Key Verse: Verse 31 – “And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.”
Key Words: that he took to wife Jezebel
They were evil; they were schemers and plotters. They killed and had killed. They were false worshippers. It was the leadership of Ahab and Jezebel that led Elijah to pray for a famine. These sweethearts were truly evil. They really thought that they could “make it without God.” What a tragedy!
The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for “religious” things. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, he would shake his fist at the church people who passed by on their way to worship. October came and the farmer had his finest crop ever – the best in the entire county. When the harvest was complete, he placed an advertisement in the local paper which belittled the Christians for their faith in God. Near the end of his diatribe he wrote, “Faith in God must not mean much if someone like me can prosper.” The response from the Christians in the community was quiet and polite. In the next edition of the town paper, a small ad appeared. It read simply, “God doesn’t always settle His accounts in October.”
Sadly, today in our nation and even in our churches there are couples who believe that they too can live anyway they want, and all will be well and stay well. Let me lovingly warn you...NOT SO!!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Learn from Ahab and Jezebel or you will end up being evil sweethearts yourselves.
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