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In 1 Kings 16 we meet Ahab, the seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel. If you remember, the nation of Israel had become divided after Solomon's death; 10 tribes in the north called Israel and two tribes in the south called Judah.

The moral condition of things in the north was not good. I saw a chart which listed the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel and it included a description of whether they were bad or good. Beginning with Jeroboam, the kings were listed as bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, very bad, and, the worst; that was the description of King Ahab.

In verse 31 it reads, "as though it had been a trivial thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, Ahab married Jezebel and worshiped and served Baal."

So, we are introduced both to King Ahab as well as to Jezebel. Without question, people know that Jezebel was a wicked woman. If a woman is described as a “Jezebel,” you can be sure it is in insult. People love to find interesting names for their daughters, but I have never yet met anyone who named their daughter Jezebel. Her name is used in the book of Revelation to describe a wicked and adulterous generation.

Then, just as suddenly, we are introduced to Elijah in Chapter 17. He was perhaps the greatest prophet in the Old Testament. We know nothing of his background. We don't know who his parents were, although we do know that he was hairy in appearance.

When we look at the times in which Elijah lived, there could be many comparisons made to the times in which we live. Many people were turning away from God and pursuing worldly things. If you were to do a study of the gods of Baal and Ashtoreth, you would see an amazing similarity to conditions today. It was all about money, power and sex.

These were the gods that had caused God to remove the nations from that land and give it to Israel. Can you imagine how it must have broken God's heart to see his own people falling into such moral darkness?

But today we want to learn from the life of Elijah. Here was a man who made a difference in his generation. He was a man of godly power and authority and his story is an opportunity for us to transform our lives as well. What were the secrets of the life of this man of God?


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