Most of you will recall the story (I Kings 18) in the Old
Testament where the prophet Elijah challenged the gods of Israel. The 450
prophets of the god Baal were to pray to him and Elijah was to pray to Jehovah
God to send fire to burn up a sacrifice. All day the prophets prayed to their
god with no results. Then Elijah prayed to Jehovah God and fire fell and burned
up the sacrifice, not stopping until the wood, the stones, the soil, and even
the water were burned up by the fire of the one true God. The people were
amazed and worshipped Jehovah as the one true God;
