Elijah and Competing Worship - Teacher (Standard) (print)

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Objective: Explain from the passage that elijah confronted israel's divided allegiance and called the people to choose whom they would follow and locate the lesson on the whole-Bible timeline.

Read: 1 Kings 18:17-39

Opening: Ask: What does this passage actually say before we explain what it means?

Say:

Elijah challenges Israel’s divided allegiance by asking how long they will limp between the LORD and Baal.
After the altar is drenched, the LORD answers by fire and the people acknowledge the LORD as God.
Taken together, these passages support the lesson’s big idea: Elijah confronted Israel's divided allegiance and called the people to choose whom they would follow.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires synthesis or inference?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Elijah and Competing Worship Evidence Grid.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; Elijah and Competing Worship Evidence Grid

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of 1 Kings 18:17-39 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating? What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Elijah and Competing Worship Evidence Grid. Printable: Y2-L02-P01-command-choice-consequence-flow.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?

Activity details

Elijah and Competing Worship Evidence Grid · 10 min

Materials: Command / Choice / Consequence Flow; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read 1 Kings 18:17-39 and record two direct observations.
Connect the observations to this big idea: Elijah confronted Israel's divided allegiance and called the people to choose whom they would follow.
Name one faithful response without claiming more than the passage supports.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: Genesis 2:15-17

Prayer: Thank God for what this passage reveals and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: Elijah confronted Israel's divided allegiance and called the people to choose whom they would follow.