Title Elijah's Altar / 1 Kings 18:36-40
Contents * Elijah's altar was an altar with prayers.
The Israelites in the time of Elijah committed a terrible crime before God by bringing in Baal and Asherah poles and making all the people kneel before the demon of Baal and worship him.
At this time, Elijah realized that he could not solve this great situation on his own, and after convening all the people to Mount Carmel, he began to pray earnestly to Jehovah God with his life as his own.
"O LORD! Let this people know that you are God, and that you are turning their hearts."
God heard this earnest prayer and came down to the altar in heaven to answer it. God captured the prophets of Baal and Asherah, but did not let any escape, and dragged them down to the brook Kishon and destroyed them.
Saints! You must know that prayer is the best way to overcome a crisis and is the only way to solve problems. When the saints pray, the demons will go away and sickness, sadness, pain and unhappiness will disappear. God chose those who pray, entrusted them with the world, and blessed them to do great and great things. British Reformer John Knox said, "A man who prays is stronger than a people who does not pray." Astronomer Newton said, "I can see a thousand li through a telescope, but when I pray to God, I see the kingdom of heaven farther away." I did.
The Lord said, "Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will show you great and mighty things that you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3).
Dear saints, We all live in a difficult world right now. Therefore, like Elijah on Mount Carmel, we need to hold a prayer table. We should pray, "Lord, grant me the patience and courage to endure in all these sects." John Calvin said, "The day you do not pray for more than three hours a day is the day you lose to the devil."
When we pray, many spiritual things happen, and when we neglect our prayers, the things of the world pile up like a mountain.
* Elijah's altar was an altar of wealth.
Elijah built an altar of stones, spread the wood, cut the calves from each other, and placed them on the altar. God is pleased with sacrifices with sacrifices.
What sacrifices are pleasing to God? They cut out the corners of the main branch and placed them on the altar. God is pleased with sacrifices with sacrifices. What sacrifices are pleasing to God? It is our very sacrifice that the Lord bought with His blood. “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not yours, but you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God with your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19). ,20) did.
God wants to accept our bodies as living sacrifices. In order for us to become living sacrifices, we must first cast off our old self that follows our old customs. We have a lot of decaying old habits. Blood, anger, pride, envy, resentment, murmuring, fornication, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, strife and separation, heresy and drunkenness (Galatians 5:19-21) is.
* Elijah's altar was an altar with fire.
On the altar of Elijah on Mount Carmel, the fire of the Lord came down and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, and the soil, and licked up the water that was standing in the trench. Christianity is a religion of salvation and a religion of fire. I hope that the fire that came on the thorns on Mount Horeb, the fire that came on Abraham's altar on Mount Moriah, the fire that came on Elijah's altar on Mount Carmel, and the fire of the Holy Spirit that came on Mark's upper room on the day of Pentecost, may come down in your hearts today.
God promised through the prophet Joel, "I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your children will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions."
To receive the Holy Spirit, we must first repent. Peter exclaimed, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Also, in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit, we must earnestly long for and pray for the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Lord said, "If you, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
Dear saints! The fire of the Holy Spirit must be kindled above all for us living in the age of the apocalypse. DL Moody struggled and longed for the Holy Spirit while walking in New York City when the fiery Holy Spirit came upon him.
The Holy Spirit came upon him so that he could not bear the heat so much that he later prayed to God to stop his hand. He became a great trumpet of the gospel that traveled all over the world and saved 1 million souls.
Dear saints! Jesus appeared to the disciples who were trembling with fear and locked the door in despair and frustration and told them to receive the Holy Spirit.
May you come in with an open heart and pour out the gift of the Holy Spirit in abundance. Therefore, I pray that all of us will rise up and shine, filled with the Holy Spirit, so that we will become witnesses of the gospel that goes to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.