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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Bible Lesson: A Prophet Prays That A Curse Would Be Removed From King Jereboam.

Bible Lesson: A Prophet Prays That A Curse Would Be Removed From King Jereboam.

Bible Text:

I Kings 13:1-10 NLT
1 At The Lord’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.
2 Then at The Lord’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what The Lord says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”
3 That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The Lord has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”

4 When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king’s hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn’t pull it back.
5 At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from The Lord.

6 The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask The Lord your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to The Lord, and the king’s hand was restored and he could move it again.

7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”

8 But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.
9 For The Lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’”
10 So he left Bethel and went home another way.

Jeroboam was king of Israel, the divided kingdom. King Jereboam, set up Mnevis calf worship at two locations of his southern kingdom, Dan and Bethel.

The king was there at Bethel, dedicating the altar, when the prophet of God appeared.
(Jereboam, was a king, and not a priest, also he set as priests anyone who wished to be a priest I Kings 13:33, all this greatly angered The Lord.)

The Prophet of Judah had a message from The Lord, to King Jereboam.

I Kings 13:2 NLT
“... he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what The Lord says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

3 That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The Lord has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”
5 At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from The Lord.
4 When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king’s hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn’t pull it back.

6 The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask The Lord your God to restore my hand again!”

(This request was by a man who was an enemy of the people of God. Would the prophet pray?)

So the man of God prayed to The Lord, and the king’s hand was restored and he could move it again.

Would this miraculous restoration,bring about King Jeroboam's repentance?
Never!

I Kings 13:33 NLT
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way..."

I Kings 13:7,8 NLT
7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”

8 But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.

God's people are “not,” to fraternize with unrepentant sinners!

Psalm 1:1,2 KJV
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of The Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

Romans 16:17,18 KJV
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

I Corinthians 5:11 KJV
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

I Corinthians 10:21 KJV
Ye cannot drink the cup of The Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of The Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

II Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath Light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of The Living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith The Lord Almighty.

Ephesians 5:6,7 KJV
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

I Thessalonians 5:22 KJV
Abstain from all appearance of evil.

II Thessalonians 3:6 KJV (Apostle Paul)
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

I Timothy 6:4,5 NLT
4 Anyone who teaches something different is arrogant and lacks understanding. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, division, slander, and evil suspicions.
5 These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on
The Truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

II Timothy 3:5 KJV
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

II John 1:10,11 KJV
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Revelation 18:4 KJV
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Dear Christian friend, remember well the words of the Apostle Paul...

I Corinthians 6:19,20 KJV
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of The Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.