Dear Parents, We hope the following summary of the Sunday School lesson will help you in discussing the lesson with your children and working through this booklet together. SCRIPTURE PASSAGE:
1 Kings 18:1-39, 41-45; 2 Kings 1:8; Luke 4:25-26
Elijah
BIBLE STORY SUMMARY:
Elijah had faith in the Lord prior to seeing evidence of God’s hand and then was shown the evidence. In today’s lesson he confronts the people of Israel with a challenge to do the same; God allows them a vivid glimpse of His might as they make their decision. After about three years of hiding, Elijah, through Obadiah, tells Ahab that it is time for a “showdown”. Mount Carmel is selected as the location, and Elijah challenges the people: “How long will you waver between two opinions?” The people are silent, so a contest begins to determine which god was (is) real. 450 prophets of Baal dance around their altar from morning until noon. Elijah even taunts them about a god who seems to be unavailable or uncaring. Elijah prepares his altar in a way that assures that there is no trickery and after a simple but direct prayer, the Lord comes with mighty fire to prove that He is the true and living God. The people of Israel quit their wavering and commit their lives to the Lord – “He is God”. That phrase is Elijah’s name. After the myth of Baal is defeated, Elijah presented himself before the Lord with his face in his knees asking for the rain that is so much needed in the land. After seven looks, Obadiah saw the coming rain begin over the Mediterranean Sea.
God Shows His Glory On Mount Carmel
LESSON FOCUS:
While it may be a tendency of mankind, we are not to sit on the fence with respect to our faith. Trying to “dance in both worlds” is actually a form of denying the supremacy of our Savior.
If we require evidence before belief, it is a faithless conviction.
WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT GOD:
God is powerful and mighty, displaying His hand in spectacular ways.
God is a forgiving God, giving everyone the opportunity to follow Him.
RESPONSE:
We should be fully committing our lives to living for our Savior, watching out for times when we avoid taking a stand. We should always be ready to show our faith in the Lord even before seeing evidence of His presence or power.
This Week’s Memory Verse: No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24
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Read 1 Kings 18:4-8
Monday—Obadiah Meets Elijah Who hid 100 of the Lord’s prophets in 2 caves?
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Unscramble the words and put the letters in the boxes in order in the blanks at the bottom of the page to find the hidden message. (hint: all these words can be found somewhere in this booklet)
Why did he do that?
Tnmuo mracel
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While Obadiah was looking for water in the land, who did he run into?
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Brletuor
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Gdruhto
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Ssropherrw
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No Way!
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Frgvnsseio
Sgink
Maybe
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Libdn
If you were Obadiah, would have wanted to do that? Yes
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Rppohtse
___ Obadiah followed the Lord, so he was excited to see Elijah. What did Elijah ask him to do?
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Hdaiabo
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Tuesday—Blind To Sin
Friday—Proof!
Read 1 Kings 18:26-29 & 33-39
It might be a lot of verses to read, but it is a pretty cool story!
Read 1 Kings 18:9-12
Obadiah was sure that Ahab would
______________ him if he told him he found Elijah.
The Baal worshippers did all they could to get their god to pay attention
Ahab was so mad at Elijah for causing the drought, but whose fault was the drought actually?
_______ ________________ , __________ one _____________, ____________ one _________ ____________.” (v.29)
How many times did Elijah have buckets of water thrown on the alter?
to them, “but there was
Zero Two three
Obadiah’s His own Peter Pan’s
Ahab was blind to his own sin. Sometimes we don’t see our sin right away either, and pretty soon God somehow points them out. When this happens, we need to: Ignore them Talk to God about it Ask for forgiveness
Write about it! Think about a time when you prayed about something and you saw God work. If you can’t think of something, ask your parents and write about it.
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Write a prayer asking God to show you where you have sin:
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Read 1 Kings 18:15-19
Wednesday—Elijah Confronts Ahab What name did Ahab call Ezekial?
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Have you ever been called something you didn’t deserve?
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___________ not made _________ for __________, “___________ replied, “But ___________ and your ____________ ____________ have.” “I
What did Ahab do that had caused trouble for Israel?
______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Elijah said Ahab had abandoned the Lord’s commands. Is it still important to follow the Lord’s commands? Why or why not?
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Thursday—Hangin’ Out On The Fence What did Elijah ask the Israelites?
Read 1 Kings 18:20-24
“How _____________ will
__________ ___________ between _____________ ____________?” What does it mean to waver?
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Sometimes we call it “sitting on the fence.” How long can you sit on a fence before you fall to one side or the other?
Forever Not very long Eventually you will have to move
The Israelites were wavering between
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and
_______________. Are you wavering between the world and God? Do you have friends who are wavering between the world and God?