Living Water Community Church

We explored the famous confrontation with the prophets of Baal on mount Carmel. It is really easy to get caught up in the details of what went on and miss the way the apex of this event is brought about in response to prayer. This is truly a confrontation between the true God of Israel and the false god Baal. Elijah stacked everything in favor of Baal. He met at their high holy place. He let the prophets of Baal take first pick of the bull to be sacrificed. He gave the prophets of Baal the first opportunity to call on their god. He prepared his own sacrifice and had it completely soaked with water. No worshipper of Baal could say Elijah didn’t give them the opportunity or make it difficult for their god to respond. But no matter what they did or how they called on the name of Baal nothing happened. Elijah appears to have really enjoyed the show because he engaged in a bit of sarcasm, suggesting their god might be on a trip, or maybe he was going to the bathroom, or couldn’t hear them and they should call loud