Elijah on Mount Carmel (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Elijah and Elisha
Read 1 Kings 18
- Why is Obadiah afraid? (I Kings 18:7-16)
- Why is Elijah challenging the Baal prophets?
- What is the challenge? (I Kings 18:22-24)
- How many Baal prophets were there?
- What did they do?
- How successful were they in getting Baal to
answer by fire?
- What did Elijah do after the Baal prophets
failed to get an answer?
- Why do you think Elijah used so much water
on his offering?
- After God answered by fire, what did the
people do? (I Kings 18:39)
- Why did the people keep vacillating between
God and idols?
- What possible comfort could they derive from
a statue or piece of gold?
- Do people worship idols today? What kinds?
- After the fire contest, what did Elijah do
to the prophets of Baal?
- After the fire contest, what did Elijah do
to the prophets of Baal?
- How did Jezebel react to this news?
- What did she promise to do to Elijah?
- How did Elijah react? (I Kings 19:4)
- Why did Elijah want to give up? Hadn't God
given him sufficient proof of His existence
by answering with fire?
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