Sunday Sermonette: A very sore winner

Chapter 18 is very long, but it tells a simple story. After long and pointless maneuvering, Elijah meets Ahab, he challenges the priests of Baal to a miracle contest, Elijah wins, then he murders all of the priests of Baal. Then God makes it rain. That ' s it. Enjoy!18 After many days the word of theLord came to Eli ′jah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.”2 So Eli ′jah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samar′ia.3 And Ahab called Obadi ′ah, who was over the household. (Now Obadi′ah revered theLord greatly;4 and when Jez ′ebel cut off the prophets of theLord, Obadi ′ah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)5 And Ahab said to Obadi ′ah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.”6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadi ′ah went in another direction by himself.7 And as Obadi ′ah was on the way, behold, Eli′jah met him; and Obadi′ah recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Eli′jah?”8 And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Eli′jah is here.’”9 And he said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would give your servant in...
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