When my husband and I play tennis it is a "no-contest" contest. He is a far better player than I. In fact, we have a deal that anytime I can beat him a whole set, he will take me out for a lobster dinner. He is perfectly safe from having to pay. This contest has been running for as long as we've been married, and in 21 years I've had lobster once! The match is a "no-contest" contest. He always wins!

In this text we have another kind of competition. The contest takes place on Mount Carmel. There is a sharp rivalry between Elijah and the pagan prophets, between God and Baal, between true and false gods. But the outcome will show it to be another "no-contest" contest. God Wants To Be Your Only God

Elijah, the prophet of God, has just announced to King Ahab and the people of Israel that they…