge the adviceprophets of whom?
2. Was that a good decision?Baal?
3. How dodid youElijah seeshow the workpeople ofthat God in Elijah?
4. Wasis the widowreal woman obedient to Elijah? What was the result?God?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1. RehoboamWhose listenedsacrifice towas accepted?
   a)Elijah’s sacrifice b) the adviceprophets of:
   a)of the eldersb) the young menBaal c) both of themAhab d) neithera and b
2. Who deliveredwoke foodElijah and gave him to Elijah?eat and drink?
   a) a pigeonJezebel b) ravenObadiah c)squirrels an Angel
3. WhatWho did Elijah askbecame the widowprophet toafter do for him? Elijah?
   a) wash his clothHazael b) let him stay at her houseJehu c) bakeSamuel breadd) for himElisha