Sermon Notes from Sunday, 1.6.13

Here are the sermon notes from Sunday, 1.6.13, from a sermon about Elijah.  You can get these notes in PDF and the sermon audio on our website sermons.heritagepark.org.  You can also download the audio via our podcast on iTunes.

Elijah

Part 1 – When a Prophet Talks Trash 

1 Kings 18

Trouble

• Ahab was in trouble for his idolatry, though he saw Elijah as the problem (v.17-18)
• The people were in trouble for their idolatry, though they were keeping God around (v.19-21)
• Sinful Spiral: idolatry leads to immorality, which leads to more idolatry.

Answer

• There is no answer for the people’s idolatry (v.21)
• There is an expected answer in the ritual (v.22-24)
• There is no answer from the people’s idol (v.25-29)
• There is a powerful answer from God (v.30-38)

Sacrifice

• It is amazing that fire fell and the sacrifice was consumed
• It is more amazing that when the fire fell, the people were not consumed with the sacrifice
• There was another sacrifice on another hill that led to repentance and the faith-filled confession of His Lordship