god searches for a heart... lesson 3 [email protected]
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God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 19:1-8
Jezebel threatens Elijah
Elijah afraid...flees
Lord provides rest, food...via angel
Elijah runs to Horeb (Sinai), mountain of God
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 19:9-14
Lord asks Elijah twice why he was there
Elijah responded by focusing on himself, troubles
God not in the great wind, earthquake, fire...in the gentle wind
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 19:15-21
Lord tells Elijah to go to wilderness of Damascus...
Hazael king over Aram
Jehu king over Israel
Elisha as prophet in his place
Elijah did as instructed
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:1-12, Ben-hadad and Ahab
Ben-hadad and 32 other kings besiege Samaria
Demanded silver, gold, beautiful wives, children
Ahab agreed initially...
Ben-hadad then demanded whatever he wanted...Ahab sought elders...said no!
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:13-14, a prophet to Ahab
Lord tells Ahab through a prophet that He would deliver Israel
Ahab questioned for insight/help
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:15-21, the first battle
Arameans driven away
1 Kings 20:22, prophet to Ahab
strengthen army
prepare
Ben-hadad will return
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:23-27, the Arameans
Ben-hadad counseled by servants
fight on plains due to Israel’s “mountain gods”
remove the 32 kings
replace army
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:28, a man of God to Ahab
God would give victory
So that Ahab would know that God is the Lord
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 20:29-34, the second battle
Israel defeats Aram
City walls of Aphek fall on 27k men
Ahab makes covenant with Ben-hadad
Should not have done so
God had delivered Ben-hadad twice
God Searches for a Heart...
Ahab’s life would be required in exchange for Ben-hadad’s because he should have killed Ben-hadad
Ahab did not repent
Ahab was sullen and vexed
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 21:1-4
Ahab seeks to buy land from Naboth
Naboth refuses based upon Lev/Num
Inheritance
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 21:5-1, Jezebel
daughter of King of Sidon
intro Ahab to Baal worship
supported Baal’s and Asherah’s prophets
killed Lord’s prophets..tried to kill Elijah
God Searches for a Heart...
Jezebel’s plan
deception
murder
“fast”
falsely accuse Naboth
whole city killed him
God Searches for a Heart...
1 Kings 21:17-29
Elijah told Ahab he would die in the same place where Naboth did
Jezebel’s end foretold...eaten by dogs
Ahab humbled himself!
Lord saw...would not bring judgment in Ahab’s lifetime.