James 517 tells us that Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are.

He lived and served God under a wicked king, and yet, in spite of the wickedness around him,

he was a man who not only walked with

God he had the power of God on his life in this study a man like us in times like

ours Scott Paulie will share encouragement from the life of Elijah that will help

us make a difference for Christ in our generation.

Fire in Scripture is a symbol of the holiness of God. It is a picture of judgment,

of purity, of purging. Remember, our God is a consuming fire.

On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit first came to indwell all believers,

the Bible says that there was the cloven tongues like as of fire that sat upon them.

Well, in 1st Kings chapter 18, the fire of God fell on top of Mount Carmel.

It was a picture of the judgment of God on sin, on the purifying of God, on the nation,

of direct answers to prayer in the life of Elijah.

I'd like to point one thing out before we come to our study today, and it is this,

Elijah was not a perfect man.

He was not a perfect man.

We were told already in our introductory study in James that he was a man subject to

like passions as we are, and yet he prayed.

And perhaps you think, well, my passions are keeping me from praying.

Friend, your passions ought to drive you to prayer.

Your fleshliness ought to cause you to seek the Lord not to turn away from prayer.

So don't let something keep you from God.

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