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Troubler of Israel

Troubler of Israel. (1 Kgs 16-18). Elijah & Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-34) .

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Troubler of Israel

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  1. Troubler of Israel (1 Kgs 16-18)

  2. Elijah & Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-34) • In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Now Ahab the son of Omridid evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of…

  3. Elijah & Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-34) • …Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him. Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun. (NKJV)

  4. “spoken through Joshua” - Josh. 6:26 • "…Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates."

  5. Elijah Proclaims a Drought • (1 Kings 17:1) • And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word." (NKJV)

  6. Notice How Ahab Addresses Elijah: • 1 Kings 18:17 • (NKJV) …when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

  7. History Repeats Itself: Those Who Hate the Messengers of God’s Word • Matthew 23:29–30 (NKJV) 29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

  8. Blessed Are the Troublemakers • Paul was a Troublemaker: • Galatians 4:16 (NKJV) 16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

  9. Blessed Are the Troublemakers • Jesus was a Troublemaker: • Matthew 10:34–36 (NKJV) 34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘seta man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

  10. Blessed Are the Troublemakers • Christ’s Followers Will Be Troublemakers: • Luke 6:22 (NKJV) 22 Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.

  11. The Need For Troublemakers • (Titus 1:11) • whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. (NKJV)

  12. The Need For Troublemakers • (2 Timothy 4:2) • Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. (NKJV)

  13. The Need For Troublemakers • (Colossians 4:6) • Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. (NKJV)

  14. Hear: • Matthew 7:24-27; John 5:24; John 20:30,31; Acts 17:11; Romans 10:14-17;1 Timothy 4:16 • Believe: • Mark 16:15-16; John 3:15-16; John 5:24; John 12:47, 48; John 20:30,31; Acts 4:12; Romans 1:17; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:24 • Repentance: • Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38; Acts 17:30; Romans 10:9;10; 2 Corinthians 7:10; • Confession (of sins): • James 5:16; 1 John 1:9,10; • Confession (of Faith in Christ): • Matthew 10:32,33; Acts 8:36,37; • Baptism: • Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:36-38; Colossians 2:12,13; 1 Peter 3:21; • Living Faithfully, Obeying God’s Commands: • John 8:31; John 15:4-10; Colossians 1:22-23; Revelation 2:10;

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