Elijah vs Prophets of Baal
Skit: Elijah vs Prophets of Baal
Roles: Elijah, Baal prophets 1-6, Helpers
Props: Something to use for altar, toy bull or picture of a bull, empty pitcher
Baal prophet
1: What’s up, Elijah?
Baal prophet
2: Where are all your friends, Elijah?
Baal prophet
3: Boohoo, poor Elijah, the only prophet of the Lord left!
Baal prophet
4: Just admit it already- we are winning!
Baal prophet
5: Yeah- there are 450 of us, and one of you!
Baal prophet
6: Maybe you should just go home, dude, so you don’t embarrass yourself.
Elijah: How
about a challenge- to decide once and for all whose god is the real God?
BP 1: A
challenge? We will take you on in ANY challenge!!
BP 2: What
sort of challenge do you propose?
Elijah:
Fire, obviously
BP 3: Fire
isn’t a challenge…
BP 4: He’s
going loony being all alone so often
Elijah:
Here’s how it works- we build an altar, put a bull on it. But NO FIRE.
BP 5: You
said the challenge was fire, so why wouldn’t there be fire!?!
Elijah:
Because you pray to your god, and I’ll pray to the Lord, and whichever answers
with fire- is the TRUE god!
BP 6: Hmmm,
power, intrigue, humiliation for you when you lose- WE ACCEPT!
(Helper sets up a ‘fire’ with a bull on it)
Elijah: Go
ahead, guys. Show me what you’ve got.
BP 1-6: Listen to us! Send us fire! (Crazy dancing
all at once)
BP 1: Keep
going, guys!
BP 2: This
might take a while, but we can do it.
BP 3:
Whatever you do, don’t stop.
BP 4: This
is taking forever- hurry up, listen to us!
Elijah:
What’s the matter? I don’t see any fire. Maybe your god is sleeping. Oh, I
know, maybe he’s on vacation and that’s why he can’t hear you! Ha!
BP 5:
Grrrrrrrr, so rude, Elijah
BP 6: I’m
getting tired…
BP 1-6:
(Dance some more, but really half hearted and tired. Finally, they all fall on
the floor, exhausted)
Elijah: Ok,
kids, let me show you how it’s done! You see that altar? That you couldn’t get
fire on? Pour a jar of water over it.
BP 1: That
wasn’t part of the challenge.
BP 2:
(whispers) does he know that will make it harder for him?
Helper ‘pours water’ over altar
BP 3: Nice
knowing you, Elijah- that’s the end for you for sure!
Elijah: Ok,
now do THREE MORE JARS OF WATER!!
BP 4:
What!?! Elijah, you’re crazy!
BP 5: I had
hoped he would fail, but I didn’t realize he wanted himself to fail, too…
BP 6:
(Covers eyes) I can’t watch
Elijah:
(loudly) Lord God- let everyone here see that you are God! Answer me with fire,
Lord, so they will know that you are God!
Helper lights a candle, and throws away the altar, wood, and
bull.
BP 1-6:
Woah- fire!
BP 1: The
fire burned up the whole offering!
BP 2: And
the wood!
BP 3: And
the stones of the altar!
BP 4: And
all that water!
BP 5: I’ve
never seen anything like it!
BP 6: Were
we wrong the whole time? I think maybe we were wrong…
Elijah: And
that’s how it’s done, friends! Boom! The Lord is God- and don’t you forget it!
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