An extraordinary day at Mt. Carmel 1 Kings 18

religion is like…

  • who’s to blame? (vv1-9)
  • the experiment at Mt. Carmel (vv20-40)

Scene 1: The big question that cannot be avoided – who is the real God?

Scene 2: The inadequacy of sincerity – no answer from Baal

Scene 3 – The God who is really there – the grace of God at work

Scene 4 – The end of religion – the judgement of God at work

  •  the end of the story (vv41-46)

1 Kings 8.35-36

Christianity is like…