“Elijah: The Prophet Of Fire”
1 Kings 17:1
A. His Private Ministry1 Kings 17
1. Prophecy Of Drought17:1
2. Fed At Cherith By Ravens17:2-7
3. Fed At Zarephath By The Widow17:8-16
4. The Resurrected Son 17:17-24
B. His Public Ministry1 Kings 18 - 2 Kings 1
Victory
5. Carmel’s Challenge 1 Kings 18:(18:38 – Fire)
Vexation
6. Fed In The Wilderness 19:1-7
7. The Voice Of God 19:8-18(19:12 – Fire)
Vengeance
8. Ahaziah’s Men Burned 2 Kings 1:1-14(Fire)
9. Ahaziah’s Death Fulfilled 1:15-17
C. His Parting Ministry2 Kings
10. Elijah’s Translation 2:1-11(Chariot Of Fire)
(James 5:16-18) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. {17} Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. {18} And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
What Does It Mean To Be A Man Of God?
Walking In God's Directions
Working In God's Dynamic (His Power, Not Ours)
Witnessing Of God's Details
Elijah’s Fearless Stand1 Kings 17:1
Elijah’s Fortress Of Solitude1 Kings 17:2-7
Elijah’s Further Supply1 Kings 17:8-16
Elijah’s Facing The Shadows (or Sorrow)1 Kings 17:17-24
Elijah And The Fearful Servant (Obadiah)1 Kings 18:1-16
Elijah’s Fight With Sin1 Kings 18:17-46
Elijah’s Failing Strength1 Kings 19:1-18
Elijah’s Foe And His Story1 Kings 21:1-29
Elijah’s Fiery Sermon2 Kings 1:1-18
Elijah’s Final Steps2 Kings 2:1-12
Elijah’s Fellowship With The Savior
The Prophet Elijah
Elijah the prophet was from Tishbe in Gilead, but the precise location of this town is uncertain. There is no mention of his birth and parentage and his family background may even have been non-Israelite. Elijah’s name, which means “Yahweh is my God,” may be regarded as the motto of his life. His prophetic objective was to awaken Israel to the conviction that Yahweh alone is God. Elijah is pictured as a lonely figure “wearing a leather belt around his waist” (2 Kin. 1:8). Elijah lived during the period of Ahab’s reign, when the pagan worship of Baal was formally introduced into Israel (16:32).
Elijah’s first act was to announce to Ahab that the true God was about to send a dreaded famine upon the country because of Ahab’s religious sins (17:1). Baal, the Canaanite god of storm and fertility, was directly challenged by this prediction of drought.
When Elijah’s career was over, he neither died nor was buried. While conversing with his successor, the prophet Elisha, Elijah was suddenly taken up in a chariot of fire and whirlwind into heaven (2 Kin. 2:1–12). Elijah is mentioned in Malachi 4:5 as the harbinger of the “day of the Lord” and as the herald of the Messiah, and this prophecy was fulfilled in the ministry of John the Baptist (Matt. 11:7–14; Luke 1:17).
Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nelson’s complete book of Bible maps and charts: Old and New Testament [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1996.