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1 Kings · read by Dean Hochstetler
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1 Kings 18
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Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him." But the people did not answer a word.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people answered, "What you say is good."Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire."Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, "Israel shall be your name."Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.Read from NASB1995 · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6
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Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.Read from ESV · (The Role of Demons in Today's Society) Part 6