Beware That You Keep God's Command
Hymn Trust and Obey
Hymn I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
“Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.”
Mark 10:15 KJV
A Little Background on This Text
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“Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 12:28 KJV
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
1 John 5:21 KJV
He didn’t care about the people; he cared about his political future.
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.”
Psalms 118:9 KJV
“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.”
Psalms 146:3 KJV
He’s Called Man of God 15 Times
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“And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.”
1 Kings 13:1 KJV
Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
How You Can Tell A Real Prophet
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Deuteronomy 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
“And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?”
Acts 19:15 KJV
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
Acts 20:29 KJV
“Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.”
Ecclesiastes 9:18 KJV
He Was Bold
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“And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.”
1 Kings 13:2 KJV
God Protected Him
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“And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.”
1 Kings 13:4 KJV
He Was a Forgiving Man
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“And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.”
1 Kings 13:6 KJV
1 Kings 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
Don't Fellowship with Haters of God
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1 Kings 13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Jehoshaphat was Rebuked for Helping Ahab
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2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
Satan Attacks Right After Great Victory
What's in a Title?
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1 Kings 13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
If this prophet was a man of God, why didn't he rebuke the king? Why did a man have to travel way from Judah to rebuke the king? And why were his sons at the festival of the burning of incense at the altar?
1 Kings 13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
