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Welcome to WikiChristian A encyclopedia and discussion forum for all Christians to share their faith with 350,006 pages and over a million edits. Statement of Faith | Vision Special Links: Bible Referencing | Page Layout & Writing Guide | Senior Editors | WikiChristian Needs Your Help! What is Christianity? Christianity is about God reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. Christians believe that the whole world and everything in it was created by God. God is a personal being, a living God who is three, yet one: Father, Son and Spirit, just as we human beings have body, mind and soul! (see the Trinity). The Bible says God created people in his image, to love him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Yet instead of turning his back on us, God became a man, Jesus, who most scholars believe was born about the year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of love throughout Palestine but public opinion turned against him and he was executed as a young man. He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with God becomes restored and we will live forever with God. Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of rule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with Jesus. Who is God? 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His wicked wife, Jezebel, encouraged him in Baal worship and Ahab led the entire nation into Baal worship. In chapter 17 Elijah suddenly appears in Ahab's court to proclaim that the drought would last another three years. Lack of rain was the punishment for the sins of the people. Following his proclamation, Elijah retires from public ministry for three years. During this time the Lord graciously cared for him. The obedient servant of God can always depend on the Master's faithful care. In chapter 18 Elijah returns to public ministry. God had been preparing him these three years for the job that was now before him. In verses 1-16 he faces Obadiah ; in verses 17-29 he faces the prophets of Baal, mocking them, and later revealing Baal as a false God. In verses 30-34 Elijah is in Israel. He had exposed the foolishness of sin of Baal, but the more important job was now bringing the nation back to the true worship of Jehovah. What we do with God in private is far more important than what God does for us in public. Our hidden life prepares us for our public life. Unless we are willing to go through the disciples of the dry brook, the depleted barrel, and the dead boy, as Elijah did, we will never have the victories Elijah had at Mt. Carmel. In chapter 19:1-8 God refreshes Elijah; in verses 9-18 God rebukes him; and finally God replaces him (verses 19-21). Elijah's life should be a good warning to us against despondency and discouragement. Often when we feel we have accomplished nothing, God reveals that He has used us more than we realize. It is a dangerous thing to think we are the only one holding to the truth. Elijah's bitterness and despondency, when he thought he was fighting the battle alone, could have shortened his ministry. The best solution for discouragement is found in Isaiah 40:31. 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