Days of Elijah
Join your Calvary Chapel family on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the main sanctuary or online via our website (www.calvaryinv.com), Facebook, or YouTube (Calvary Inverness).
We will gather to exalt Jesus, encourage one another in love, and prepare to share the gospel as we begin a new series on the lives and ministries of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 17-2 Kings 13).
The prophets Elijah and Elisha dominate the Old Testament, possibly as chronicled by Jeremiah. Between them, they pronounced judgment on wicked kings, called down fire from heaven, raised the dead, and confronted the false prophets of Baal, who had been commissioned and sanctioned by Ahab's evil pagan wife, Jezebel.
What made their ministries remarkable was the environment in which they ministered. Israel (the ten Northern Tribes of Israel) was ruled by ten wicked kings who led the nation into a downward spiral of apostasy.
Not only did they promote the sinister worship of the gods of the Sidonians, but they also persecuted and pursued the prophets in an attempt to silence the truth of God's word.
Before their ministry began, Israel had already begun to stray from God. Rehoboam, Solomon's son, foolishly chose to listen to his peers rather than his father's counselors, leading ten tribes to rebel under Jeroboam's leadership.
Fearing that his constituents would return to Jerusalem to worship God, the new king set up his own religious system. One altar was in Dan and the other in Bethel. This was unadulterated idolatry, a stench in the nostrils of a holy God.
Rather than repent, Jeroboam continued leading his people into the depraved worship of a false god. His wickedness set the standard for the nine kings who followed. Each was more depraved than the last, until Ahab, whom Jeremiah said provoked the Lord more than anyone before him or anyone who would follow.
King Ahab sanctioned the worship of two deities from Jezebel's homeland: Baal, a major Canaanite and Phoenician God of storm, rain, and fertility; and Ashtoreth, the Sidonians' and Phoenicians' chief female deity, associated with fertility, love, war, and Venus, the evening star. Their worship involved immoral rituals and, at times, human sacrifice.
At this time, God chose, anointed, and sent the prophet Elijah to confront Ahab and warn him of judgment if he persisted in his apostasy. Though the king feared Elijah, he refused to heed the warning under his wife's influence. His disregard for God and His prophet led to the gruesome deaths of both Ahab and Jezebel.
The lives of Elijah and his successor, Elisha, remind us that even when a nation turns away from God, God's people should continue to testify to His unconditional, eternal love, Christ's transforming power, and the Holy Spirit's empowering presence.
These gifts are freely given to all who repent, trust in Christ for forgiveness, and are regenerated by the Holy Spirit to serve as witnesses.
In His Strong Love,
Pastor
We will gather to exalt Jesus, encourage one another in love, and prepare to share the gospel as we begin a new series on the lives and ministries of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 17-2 Kings 13).
The prophets Elijah and Elisha dominate the Old Testament, possibly as chronicled by Jeremiah. Between them, they pronounced judgment on wicked kings, called down fire from heaven, raised the dead, and confronted the false prophets of Baal, who had been commissioned and sanctioned by Ahab's evil pagan wife, Jezebel.
What made their ministries remarkable was the environment in which they ministered. Israel (the ten Northern Tribes of Israel) was ruled by ten wicked kings who led the nation into a downward spiral of apostasy.
Not only did they promote the sinister worship of the gods of the Sidonians, but they also persecuted and pursued the prophets in an attempt to silence the truth of God's word.
Before their ministry began, Israel had already begun to stray from God. Rehoboam, Solomon's son, foolishly chose to listen to his peers rather than his father's counselors, leading ten tribes to rebel under Jeroboam's leadership.
Fearing that his constituents would return to Jerusalem to worship God, the new king set up his own religious system. One altar was in Dan and the other in Bethel. This was unadulterated idolatry, a stench in the nostrils of a holy God.
Rather than repent, Jeroboam continued leading his people into the depraved worship of a false god. His wickedness set the standard for the nine kings who followed. Each was more depraved than the last, until Ahab, whom Jeremiah said provoked the Lord more than anyone before him or anyone who would follow.
King Ahab sanctioned the worship of two deities from Jezebel's homeland: Baal, a major Canaanite and Phoenician God of storm, rain, and fertility; and Ashtoreth, the Sidonians' and Phoenicians' chief female deity, associated with fertility, love, war, and Venus, the evening star. Their worship involved immoral rituals and, at times, human sacrifice.
At this time, God chose, anointed, and sent the prophet Elijah to confront Ahab and warn him of judgment if he persisted in his apostasy. Though the king feared Elijah, he refused to heed the warning under his wife's influence. His disregard for God and His prophet led to the gruesome deaths of both Ahab and Jezebel.
The lives of Elijah and his successor, Elisha, remind us that even when a nation turns away from God, God's people should continue to testify to His unconditional, eternal love, Christ's transforming power, and the Holy Spirit's empowering presence.
These gifts are freely given to all who repent, trust in Christ for forgiveness, and are regenerated by the Holy Spirit to serve as witnesses.
In His Strong Love,
Pastor
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