Category: Bible Comments
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Input God to Keep Bad Inputs Out: 1 Kings 22:22-23
““ ‘By what means?’ the Lord asked. “ ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’ “So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours.…
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Submit to Your Husbands: 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:7-10, and Ephesians 5:22-24
“Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’ ”” - 1 Kings 21:19 NIV Ahab wasn’t the one to…
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Don’t Enable Your Children: 1 Kings 21:4, 7-8
“So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat. Jezebel his wife said, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you…
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Repent: 1 Kings 20:42-43 and Acts 3:19
“He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.’ ” Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.” – 1 Kings 20:42-43 NIV Notice the…
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Don’t Compromise With Sin: 1 Kings 20:8-9
“The elders and the people all answered, “Don’t listen to him or agree to his demands.” So he replied to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, “Tell my Lord the king, ‘Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.’ ” They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.” – 1 Kings…
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Keeping Out Of Your Head: 1 Kings 19:15-18 and Ephesians 6:14-16
“The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. Jehu will put to death…
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Agency: 1 Kings 19:4
“while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”” – 1 Kings 19:4 NIV This passage is extremely significant. Notice this…
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