Preparing For Fire - Peter Metzger

Sunday night at the Sun Valley Church in Florence, MT.
1 Kings 18:32-40
32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the
Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would
contain two measures of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces,
and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with
water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the
second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did
it the third time.
35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the
trench also with water.
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and
said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be
known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am
thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that
thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart
back again.
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and
licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces:
and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let
not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought
them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.