列王紀上18:22-24

 

18:22 以利亞對眾民說：「作耶和華先知的只剩下我一個人；巴力的先知卻有四百五十個人。
18:23 當給我們兩隻牛犢，巴力的先知可以挑選一隻，切成塊子，放在柴上，不要點火；我也預備一隻牛犢放在柴上，也不點火。
18:24 你們求告你們神的名，我也求告耶和華的名。那降火顯應的上帝，就是上帝。」眾民回答說：「這話甚好。」

²² Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. ²³ Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. ²⁴ Then you 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.”

Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”

 

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    以利亞的宣告，雖然讓人覺得勢單力薄，但是有上帝什麼都不怕！

 

    耶和華的先知雖然只有一人，巴力先知卻有450人；然而耶和華是真正的上帝，巴力是人想像出來的假神；也因此真正有力量的是耶和華，巴力只是一個虛無的影像，是無法與上帝比較的！

 

    今日的基督徒也要有這樣的確認，只有上帝才是真實，不要一些虛幌的勢力所欺騙而喪膽。就像先知以利亞靠主堅立，就不怕巴力虛謊的勢力，最後還靠主得勝！