Elijah #6 Peace-makers or Trouble-makers?

What does it mean to live at peace with others? Does it mean you must join hands with and support every religious cause in the world regardless of its contradictions to the infallible testimony of God found in Scripture? Does living at peace with others mean you must throw away any difference between good and evil, right or wrong in order to avoid any conflict or controversy with others? Does it mean you must simply accept the infidelity of a spouse, or the lying of a child, or the physical abuse in a marriage, or the sexual predator that preys upon children in the name of his/her own sexual orientation? Does it mean you must compromise sound doctrine and pure worship in order to unite with other professing Christian Churches? Does it mean you loosen your commitment to God’s commandments because they separate you from your neighbor who despises God’s commandments? Absolutely not!

Dear ones, there is much confusion over what it means to live at peace with one another, or what it means to be a peacemaker as we are commanded to do as Christians (Romans 12:18). Our text today will help clarify who is a peacemaker and who is a troublemaker. The main points are the following: (1) Ahab Falsely Calls Elijah the Trouble-Maker (1 Kings 18:17);
(2) Elijah Truly Calls Ahab the Trouble-Maker (1 Kings 18:18-20).