Category: Bible Comments
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The Faith to Jump: 1 Kings 14:2, 4-6 and Proverbs 3:5-6
“and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh. Now Ahijah…
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Focus on The Text: 1 Kings 13:18-19, 24
“The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (But he was lying to him.) So the man of God returned with him…
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The Wisdom Behind Years: 1 Kings 12:6, 8-9, 13-14 and Job 12:12
“Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked. But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. He asked them, “What is…
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Impartial God: 1 Kings 11:38-39
“If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give…
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Wisdom Doesn’t Save: 1 Kings 11:4-6
“As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the…
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The Joy From The Spirit: 1 Kings 10:8 and Romans 15:13
“How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!” – 1 Kings 10:8 NIV This is a false line of thinking. Jesus was infinitely wise before his people and they were angry and bitter and killed him. Having a wise leader doesn’t always result in…
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Obey God and You Will Do Well: 1 Kings 9:8-9
“This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have…
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