Brother Edward shares a message about preparing for Pentecost. Drawing from Elijah’s victory on Mount Carmel, the sermon calls for total spiritual consecration. By repairing broken altars, seeking unity, and humbling themselves, the congregation prepares for a “Pentecostal fire” that consumes indifference and a “heavenly rain” that ends spiritual famine, restoring the community to the living God.

The sermon centers on the narrative of Elijah and the prophets of Baal from 1 Kings 18. Brother Edward highlights the “duel” on Mount Carmel, focusing on the following key elements:

• The Confrontation (v. 21): Elijah challenges the people of Israel for “limping between two opinions,” demanding they choose between Jehovah and Baal.
• The Restoration of the Altar (v. 30): Before the miracle, Elijah repairs the ruined altar of the Lord using twelve stones, symbolizing the twelve tribes of Israel and the need for communal unity.
• The Sacrifice and the Water: Elijah saturates the sacrifice with water three times to prove that the coming fire is not ordinary but a divine, heavenly manifestation that cannot be extinguished.
• The Divine Response (v. 36-39): Upon Elijah’s prayer—motivated solely by God’s glory—fire descends from heaven, consuming the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the water, leading the people to declare, “Jehovah is God.”

Congregation response

Brother Edwards issues a call for “serious repentance” and “total commitment” (100%, not 99%) in preparation for the upcoming Sunday of Pentecost.

• Choose a Side: Stop being “lukewarm” or “limping” between the ways of the world and the ways of God.
• Renew the Altar: Identify and repair the “broken areas” of your life, specifically relationships with God and others that have fallen into ruin.
• Humble Yourself: The preacher emphasizes that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. The sacrifice must be “broken” (contrite) to be acceptable.
• Seek the Fire and Rain: The congregation is challenged to move past the “indifference” and “coldness” prevalent in the post-COVID era and seek the Holy Spirit’s fire to cleanse and His rain to satisfy spiritual thirst.