SHOW & TELL.

4 “My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power….”

1 Corinthians 2:4 [NKJV]

19 “Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

1 Kings 18:19 [NKJV]

3 Ways We Make Grace Visible.

1. Repair The Altar.

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.”…And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

1 Kings 18:30 [NKJV]

21 [Elijah said,] “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.”

1 Kings 18:21 [NKJV]

3 Now when the tempter came to [Jesus], he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

Matthew 4:3-4 [NKJV]

13 A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.

Leviticus 6:13 [NKJV]

6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

2 Timothy 1:6 [NIV]

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

1 Kings 18:31 [NKJV] 

3 Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

Acts 14:3 [NIV]

16 The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

James 5:16-18 [NKJV]

5 Peter was kept in prison, but fervent and persistent prayer for him was being made to God by the church.

Acts 12:5 [AMP]

2. Remove The Performance.

26 They called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered.

1 Kings 18:26a [NKJV]

26 Then they leaped about the altar which they had made…28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29 But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.

1 Kings 18:26b, 28-29 [NKJV]

8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit…

Colossians 2:8 [KJV]

17  The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 [NKJV]

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 [NKJV]

13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.

Mark 11:13–14 [NKJV]

33 And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

1 Kings 18:33–35 [NKJV]

24 The God who answers by fire, He is God.

1 Kings 18:24 [NKJV]

21 Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread.

Judges 6:21 [NKJV]

26 [God] answered [David] from heaven by fire on the altar.

1 Chronicles 21:26  [NKJV]

1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

2 Chronicles 7:1 [NKJV]

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water…

1 Kings 18:38 [NKJV]

21 [Elijah said,] “If the Lord is God…”

1 Kings 18:21 [NKJV]

3. Restore Hearts Back To God.

36 Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel…37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

1 Kings 18:36–37 [NKJV]

39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 [NKJV]

32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:32 [NKJV]

22 “My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to Me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”

Jeremiah 3:22 [NLT]