Introduction
Let me begin with a discipleship question: how will you follow Jesus in prayer and dependence on God this week?
Main Points
In this lesson shaped by Calvary Boise's teaching on KIDS TIME: Amazed - October 11, 2020, Christ invites us to receive truth with humility, practice repentance, and walk in faithful obedience.
Prayer and Dependence
All right friends right here right now I challenge you to a staring contest let's do this super focus I have to warn you. I'm really good at this okay that was a lot harder than I thought but I do love challenges the thing about challenges is.
- That it helps you see who the real deal is welcome everybody to our series amazed where we're looking at the life of the.
- Prophet elijah who was able to witness truly amazing miracles of god during his lifetime before our lesson though let's pray god thank you.
- For loving us thank you that you're with us always we just ask that you would bless this time bless our lives in jesus.
- Name amen now open up those bibles to the book of first kings again do you guys remember his first kings in the new.
Testament or the old testament old testament that's right turn to chapter 18 today as we get ready to talk about a time that. Elijah found himself in a challenge between him representing those who serve and worship the one true god versus a whole group of others.
Faith and Obedience
Elijah calls out to the people and he says you can either follow the one true god or not stop pretending like you're doing. Both at the same time now in this moment elijah seemed outnumbered unpopular and very much alone because what we'll see is that elijah.
- Is there representing the one true god well there are many others on the other side it says in verse 22 elijah said to.
- Them I am the only prophet of the lord who is left but baal has 450 prophets he tells them in verse 24 with.
- This challenge call on the name of your god and I'll call in the name of the lord the god who answers by setting.
- Fire to the wood is the true god and the people all agreed verse 29 they raved all afternoon until the time of the.
Evening sacrifice but still there was no sound no reply no response elijah said hey let's settle this once and for all let's see. Who the one true god is we will each call out to our god and the god who answers by setting fire to our.
Walking in Faithful Obedience
Nothing smells like apple that's cool okay our next one I found a leaf this one is a little bit dry and a little. Bit crumbly what do you think will it burn well we're about to find out make your decision yikes I'm going to say yes.
- To that one that one did burn now I have another leaf here it's our next one this one's a green leaf what do.
- You think will it burn let's check it out hmm this one doesn't seem to want to burn like the brown leaf why do.
- You think that is yeah I think it has something to do with the moisture the wetness inside the leaf it's still green it's.
- Still got some of that wet water life in it uh but let's do our last couple I've got a couple of matches here.
Which are meant to burn right yeah and from our story we know that they set up an altar or a place to burn. A sacrifice to their god elijah had one the prophets of baal had one and they set it up so that it could burn.
Faith and Obedience
And the dust that even licked up all the water in the trench and when all the people saw they fell face down on. The ground and cried out the lord he is god no matter how much the odds are stacked against you if god is for.
- You then nothing's going to stop you and I think elijah knew that it can be really tempting just to follow the crowd to.
- Do what everybody else is doing but when you stand with god like elijah did you get to see god do some truly amazing.
- Things for elijah he had the odds stacked against him not just by being outnumbered but his sacrifice had water covering it a trench.
- Of water around it the wood was wet there was really no reason that any of it should catch on fire even if he.
Brought fire to it but god showed up did an amazing miracle and burnt up the whole thing even the stones all the water. Every little bit of that sacrifice to show people who the true god is remember everybody we have the hope we have the truth.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Closing Prayer
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.