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Bible Survey: Part Two

DAY 15 OF 89

This chapter describes a great showdown. It’s not between Elijah and Ahab, it’s between God and false belief. The showdown was designed to make Baal look particularly powerless. Baal was the god of storms, so he should have been able to make lighting strike. Mount Carmel typically had large amounts of rainfall, so Baal was considered to be more powerful there. Baal had 450 prophets representing him and God only had one. Baal’s prophets worked very hard to get Baal to respond, but Elijah only said a simple prayer. It’s as if God was saying he can beat Baal with one hand tied behind His back!

You probably aren’t tempted to worship other gods, but you may be tempted to depend on things other than God. You may also be tempted to put extra effort into alternatives, like the prophets of Baal did. Working late, constant monitoring of your investments, doing excessive maintenance on a possession or hyper-vigilance in the care of your children can be ways we work to strengthen something we value. However, God should be more important to us than those things. He cares for us rather than us caring for Him. He will be with us throughout eternity, while other things are only temporary.

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Bible Survey: Part Two

This is the second part of a 365 day plan that contains key chapters from each book of the Bible. Weekends can be used to catch up on missed readings or for reflection. Notes are also included to assist with understanding.

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