'Life is decision'

Joshua 24:14-27

1. What choice did Joshua offer and how did the people respond?

Joshua told the people to fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods their forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Then the people answered, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! It was the LORD our God himself who brought us and our fathers up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because he is our God."

Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you." On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, a witness against them if they are untrue to God.

1 Kings 18:21

2. Why did Elijah criticise the people?

This is because the people were wavering between two opinions. Elijah said, "If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing.