Chris Pinto, February 20, 2014

Chris continues his study of 1Kings and the steady progression of ancient Israel into apostasy. After the worship of the people was changed by Jeroboam, the kings themselves became worse and worse, until the reign of Ahab and Jezebel. The idolatry had become so normalized that it was seen as a light thing for Ahab to worship Baal, as if there were no longer a fear of God. Yet through this time of greatest darkness, the Lord raised up the prophet Elijah to turn the hearts of the people back to the Lord.